Starman2006

you're right, they were better...

Thank you. Very well said. But i can assure you this will go in one ear and out the other with the Managers on here... Those glasses look a little off colour to me, with your MR Lyon...

Orion, why do we have the RIGHT to beat the USA or Latvia?. You tell me 4 riders who would have done better??

Apply for the job then, you obviouly appear to think you know it all... i can imagine it now, john Leslie, comedian and Team GB Manager... Nah hasn't got the right ring to that... lets try it the other way John Leslie Team GB manager and Comedian. Nah, lets take away the Team GB part.....

You convieniently missed out the Rob Lyon bit. Another example of commenting when and what it suits...

I think you'l find that Neil is all for our boys to go over to the big tracks for international test matches. Yeh, but had Lyon tried that this year you would have needed binoculars to see our riders and scores.. unless you are happy to see that. But no, ang on, you'd moan about that if we were tailed off..

Im talking about other clubs bank managers, if they have one!!! So if Neil shouldn't be Team GB manager who should be?, and what are they going to do differently to bring about a change in class of rider? As i said, you can't turn a selling plater in to a Derby horse...

No but he has to work with them, if they didn't want to ride for him we wouldn't have won what we did. Same as any football manager, the board sign the player, if they don't fancy him the won't play for him.. Next question... Think your wrong there mate, both Rosco and Adams could do absolutely no different to neil. As for Chris and Darcy, both were out there to be signed by other promoters, but Matt signed them both while other promoters were kipping. There is also such a thing as a bank manager..

Absolute Garbage 4 league titles 3 runners up several K O winners Trophies and league cup and several others tells me you are way wrong.

I love to go see you say that to his face... As for your bottom quote, that proves you have no idea. Quote, id prefere a manager that NO RIDER wants to ride for but gets the best out of his riders.. Ha Ha,,, what riders!!! Riders like Crumpie Darcy and Chris know their jobs, they don't need to be told what to do, but if they go to Neil he will advise as best as posible. But then again, like all the managers on here, you know better don't you,,,, Not..

Your wasting your breath mate. Many on here are so anti poole its untrue, those chips on there shoulders must arf be starting to weight them down now.

Very good post..

Nobody could do anything different to what Neil did, of course, i wouldn't expect you to believe that.. We are simply miles behind the rest of the European countries. and one other useless piece of imformation, no Elite League, no Team GB. Then perhaps all the "So called" Team managers on here will be really happy.. But then, you'l have nothing to moan about.. Oh ang on, there's always Poole and Matt Ford.. All that said, the most pleasing aspect for me was to see Bridger ride the bike properly taking it seriously and not showboating.

Where we gonna find 7 riders to mix it with the Aussie's Danes Poles?

Funny that, i was waiting for a comment like that. Had we beat the Latvians and the USA, somebody would have said, well, we ought to but we are crap for just beating them, on the otherhand you say we should have beaten them so we are crap for not. You want it allways.. Tell you what, like all the other so called Team managers on here, why don't you write to the powers that be and offer your services, im sure you could do better.... Not!!!

Well you would say that wouldn't you, coming from Swindon. And if Scott Nicholls could have been arsed to ride Tai didn't run a last and Bombers Kill switch didn't come out we may have have done better. Tai and Bomber appart, Bottom line is, although i was very impressed with Bridgers attitude, and Barker tried and could have scored more, they are patently not good enough, NEITHER is Worrell Cook and even King and Kennett, and anybody else you can think of... We are a mile behind the other Europeans, But thats not Neils fault, he can only work with the riders at his disposal. And don't say, well it depends how he uses them, the bottom line is we are not, good enough.. You can't turn a selling plater into a Derby horse. Simples..

No probably about it mate, definately... If you watched the meeting and listened to the comentary you would know why he went from 1st to 3rd..

Utter garbage, Barker was trying to help the team tactically.

Why was it bad selection and tatics. Please enlighten us all?? I don't really think that is a valid answer to the question..

And tell us all what Tatum would do differently to what is being done now with the riders at Neils disposal??

Scott didn't want to ride Gav, and that had nothing to do with Middlo.

Were they weak Orion, tell us all why they were weak and Neil messed up??

You really are having a larf. Save for Tai's last and Bombers kill switch coming loose which it shouldn't everybody did what was asked of them. And don't tell me Cook and Worrell or Kennett would have done better than Barker and Bridger, because they wouldn't. Bridger should have scored more for lack of experience, and rode properly without any showboating, and Barker forfieted 2 points to help the team tacticallty. Just what the hell do you want. We are devoid strength in depth and for some reason speed on these big tracks. But unless you have several thousands of pounds to send the lesserlight boys engines to one of the big tuners, no names no pacdrill, because those boys do not have that sort of money. Your sort are really never satified. Oh, and as for Neil chucking the job, that won't happen...

Certainly would be. But we are not so lucky..

Probably thats realistic. But if we did, get there, then im sure the message would be we have absolutely nothing to lose and everything to gain..