Steve Shovlar

I said neither Holder or Batchelor handled the situation on the night well. But nothing takes away the fact that the root cause of the problem was Buster Chapmans track prep. Fast times don't mean a safe track. It means the track is grippy, and clearly too grippy for some riders that night. Chapman prepared it, so therefore he is responsible for the meltdown on the night. Rather than hold his hands up and apologise to riders and fans, he sacked two riders who refused to go out in dangerous conditions at a time when they cannot find another club due to cutoff. That to me is just petty vindictiveness. Whilst some may applud his stand, none of this would have happened if he had done his job properly.

Only one person to blae for this horrible mess. Step forward BSPA Chairman Buster Chapman. It was Chapman that made a track deemed dangerous by half the riders at the meeting. So when two of them, who went about it wrongly imo, refused to ride, he sacked them and made sure they couldn't work again in the UK this year. You work for a construction company. You climb up the scaffold on the outside of a tall block of flats. The scaffold sways all over the place as you work on the 22nd floor. Sod this, you think. I am not staying on this and quickly come down. The boss says get back up there and carry on working. You refuse saying it is unsafe. So he sends you home for the week. A week later you return to discover he has sacked you, oh, and you can't work for anyone else either until next year. Hahaha. Completely illegal and the construction company would be dragged through the courts and heavily fined. But as there is a cutoff date, Chapman has made sure two riders cannot work again this year in the UK, and all because he himself produced a track unfit for purpose. Petty vindictiveness from Buster Chapman. Completely disgraceful from the Chairman of the BSPA. HOLDER and Batchelor or not innocent. They should have handled it better. But the blame can only be laid at Chapmans door alone. If the track had been prepared properly none of this would have happened. Seems to me he has sought revenge from a problem of his own making.

Agent Worrall doing a good job tonight for Belle Vue. Pooles problems clear to see. No heat leader capable of beating their opposition equals no chance of a heat advantage.

I would like to remind you that "our management" have dominated the sport for the past 15 years. To say they are pathetic and never learn is quite frankly a stupid thing to say.

His form in Poland mirrors his form for Poole. All over the place. Certainly helped today with his partner pushing riders out of the way. Nasty tumble but seems ok.

He has to be in it to win it. At the moment he has won it as many times as I have. And if he keeps up his selfish and arrogant attitude to British speedway he will end his career viewed as a pariah. All very sad and a waste, but he has never been a team player.

But surely having gate pick in the semi was giving advantage to Poland? It was an un needed red light. The race could easily have continued and if Janowski had been in a scoring position, which looked unlikely after the first bend, the result could have been altered. The Aussies were well clear and without the call back would more than likely smashed inthe 5-1. The Swedes would then have picked the favourable gates. I thought it stank the meeting out.

Rob why are you trying to big up Woffinden who has stuck his fingers up at British fans and British speedway? Wouldn't have him anywhere near teamGB until he apologises to British fans and asks to come back. And Roscos should have booted him out of the pits last night at the world games. No right to be there.

Well Poland won it but it was a complete scam in heat 21. With the Aussies gone the ref decided to exclude Janowski after a lap who was at the back to give Zmarzlik another go. Stank the meeting out to be honest. Disgraceful stuff from the ref who clearly wanted Poland to make it through. Sorry but that's how I saw it. Lambert is completely out of his depth at this level, as are all teamgb riders at this current time. Even unhead of Russians and Germans who ride lower league here fair better than our sorry bunch. Richie Worrall would have done better than King or Lambert, who were worse than useless. I have a Dudek paraglider, made in Poland.

So basically it was before the meeting and I was walking around to the main stand without a beaming smile on my face. If you knew it was me you could have introduced yourself. I don't bite.

Seems fans away from Poole all think we were mad to get rid of KK. Most Poole fans on the other hand are glad to see the back of him. Should have gone when he broke his collarbone. He wasn't hired for Poole as a reserve.

Of course he did. I did, you did, everyone did. Matt couldn't stop KK from riding even if he wanted to. The rules state he couldn't be dropped and then re-instated in place of another rider a week later.

Actually we (the Poole fans under the shack on the back straight) were having a laugh so I doubt very much you saw me looking like I was chewing a wasp. Please don't make things up. No need for it. If we had lost it in the last heat I would have been disappointed but the result on Thursday was as predicted so why would I look unhappy?

And he thinks we let him go on a 5.5 average! Lol!

He was pathetic in recent meetings for us. Moved over and waived two Swindon riders through last week. And you want to keep him as a number one? Matt was right to get rid. We wouldn't have been able to bring Kennett in, and already Eddie has done better at home. You need to understand how team building works. Anyway this is a Rye thread so well done to them on signing a big hitting reserve.

KKs form runs over all leagues. Blows hot and cold in Poland and has been poor here. But at reserve is a great signing and will beat most of the other reserves by half a lap.

Really gater1 you need to take a sedative. Calm down. You are way too hyper.

Well I can pretty well say hands down KK is the best reserve in the league. Was hoping he would return to Poole in 2018 as a second string but this will blow his average sky high.

Joe Jacobs?

Dudek to Poole for the rest of the season? That would liven up things!

Can't say I have heard of him.

Tough on Zac. Nasty tumble. Speedy recovery for the lad. No replacements allowed. The reason being a rider could be replaced by feigning an injury. Unless Rosco makes a change today it should be guests. Doesn't really make Swindon much weaker as Swindon will use the horses for courses.

Morris beat kennett from 15 metres not because he caught Kennett, but because Kennett made a complete hash of the second bend of the third lap and hit the fence, nearly falling off. A stupid mistake by Kennett when not under any pressure. As for KK, his low average means he should be a shoe in for next season as a second string.

Whats up with Cook? Is he riding?

Rain? What rain? Any showers look like they are going to miss ota. Bad call imo.