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because he is a soft touch basically. thats been seen with his treatment of Ward. let him go back to poole with the aussies and poles where he is happiest. he has such interest for team gb that he bombed out a young brit in Howarth. Pooles loss has proved to be Swindons gain.

exactly my point. we dont ahve good enough riders but the rest is down to the manager who simply does not instill any of this!! Latvia have 12 riders professionally. im sorry but we should be beating them but what i have highlighted is what is wrong with our team.

the last bloke was actually Rob Lyon.had the foresight and the focus but wasnt nodding dog like Middlo sadly. we will go nowhere with him in charge

i get what you and others are saying that nobody else couls have done better with the riders at his disposal. i agree we are what we are but its very short sighted in my opinion. Im a West Ham fan, put Mourinho in charge and its likely that he will get the same 11 players to perform better than Allardyce. Why? He is a better all round manager, tactics , morale and so on. A different manager with the same squad would probably do a better job. Most of the camera shots on our team showed no spirit at all. That i afraid is poor management The tactics were shocking. That is management. Please can we stop using the excuse that he did his best with a bad bunch!

New update after the race off. Am also next to the point total showing how many riders you have in the final And the Y/N is to show if your captain is riding for the all important double points! 1. WOZ01 162 3 RIDERS N 2. GAVAN 151 4 RIDERS Y 3. SPEEDY17 140 4 RIDERS N 4. WAIHEKACES 137 4 RIDERS N 5. GRAY 133 4 RIDERS Y 6. JAMIE E 131 4 RIDERS Y 7. REFEREERICK 130 5 RIDERS Y 8. RACERSANDROYALS 130 4 RIDERS Y 9. ALLYN 117 4 RIDERS Y 10. ROBBIEB 115 5 RIDERS Y 11. DJCULLIP 113 5 RIDERS Y 12. MATTK 112 5 RIDERS Y 13. PHILTHEACE 106 5 RIDERS Y 14.MICKTHEMUPPETT 104 5 RIDERS Y 15. SPEEDWAYSLIDERS 99 6 RIDERS Y 16. CJ69 97 5 RIDERS Y 17. WALSHY1974 91 6 RIDERS Y So after the race of WOZ01 leads but only has 3 riders in the final and doesnt have a captain to get double points. As im the only 1 in the top 4 to have a captain (Ward) im quietly confident i can sneak this

why do people keep saying doesnt matter who is in charge we couldnt have done better! i agree but it isnt about 'doing better' Why then do football teams who are struggling sack there manager then? they will still have the same players and wont suddenly become Man United overnight! They get rid of the manager because the team and tactics arent working. The personnel dont quite gel. Sometimes with a new manager the same 11 players perform better. Middlo clearly isnt the most tactically aware manager and i cant really see any spirit there. Im not saying a new team manager will suddenly see us up there with the poles and danes we dont have the riders thats obvious but to say Middlo is doing ok because of the riders at his disposal is a very short sighted view. What people are saying here is that none of the bottom 6 in the premiership should sack there managers because the new manager will only have the same players to work with!! ok in football you can bring in a new player but a struggling team isnt going to get a Messi or a Ronaldo same as Team Gb isnt going to find a Ward or Pedersen.! A new manager will bring fresh ideas and hopefully boost morale. Times up for Middlo and let someone else have a crack

correct that's why I put bspa as well

and surprise surprise only defended by poole fans!!

so picking kennett when the whole speedway community knew it was wrong. dropping Cook. picking barker when its known that he isn't that well liked. putting Tai in on a joker against hancock who was flying and replacing our second best rider! team moral was shocking the buck stops with middlo and the bspa. team should have been tai, bomber, nicholls and king. stop giving the crap excuse nobody could do better it doesn't wash. yes we don't have a pool of riders that will do great but if that's the case then why do crap football teams sack their managers? they aren't going to become Man Utd overnight and the players don't change but usually a change of manager in a football team sees new moral and an upturn in fortune. we are stale under middlo, let him go back to poole where he only has aussies and poles to worry about. we need change to inject a boost into this country

the buck stops with the bspa and our useless team manager. Tai, Nicholls, Harris, King. that's 4 riders that in all probability would have got us through, so the reasons they are not there are down to the bspa and Muddlo. To pick Kennett when 99% of the speedway world knew he shouldn't be there was shocking. Rightfully gives Cook his chance then dumps him on the scrapheap. Then replaces our 2nd best rider to put Tai in on a joker against the best rider of the night in Hancock!!! Does he actually watch the meeting? We have no team spirit whatsoever and that buck stops at the managers door. Im an Ipswich fan and we all know Barker isn't liked by Bridger and Woffy so don't pick him!!!!!!!! I don't really think anybody would have got us through but surely the situation would have been better handled. Time to do the honourable thing Middlo and walk. Go back to Poole where you don't have to worry about English spirit I mean you even bombed out a young brit not even giving him a chance. Get Rosco and Havvy in there for a bit of knowledge and to put fire in the boys bellies

correct choice North would have been embarrassed

Why no Morris? Is he injured? Schlein? Davey Watt is an elite league heat leader averaging over 8 and North is a reserve averaging just over 5 what a joke decision. I would have had Summers or Tungate even Josh G. Woodward to is second in the Eastbourne averages! North is big pals with Ward I guess that got him in because its certainly not on ability

except league meetings North riding is the same as us say using Birks who I doubt would be ready. If we can't beat this poor Aussie side we don't deserve anything

Well what a chance we have now that North is riding! He shouldn't be anywhere near a World Cup team so we had a gift here and need to take advantage of that. North is an elite league reserve and even in a poor team this year hasn't got onto the main body. I would have Watt or Woodward over North all day long. Be interesting when Barker and North meet! Surely Dak won't score more than 3

we got the same team except i have kk you have Harris! if the brits get through you win but if not i think i will.

you saying Auty is better than Bridger? is that the elite league number 7 Auty and the elite league 3rd in his teams averages Bridger? would love some of what your smoking

lol. you got Harris (possibly only 1 meeting left) i got Kasprzak (definatly 1 meeting left!) need KK to get 4 more than Harris! but actually would rather see the Brits win

As i was bored ive taken the time to update the current scores: 1. WOZ01 98 2. GAVAN 95 3. SPEEDY17 94 4. JAMIE E 91 5.REFEREERICK 90 6. WAIHEKACES 88 7. GRAY 86 8.ROBBIEB 82 8. RACERSANDROYALS 82 10. DJCULLIP14 80 10. PHIL THE ACE 80 12. MATT K 78 12. MICKTHEMUPPETT 78 14.ALLYN 77 15. CJ69 71 16. SPEEDWAY SLIDERS 66 17. WALSHY1974 64

not if the aussies want to get through!! he can but not at this level! can you learn gating? ask Mark Loram!

Cookie needs to grow up a bit basically. He had his chance did ok not great. Now 2 in form riders are in. Come on Craig support your side

nobody is saying we would beat the Danes! What everybody except Poole fans are saying is the management wether it was Middlo or Morris got it badly badly wrong in picking Kennett something you agree with. Middlo is a nice guy and a good manager but if he can't get simple choices right maybe his time is up. Get Rosco in with Havvy

You won't in a million years get a Poole fan to admit Middlo is poor as Gb boss. The whole speedway family knew Kennett shouldn't have been there. Team managers need to get the best 4 riders out there it's his job

It's only Poole fans who can defend Middlo! The whole speedway world knew Kennett was the wrong choice except the manager! He needs to do the decent thing and step down. We get an up and coming rider like Cook and after one poor meeting on a crap track he is dropped! Poor poor management. Get Rosco in with Havvy alongside they can manage their clubs at the same time.

Bjerre and Jepsen Jenson are not in the same league as Nicki or Iversen. can see the yanks upsetting the swedes. i do remember when the swedes won when they had Ljung replace Rickardsson and it didnt stop them. just hope for good racing as everyone knows the first 2 will be Poland and Denmark though in what order? If gb ride well could get third

no he doesnt. gating tart useless from the back and the people in the race off will pass him for fun.