Steve Shovlar

News to me. Thought were were full team. No Kerr tonight but he is in the team for tomorrow.

First league match of the season after a few warm up meetings for Poole as we head for Leicester on Saturday for the start of the serious stuff. Not a good hunting ground for Poole in the past and Saturday will be just as difficult. Would like to see three points for Poole but its not going to be easy. Leicester are stronger with the late team changes and this could go down to the wire. Thoughts?

Well how the hell did we actually win that borefest? Have to say it the worst meeting at Poole for a while. Track produced nothing. Gate and go with the last six heats won off gate one. Well until Bjerres ef anyway. Its all well and good having a safe smooth track but fans pay to be entertained and tonight that track produced nothing for our team of racers, allowing the Belle Vue riders to gate and clear off. They are clearly odds on favourites now to progress and in truth deserve to. Poole were last out of the gate heat after heat and were just chasing shadows. Even Sedgmen and Fricke joined in the fun. Normally if an away rider hits the front we expect to see the Poole lads come charging through but not tonight. Belle Vue gated and just stayed there. Still going up on Friday but we needed ten points and 2 is nowhere near enough. Hoping for Matt to tear some of the riders a second rear end after that. Well done Belle Vue.

Have to do better than that to get a nibble.

He would have easily have had Bewley but for Holder blocking him several times. Belle Vue look very good should win this tonight. No excuses from me they have been far sharper.

Holder took a bad fall in his previous heat and has been replaced by Klindt in his next. No suprise he was beaten. Held up Shanes who was faster. Belle Vue giving Poole a lesson in gating. First out the gate in nearly every heat. Very sharp we have no reply to be honest.

Been a beautiful day on the south coast. Expect dust from heat 6. Hopefully a big enough Poole win to make the second leg fairly easy.

It has nothing to do with what has happened, but what is going to happen. Poland demand that riders only chose two leagues maximum from next season. We haven't yet seen a single rider with big enough balls to say no to Poland. Iversen wanted to ride here but coudn't. Next year two leagues only. Will Holder and Doyle, Batchelor, Kurtz, Fricke give up Sweden for UK? Time to act. Start bringing in the British youngsters at reserve in championship teams, and Brits at reserve in the Premer league plus one in the 1-5. No Klindts at reserve. See. Doesn't help Poole. No blinkers on.

Theres no hypocrisy. I don't chose the team. If rules allow Aussies then a team is not going to ignore them otherwise penalise itself to the detriment of putting out a team capable of winning the league. Remove the Aussie riders and put rules in place that the championship teams must have a minimum of 4 Brits and Premier teams three. Put in place training sessions for Brits to get as much track time as conditions/time allows. Entry for new Aussies is via Poland or Sweden. Aussies have used the British leagues as their training leagues, never making the slightest effort to get a league structure in place down under. Perhaps if such a rule was to come in, they would. Yes there are issues with distance but even a local league structure could be put in place. Brits first.

But if we put Brits first over Aussies in a matter of a few years some of then could have developed into top liners. We complain that there are not enough Brits coming through, so when I suggest that we should axe the Aussies who seem to want to disappear over to Poland and Sweden at the first opportunity, we train our own guys up. The opening post received many likes, showing I am not the only person who actually thinks this. Of course we could continue to bring over Aussies, let them train themselves up before vanishing. Or, why not give those berths to Brits, let them learn, and in years to come benefit the British leagues. Let the Poles bring over the young Aussies and train them up. Sure we have. But then Poland wasn't cherry picking and telling them not to ride over here, which will 100% be the case next season when riders can only chose two leagues. Start now. No more Aussie youngsters next season. Brits instead. Sure standard will drop for a year or two but so what? Brits first, second and third. Aussie youngsters can go straight to Poland.

Lynch showing how inept he is when it matters. Even Gimini's dog would have put Bates out in heat 14. Snatched defeat from the jaws of victory. Leicester not a team who will make the playoffs should have won tonight. Wolves are worse than I thought. Those giving Col stick should listen he is right on the money.

From what has been see of Doyle so far this season he has come back brilliantly on every meetung he has ridden, until tonight. Really if he had scored what he was meant to Swindon could have won this.

Considering KK got slamed on here for struggling at Monmore, a track he has never taken to, what excuse is there for Jason Doyle at Leicester, a track he called home? Jason Doyle - 1, 2, 3, 1, 1* = 8+1

How on earth can Wolves fans call their own riders a disgrace? A shocking thing to say. They may be out of their depth but I am sure they are trying 100% to do their best for their team. Wolves put together a team this year which are not good enough to challenge for the title. Poor team building has led to a team which is weak at reserve. Don't expect any major changes like last year as Howarth is already upping the team average. No woffy woffy woffy to save the day this time around.

Whats happening there? Please not track issues.

Still not started. If people are still outside its their bad luck. Delaying too long will p off the people inside. Whats it going to be like next week with Poole in town? Open at 4? Hope there's no track issues at Leicester tonight. With a big crowd I hope the night runs smoothly.

Both meetings have big crowds. Fabulous.

woooooosshh!

It seems a few people on here didn't get my little post. I really didn't think a single person would actually take it seriously. The clue was "recalled to Poland for a testimonial" and "babysitting". Didn't actually think I would have to explain it!

KK isn't inconsistent. He will have an average way above 9 this season. Pretty rock solid for Poole and I wouldn't at all be suprised if he is in the top three of the averages this year. He hates Monmore but every rider has a track they struggle at .Holder hardly set the world alight at Monmore either.

Congrats to Kings Lynn. Got lucky tonight though. If KK hadn't been recalled to Poland for Zorros farewell and Hans wasn't baby sitting, us Poole fans would be celebrating our second trophy in 48 hours.

Fantastic news. It would have been so unfair if he had lost a season. And not bad news for Kerr either. He has 4 weeks to do his absolute best to impress Matt Ford and put himself in the shop window for other clubs who may be looking to make a change.

He provided good racing throughout his career and it is probably a wise move, leaving the sport in one piece. A happy retirement to him.

Yes agree. The comentary has improved and they have now got the graphics sorted. Pepe getting better like a vintage wine. So fast. What an anti climax with Pepe not making the two mins!

So the track is finished and raceable I take it? Has there been a practice on it?