Steve Shovlar

Thought KK was ok tonight. Could be worse. We could have Chris Holder!

No.

I thought they would make the playoffs but am now reconsidering. Holder going through the motins, Batchelor the same as always, poor reserves, perhaps not that good. Can't see past Poole and Belle Vue at this stage.

He is in.

Decent meeting played out in front of a smaller than average crowd. These meetings are put on for the Coventry fans. Such a shame so few fans made the effort to attend. Spoke to Silver Bee before the meeting who was gutted hardly anyone from Coventry turned up. The meeting was played out ona much better track with some good racing from Hans, Brady and Jack ~holder, who probably had his best meeting in Pirates colours. For Poole. KK seemed better tonight. Absolute garbage from the ref in heat 13 allowed King the flyer of all flyers. KK pulled up immediately thinking it all 4 back but ref let it go! An unbelievable call to be honest but perhaps he should have waited for the red light. 2.5/5 Jack Holder was stuck in and fast and agressive. Much better. 3.5/5 Kerr was trying so hard. Lost points with two falls. Can't fault his efforts. 2.5/5 Brady class again. Would have been a max but fluffed his heat 15 and Harris and king spent three laps team riding him out until he got through for third on the line. 4.5/5 Hans. Class again from the captain. Some good hard riding. Good form. 4.5/5 Klindt battled and made some good passes. Had one bad ride. 3/5 Shaney tried his heart out and battled all the way. Cant ask for more. 3/5 for effort alone. For Coventry. King started well before fading.2.5/5 Neilson tried. 2/5 Garrity didn't do much. 1.5/5 Bjerre gated twice and battled with Holder well. Best Coventry rider. 3.5/5 Harris blew his bike but didn't get close to a race win. 2.5/5 Sarjeant was poor. 1/5 Bates won one race. 2/5 Shame Coventry fans didn't turn up in any decent numbers. Felt like a challenge meeting, low key inthat respect. Bates and Shanes back next week fir the under 21's.

Cvs needs to be committed to the loony bin for signing him.

Hearing cvs is keen on signing Davey Watt to replace Skornicki if he becomes available,

Whens your flaky Pole going to turn up?

Taxi for Skornicki! Anyone with half a speedway brain could have told cvs that this would happen. Two years out, getting on a bit. Part of the reason, together with duff reserves, why Wolves will most likely fail to make the playoffs.

Rye House clearly running scared. Davey should be riding against Poole.

The track conditions at Poole were marginally better than the Evening meeting at Somerset. So trees, why are you not having a go at them instead of Poole?

Where does it go to Neil and what is it spent on?

it benefits them. They are the owners of the lisence regardless of the savecoventry crew. Whatever is raised still ends up with the promotion in a roundabout way.

Looking forward to Saturday. Somehow I have managed to have never been to Rye House, so this will be my first visit. No expectations so I will go with an open mind. Hopefully Poole should have a full 1-7 with Kerr and Shanes riding. Not sure if KK has ever been there or Hans. Rye fans will know. Expecting a Rye House victory but if we can grab a point I would see it as a decent result. I should imagine with Poole in town the place will be rammed. What time should we be there to get a parking space? Thoughts?

I couldn't give two hoots what the score is as long as the riders come through safely for Rye on Saturday. I hope there's several coachloads organised from Coventry though as Poole are doing it for their fans. If they don't turn up in their hundreds it would be a fruitless exercise.

Guess someone could organise a few buckets. But doubt many Poole fans will dig deep to give to Horton.

The last two posters. Don't be ridiculous. No one wanted Coventry to close. Several Coventry fans making the trip is not going to pack the place out. Need hundreds of Coventry fans there.

Nowhere near as good as his brother at the same age.

No idea but it will be a hodge podge of riders from various clubs who signed for Coventry in the close season. If it wasn't in the easter hols we would be lucky to see a thousand there imo.

We will be there. Kyle will be back, Holder will improve as the season goes on. Only team to impress more have been Belle Vue. Haven't seen anyone else better than Poole. An away win, an away draw and a 4 point away defeat without our number one is bloody good. Top two form.

We have this challenge meeting on Wednesday at Wimborne Road. I know the idea is to keep the Coventry name alive but is anyone bothered about this meeting? Its just a filler and I can't believe many fans are going to turn up to watch what is nothing more than a Poole team testing bikes against a select team. Think it needs to be a tenner to get a decent crowd through the turnstiles. Thoughts?

Just got back and a super fightback from Pirates almost saw us take the win, but in the end a draw a fair result imo. Swindon started on fire and were thrashing us out of the starts to be 22 14 up, but then Poole got dialled in and started to pull it back. Knew the 4 points up after heat 13 were not quite enough and feel a big big trick was missed, though to be honest it would have been a suprise had it been attempted. Richings had one ride left and was always going to run a last in heat 14. So why not remove KK who had been slow, and stick Richings in heat 13 with Hans? Then we could have used Klindt alongside Brady in heat 14 and possibly have won the meeting before the last race. Certainly a good chance of a 3-3 with Bellego winning which would given us a two point victory on the night. No good saying Adam came back too early. He is part of the team and needs to come back to get dialled in. Saw him before the meeting and he seemed fine. If a riders says they are fit they can't just be left out as r/r might have got more. We would never see a full 1-7 from any club! Thought Hans was brilliant. Started this season far better than last year. Looks fast and aggressive. KK looks very slow. Needs faster bikes no good being picked off by Bellego. Way too slow. A good result for Pirates but giving away such a big lead cost us the win. We seem to do it every time we go there.

I actually said it will be four points either way and stick to that. Last heat decider?

UK not a priority for Holder. He has said it on numerous occasions on facebook and twitter. Poland first second and third. Only reason he rides UK is a visa so he can be with his son.

No it wasn't. R/r was available. Its easy "to see the bigger picture" when your team is not involved. I congratulated Somerset on their win. I believe Poole would have won comfortably had we a proper number one, even r/r for that matter. An opinion granted and not fact. But it is no different to say, Wolves going to Belle Vue in the playoff final, leading on a 4-2 to win the meeting title by two on agreegate and Woffinden to have an ef on the last bend to gift BV the title. The wider picture would be "justice is done as BV finished top" etc, but as a Wolves fan you feel robbed. Poole fans last night have been quite fair in my opinion. Congratulating Somerset but also aware that a full team would have "probably" have given 4 points to Poole.