Starman2006

And plenty of laps on P&P day and Chris and Neil helping with lines will go a long way to helping.. when they go away the same applies, but all the boys are savy so it won't take them long to work out set ups and track characteristics,.

Correct mate, any of the top 5 could end up as No, imo there is that much improvement in all of them. Szczpaniack cannot do any worse than last time and is open to improvement and Kasper has an awful lot of untaped potential. Josh will make a solid second string, and a fit and focused Chris will be hard to shove off the No 1 berth. This team is potentially very good, but everybody needs to stay sound. but that also applies to all teams..

I think James would be a fool not to take it. Improved terms two nights of speedway way will certainly benifit him and make him as better rider. Should he say no, which would suprise me, Josh would be an able replacement.

Hi mate, Brady will have a good season all being well. He will continue to improve in his own time, he's a slow burner.. But whether he will improve enough to be top of the pile remains to be seen. He has to curb his enthusiaum at the gate, that cost him the Aussie title. And refs will pick it up..

He maybe 30 mate but yes, you will see.. As for Vaculik he's a good addition to the PL, and i expect him to have a good season. Matts a big admirer of him.

Chris has had his problems, and it takes its toll. A fit and focused Chris will finish top of the PL standings and push these upstarts in the GP series. That is what i expect him to do. form is tempary class is permanant..

Er i beg to differ Steve, we have.. Chris will blow that average away this season mate.

Mate dont worry about it, its all pure jealousy.. Yes they all have to preform come to the party and stay clear of injury. I as a fan like the team very much and Matt is more than happy with it.. Im very sure the new boys will get plenty of laps in on P&P day. Both Chris and Neil can play a pivital part in teaching the new boys how to ride poole properly. I fully expect Chris to be captain, but needs to get involved more in the pits..

He came in on 7.22.

Sometimes this applies to all teams. Luck and not injuries plays a big part with every club..

Its a marathon, not a sprint..

Season ticket sales/pass's enquiries are apparantly up mate, and im sure than Matt would have a few other irons in the fire to attract the crowds.. Matt states in the echo he feels this is the best side he has assembled in the last 4 years, i would say longer. But as i said, speedway is not run on paper, it must be transfered to the track..

No we have to deserve it. We have a very good side on paper, and 7 riders who are more than capable of increasing there averages.. But the most inportant thing in speedway is no injuries. we get that and we are stuffed, the same as any other team. if they all stay sound and improve like i would expect them to then we will take a lot of beating.

I do also hope that is wrong mate that Ezz has left. What he does is the mark of somebody who is/was throughly professional and takes pride in his work. I would talk to him everytime i go up there and you can see he takes a lot of pride in what he does. Yes he would like better equipment to make life easier for him but he works with what hes got. Ezz always used to get praise for his track prep, but unfortunately riders want more of a say which is not always a good thing, especially when you have a curator like Ezz. Riders are professional sports men and ride many tracks, but rarely will you come across a dangerous track in this country. Remember you cannot prepare a track the same every week, weather conditions depict that, but the curators can only work with whats at there disposal. We at poole have some very good track staff, and they work hard, without them there would be no speedway, and they are fully appreciated. Put it this way you wouldn't tell a Neuro surgeon his job, if its not broke you dont fix it. Good curators and track staff are a god send to speedway, and we need to keep them..

Quite right Steve. Many top line No 1's have a say as to how the track is prepared and watered.. Ezz at Somerset is not the exception. But you do need the right stuff to prepar the track with. Which is usually red shale, it binds better than anything else..

Thank you Agrotron..

Steve, thank you for the advice. i wont be participating unless its constructive. I cannot afford to get stressed mate.. Im lucky to be alive, and stress could trigger other things.. So far so good. .

Thank you guys thats much appreciated. Like all of us we stick up for our clubs, but end of the day we are a speedway family, and when push comes to shove we back each other. Again thank you both for you kind words. It will be a long road, with many ups and downs, but i will get there. be nice to bump into either of you during the season..

Thanks mate, long road to walk to get where i want to be..

Totally agree mate. Im moving forward, it will take a while. Im a little scared and paranoid at the moment, been the worst 5 weeks of my life, but im enternally greatful it came down heads and not tails. I need to stay away from stress, but in this day and age, its just round the corner. Thank you mate,, roll on October !!

Thank you Aces51. Long way to go yet, many nights are poor, progress on days is good. wouldnt wish this on anybody, but it could have been far worse, for that i am eternally greatful.

Thank you. we could well have !! But as you know, Staying sound is the key to everything..

Thank you. a long way from full recovery. Im very happy with my progress during the day, but i have some very poor nights..

Except KK let us down badly..