Steve Shovlar

So are Glasgow going to join every other club and start streaming matches? It’s ludicrous that they don’t and of course have been missing a money stream while denying fans from all over the country from seeing their wonderful, bestest ever, dogs danglies, bigly magnificent race track. They can’t honestly expect ageing speedway fans to travel hundreds of miles in each direction to watch 90 mins of live action, but they can charge £12.99 that they wouldn’t have made with a stream. And it doesn’t have to cost much. Redcar’s streaming is basic but good enough. Two cameras. One static IRRC. One guy on a mic. Job done. Everyone happy. Sort it out please. Yes, stuck record.

Nonsense.

So three of those were first bend bunching where both Poole and Glasgow riders fell. Flint was correctly excluded. Sorry but it’s sour grapes. Of the three falls on bend one all four back. Fair. Cami is coming across as a bad loser.

Well as the away riders are on the back of the pits, not in any view or earshot of fans, I find this incredulous! I was in the pits until 7pm when fans leave and on the Glasgow side of the pits there were the usual autograph hunters and a few fans getting selfies. No issues whatsoever. Some of the tactics used? What, good hard racing? Very volatile? Just a great atmosphere with a noisy crowd. Possibly the best atmosphere this season. Me thinks it’s just a bit of sour grapes from Cami who is playing to the Glasgow fans. He should stop whining. They even had a Scottish ref! It’s far from over. Glasgow are good around their place. Would have preferred a bigger lead.

Re Flint exclusion. Flint lifted and this allowed Cook to charge under him entering the third bend. Flint was clearly not expecting Cook to come under him and lost it. Clear gap between them. Ref watched the replay several times and correctly excluded Flint. Watching in the main stand I don’t think a single spectator expected Cook to be excluded. Looked clear what happened.

Cracking meeting tonight played out in front of a big crowd. Track was excellent tonight. Plenty of dirt and well watered. No dust at all and no watering during the meeting. Lots of passing and brave riding. A few very tough first bends. No quarter given by either side. Lead could have been bigger if Kerr maintained his bikes to a decent standard. Crowd thought the same post meeting judging by the reaction to his excuses. Not good enough and needs to sort himself out for the end of the season. Not expecting him to. Starke is finally riding with a bit more urgency. Good to see. Cairns was excellent tonight until his last ride when he completely messed up his start. No criticism though as he is improving nicely. Thomsen very good. Rowe poor but he knows it. Lawson simply immense. Defying logic to be honest. A run of the mill ageing journeyman has turned into a superb number one and rarely has a duff ride. Serious top notch at Championship level and pretty good in the Premiership as well. For Glasgow Harris was excellent. Chased after Lawson and was his usual self. A bit unlucky in heat 15 with Howarth in third blocking any chance Harris had of chasing after Cook. Howarth was very fast, Dan Thompson solid. Bowes tried, as did Flint. The reserves tried and both perhaps deserved more. Fourteen point lead. Enough? Not sure with Nagels riding. But at least it will be a thriller. Just hope we get the opportunity to watch a stream.

What a meeting!

Ended up buying the excellent stream. The journey home from Gloucester took an age as I stopped 14 times! Great win for Pirates who nearly snatched defeat from the jaws of victory. Lawson very tough in heat 15 to secure the points. 43-46.

Gutted not going to make it tonight stuck at auction in Gloucestershire and they are slow. Not going to be finished until 6.30-7pm. Have to follow on updates.

Rubbish. He did very well and was open and frank on here at the time. But a few took it on themselves to insult him and the team so that was that. Led to the dramatic 2004 WC at Poole in front of ten thousand fans and the final heat, where Hans Andersen took it on himself to block Nicholls allowing Peter Karlsson to win it for Sweden. Plus Nicholls IIRC pulled up when a member of the crowd flashed a red light.

Etheridge a good guest. Hagon blows hot and cold. Should be a close meeting again the way we are riding. Sizzling hot today and tomorrow. Need to flood the track tonight.

Richard Lawson doubles up and has been a brilliant leader. Doesn’t seem to privatise either league. Just excellent all round professional.

So why wasn’t Kerr out in heat 15? He wasn’t injured and was excluded twice. Either he didn’t fancy it and so let the team down, or there’s something deeper going on. Tobias was never going to score in heat 15. So Lawson had to win it to go to a superheat. And then it would have resulted in a defeat because it’s highly unlikely Tobias would have held off Barker or Nicholls. Complete crap show.

Completely agree. Richard Lawson, Will Cairns, perhaps Anders Rowe. That’s it. Tobias Thomsen tries his heart out, no doubt about it, but he is at his level of ability and doubt will progress further. Starke, thank you and goodbye, Kerr ditto. As for Captain Cook, he clearly is saving himself for the PL and is going through the motions. Not good enough attitude, sorry to say and is not performing to the required standard. Time for him to move on elsewhere. The team is lacking the expected Poole passion. Where was the grit showed by Barker last night? Completely absent. It must have been a highly frustrating meeting for Middlo last night. Having to use Tobias in heat 15 showed it was game over. Not Captain Cook, not Kerr, our other heat leaders, and the bottle or wherewithal to put their hands up and say they would take the ride.

Just played catchup on the stream. First of all well done to Plymouth. Pirates blew it completely in heat 14. Zack Cook frankly a disgrace and has completely switched off from Championship racing and let the team down badly tonight. Gutless effort. For Tobias to be used in heat 15 shows how pathetic this team is riding. Completely unacceptable. Where was Kerr? Where was Rowe? Cook? Well perhaps not with Cook. Middlo must be highly frustrated as he is a winner but other than Lawson and to a lesser extent Thomsen, the rest may as well not bothered. That Plymouth team were there for the taking but no, even though Pirates had a decent lead it was never over. Stand up Ben Barker. That’s how you should ride. With grit and determination and whilst carrying an injury. The rest of the patched up side did enough for Nicholls and Barker to bring it home. Poole have easily made the playoffs but are so far off it. Glasgow will walk the final. Everyone can see it.

What reason?

Would have normally but AFCB v Real Sociadad at 5.15 KO. You got a new name? What was your old name on here?

If Ben Barker does ride on Saturday it will be a remarkable achievement. It was a very nasty over the handlebars fall. Normally a dislocation is several weeks. I won’t be home until 7.30-8pm. Question for the streaming boys. Can I buy a feed and start watching it from the start of the meeting? If not, can I watch it directly after it has finished? Or is it live stream only and that’s it? Got to say this is probably the first time Plymouth have gone into a meeting against Poole as clear favourites. They are doing exceptionally well at home and with Klindt, Barker and Nicholls, backed by Frederikson, make a powerful top end. Poole on the other hand are not firing at all well. Expecting Plymouth to win and take the bonus.

Will had shown such good form in his previous rides, it seemed almost nailed on he would continue the form considering he was in the favoured gate 4. But he made a complete hash of the gate and was left for dead entering the first bend. The track at that stage offered nothing (it didn’t most of the meeting) and he couldn’t get near to Perry. No one is expecting much of Will this season. Just ride to his average, do his best, and that’s enough. Anything extra is a bonus.

Did you not read my post after the meeting? Or are you just making things up?

Just got back and a decent win but the track tonight was frankly rubbish. Underwatered, hardly any passing and plenty of races spread out. Gate 4 was the place to be if the rider was brave enough to blast around the outside. It was a packed out Wimborne Road which is great to see. So many come along to watch the Pirates. Just a shame the show put on is just not good enough. Track needs a big makeover, no doubt about it. As for Plymouth, we’ll take a bow Dan Thompson. Did more than a good enough job and probably scored quite a few more points than Klindt would have managed. Backed up by Scotty Nicholls who loves Wimborne Road and it was always going to be close. Frederikson backed them up and with a few Poole riders far from their best, it turned out as I expected. Hope Ben Barker hasn’t broken anything. It was a nasty tumble while under severe pressure from Anders Rowe. He lifted entering the third bend, looked to be heading for the fence, over corrected and ended up flying over the handlebars exiting the fourth bend. For Poole Lawson was his usual excellent self. Tobias poor, Kerr let a silly third place go on the last bend when not concentrating, Cook poor never looked like winning a heat and looked like he was standing still when Nicholls passed him, Rowe tried but not got the form of earlier this season. Starke did his job, and Cairns showed good form until his last ride when he was completely asleep at the tapes. We really do need to step up our form, but at the same time we are still winning. The track needs attention though, sooner rather than later.

No. Barker fell on his own. No contact. Exc. Hope its not serious.

Nasty crash for Barker. High sided looks like collarbone. Walked carefully into ambulance. Excluded. Was under intense pressure from Rowe.

Another very big crowd tonight. Nice to see a few Plymouth fans making the trip up.

Is he still about? Blocked him years ago.