Catalan Posted Sunday at 01:07 PM Report Share Posted Sunday at 01:07 PM 3 hours ago, TheWellBehavedWorrall said: Nope. Straight back to the pits too. He didn’t even acknowledge the Poole fans standing beside the pit gate who, fair play to them, were passionate all night. They have to be encouraged to do a lap of honour at Poole even though they have been asked to by the promotion 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allthegearbutnaeidea Posted Monday at 04:57 PM Report Share Posted Monday at 04:57 PM Cant blame Kerr for not wanting to do a lap of honour, he’d dropped points, the Poole fans would have booed him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluekevin Posted Monday at 05:07 PM Report Share Posted Monday at 05:07 PM True fans do not boo,support all riders through good and bad times. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gavan Posted Monday at 05:25 PM Report Share Posted Monday at 05:25 PM Fans are too fickle these days I saw Danny king get abuse last season riding injured trying to carry the team This season he has been the most consistent rider we have 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazzac Posted Monday at 05:58 PM Report Share Posted Monday at 05:58 PM Never boo one of your own, away riders are fair game.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreverblue Posted Monday at 06:22 PM Report Share Posted Monday at 06:22 PM 1 hour ago, allthegearbutnaeidea said: Cant blame Kerr for not wanting to do a lap of honour, he’d dropped points, the Poole fans would have booed him. No they would not, we dont boo our own riders. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ASpeedwayfan Posted Monday at 08:12 PM Report Share Posted Monday at 08:12 PM Off the top of my head the only riders I can think to of got Boo’d at Poole are Basso, C Cook and Kasperzak. I’m sure there’s plenty more of course. In the 15/20 years I’ve been attending I can’t think of a single time a pirate has been on the receiving end of boos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoffeeandTV Posted Monday at 09:10 PM Report Share Posted Monday at 09:10 PM On 6/6/2025 at 11:15 AM, Arthur54 said: Apparently already a done deal Funny.... where did you hear Rushen was a done deal? A few murmurs at Leicester tonight that he's quite keen on one of your main rivals. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BackInTheDHSS Posted Monday at 09:28 PM Report Share Posted Monday at 09:28 PM 18 minutes ago, CoffeeandTV said: Funny.... where did you hear Rushen was a done deal? A few murmurs at Leicester tonight that he's quite keen on one of your main rivals. Oooh, tell me more… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arnieg Posted Monday at 09:50 PM Report Share Posted Monday at 09:50 PM 40 minutes ago, CoffeeandTV said: Funny.... where did you hear Rushen was a done deal? A few murmurs at Leicester tonight that he's quite keen on one of your main rivals. Bournemouth FC? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Essex Posted Monday at 10:49 PM Report Share Posted Monday at 10:49 PM On 6/8/2025 at 9:36 AM, TheWellBehavedWorrall said: Well done to Poole for Friday night‘S result. That was a really professional performance. I thought Kerr and Thomsen were the match winners. Add Will Cairns to that - assuming he’s fit - and that would have been at least a 10 points victory for the Pirates. You were teased for your team building efforts, but some of you were correct: never write off the Pirates. One thing I would add - and I said this in the meeting topic - was that several of your riders were guilty of heading straight back to the pits after important wins. There were Pirates fans dotted all over the stadium, including a very visible bunch in the main stand with their flags; they’ve travelled a long way and deserve acknowledged by a lap of honour. Rowe passed Howarth in heat 5, then smoke Harris in his next, but both times, he went straight back to the pits. That’s so poor. You’ve just won two important heats and aren’t in the slightest bit arsed to even wave at the fans, never mind show a bit of passion. British speedway is on its backside, so the last thing it needs is big heat victories being treated like they’re nothing. I saw Tai Woffinden mention this on his social media, riders going straight back to the pits. Poor and disappointing. Agree British speedway is on its backside such a shame when I can remember going to watch Poole at White City,Wimbledon etc but must say I've no time for Tai Woffinden may be a nice chap but didn't help British speedway when he run away to Poland years ago giving up riding here as I'm sure many on here will remember. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveLyric2 Posted Tuesday at 06:12 AM Report Share Posted Tuesday at 06:12 AM (edited) 9 hours ago, CoffeeandTV said: Funny.... where did you hear Rushen was a done deal? A few murmurs at Leicester tonight that he's quite keen on one of your main rivals. Wind up!!😀 I think most clubs are 'sounding out' riders for next season - without being certain of what the league structure and points limit are going to be!! Failing to plan is planning to fail, as they say...... Edited Tuesday at 06:16 AM by SteveLyric2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteelShoe Posted Tuesday at 07:16 AM Report Share Posted Tuesday at 07:16 AM On 6/6/2025 at 11:15 AM, Arthur54 said: Apparently already a done deal this is also my understanding 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
therefused Posted Tuesday at 08:22 AM Report Share Posted Tuesday at 08:22 AM 9 hours ago, Essex said: Agree British speedway is on its backside such a shame when I can remember going to watch Poole at White City,Wimbledon etc but must say I've no time for Tai Woffinden may be a nice chap but didn't help British speedway when he run away to Poland years ago giving up riding here as I'm sure many on here will remember. was it Woffindens job to help british speedway? Id say there are more ways to help it than riding here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreverblue Posted Tuesday at 08:32 AM Report Share Posted Tuesday at 08:32 AM 8 minutes ago, therefused said: was it Woffindens job to help british speedway? Id say there are more ways to help it than riding here. Lambert is the same, not ridden here in years unless there is a quick buck to be made in the play offs. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bagpuss Posted Tuesday at 09:31 AM Report Share Posted Tuesday at 09:31 AM 55 minutes ago, foreverblue said: Lambert is the same, not ridden here in years unless there is a quick buck to be made in the play offs. He lives in Poland, is married to a Polish girl and only wants to do two leagues so no surprise he doesn't ride here. Nicholls and Bewley have also ducked the UK in the past, maybe it says more about British Speedway than the riders themselves. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WookieboyDon Posted Tuesday at 11:29 AM Report Share Posted Tuesday at 11:29 AM 12 hours ago, Essex said: Agree British speedway is on its backside such a shame when I can remember going to watch Poole at White City,Wimbledon etc but must say I've no time for Tai Woffinden may be a nice chap but didn't help British speedway when he run away to Poland years ago giving up riding here as I'm sure many on here will remember. Offered much better money to ride in a better league in Poland which everyone would take (and if you say you wouldn't you're lying)...felt that track prep in the UK was poor and dangerous (which at some tracks it was) so no longer wanted to ride here...but it was his responsibility to stay and try and save British speedway?! Utterly ridiculous. The Tai bashing by some is so tiresome. Any excuse. It's just boring now. The guy is the most successful rider this country has produced, he has only ever wanted to see British speedway flourish, and our current status as reigning SON champions is down to him wanting things changed from the top down with Team GB. He instigated that. He championed it. Where we are now is due to him. So I'd say personally he has done the complete opposite of not helping British speedway. He has gone on record as saying he would love to further help the sport in this country, the guy is an asset that, if used by the BSPL, would help revolutionise British speedway. But the suits would rather plod along as we are, staring at the abyss... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveLyric2 Posted Tuesday at 01:26 PM Report Share Posted Tuesday at 01:26 PM 1 hour ago, WookieboyDon said: Offered much better money to ride in a better league in Poland which everyone would take (and if you say you wouldn't you're lying)...felt that track prep in the UK was poor and dangerous (which at some tracks it was) so no longer wanted to ride here...but it was his responsibility to stay and try and save British speedway?! Utterly ridiculous. The Tai bashing by some is so tiresome. Any excuse. It's just boring now. The guy is the most successful rider this country has produced, he has only ever wanted to see British speedway flourish, and our current status as reigning SON champions is down to him wanting things changed from the top down with Team GB. He instigated that. He championed it. Where we are now is due to him. So I'd say personally he has done the complete opposite of not helping British speedway. He has gone on record as saying he would love to further help the sport in this country, the guy is an asset that, if used by the BSPL, would help revolutionise British speedway. But the suits would rather plod along as we are, staring at the abyss... 'Felt that track prep in the UK was poor and dangerous'! Yet its in Poland where his and most of the other serious injuries happen. ...although what this has to do with Poole 2025 I don't know?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bagpuss Posted Tuesday at 01:59 PM Report Share Posted Tuesday at 01:59 PM 32 minutes ago, SteveLyric2 said: ..although what this has to do with Poole 2025 I don't know?! You've been on the forum long enough to appreciate that discussions develop on various threads. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sings4Speedway Posted Tuesday at 02:46 PM Report Share Posted Tuesday at 02:46 PM 1 hour ago, SteveLyric2 said: 'Felt that track prep in the UK was poor and dangerous'! Yet its in Poland where his and most of the other serious injuries happen. ...although what this has to do with Poole 2025 I don't know?! Without a decent level of statistics to confirm or deny that is a bold claim. What could easier be argued is that the level of competition within Polish matches is closer and therefore the likelihood of contact occurring is higher 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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