Starman2006 Posted 21 hours ago Report Share Posted 21 hours ago On 5/1/2025 at 11:29 PM, Gavan said: Why has Lawson pulled out? Shows how low speedway has fallen , reaching a British final was a huge accolade … now riders don’t care …. Let’s be honest Lawson is at the journeyman stage of his decent enough career .. better to see a young gun in my opinion Journeyman , Lawsons been with us at poole 3 seasons now, if he was a journeyman he wouldn't be a Wimborne rd now, would he . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheWellBehavedWorrall Posted 21 hours ago Report Share Posted 21 hours ago 27 minutes ago, foreverblue said: Haha,I have never been to Long Eaton, were they any good? From what I remember, no when it was the one big league, but in the split divisions, they were strong. Having said that, I think they only lasted one season - 1997 - before going out of business. Carl Stonehewer and Martin Dixon were there key riders, if I recall correctly. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arthur54 Posted 21 hours ago Author Report Share Posted 21 hours ago 54 minutes ago, lewy said: So Poole have sacked matt marson already so much for having no pressure or expectation on him. Who's next? I would be more worried about what is happening at Plymouth, your number 1 not exactly pulling trees up, so trot on back to your Plymouth thread 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebv Posted 21 hours ago Report Share Posted 21 hours ago 17 hours ago, Fromafar said: Then having to tell them that one of your Teams riders scored a maximum against one of your biggest rivals to help them to an away match in the League. Necessary evil... There is no alternative... Guest have been around for years... Etc, Etc, Etc ... There is a very fundamental reason why no mainstream coverage, large companies, and plenty of fans themselves, don't take Speedway (in the UK), too seriously... Your example of what happens regularly (virtually every week), is the clear reason.. Colluding with the promoters it actually means something is a prerequisite for fans who do want to take it seriously and pretend... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LisaColette Posted 20 hours ago Report Share Posted 20 hours ago 1 hour ago, lewy said: So Poole have sacked matt marson already so much for having no pressure or expectation on him. Who's next? Still needs to be getting 2 points a meeting though imo, especially with the team a little bit up and down. Essentially he is the scapegoat. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noelinho Posted 20 hours ago Report Share Posted 20 hours ago 3 minutes ago, LisaColette said: Still needs to be getting 2 points a meeting though imo, especially with the team a little bit up and down. Essentially he is the scapegoat. He was never going to score 2 points a meeting. Even he knew that, surely. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheWellBehavedWorrall Posted 19 hours ago Report Share Posted 19 hours ago Well, if sacking your temporary number seven and replacing him with another temporary number seven isn’t the sign of a club sh*tting themselves, then I don’t know what is.😂 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreverblue Posted 19 hours ago Report Share Posted 19 hours ago 25 minutes ago, TheWellBehavedWorrall said: Well, if sacking your temporary number seven and replacing him with another temporary number seven isn’t the sign of a club sh*tting themselves, then I don’t know what is.😂 It really isnt the problem but if Ritchings can get 2 points a meeting that would be a plus but the main issue is Kerr and I always thought he would be but his scores are even lower than I feared. We cant expect Cairns to save us other riders need to step up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bald Bloke Posted 19 hours ago Report Share Posted 19 hours ago 40 minutes ago, TheWellBehavedWorrall said: Well, if sacking your temporary number seven and replacing him with another temporary number seven isn’t the sign of a club sh*tting themselves, then I don’t know what is.😂 No pressure on these young ones 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bald Bloke Posted 18 hours ago Report Share Posted 18 hours ago (edited) 56 minutes ago, foreverblue said: It really isnt the problem but if Ritchings can get 2 points a meeting that would be a plus but the main issue is Kerr and I always thought he would be but his scores are even lower than I feared. We cant expect Cairns to save us other riders need to step up. You have 5 riders going who are currently riding better than their average. I'm pretty sure Lewi will get going soon.. Feel a bit sorry for Marson myself.. Unless he asked to go. Riders GSA at the start of the season.. Averaging after the 1st 4 meetings Lawson 9.17 9.40 Cook 6.23 8.40 Rowe 6.11 8.47 Thomsen 4.41 5.07 Starke 3.36 4.40 Edited 18 hours ago by Bald Bloke spelling Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bagpuss Posted 17 hours ago Report Share Posted 17 hours ago 3 hours ago, foreverblue said: Haha,I have never been to Long Eaton, were they any good? The track was awesome. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LisaColette Posted 17 hours ago Report Share Posted 17 hours ago 29 minutes ago, Bald Bloke said: You have 5 riders going who are currently riding better than their average. I'm pretty sure Lewi will get going soon.. Feel a bit sorry for Marson myself.. Unless he asked to go. Riders GSA at the start of the season.. Averaging after the 1st 4 meetings Lawson 9.17 9.40 Cook 6.23 8.40 Rowe 6.11 8.47 Thomsen 4.41 5.07 Starke 3.36 4.40 Maybe Edinburgh want him and that deal would be longer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Blobby Posted 17 hours ago Report Share Posted 17 hours ago 1 minute ago, LisaColette said: Maybe Edinburgh want him and that deal would be longer. Nope, but good excuse for you hitting the panic button and binning him as a scapegoat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreverblue Posted 17 hours ago Report Share Posted 17 hours ago 1 hour ago, Bald Bloke said: No pressure on these young ones Well he is 25 I believe so not that young compared to some 2 pointers and no point in having someone that scores zero unless someone doesnt finish the race he is in. It is not possible Ritchings can be worse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Shovlar Posted 6 hours ago Report Share Posted 6 hours ago There’s making up the numbers and making up the numbers. Seriously, Matt Marson is a better speedway rider than me. I have never put a leg over a speedway bike and ridden one, in all my years. Yet I would have contributed the same as Marson, had I been number 7 in the Poole team. You don’t get a,point for finishing tailed off by 100 metres, or a lap behind. Marson knew he was well out of his depth at this level and it didn’t do him or the team any favours. Ritchings may or may not do any better but he can’t do worse. Riding for Poole brings more pressure than riding for nearly every other club, and rightly so. Riders should know they can’t have a couple of dodgy meetings. Kerr must know this and get his act together quickly. Starke needs to show some fighting spirit. Tick tock… 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ASpeedwayfan Posted 4 hours ago Report Share Posted 4 hours ago I really don’t get the over reaction for Poole replacing their number 7. They gave Marson the chance and he just isn’t on the pace of the other riders. So they have now given the opportunity of riding for the club to someone else? yes it’s an early change but Marson didn’t show any fight or improvement. poole stuck by Perry as he was often on the pace and showed some improvement, sadly Perry was always very poor coming out the tapes. Poole then brought in Foord who played a huge part in winning the league. Poole don’t ride to make up the numbers. They ride to win. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ragdoll64 Posted 4 hours ago Report Share Posted 4 hours ago 4 minutes ago, ASpeedwayfan said: I really don’t get the over reaction for Poole replacing their number 7. They gave Marson the chance and he just isn’t on the pace of the other riders. So they have now given the opportunity of riding for the club to someone else? yes it’s an early change but Marson didn’t show any fight or improvement. poole stuck by Perry as he was often on the pace and showed some improvement, sadly Perry was always very poor coming out the tapes. Poole then brought in Foord who played a huge part in winning the league. Poole don’t ride to make up the numbers. They ride to win. Yeah, that’s true……some of their fans though, think the rest of us are just making up the numbers…….🤪 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bald Bloke Posted 4 hours ago Report Share Posted 4 hours ago 2 hours ago, Steve Shovlar said: There’s making up the numbers and making up the numbers. Seriously, Matt Marson is a better speedway rider than me. I have never put a leg over a speedway bike and ridden one, in all my years. Yet I would have contributed the same as Marson, had I been number 7 in the Poole team. You don’t get a,point for finishing tailed off by 100 metres, or a lap behind. Marson knew he was well out of his depth at this level and it didn’t do him or the team any favours. Ritchings may or may not do any better but he can’t do worse. Riding for Poole brings more pressure than riding for nearly every other club, and rightly so. Riders should know they can’t have a couple of dodgy meetings. Kerr must know this and get his act together quickly. Starke needs to show some fighting spirit. Tick tock… He will probably be next, even though he started on 3.36, and has averaged 4.40 in his first 4 meetings. I can't see the attraction of riding for Poole myself tbh. Tick tock Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bitza Posted 2 hours ago Report Share Posted 2 hours ago 1 hour ago, ASpeedwayfan said: I really don’t get the over reaction for Poole replacing their number 7. They gave Marson the chance and he just isn’t on the pace of the other riders. So they have now given the opportunity of riding for the club to someone else? yes it’s an early change but Marson didn’t show any fight or improvement. poole stuck by Perry as he was often on the pace and showed some improvement, sadly Perry was always very poor coming out the tapes. Poole then brought in Foord who played a huge part in winning the league. Poole don’t ride to make up the numbers. They ride to win. Fair comment, Marson was going nowhere so RItching can only be an improvement. I was never keen to see Kerr riding for Poole and his scoring so far hasn't been great, but.... when I've seen him race at Wimborne Road he has shown more willingness than his team mates to mix it and really have a go at racing, good to watch. The Pirates really lacked that kind of aggression, particularly at the start of last week's meeting with Oxford. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveLyric2 Posted 2 hours ago Report Share Posted 2 hours ago 2 hours ago, ragdoll64 said: Yeah, that’s true……some of their fans though, think the rest of us are just making up the numbers…….🤪 You were last season!😇 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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