Steve Shovlar

Heard he didn’t pay his share of Van hire. When pressed to do so he wasn’t forthcoming. Not sure whether that was hearsay or the truth.

Ok. Good rider. Thought we might make a move on him.

It’s obvious Steve and Danny are signed. We can work out 5 riders easily enough. Question. Where is Ryan Douglas riding in the Championship?

Lawson is 38? Owned by? Basso is 20? So if we said a loan fee of £5000, x 18 seasons? 90,000 quid. £50,000 seems a bargain.

No. Full fee. No loan I should imagine.

I went to London this afternoon. Left at 12.30 pm, did the business, and drove back to Poole arriving at 5.30. Amazing this place Poole. So close to London the the back of nowhere. As others have said, Basso is a Poole asset and Matt wants paying. Guess he is the equivalent of Verstappen a couple of years ago so the fee needs to be around £50,000 minimum. This Faccenna chap has deep pockets so let’s hope he doesn’t have short arms. Poach a rider, pay the fee.

Taking about the 2004 WTC Final…this never gets boring.

And neither venue would attract a decent crowd. Neutral track is no good it will not attract the local crowd in decent numbers. Holding it at Poole guarantees a sell out. The Poole crowd will make up 3/4 of the attendance with holiday makers/other fans making up the rest. Can’t say that of BV or Sheffield who have smaller crowds than Poole.

And what a fantastic event it was, though we were robbed by Andersen’s antics at the death.

Sheffield or Belle Vue is in the north, not the middle of the country.

Come for a trip along the coast with me from Southbourne to Sandbanks.

Think you will discover Poole is the gateway to the world renowned Jurassic Coast, and along with Bournemouth is the UK’s premier holiday resort with 7 miles of golden sands. A mecca for the rich, with lots of famous sports stars past and present living here. A beautiful area that attracts hundreds of thousands of tourists every year. (Sometimes way too many as was seen in tv last year) Hardly the arse end of nowhere, considering we are just 90 minutes from London.

They were quoted as bringing streaming in house rather than use an outside company that was not financially viable.

It will be packed. Poole fans alone fill the stadium. Add in fans from Elsewhere and the stadium is capacity. A fair track that racers love and it should be a great event. And Trackerman on here now looks after the track.

Excellent news. Hopefully on a Saturday night under the lights.

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.