Pirates Of Poole

He should have chosen a mid week track due to his Poland commitments.

Sadly this is the issue when he signed for a Saturday track.

Does anyone think Berwick will look to make some team changes in the next couple of weeks? clearly they need some new additions to kick start their season.

Poole could already be well into the 2026 signings, with 5 riders already signed and sealed?!

I thought the same

Will be a good addition

Yes he will be at Poole in 2026

Thank you, so both available to start in the Champ from 2026.

When do Bailey & Cooper turn 16 and allowed to enter the Championship.

Well done to Plymouth, taking us to last heat decider! fantastic meeting with some great racing, what a move by Barker in the heat with Lawson and Tobias. Rowe the star again and needs to move to 5, Lawson again solid and Darryl what a performance, getting better each meeting and the main thing showing some fight! Zach poor again, yes he had a fall but running the same inside line for 4 laps against Thompson who only does that hoping things may happen, try the wide line and try and make the rider in front try and second guess you! Kerr looked down on power again and not at the races, the less said about Starke the best. Great servant to British Speedway but his days are done sadly. Yes I keep saying but we are going to be found out quickly against Redcar, Glasgow and Oxford as they are far too strong for our miss-firing squad. Onto the next round of the KO cup.

We were lucky to keep it close and we fought back well from 10 down. Again a slow start which we can’t seem to shrug off, we have had a decent amount of meetings now to do that, going back to 2009,2017 & 2019 the team as a whole just isn’t gelling and that is the same in this instance. Cairns isn’t going to make the difference when he comes in and it shouldn’t be expected he will as your just putting a sticky plaster over the situation and the rest of the team. No disrespect to Scunthorpe, Edinburgh or Berwick who have struggled also at the start of this season, we are stronger than them and should beat them. But people need to take their blue tinted glasses off if they think when Oxford, Redcar and Glasgow meet us we will not be found out with this team, it’s simply not strong enough. That’s not being negative that’s being honest and real about the situation with the team we have put together in 2025. We will make the playoffs I’m certain, but with this team currently we won’t be making it past the semi final stages and that will be the same for the cup competition. Just because a rider has one good meeting, as the saying goes a swallow doesn’t make a summer! Well done to Berwick last night, you wanted it more and rode very well.

If the form continues, not long! League starts Wednesday so we need to see a much improved performance.

If the team continue to perform like that over the next few meetings changes will be made! I would say likely 2 changes on top of Cairns arrival. Oxford deserved the victory last night, we were simply poor outside of Rowe and Lawson who could leave the stadium with their heads held high, the rest the less said the better! no aggression or fight in my opinion. I really hope I eat humble pie come the end of the season, but as it has been said on here, once the team was announced for the first time in many years I'm not that confident. Matt rarely builds poor teams but this year I think we will be found out! Lets hope we see a better performance next Wednesday. Before anyone jumps on the 'give them time it's early' maybe take a look at Danny's comments in the Bournemouth Echo this afternoon! He isn't happy and red flags are popping up!

If the Fords feel it wouldn't be a financial gain then we have to respect that, if it's right or wrong. Some Poole fans want us in the Premiership some want Championship and that is the way it is. I won't hide the fact I feel we should be back at the top table, where we spent 19 years but that's my opinion. The club lost money in 2019 for the first time in that period, down to a race night change, a main sponsor that never paid (maybe more checks should have been done on the business and I'm sure that would happen now) and the fact for the first time we could not attract top riders to the UK to ride for Poole, we ended up with a very young Jack Holder and Brady Kurtz at 1 & 5 which was too much pressure on young shoulders, against a team like Swindon who had Doyle, Batch, Jensen, Musielak. That would of had an effect on the gates as people support winning teams and that applies in every sport sadly, your winning everyone wants to get involved! I know Matt at the time was trying to get a top GP rider in but they wouldn't come for the money offered and that may of got the fringe supporters to make the effort to go and watch the side then. I would say when Matt first took the club on in 1999, it was all about getting the club back to winning and doing all he could to do that as well as making money like every business should ! the last 5 years it's more making sure we/they make money and a decent profit based on riding in a lower league, as he isn't willing to put his own money into the club to rescue it if it got into trouble. Personally if it was me I would look back at the past 24 years and the life style the club has given him and maybe look at not willing to help if required. I know the club was up for sale 5 years ago, no one come forward hence why Danny got more involved, reasons why? valuation of the club maybe? But if some people want Premiership then I feel that won't be with the Fords in charge now, it would need to come from a new person getting involved and the club being valued at a 'realistic' value to take it on to make that happen. End of the day it's Matt Fords business, he can do what he see's fit to make money and run it how he wants. Supporters and potential sponsors also have that choice to invest or watch the team weekly based on what's being put in front of them or they choose not to invest or go on a regular basis.