Steve Shovlar

Yet you can’t resist responding. Really. Give it up. A pointless exchange. Poole are the Champions. Leave it at that.

I think I have assumed completely correctly what type of person you are.

I am just joshing. Already said they have a good team next season.

If you throw enough money at a team, some of it will stick.

Still chomping on sour grapes? Your team were well beaten in the final. Time to move on and take a chill pill.

Not sure why you are so aggressive and want to make a fool out of yourself. Still, each to their own.

Thank you. Perhaps you will follow your own advice.

A very decent team. Will make the playoffs no doubt. But Ostergaard is at the tail end of his career and had an injury. Might take him a little while to get back to where he was, or close to it. But this is countered by the expected improvements of Basso and Brennan, who I believe will have a breakthrough season. Cook and Nicol the other two. Cook not the rider he was a few seasons ago but still a good scorer at home. Looking at this team against the expected Poole lineup is interesting. Glasgow go with two ageing heat leaders against Poole’s three ageing heat leaders. Glasgows second strings are more solid than Poole’s, but Poole might have a stronger reserve than both Glasgows. (Unless Danyon continues his improvement) Roll on 2022 and another great season like the last.

Every chance I’d he avoids injury setbacks. If he does that he will end up in the top 5 and we will have Zack or Ben at reserve, if they are the riders in the Poole lineup.

You can. You don’t click on the Poole link.

That is a top three to match all championship clubs. It’s going to be hard for any club, and all the Pirates strings job will be is to pick up third places. So a good chance a heat will either be a 4-2 or a 3-3. To get a 5-1 against us is going to be tough. The only heats we don’t have one of our top three will be 2, 8 and 14. However we do need scoring reserves. If it’s Drew Kemp, it gives us a solid reserve who can cover one ride from the other reserve, as well as coming in if either of a second strings are struggling. Add in heat 13 and 15 where we will be strong, and Pirates are going to be tough to beat. Certainly the chance of getting beaten by a margin is slim and over two legs should be formidable.

Amazing how fans of other clubs are so desperate to see the Pirates 2022 announced. one thing it will be. Title chasing as usual. Expect us to be a the pointy end come the playoffs.

No comparison. I went to Glasgow for the playoff final and was shocked how small the crowd was in their clubs biggest meeting. Empty seats all over the place in the grandstand and probably no more than 1200 there. Crowd was double the size at Poole. Having said that the stadium was tidy, and the fans were very friendly. Nice setup.

The track is in excellent condition, we all know it. Trackerman has done a brilliant job and the racing at Poole is top notch. I believe he has been asked to continue his work for next season. Looking at the likely Poole team, we will again be the team to beat. Three very strong heat leaders two improving second strings, and if it is Kemp at reserve we shall always have someone at the bottom capable of winning heats, as it will be him or one of the Cook brothers. Two titles on the bounce? Highly possible if we steer clear of injuries.

Think you will discover the Poole promotion are by the proverbial mile the best and most successful in the sport. I believe the Poole promotion spent many, many hours costing a small fortune managing to bring him to the U.K., against the wishes of the UKIP govt we currently have in power. They managed to get the lad a 2 year visa, which I have heard cost the club financially. End of the day the lads head has been turned by the big bucks offered by Glasgow. A shame. Glasgow trying to buy the league. Only chance they really have. But we all know what happens to clubs who spend a fortune on riders. Seems at the moment it’s sod what it costs, I want a title.

Sounds to me reading that he was lured by the offer of much more money. He will soon discover that Glasgow are a much smaller club than Poole with a much smaller and quieter fanbase. It won’t be the same for him at all, though he might leave every meeting with more money going into his bank account. If it’s just money that he is interested in, so be it. He was very popular at Poole last season. Don’t think a similar reception will be forthcoming to him when he returns in 2022.

You don’t think Poole have profited out of the deal?

Always going to Glasgow. I said this to the Glasgow fans in the bar after the playoff final meeting. No good having a rider in the 1-7 who is missing more than available. Poole will still have a great team who will be one of the favourites for the title. Always have had. Always will do.

It was obvious we couldn’t fit in Ben Basso from the word go. We are a Wednesday club. How can we sign a rider who rides Wednesdays in Denmark? Good luck to Ben in his future career. I expect him to end up in Poland as the top Dane in 3 years time.

Wasn’t being disrespectful to the lad but he has hardly any experience at this level at the moment and it would be a very unusual signing which would be out of keeping with usual Poole team building plans. Still, if we are going too heavy, we are going to be squeezed for choice at the bottom and he could be in the equation.

Where has the name Ablitt come from? Highly unlikely to be on the team sheet.

The team can be worked out bar one rider imo. Pretty sure Poole will always have a strong rider in every heat bar 2 and 8, and even them if the rumours are true Kemp will be at reserve, a rider better than many other teams reserves and if he continues to improve would take rides of the riders at 2 and 4 if they are struggling. He might take an extra ride off the other reserve, depending on who it is. All conjecture though as no one has yet been announced. Two things are guarenteed. Poole will put out a very good 1-7. They will be out to defend the title and will be the team to beat as always. Secondly, any rider in the Poole team knows that if they don’t bring their A game, they will soon discover their place in the team is at huge risk. A Poole rider cannot coast through the season. I am looking forward to seeing the lineup announced. As always it is trickled out. But with issues with rent ongoing, I am guessing we will have to wait a little longer than usual.

Basso to Glasgow next. If they can’t beat us, they try to buy the Poole team to try and replicate.

So Poole let Danyon move on, being announced today in the Glasgow lineup. I thought he did well for us last year and I would have loved to have seen him back. Good luck in your career Danyon.

Great that Danyon Hume has landed a team berth but gutted to lose him out of the Poole lineup.