ASpeedwayfan

100% worthwhile, especially at the business end of the season where they have all the semis and finals (championship)

Joe T is a able replacement for Edwards, he’s scored paid 6 and paid 7 from his 2 meetings at Poole this year already, if he does that then I’m sure that’s roughly what you’d expect from Edwards. If the Redcar big 3 can score big they could keep this close, but if Starke and Ritchings ride like they have been at home then the pirates should have enough to win and maybe sneak 50

Good to see Anders at 5 again, I think he adds a lot more strength for Poole in heat 13. Also means Zach can go back to his more familiar number 4 role with Kerr at 3

Yeah the Bears will need an able replacement for Edwards if they are to challenge for a win you’d think tomorrow night, although you would say if they use R/R at 2. Riss in heat 8 would be a clear favourite for the 3 points meaning the other 3 rides from Mulford and the reserves would all be against Thompson and Lawson. personally I’d say it would be unlikely to get the 5-7 points you would say Edwards could achieve

Yep possibly the best option, Barker not a bad one either. A few options and they certainly will want one

Off the top of my head the only riders I can think to of got Boo’d at Poole are Basso, C Cook and Kasperzak. I’m sure there’s plenty more of course. In the 15/20 years I’ve been attending I can’t think of a single time a pirate has been on the receiving end of boos

I do agree but maybe it was a case of the pirates wanting to stay focused and not get ahead of themselves, it was a close meeting throughout and bar a few good heat wins, it was the minor places that Poole were winning that were the match winning moments. I imagine Kerr did come round after winning heat 14?

Never mind I forgot it’s been PP

Hopefully a big confident boosting win for the pirates, Kerr and Starke improved as did Thompson, Edwards did what you’d of expected from Cook. hopefully they take their form into tomorrow

Looked to me that Starke had just got to the tapes when the 2 minutes was up although wasn’t ready to start. In my opinion the ref should just should green light and tapes up, he shouldn’t give the rider extra time to get settled but equally I don’t think an exclusion is necessary if they are at tapes

Good win Kerr, holding off a determined Flint😆

Get in Jason Edwards! And well done Starke on holding off a fast Flint

Level with 4 to go, well done Pirates! Great night by Toby. Gates will be big in the next 4, hopefully Richard and Anders can do the buisness in 13 and 15 but need Edwards and Kerr to come good in 12 and 14!

Really want him to do well, Harris going to be tough to beat as always, starting to think Poole can keep this closer than most of us thought

1 and 3 do look like a advantage tonight, shame Lawson couldn’t take advantage of it in Heat1 and will give Glasgow a big hand in 15

Tobias Thompson!!!

Anders Rowe fantastic, Thompson looking good aswell, Good to see Anders finally riding at 5. Might be able to give Poole some muscle in 13 and 15. Still expect Glasgow to get themselves ahead

Yeah I think anything over 5 and we would have to be happy with, Zach seems to only be good for BelleVue and in heat 14 at the moment! Big meeting for Starke and Ritchings, get the feeling they need to be almost always beating there opposite numbers for Poole to be close, even then you’d expect Harris Barker Howarth and Flint who will all have 5 or 6 rides to make it near impossible for the pirates to get heat advantages

The issue Zach has is that he’s not at the level his brother is, Ben improved year on year where as Zach has stagnated slightly in the team now, really wanted him to kick and thought he could make that number 5 jacket his, however truth be told he’s closer to being the number 4 than a 5. I don’t think Zach is will find Poland as easy as Ben did, hopefully Zach does as id love to see him do well

Barker a huge upgrade on Boughen, Glasgow will win but can the pirates get 40? Would be the right time for Kerr to come to the party but not too sure how he goes round Ashfield. Pirates could pull off a bit of a shock but would need all 7 firing and that’s not happened yet this season

Well far too early to start the 2026 thread……but! Lawson 9ish rowe 8ish cairns between 2 and 4 Rushen 2 bailey 4 or 5 Would leave Poole sitting very nicely for the remaining 2 riders, could probably fit Zach and Thompson. Got to say if Beau Bailey and Rushen are signed along with Rowe and Cairns who signed 2 year contracts (not that that means they are guaranteed to be back) Lawson you would expect to also return means that would be an exciting 5 riders to start the season with. Would likely have Zach back meaning the last rider would be the only one who might not already been signed up already!

I assume that’s regarding Cooper Rushen? If so fantastic from Poole to potentially have Rushen and Cairns next season on a combined average of 4. cairns could be higher should he ride enough meetings which you’d expect him to do this season

Poole will keep Starke over Ritchings unless there’s a double change, if there was a rider who would be a significant upgrade on Kerr or Thompson then I think Poole would hold on to Ritchings over Starke for the average points. Starke has been disappointing dropping silly points and looking off the pace Ritchings has been getting better every single meeting, you’d expect Starke to win tonight but I don’t think he will. Hopefully he proves me wrong as I would like to see one of the current pirates or Vinnie win it

Leaves a good amount of points for Poole to play with if they do decide to drop Starke for cairns, I don’t think Starke will be dropped for Cairns and it’ll be interesting to see who picks up Ritchings right away