Steve Shovlar

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.

You misunderstand. After 7 heats we steadied the sunken ship.

Fair enough I stand corrected. Seems different comps different rules.

Thank you. There was nothing bitter in my post at all. Congratulated Swindon on their win, called them favourites for the title, picked out our weaknesses. Perhaps he didn't like the fact that I said the actual racing was dire, which it was. Does anybody who was there believe the racing was good last night?

Thought my post was absolutely spot on to be honest. You don't actually believe that was good racing last night, do you? It was dire stuff. Virtually no passing all meeting. Even when Swindon riders missed the start they couldn't pass unless a rider fell or nearly came off. It was a gating competition which the Swindon riders won hands down. Even Lahti, who was tailed off against the Swindon reserve, eventually gated and easily beat Doyle and Morris. Nothing bitter in my post we were beaten fair and square. But the over the top gloating from some Swindon fans on here is rather sad and pathetic to be honest. Embarrassing behaviour truth be told.

Banter? Pages of rubbish imo. Don't count your chickens too early SteveO, or you'll be having another meltdown like you did at Poole last season, giving us all a laugh storming off in a huff before the end of the meeting. Lol! As for having a meltdown, certainly not me. Can't win it all the time. Always next season.

Changes are pointless. We would have brought a top liner in, instead of Eddie. But there wasn't anyone so Eddie came in and we wasted the three extra available points. So we have a team without a big hitter and now can't fit one in even if one suddenly became available.

Well just got back and what a load of twaddle the last few pages have been. Can't anyone here string a constructive sentence together? Ye gods come on this is meant to be a forum not the ya hoo boo sucks crap posted on here. Some on here need to grow up. Now onto the meeting. Utter dire rubbish sorry to say. The Swindon fans will enjoy the win but as a spectacle it was truly awful. Doyle made a pass in heat one, then we had to wait until heat 9 before anything of note happened. It was all from the gate with the Swindon riders rolling and being pulled back or flying from the gate so the race was over first bend. No chance of passing so there was little in the way of actual racing. Just a gating competition which Swindon won hands down. Thought the crowd was reasonable. Not big but OK. I must admit I thought there would be more but it was a cold night up there. Swindon do look a good team. Whether they can get close enough to Wolves at Monmore is the challenge if they are going to win it. Clear favourites though. Can see those two in the final. As expected we didn't have the top end fire power to win heats. We pretty much kept it level after 7 heats but by then all the damage had been done. We are missing Brady and we are missing a number one. For the first time in many years we don't have a rider or two where we can expect a heat win. There's nobody in the team who can power through and score big. This is no doubt going to be sorted this winter but no good for this season. Score was roughly what I thought it would be. Should have been a little closer but Holder blew a 5-1 with a silly fall, and the ref made an error in allowing Morris off 15 metres when he had been disqualified. He was disqualified for delaying the start after a warning for rolling. There is no 15 metre handicap for this offence so it should have been a 5-0 Poole instead of the 4-2 due to Kennett messing up a bend. This needs to be corrected, not because Poole might have got something out of the meeting as it makes no difference, but if finishing top comes down to points difference and its very close, said points "could" become important. Well done Swindon on the win. Bringing in Museilak for Gappmier turned them into also rans to clear Championship favourites. For us Pirates its blatantly obvious where our problems lie. No top rider and Brady out. One can be sorted but not the other, making us also rans for this season.

Really gater1 you should stop trying to name just about every rider you can think of. It does the threads no good at all better take it to twitter. He shouldn't have needed to it should have been a cruise around 0-5. Doesnt affect the result but the ref should know the rules.

Surely if Morris is kicked out of aheat for two tape warnings means he is disqualified from the heat and cannot take a 15 metre ride?