TheWellBehavedWorrall

Monarchs firm favourites. Quite frankly embarrassing if they don’t win.

You literally couldn’t name a sport where the term “lives or dies on entertainment” is more fitting than speedway. It is the definition of an event sport. Crowds will dwindle? I’ll counter that with: the sport will die, never mind dwindle. Speedway is built on close racing, passing and even jeopardy. The saddest thing is one of the most entertaining meetings I’ve been at was at Wimborne Road for the 2004 World Cup final. The second saddest thing is the Fords know how to build a capable team. Yet, despite both of those facts, you continue to prepare a track for what I can only describe a sleeping tablet in speedway track form. Given the state of British speedway, all clubs must contribute to its survival. Poole aren’t and why is beyond me.

You’re missing the point. Speedway lives and dies on entertainment; Poole are starving the sport of that while they fill their trophy cabinet. I was vocal about recommending a Poole meeting to two colleagues from Bournemouth last season and unsurprisingly, they haven’t been back. This has absolutely nothing to do with Poole’s support or their annual revenue.

That was the joke…

Standard Monarchs’ response when getting pumped. Oh, the irony Blob.😂

Well done Pirates. I think it’s safe to say they can start engraving ‘POOLE’ on to the KO Cup, BSN Series and Championship trophies now. An embarrassing night for us. Good to see Harris back in amongst the point, as I’ve found myself saying after every most meetings: “what chance do you have when”… your two-times and reigning British U21 champion doesn’t score a single point from five rides, Howarth can’t exceed the number on his race suit in points, etc. What’s the solution? It’s outright underperformance.

It reassures our deep lying insecurities Blobby. Leave us be. Also, I’d draw as little attention to myself as possible if I were you, given the standard of chips at Armadale.

“FTG” or “X passes X on B2 L1”.😂 We’re rubbishe, but when the champions are serving up this sort of racing on a weekly basis, what chance has the sport got?

59-31. As painful as that sounds.

True. I may be wrong, but I believe Flint had a nightmare at Scunthorpe last season, so on a positive note, at least he’s contributing. Changes need made. Stevie Wonder can see we’re winning nothing with this side; wholly unacceptable, given the Facenna’s investment and inevitable outlay on this side.

No Scunthorpe v Glasgow topic, emphasising how disillusioned both sets of fans are. Never achieving anything in a meeting your number one and captain scores three points. Away from home, I don’t actually think you can criticise anyone else. While we might appreciate a point or two more from Flint and Hodder, they delivered their average which, on the road, is the least you’d expect. Credit goes to Howarth for a great evening. Feeling somewhat deflated that this season will amount to nothing.

That’s absolutely remarkable from Hodder. Delighted for him.

Howarth is a sitting duck. He should have been challenging for first, instead he’s moved over. Needs to be better. Gutted to lose a 5-1, but love seeing Scott Nichols take a win. It’ll be a sad, sad day for speedway when he retires. What a servant to the sport.

Love Hausl.

Brutal for Harris. Don’t think he was getting past Nicholls, but what an effort. Don’t book another round trip of flights for Hausl. He’s an empty race jacket.

Outstanding from Harris in heat one.

I criticised it at the time, but just saw BSN’s highlight of it on social media and Staechmann is spot on; he makes a mistake, looks at Harrison and turns left coming off the fourth bend. A shocking move. Hate this part of modern day speedway; young riders are all over the place. Killeen is the same and cost Dan Thompson a large portion of last season because he couldn’t control his bike. The British U21 final ending with three of finalists crashing as they crossed the line sums it up for me. Best wishes and regards to Harrison and Scott because through no fault of their own, they needed medical attention and their evening was over. It’s such a dangerous sport as it is. Things like this are so unnecessary.

Really rate Cooper Rushen, but having only returned to speedway in recent seasons, the number of dangerous crashes as a result of what can only be described of a lack-of-control is astonishing. It correlates with the British U21 final being of an absolutely awful standard in comparison to years gone by. Best regards to Harrison and Scott. That looked horrible.

That is without a shadow of a doubt the worst decision I’ve ever witnessed during a sporting event.

Nightmare for the Bandits. Not even a month into the season and you’ve lost Battye (a revelation, headed for the main body of the team) and your talisman. You couldn’t write that sort of luck.

I’m not that keen.😂

I actually think this will be a good meeting. I was vocally critical of Wimborne Road last season, so it’s only fair I give credit for the Oxford meeting on BSN; a really good meeting. Well done Poole. The battle of the reserves could be key and will be fascinating. I know BSN have to give every club a fair crack of coverage, but this would be a great fixture to cover.

I’ve no idea. Speedway clubs don’t disclose attendances, so it’s an impossible question to quantify. I don’t understand why you’re asking me this.😂

29-61.

Agreed and I think the bigger issue is our numbers two and six.