Steve Shovlar

Yes Phil the crowd was good on Monday. Full price, off race night, not the best weather and on tv as well. Shame Swindon didn't bring hardly any fans down to swell it further.

So let me get this right. BWD is injured. Newman gets booked as cover. Fine. But BWD turns up to ride if the paperwork is not in order and Newman can't ride. Hang on a minute. BWD is injured. So why has he turned up to ride? Or was he not injured really and Rosco has been caught out? BWD if injured can't ride so why turn up? Surely if there was an issue Rosco would have been on the phone to Auty or Robson? Swindon banged to rights.

Glad to see a neutral give a summary. The same as you I logged on to expect high praise for a brilliant meeting on a superb race track. But the anti Poole brigade were out in force and couldn't admit that Wimborne Road is one of the best race tracks in the country, as was shown last night. Absolutely. Best league meeting on Tv this season by the proverbial mile. There has been no blue groove at Wimborne Road for years.

I hipeyou are right but personally I think Wolves will blast Belle Vue out of the water at Monmore and go through. Then see off Swindon 54-36ish which will be enough to retain.

He didn't help his cause fist pumping the Swindon supporters on the third bend. Did the job Poole fans knew he would do though, scoring more the BWD would have picked up.

If you didn't like that, you don't enjoy speedway racing. When was the last time Blunsdon produced a meeting of that racing calibre? The forecast was spot on. No rain mid afternoon onwards to a dry evening. Swindon fans didn't have to leave until 5pm. A check of the rainfall radar would show no threat. Extremely poor turnout by Swindon fans. Seen many more BV fans make the trip to Poole and its a 5/6 hour journey.

Yes it does. It rains on the track. The rain penetrates the top surface and breaks away the dirt. Often after heavy rains tons of dirt have to be removed. Well we had a late rally but not enough. Had a bit of bad luck in heat 2 and when Doyle fell on his ow (ref covering his arse with the Andersen roller rubbish) so Pirates might have had a 4point lead going into the second leg but that wouldn't have been enough. Cracking meeting on a brillian race track. Those Poole haters should really take the anti Pirates blinkers off and just admit to themselves that Poole have a racetrack worthy of the name. When its good its bloody fantastic, with passing off every bend, at full throttle. You just can't beat it and what makes the sport so exciting. Tonight was what the playoffs are all about. Couple of points. Swindon is 68 miles away. How come there were only 20 or so Swindon fans who made the trip? Lousy support for the team that topped the table. There will be far more Poole fans at Blunsdon in a fortnight, even though we have no chance. Not very good Robins fans. For Poole Holder was rubbish. In heat one when Doyle got around him he should have known to have moved out but stuck to the inside making it so easy for Ellis. Really not sure he will be considered in 2018 to be honest. Lahti was excrement. He was like this when he came to us but improved so much in recent weeks. Seemed he didn't want to know in the heavier than normal conditions. Its a playoff. He should be stuck in, not a lightweight. He certainly won't be back in 2018. As for the rest of the team, they all got stuck right in. Well done to them. As for Newman, he scored well as expected. Probably more than BWD who turned up at the stadium expecting to ride. He told the guy on the gate he was in the Swindon team and was riding tonight. Clearly someone forgot to tell him he was injured! Well done to Swindon. Strength in depth which we haven't had all year. Hope the second semi final lives up to this one but it will have big boots to fill.

Few mins delay. Well done to the robins we were beaten fair and square. Difference between the teams clear to see. We had a number one who failed to live up to anything more than a reserve, and we could only replace him with a second string who battles and tries but is no number one. Swindon on the other hand have a number one and replaced a reserve with a top Pole. Pirates unable to live with that strength this time around. Easily the best league meeting BT would have shown. The other playoff has a lot to live up to. Hope it does. Congrats to Swindon. As they finished top they deserve the title. But those that deserve it don't always get it. Holder was rubbish in the playoffs last season as well. Notsure hehas a future at Wimborne Road.

One of the best tracks in the country behind Belle Vue and Somerset. Proper full throttle mans racing. A bit deep tonight due to the rain making a lot of dirt but great racing regatdless.

A brilliant nights racing and people on here think its crap? Theres no hope if speedways fans dont like this. Shows what a proper speedwaytrack can produce when 12 riders go for it. Lucky for me that this is my home track.

Just come on here and cant believe you lot dont think this is good racing. Been loads of passing. Well done to Swindon we are trying but a number one short and it shows. Swindon just too strong forus this year.

News from the pits. BWD turned up and didn't know he wasn't riding. Lol! The point is why so secretive? Why when on bt last week didn't Rosco say that BWD is out so we are using Newman? Instead Swindon have to pretend that BWD is injured when clearly not. Anyway onto tonight. Decent crowd building. Not many Swindon fans though. A few on bend two. Thought there would be a load making the trip down but guess not. Expecting 43-47. But hope we can get some type of lead together to make the second leg interesting.

Interestingly I have discovered Kyle was booked for tonight by Rosco.............last week. So it made no difference howBWD rode last night. The truth is out there.

Having 45 years knowledge about the sport of speedway.

A miraculous recovery for him then.

If it was Auty or Bewley or Bates there would be no issue as it would make Swindon weaker. Kyle strengthens Swindon. Showers diminishing no chance of a rainoff.

As Skidder has already said, Matt Ford has no issues with Kyle guesting tonight.

Rubbish. This has nothing to do with Kyle. All to do with BWD being "tactically injured".

Watch out whoever goes through. Swindon will be ready with some horses for courses guest to come in after one of their out of form riders sneezes.

Nonsense. I would expect all riders to give their best.

Of course I would have him back. I didn't understand why he was replaced in the first place. He was coming back from injury and needed time. He didn't get it. Aimed at Steve0. He knows why.

Swindon cheating scumbags.

Good god man it shows how little you know. Kyle is not riding for Poole so how can it make us weaker? But he does strengthen Swindon. Perhaps that's what you meant. This is nothing against Kyle who can take whatever booking he is offered. Just the cheating from Swindon who clearly were afraid to come to Poole with one of their own riders.

Wrong there. In did not support the move for Kyle to be sacked. Thought it completely wrong. So if you are going to post please get those facts right.

If he had done that there would have been no issue. But BWD is back riding. Perhaps another new rule should be brought in. If a double upper rides for his lower league club, but his premier club refuse to use him for whatever reason, they can only replace the rider with a 6 point NL rider. Situation solved.