Steve Shovlar

Stinks of petty jealousy from a fan of a club that is run in a manner which is an embarresment to the league. Speedway is a competition. In it to win it. There’s no other way of looking at it. Stop being green behind the ears.

Looks like it could have been an entertaining meeting.

So basically the usual cash flow issue which kills many companies. Their fault.

How do you work that one out?

What ruling has now gone in favour of Poole?

How are Somerset going to hammer us then? No chance of that happening unless there are catastrophic crashes. Poole are a far superior team this season.

Smoke and mirrors from certain promotions sorry to say. No 9 point gp rider rule never existed by the look of it. Gordon Pairman confirmed this a few days ago.

And reading the last few posts you wonder why Poole fans get defensive about our club. Say enough rubbish enough times and people actually start to believe it! Here’s a fact for you. Poole use the same rules as every other club. The problem is, the majority of the other clubs are owned by promoters who just don’t have the same savvy/money/ability/dedicated time to compete and that’s why over the last 20 years Poole have become the most successful club. Nothing will change because there’s currently not another promoter out there as dedicated to the sport as Matt Ford. It’s a fact. It’s his full time job and he demands success. As Middlo said at P&P, many clubs would see making the playoffs a successful season, but to Poole it was abject failure to bomb out in the semis. It’s up to other promotions to raise their game. If they were all of the same ilk as Ford the sport would be in a healthy state in the UK.

I said the meeting at Poole could be closer. But I don’t believe Somerset will get that close. And Poole have a chance of keeping it close or a narrow win in the evening. I believe Poole are far too strong for Somerset this season, and if the team ride to their potential, will be a formidable force everywhere.

Somerset will not beat us over two legs. No excuses needed.

That high score from Lawson was a fluke imo. It’s the only time he has ever scored anything like that at Poole. I would rather he was riding than guest or r/r/. The fact its the Poole boys first action, when Somerset will have already ridden a meeting, might make it a bit closer. as for the second leg, have Woryna, Spanner or Sundstrum ever ridden Somerset?

Seems the Polish speedway fans also think the format of these meetings (corporate teams with no fan vase) is ridiculous, as hardly anyone has bothered to turn up live. A few good heats of racing though, with Madsen a cut above everyone, and continuing his 2017 form.

To choose Thorsell over Lindgren was a ludicrous decision. CVS lost his marbles.

What is the reasoning for no press and practice? Don’t the promotion want to advertise their new season to the press? Why ban the Rye fans from coming along? Seems an absolute shambolic way to start the season.

Another question. Did Chris Holder leave the UK this last winter? He had no issue going to Poland and riding after is Kings Lynn sacking and coming back into the UK.

Wasn’t aimed at you just everybody knit picking over raceable and rideable. Boring!

I am only speculating but he isn’t riding in todays pairs meeting in Poland, so why not? He has issues, granted, but seemed happy enough at p&p on Wednesday. Pretty sure it’s not a state of mind issue, so other than a visa issue, which was mentioned recently, I can’t see what else it could be. He rode for Kings Lynn last season before being sacked. He stayed in the UK. The visa would have been granted for working for Kings Lynn, so once his job was terminated did he have the right to remain in the UK? I don’t know just asking. This might have caused an issue when applying for a fresh visa. Hence the delay in not leaving the UK, for fear of not being able to get back in if he went to Poland. Or, in a worst case scenario, he might be in a position where he would have to return to Australia and apply for a fresh working visa to ride for Poole, a new employer. In which case he would be out of action for possibly months. I am speculating, nothing more. I don’t know what’s going on but the way the club are saying the issue will be rsovd in a couple of weeks leads me to believe this all stems back to last seasons sacking which has had a bad knock on effect for Chris Holder and his new club. Nigel Leahy at Poole is an expert on getting riders visas sorted out. If he can’t do it, Kildemand might well be a long term replacement if he wants the job. If not, Woffinden is waiting in the wings.

Always worth taking a look at a future opposition rider to see what you are going to be up against next season.

Repercussions of the Kings Lynn debacle of 2017.

Ok I wasn’t aware of rule changes.

Have to be r/r as he is not number one.

Too far away to give anywhere near an accurate forecast. Better idea by Wednesday night. The whole weather system can change by next friday.

Poole. 1. Brady Kurtz 2. Kacper Woryna 3. Josh Grajczonek 4. Linus Sundstrom 5. Peter Kildemand 6. Mateusz Szczepaniak 7. James Shanes Somerset. 1. Jason Doyle 2. Jack Holder 3. Richard Lawson 4. Charles Wright 5. Bradley Wilson Dean 6. Jake Allen 7. Jonas Jeppersen Not sure of the Somerset team order. Looking forward to Good Friday morning at 11 am and the first action of the season. Somerset will have already ridden a meeting so will be more race fit but hopefully Matt Ford will have organised a behind closed doors practice session for the team. Doyle will obviously be a force to be reckoned with, but Pirates should really win this one, looking at the two lineups. The 7.30 return should bring in a huge crowd with many Poole fans likely to make the trip. Thoughts?

Jesus wept who bloody well care if Starman got his rideable and raceable around the wrong bloody way. Its boring. Roll on Friday and sone racing.

Zagar when interviewed in the clip I posted a few poss back said he was only riding Poland and the GPs. So has he priced himself out of Sweden as well as the UK?