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I have been pretty surprised by how well Morris & Bellego have performed which has been the Robins bonus. Tobias Musielak will undoubtedly improve things and hopefully Ellis can recapture some form while at reserve. Robins are set fair to make the play offs now, along with Wolves & Belle Vue. It is a shame Kings Lynn have underperformed. A playoffs without the Pirates would be a blessing on the sport in this country. Somerset winning away was a start, we just need a competitive Leicester. And a return of the Bee's, and a few more top level teams, a few teams moving from conference to championship and we'll be set fair!

Would it not be hilarious if they got relegated. That was some bad team building that went on.

Well done Lawson, Wright et al. Isn't it fun when the riders you use as guests on an almost weekly basis previously come back to bite you on the ass. That result has made my week.

Doyle should have won last year when he was a class apart, from June on wards. He has not quite reached that level this year. The accident he was involved in was certainly not his fault, I guess that makes it worse mentally to get over. Have to say on a World scale Janowski has sadly been a class above in the last 6 weeks.

Just watched this, recorded on BT last night. Hats off to Tungate, Bjerre & Bewley who won the meeting for the Aces. Sentiment has no part in Speedway, Aces will struggle to win the playoffs with Smith in the 1-7, although he was better tonight than he has been when I have seen him before. That could well in part be due to Wolves failings. Not that Greaves or Perks looked that bad, could be the track. I do wonder what Adams was thinking, Lindgren could have 6 rides, why put him off gate 4 for 50% of those rides. Wolves were fairly poor Masters aside. Considering the performances of Schlien & Barker at the British Final, they were poor.

LOLZ. Poole 2018 thread already!

It looks like it is a battle between Doyle & Janowski, Dudek can't get a result in a a final and Lindgren has slipped back into the also ran section. None of the previous title winners look in contention.

Well done the Robins, you are on a roll.

If KL can dump every rider except Huckenbeck & Lambert, bring in Lebedevs & Milik do it. Win 46-44 at home, lose 75-15 away in appalling fashion. Get all riders low averages, bring on next year. I hate British Speedway, it is corrupt to the core. Holder has achieved his goal of having a low average to return to Poole next year and quite frankly Batchelor is even more disgraceful. Pulling out of his home match for the team he has signed for, a team that first gave him a chance in this country (if I remember correctly) then guesting for Swindon away twice in a week. The first time a day after his wrist was "injured".

Just watched this recorded meeting. If Leicester naming a #8 is still allowed and that rider could have taken a ride I hope from this point forward Leicester always name a #8. Hope all the injured riders are not badly injured. Hope Eric Riss thinks about where his team mate could be in the future. Fair play to Swindon for taking advantage of Leicester misfortune.

As long as it is Belle Vue, Swindon, Wolves, Rye House, Leicester or Somerset I don't care. I mostly hate British Speedway.

In average reduction mode, as is Lindgren. Let Schlien, Howarth & Masters score the points - Lindgren & Thorsell are coming back next year. Their play off spot is all but confirmed, Wolves will not lose at home, why win away when they can pick up the odd point & send the home fans home victorious? Political gain. Thorsell was mentioned by many Swindon fans as being the only real guest replacement for Doyle in some threads, so they obviously rate him in Wiltshire.

Ford too bung Lindgren & Thorsell enough dosh, so they only look like they are trying, but score very little. Yet Pirates to inept to win anyway. 46-44.

You reply to everything continually, even after you have been proved wrong several times. You make Wolves threads a pain in the arse to read.

This was far from the worst meeting broadcast on TV. Thought Rye House would keep it closer with Lindgren underperforming. Alas. It is clear that while they make solid performers as heat leaders neither Harris or Nichols gate regularly enough to be even British League #1s any more.

Brilliant stuff from Holder & the Stars engine room.

Woffinden would not have got us anywhere near Sweden. Unless Eastbourne's diabolically shaped track hosts a GP final Poland are not going to be beaten with that quartet.

So Rosco's words of wisdom. If in doubt, ride the white line.... What a team manager, WTF were Cook & Lambert doing?

I have just watched events 1&2. Fantastic stuff from Västervik. Can't believe the Danes are out, since when I last visited Poland for a SWC event, they won it, on the last corner of the last lap in brilliant style. The Danes & the Czechs need new team managers. Dreadful Joker choices. I don't care which SGB Premiership team they sign for any team signing Ļebedevs & Milík are on to a winner.

With Holder & Batchelor providing the away resistance? Neither were good at Monmore before their relative lack of form issues, I'm surprised they got 40.

11 heats of gate & go rubbish. Has Ford not paid his water rates? First bend is more like scrambler action than speedway.

Tungate is an improvement on Sedgeman. But he very much blows hot, cold, hot, hot, cold.

Harris. Nobody forced KL to sign Holder on an average that was unattainable (12+). But nobody expected Holder to be as rubbish as he has been. In fairness to him he has also been rubbish in Sweden, Poland & the GPs. So he is not in total reduce average to return to Poole mode next year. Lambert was always going to improve, Batchelor wasn't much of a gamble on that average, Huckenbeck was always going to be a free scoring reserve. If KL have had the option to bring Bjerre back instead of Holder & bolster the middle order that would have been the route to go down. But I didn't think that at the time, when teams were announced early in the year thought KL would be the most solid team. In Retrospect Stars should have signed Bjerre instead of Holder and fitted Schlien in.

Chris Holders pathetic efforts for Kings Lynn will surely mean you get a rejuvenated #1 on a pathetic average next year, Ellis is performing similarly rubbish for Swindon. Hes another shoe-in. How do you Poole fans sleep at night?

Well done Aces on an unexpected away win. Gutted for the Stars, who clearly need to get rid of a few riders and draft in replacements before it is to late if it is not already. Can Stars retain Huckenbeck, Batchelor & Lambert while bringing in Andžejs Ļebedevs & Václav Milík? Holder is under performing and needs to go, despite the rider he was 5 years ago. Stars need to be ruthless.