Steve Shovlar

And the reason they axed him. Teams should not be allowed to make any changes after August 15th, unless a reserve has an injury which is season ending. Basically Belle Vue have axed Riss for tactical reasons. They should only run with one reserve in such circumstances. Simple as that.

Hmmm. A new poster. DC2 returns!

Mike, you haven’t been very complimentary about the new Belle Vue stadium.

Giving up. Just very poor. Thought the sec was poor but the delays between heats kills this stone dead. Surely the organisers must have been aware of huge delays between heats? Pitty the fans that have attended. Must be bored sensless.

Riders who have yet to race against riders on their third ride.

Looks like the stream has gone down. Now back.

Shocking useless format. The cameraman is crap. Doesn’t know how to turn the camera. Misses the first bend completely.

Crap. Track like Swindon all spaced out. No Luke Becker?

So was this Adam Ellis local track where he started? Never seen racing from this track. Looks like a simple one camera setup.

Going to have a bad interlaced picture by the look of it, made worse when the camera pans. Poor as they could easily sort this out.

Riders from other playoff teams cannot be used......oh hang on a minute.....

Hmmm. The only way a rider can be brought in. Stinks pretty bad. Only important meetings to come and he is out of the team. If Poole had pulled this trick the forum would go into meltdown.

I don’t think you will find anyone, other than starman, perhaps, who doesn’t agree that Belle Vue’s track is the best in the country, if not the world. However, any fans new to the sport since, say, it has been on Sky and BT, would not say Belle Vue are the biggest club in the country. 1. Because they have won nothing in donkeys years. Most fans who remember the halcyon days of BV are old or pushing up daisies. 2. Their crowds have not been very big. However, since moving into the new impressive stadium, there is the opportunity to change things back. Their promotion need to increase attendances one way or another, and of course their team need to start emulating Poole and start winning a lot of titles. Work to do.

Agree. I am actually thinking we could get our backsides spanked on Monday. I will be there as always cheering on the boys but fear we could be ripped a new a$$hole if some of the team don’t come out all guns blazing. Gary May has gone on record saying they are “going to smash us” and I hope we can come out fighting enough to make the second leg more than a formality.

That ain’t going to happen. More likely Klindt, Woryna, Jakobsen and Kurtz. If the league is being dumbed down yet again riders like Nicolai will be the top men.

I really don’t know. A club once big but that is ancient history. Ask a sports fan in the street and Poole would be the first name mentioned, if they knew a team. Our dominance since the start of the millenium speaks for itself. When Belle Vue can come back and win 7 titles and three on the bounce perhaps they could be considered. But as of now there’s only one team and that’s clearly Pirates. Anyone who disputes this is either a troll or deluded. Simple as that really.

Absolutely.

AFC Bournemouth are a premier league football club. Forgot about them? Five miles from Wimborne Road. About the same distance STFC is from Blunsdon. A bit different in status though. What have The Robins got to challenge them? As many have said, if the promoters were all like Matt the sport would be thriving in the UK. Easily the best current promoter in the country and has been since the start of the millennium. Sport is for winning. People who say win at all costs mentality is bad clearly support a team with little in the way of trophies in the cabint over the years, as winning is everything in sport. We are lucky to have a combination of Matt and Middlo. They will be a hard act to follow when they go. They have brought great teams, and so many league titles. As for crap racing, it’s not something we suffer down here compared to Blunsdon. Racing is good overall. I know because I watch speedway away from Wimborne Road and there isn’t much on offer that’s better.

Don’t think it will make any difference, as our boys won’t be fast enough.

Think next Monday will mirror tonight if I am honest. Somerset far too strong at home. Easy win tonight without Doyle and not using Holder in heat 15.

They don’t need it. They track is already there and they are altering the shape, not putting in a new track. They are using the pits bend.

Its on premier as well.

And when on Premier? 15 minute live delay?

OK. What a ridiculous night to run this on. They are going up against Somerset V Poole on BT, the other playoff semi final and a meeting Kings Lynn fans will be interested in. So they run against it. Are there no other dates available?

Said afterwards the track was appalling with nothing for racers.