tellboy

What would have happened if Belle Vue said they couldn't make it that day.If it was arranged for after the cut-off date that would have only harmed Poole's chances of making the play-offs. Just looking at a route planner they both have a serious amount of miles to do.380 miles for Cook and 360 miles for Worrall now that is crazy.Maybe Ford thought this will give Poole the advantage they need.Why Couldn't Poole have rode at Rye in the morning,Belle Vue at Wolves in the morning and then Poole v Belle Vue at night.Seems simple planning to me.And helps the fans too.

Bit like the time it cost me a small fortune for a hotel near Newport.That could have been cleared up too but wasn't.

Not exactly 24 hrs later though.He's doing basically what Doyle's been doing really.Missing meetings in hope of personal gain.

Can only see 5th/6th September available for the Lynn v Rye meeting.Isn't the 6th the cut off point or has that been moved back now

Was watchng the footie too,managed to get them to put the speedway on after but even i thought it was poor.Expecting more from a Polish GP,got a few people watching whether they were impressed who knows.

Sorry to be picky but somehow Rye have to win by 4.5 pts to have the same race points difference as Poole

Wasn't thinking in my last reply on this.Surely a morale boost would be making your riders believe they are better than the opposition,not inferior to which Shovlar implies.

Of course,all the riders read what Shovlar writes don't they.

Maybe you will remember this bit of advice when you do one of your pre Poole meeting previews.You know the ones where you are always up against it,even when the Poole riders are in good form.You are pretty well known for this.

I think a team done that a few years ago,i wonder who that was .And that was with them missing fewer riders.

In the words of the great Starman2006"isn't there a Poole thread you can go on"

There will always be "Ah but" situations.What if Lynn had 3 riders injured in the first 2 races of a normal match,what then.We would still have to ride on with 3 riders possibly.Wednesday night was just an unlucky night with injuries i suppose.It's a sport where riders often get injured it's just Lynn's all came at once. Also the only other team that could possibly have come that night would have been Poole.Would they have been willing to come that night,possibly not as they have been down to ride at Lynn next week for quite some time and i suppose wouldn't want to alter all of their plans. The only solution to all of this is to get matches rode more regularly rather than p**sing about with months of only 1 or 2 matches.Then you wouldn't have the need for double headers at the end of the season.

What rubbish,no team in the UK can afford to go to matches with a squad of ten riders,which would have been needed Wednesday. I find the overrated riders are the ones who can't pass another rider while racing.I would rather watch a Lambert,Harris racing from the back than say a Hancock just leading from the front.The best sight in speedway is seeing someone busting a gut to try and pass another rider.

Why?Rye still have Lynn away.Rye are 5 pts behind Poole with 2 home matches in hand.If they win both of those they will be a point ahead and all to ride for.It could get quite interesting for 4th spot.

I would like to scrap the R/R altogether,but a present it is hard to find guests to fill in for injured/missing riders.

What was that half way on everything money/running of the club/riders etc.

Alternatively is there a rule that says you can?Common sense should prevail and every body knows you can't start a match with 3 or 4 riders.5 you could get away with as long as you had your 2 reserves.

C'mon Rye,there you go Skidder

And this is what the fans want.Although you see so many fickle fans on here wanting entertainment,which Lambert produces and then they moan about him in the next breath for not going onto the next level.You either want to see entertainment on the track or you want them to gate and go and clear off in the distance.You can't have both.

I would rather watch a Lambert race than some of the so called stars.As you put in your last sentence"Mr Entertainment" isn't that what it's all about.I would much rather watch 7 racers than 7 riders.

It wasn't just his handlebar grip he had problems with last night,he had numerous problems most of the night.

That was a few years ago now though,riders don't even simply want to guest now let alone turn up just in case. Agree,what happened to "in the best interests" Can't believe some people moaning about the track last night.As DWP said it was fine,to me i was expecting it to be a bit grippier.It wasn't deep or dangerous.If it was we would have seen some comments from another certain Aussie on social media.

Is there really any riders who would come down just in case they are needed,personally nowadays i don't think so.Then you don't know which riders will get injured.So if for instance you did have D.King there as he only lives at Huntingdon and Jonasson gets injured,guess what he still couldn't replace him.It's not as easy as some people think to have riders there on standby.

I'm on about TJ not THJ.

Depending on the league structure next season i would go TJ nailed on imo,Auty never gives up Kerr just to have a gater in the team.I will fill in the gaps when we know how the league set up will be.