SteveLyric2

Over the seasons CFS have sponsored him I'd imagine the figure amounts to a 6 figure sum!!

Spot on. Agree 100%.

It was somewhat tongue in cheek - hence the emojis at the end!!! A lucky win for the 'ragbag amateurs' in any case!

Yes I know what you mean. They weren't but were quite similar!

You're right - maybe different year, different rules? Different (non-injury) situation - don't know?!

Thorsell didn't start the season did he? Therefore Nicholls had to be a re-declaration rather than a temporary fix surely?!

I would think the BT Sports Executives are much more delighted with their Champions League and Europa Cup contracts this morning!! Directly opposite to how Sky Sports are probably feeling!

Mainly on Cook's chips I would imagine?!

Why would anyone take notice of what the Ipswich management say when you diss everything the Poole management say at every opportunity. Poole came close to losing last night because yet again in the main they couldn't gate. The 20 point home win over BV proves they can be comfortable at home. However in the return Cup fixture at Foxhole next Thursday I fully expect the Witches to come out the winners. Happy to be proved wrong but we'll see. NB, perhaps some of the supposed confusion in some of the updates (although Poole twitter updates were spot on as he sits directly over the start/finish line!) were due to the difficulty in recognising which Ippo riders were which due to the confusing team kevlars - also not helped by the faded yellow helmet colours looking very similar to white!!!

Since when do any clubs follow the BBC forecast?? Often shockingly inaccurate. Met office reckon 30/40% chance of rain between 1500 and 1700 hours, then ok later

2 or 3 years ago CFS used to attend every week and sponsor at Poole - meetings and riders - but had a falling out with Matt Ford and vowed never to come back. and they haven't - even when Swindon visited. I hadn't heard about the CFS/Cook split which is why I had previously stated Cook would never sign for Poole (although I don't think MF gets on with him either!?)

Its raining in some local areas now - very localised showers as forecast so who knows?!

So just for clarification - subject to the weather - both teams have their usual 1-7.

There would be uproar if they dropped Shanes through lack of form - a bit like when Poole dropped him mid season. Remember what you said then Gav?!

Poole haven't won away at Swindon or Belle Vue, but still top the league at this early stage. Seems your opinion has the usual factual inaccuracies in it Gav!! In the league Poole lost away by 2 points at Peterborough, picked up 2 points from the DRAW at Belle Vue and thrashed the Aces at home by 20 points. No need for changes yet.

Only because he hasn't got a SGBP team place (yet?)

Confirmation? If true then CFS will be very happy!! Although I doubt Rosco will be too pleased at having another rider who can';t keep still at the starts?!

..and the new track record goes again to........Brady Kurtz.

Don't you just love a commentator trying to make a fairly normal heat exciting?! Bewley and Covatti first and second for 3.75 laps and Klindt simply biding his time to finish where he started ie in 3rd place!!

Yet another bad accident - and yet again its on a Polish track!

Sorry I thought it was always the best prepared race track in the UK?! Can't have been Poole riders asking for it to be watered as they never like track watering once the meeting is well underway!!

With the enforced changes it should make it an interesting meeting for the TV viewers as well!

Bonus point?

Both sides track their expected 1-7s with Berge back for the Aces. Middlo warning his riders about a potential backlash from a 'wounded' Aces septet!! Hopefully Josh G's 2 broken fingers will not hamper his performance.

Seriously?! Apart from 3 or 4 heats I thought the whole meeting was very processional, boring gate and go and in front of smallish crowd. You could tell from Woffy's studio comments that he wasn't exactly enthralled by it either!! Faster races don't mean better racing.