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Is that the Jonny foreigner Heeps who has British parents and British patriality????? Im sure Poole will bomb Shanes out .....cant have a young brit there for to long now

I would have Ellis over Woryna in the UK yes. Who knows Woryna could fly but i would rather have proven ability over here. Josh G isnt getting any better, Musielek is and will improve his average. The Poole side looks good enough for top 4 i agree but head and shoulders above anything else???? Leicester and the rumoured Belle Vue team look stronger to me and Swindon have put a good side together. This Poole team has a lot of risks attached. Holder looks on a downward spiral and the rumour is he is only at Poole because he has no choice. The 2 Poles could bring their form from abroad or simply flop. And as of yet the final signing isnt in. Kurtz needs to step up which he has the potential to do. Looks a top 4 side but time will tell.........i remember all the gloating around this time last season!! Still as Shovlar is telling everyone Poole are the best side i guess we wont have to read his crap about 'Poole being underdogs' before every meeting

People missing the point entirely. Joe Jacobs needed to do 2 leagues not one so Belle Vue didnt take him on its as simple as that!! As for Shovlar talking about loyalty do us a favour and keep your mouth closed, Howarth, Newman, Ellis to name but 3 and now have an asset inPerks they dont wnat and would rather get in a Pole.........but thats ok beacuse its Poole hypocrite

Delusional or trolling? Kurtz v Morris.................Morris has shown himself to be the better rider in the UK but lets say equal Holder v Batch..............Again nothing in it 2 riders on the downgrade Josh v Musielek...........no contest Musielek every time ? v Bellego............so we dont know who the Poole rider is yet but it will have to be someone pretty good to be better than Bellego did last year Woryna v Ellis...................on Uk tracks you would have Ellis every time Saucepan v Zach..................abroad saucepan, over here who knows but im prepared to vote saucepan Shanes v Davey.................no contest Shanes every time Cant see for the life of me how Poole are superior in every department......................bit like last season then lol

Last season............. Poole will win the league at a canter, they have KK , a rider who only wants to ride for Poole and will be top of the averages, they also have the new turbo twins in Kurtz and Holder who will both be heat leaders by the end of the season, add into that they have Hans , a loyal club servant and solid number two. The other second string is Kyle Newman, another loyal Poole rider loves the club and this will be a big season for him. Then just look who is in reserve , Klindt , a number one at Leicester will be racking up big scores left right and centre and then the best young prospect in Shanes............as if a team like Swindon with Adam Ellis not deemed good enough by Poole, and riders like Bellego and the weak second heat leader in Nick Morris get anywhere near the mighty pirates...............hmm how did that go lol This season.......... A rider with massive potential in Kurtz who is so far ahead of Nick Morris its laughable, then we now have Holder and we all know he will add at least 5 points on his starting average now he is back at Poole......Josh G will be solid, and then well these 2 Poles will add at least 3 or 4 points on to their average, how can anyone else compete!!!

Priceless Howarth, Ellis, Newman anybody to name but 3

Joe Jacobs can't make doing one league pay. There are second tier clubs that wanted him but he also needed a team in the top flight. He is sensational at the NSS and I agree that no other top flight top team would take him on that average. He has been the victim of his own success as his average is to high. Still its good to see the chuckle brothers , Shovlar and MattFordFan showing that they still have opinions that are polar opposite to the rest of the forum bless them

Ask Adam Ellis (or his dad) and Kyle Newman how they felt with regards to the loyalty shown by Poole

do me a favour buddy and read the thread and posts properly!! Mr Shovlar said that Jacobs isnt good enough to ride in the top flight. Quite obviously that is total rubbish as his average of over 5 in a harder league proves. Yes nobody has signed him as his average is probably to high to get a place in the top flight and if you read things you would realise he wants to ride in both leagues as he cant afford to just ride in one. Im fighting no losing battle ....just your inability to read and understand things

Stunned Poole have let Hans go, great team man and captain and always likely to maintain his average. MInd you Poole let Newman go last season , loyalty doesnt mean a lot these days

Joe Jacobs not good enough!!! Your talking absolute tosh as always. Averaged over 5 in the 2016 season. If anything he did to well!! Another Brit lost to the sport....... Steve Shovlars idea of a rider not good enough is as follows: 9+3 v Wolves .........main reserve Howarth 8 v Swindon.......main reserve Wright 7+1 v Poole...........up against Pedersen and Newman 10 v Leicester...........main reserve Auty 8 v Poole.......Pedersen and Newman again. Wont be up against that calibre this season yet Shovlar thinks he isnt good enough lol

I think that if Holder joined Poole then Kurtz will have a higher average then Chris by the end of the season. The only issue i can see with Kurtz is that he throws the odd stinker of a race in , sometimes 2 a meeting, scoring 3,2,3,0,2 for example. At the end of the day its 10 from 5 but if he can eradicate the odd ride (sometimes overriding as well) he could easily score 13-14 every meeting. As of yet Brady isnt at Nick Morris level in the UK but he could this season

Still think Poole will need to get a good second heat leader in to rival the pairings of Morris/Batchelor and Cook/Fricke

On paper Kurtz is one of the weakest but for sure he has the most potential. Needs to step up to the level of Morris in the elite league as a minimum this season i would say. Poole going down the strength in depth route but as of yet not found a second and third heat leader to back up Kurtz

I dont hink it will be that easy for Swindon to an easy 4 points, Poole could draw at home

Poole will be there or thereabouts no doubt. And where did i say Tungate was better than Kurtz? Just nice for Belle Vue fans to see their second string doing well. Plus why arent Poole fans up in arms about Holder not riding in the Aussie champs?? They very vocal about Tai not doing the British Final so im assuming they must have the same thoughts regarding Holder

Seems Poole right to get rid of Jack Holder didnt do that well in oz today. Kurtz did ok but beaten by a Belle Vue heat leader and Belle Vue second string shows that he could possibly be the weakest number one in the league. Josh Pickering looked good maybe someone in the top flight might take a chance on him

Looked a neat and tidy rider when i saw him at Ippo if not a little raw at times

Good result for Aces fans this morning seeing Tungate win the meeting and Fricke third................bodes well to have your second and third heat leaders doing well. Good result from Josh Pickering , maybe he might be looked at as a reserve option somewhere?

Very very good side if thats the case

Looks a strong team but was always rumoured to be. Leicester, Somerset and Swindon also look good

spot on. Ipswich would have won the league i feel if we had the 1-7 we had at the press day which never ever took to the track. At the moment the Edinburgh 1-7 doesnt look good enough for the play offs when compared to other 1-7's But a few changes and you only need to get 4th and then you are in with a chance

I dont go to Poole and havent since the Mark Loram farewell. I was there at the world cup when Havvy and Rempala had that race and Jonsson was unreal. The track everytime on tv is just awful and the riders dont like it thats facts not opinion. It was once very good and is now poor unless its good for the non televised stuff. That said the track at my club Ipswich doesnt lend itself to great racing either

I agree with what you are saying its just i dont think this team is good enough, i may be wrong

Covatti wasnt reserve for long he was on a false average from his time at Sheffield and quite clearly was heat leader material. Ok so picking hairs but Masters, Wells and Riss is now Riss, Wells and Riss. Weaker heat leader trio than last season. Pickering and Andersson need to hit the ground running for sure. The team will or should do well on their tricky home track but cant see them getting to much away at all.