Steve Shovlar

You’re kidding, yes? A four team tournament league? What idiot thought up that? I most certainly wouldn’t be bothered to watch that.

It’s already been announced there will be no meeting next Wednesday should England win this afternoon.

Live on BT on Monday evening is the meeting between Leicester and Poole. Weather is set fair. The track leads to gate and go and Poole as a whole have been seriously crap at gating recently. This could be settled by the exit of bend two lap one. Don’t fancy our chances of any win but a point would be good to keep heading towards the playoffs and the 2018 league title. Klindt should be back for this one and knows the track well. Don’t think Jackobsen has seen it. Thoughts?

Agree but under current rules this can’t happen. Debts need to be cleared first.

Think Harris to Somerset was blocked because he was trying to get out early before Rye had folded. Not that I blame him for trying. Man has to make a living.

I hope that some of the Rye House riders get fixed up elsewhere. The only issue is of course is that it will mean other riders have to lose their place. Nature of the business though. Heard that the Rye riders hadn’t been paid for 7 weeks so lets hope they get preferential treatment for any guest bookings that might come along.

Time for the guy to have his sorry ass permanently banned from the forum.

Is all this the usual BS or truth? If truth to change the rules mid season is disgraceful.

None.

Five man teams would make the heats too repetitive. Simple as that.

What is it with Belle Vue fans? Can’t they take defeat gracefully? Your team was beaten fair and square. Sould like the Colombians, blaming the ref, the opposition fans etc. Pathetic!

I really hope not. It will probably stop me from going.

The ref did. Cooks monster roller the whole stadium saw. Except the ref. Lemon should keep his trap shut. Pirates should have had 60 last night.

Agree though it will always happen.

You are making out 13,000 is decent. It’s a complete insult and not even chicken feed I would tell bt no more until you pay a proper price. No idea what's happened to gospeed.

Each club receive £13,000 a year. Not enough to cover the loss of punters for a single meeting let alone multiple meetings.

Over your childish strop yet Craig? What on earth does an oppo rider expect when he throws his toys out of his pram in front of the home crowd? It was comedy gold the crowd could see he wasn’thurt as it was a simple slide off and he got straight up.

Cook was on a mission to make a complete and utter dick of himself last night and he succeeded with aplomb. You will always get a few cheering when an opposition rider slides off, but his antics during the meeting with his massive roller followed by two tape exclusions were instant karma. The huge strop he threw on track gave the crowd the ideal opportunity to let out a loud cheer. Judging by his twitter post he was still in a strop on his long journey home. What a pillock !

Yes. We are now in a playoff berth. Be afraid. Be very afraid........

Shame Belle Vue were so outclassed. Need two teams to make a meeting. Only one turned up.

Has to be said. Belle Vue were a complete shambles tonight. Fricke had his best meeting at Poole and was ably assisted by Scott Nicholls who tried in all his heats, but the rest of the aces were a bit of a joke, topped off by the antics of Craig Cook who was determined all night to jump the starts. In his second ride he got a monster roller and the crowd was stunned he got away with it. It wasn’t even close. The crowd made their feelings known to the ref. In his next ride Cook tried it again but went through the tapes. And then to top it off, in his next he did it again. He chased after the Poole riders but over “cooked” it on the last lap and slid into the fence. He tried to drag his bike out but then had a tantrum. That was the last we saw of him. Hope he isn’t injured but frankly a ridiculous performance. The Belle Vue reserves were completely out of their depth and would have scored a minimum but for Jackobsens back wheel to come loose on the last lap and rub bringing him to a near halt off the last bend, allowing Etheridge through. I was looking forward to seeing Dan Bewley but was very disappointed. Did nothing all night. For Poole it was back to the form of against Kings Lynn. Solid all the way through. Threw away points along the way but the result was never in doubt allowing Middlo to thank Covatti for an excellent guest performance by giving him heat 15. Pirate fans might be a bit worried tonight after Kacsper took a nasty fall and withdrew from the meeting after trying to go around the outside of Fricke. Onwards and upwards for Pirates who looked the part tonight.

I said earlier bt pay the hosting club £3000 to televise the meeting. I was wrong. BT pay the hosting club nothing. Zip. Nada. Ziltch.

No I said no Tungate strengthens Aces as has been proved in Nicholls heat where he missed out on a heat win by half a wheel. Garrity hasn’t ridden here for years. Doubt he would have done much. Jackobsen looked very impressive in heat 2 rerun where all four piled up onfirst bend. Oh, and Cooks just got away the monster rollers of all monster rollers! Crowd have let their feelings known.

BT meetings don’t attract more fans to tracks and bt don’t pay any proper money for the meetings. Rather speedway took the money generated by subscriptions than bt who get profit for nothing.

Tungate averages 6-7 points at Poole. Nicholls normally does better at Wimborne Road.