Gavan

nope you are wrong! both got fined for the fracas in the pits. Cook got thrown out for ungentlemanly conduct and violent conduct in the meeting with the ref where he basically kicked and hit any inanimate object around destroying the place! Violent conduct doesnt have to be towards a human being

exactly. Im an Ipswich fan and he is dislike thats obvious so why the heck did Middlo pick him? Tai has even gone on Twitter to congratulate Cook!Yet again poor decision making from Middlo

As an Ippo fan we all know Barker winds people up but when other riders like North resort to deliberately fencing a rider then gloating about it it's gone to far. Cook was thrown out for behaving like a spoilt brat in the refs box! All because he lost his team gb spot to Barker he decides to go for him! Needs a quick lesson in growing up! If anyone can please tell me what Ben has done wrong here other than take his gb spot then I would love to hear it lots of this started due to North so keep your own riders in check! Nice to see you condone violence though

what and Cook doesn't? Cost his team any chance if a cup final place

so who made them decisions? Better man with more motivation and tactical brain is needed

completely missing the point. A better manager will make the same riders do better, not world beaters no but better than the world cup shambles stop talking out your backside. its an analogy if you know the phrase or go get a dictionary. A better manager (in any sport!!!!) will make the same team do better through skill motivation and tactics . We are now on 16 pages of a thread where all but 2 people say he should go but you keep flogging your dead horse. What everybody is saying is this: Kennett was a bad choice. Race off riders wrong choice. Tactics woeful Motivation lacking If you dont think a new manager could get those things changed that we wouldnt do better? Of course we would!!!!!!!!!

its not just about picking a better side! That's a blinkered view! It's about getting the best out of what we got and he patently doesn't do that. It's like telling Wenger to manage Scunthorpe he won't make them premier champions but I bet they do better!

yep Kevin Keegan was great at Newcastle and crap for England!! Just because you Poole fans think the sun shines from his backside doesn't mean he is right for the country. Oh and Keegan failed because he picked the wrong team and his tactics were crap! ring any bells???

he blatantly is a yes man the whole forum knows it except the blue tint army. Tell you what as it is the riders that are the problem lets have no manager. That's what footy teams do if they are doing bad they sack the manager and don't bring in anyone as its the players fault! Laughable! We don't have a good set of riders but the right manager would help them do better. He has to go and I think at least 90% of people on here realise that

what a load of tosh!!! that is the worst statement to make and is the one that every Poole fan is trotting out in trying to defend Middlo. Put Jose Mourinho in charge of Yeovil. Would they challenge the top of the premiership?...................No Would they be a better team with more team spirit and produce better results ........................Yes Stop using the argument about the riders. A better manager would provide a better performance.........simple

Rosco and all the other managers would love a top 2 of Holder and Ward using Matt Fords money. it cant be that hard to build a team around those 2 can it!! but look at the awful team he put together this year. The only reason Poole are were they are is because Ward got injured and the side could be strenghened!! Middlo isnt fit to lace the shoes of someone like Pete Adams. if you think Middlo is good at getting a team gb team to gel and bring through youngstres and get the best out of the boys then my word you are far off the mark. let him mange poole with the aussies and poles it suits him

what has his Poole situation got to do with team gb. He is fine at Poole with Ward and Holder but as a boss of team gb he falls way below what we need. are you that blinkered just read the posts on the Middlo page!!! its only poole fans who think he should be team gb boss

sorry dont agree with that at all. correct we only have a select band of riders to choose from and we not going to beat the danes and the poles. but simply....... Did he pick the correct team in either match.......................................NO Did he generate team spirit...............................................................NO Did he get his tactics in the race off right.............................................NO Is he bringing through younger riders....................................................NO As i have said football teams change their manager they dont change the players but the manager gets the best out of what he has and Middlo, nice guy that he seems, doesnt!

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