Steve Shovlar

Who is turning their back on their club? Not me. I am a home and away supporter and will continue to be so. I have been to every track this season and will visit every track next season. A proper Pirates fan who actually attends meetings supporting the team. Not a pretend fan who follows from speedwayupdates or twitter.

Expect exactly the same next week. An fairly easy win for Swindon at Ipswich followed by a 58-32 type scoreline next Thursday.

A wolves fan whose team has been squashed with no fight and a manager who would rather be in McDonalds. Well done to Swindon. All too easy. Same again next week though. Ipswich are not a good team even though in the final. Expecting it to be similar.

Masters summed up the Wolves attitude there.

A decent race at last though Schlein waived him through for some unfathomable reason on the last lap.

Adams should fall on his sword after this. Failed to motivate his team at all. The whole 1-7 showing the same apathy. Where’s the pride? All teams get well beaten at times but normally there’s a couple of riders showing some grit.

They are a good team. The changes made with Jensen coming in made a huge difference and changed them from potential playoffs to clear favourites.

A team takes its lead from the top. Everytime the camera has been on Peter Adams he is chewing gum and had a blank look on his face. Did he have a labotomy recently? A passionless manager who has gone well past his sell by date. And his grit and pride has rubbed off on his team, half of who can’t even manage 4 laps. Absolute, utter rubbish. Not Swindon’s fault but Wolves have turned up with a white flag attached to their handlebars.

Wolves pathetic. They are showing as much enthusiasm as their manager. Swindon blowing Wolves away as they will next week against Ipswich. Only one team interested here.

20+ defeat for Wolves.

I Apologise but seems a few have had great joy chucking insults in the last 24 hours.

No I use something called the internet which has sites which show where the rain is in real time. http://www.raintoday.co.uk

Why, do I have to be? The radar has just been updated and Blunsdon has just dodged a bullet with a heavy shower from the north of Swindon to Gloucester. There are many heavy rain showers over South Wales. Hopefully they won’t make their way along the M4 corridor and we can watch some decent racing after the horrors of last night.

Rain is close. Looks like the track could be wet again but earlier than last night allowing time to fix it.

Just got in to read this thread and have a good chuckle. To be clear. I am not a fan of second division speedway. The top flight is bad enough and has tested my resolve this season. I am not interested in handing over money to watch lower league racing. I won’t be the only one who has this opinion. Crowds have dropped in recent seasons as the top flight has watered down. Less top riders equals smaller crowd. Fact. I don’t believe Poole will drop down. Hopefully the any tv deal will be decent enough for clubs to remain secure financially. But rather no deal and no tv than BT getting a free ride to the detriment of the sport. If fans want to watch league racing they need to come along and watch it live. Alternatively a tenner a meeting to watch the stream. But only for fans living outside a 30 mile radius. The sport would do far better with no deal, unless the money offered was close to what Sky were paying.

I am more of a Poole fan than you will ever be. Following speedway updates doesn’t constitute being a Poole fan. Where were you at Poole this year? I was at every meeting except when I was on holiday. Didn’t see you at Ipswich either. I am not a fan of lower league racing. The premier league is bad enough as it is. I don’t want to pay to watch wobblers in the PL. I prefer watching the best riders. But at least I watch the riders live rather than sit on updates.

Yes.

The forecast for tomorrow in Swindon is dry all day. 54-36ish

If Poole went PL I would do the all GP’s again plus some Polish Extra league instead. I am not interested in the PL.

He isn’t going to get a ride there so needs to be in the third tier to start.

So would I but there’s absolutely no chance. Swindon 54 Wolves 36.

They got lucky with the conditions. Poole would have had 60+ had it not rained and played into the away sides hands. Ipswich are zero threat to Swindon in the final. Two easy wins, just like tonight was for them.

Well what a load of rubbish that was. I was a complete neutral here, and didn’t care who won. But it was dire. Yes the rain caused mayhem and made the trickiest track even trickier than usual. But Wolves had the drive and enthusiasm of their manager Peter Adams, who’s passion was clearly absent. Clearly he has had his day. Well done Swindon. All very easy. Wolves had no fight whatsoever, other than young Becker and Schlein.

Still think Wolves have a chance Swindon fans? Completely game over.

If I had won by 10-14 points away in the first leg I would 110% be celebrating making the final. It would take the chokiest chokes of chokesdon Hill for there to be an upset. Considering Swindon haven’t been beaten at home this season and have a huge lead, I think it’s safe to say the title is in the bag this season. Ipswich are no threat whatsoever.