Poole vs Edinburgh 16/7/25

[old bob at herne bay]

Do they have stock cars at Wimborne Road that cause the bumpy track ? 

[Steve Shovlar]

Thought it was a poor meeting tonight. Racing was poor bar a couple of heats. Track was definitely bumpy in places. Need to get the blade on it. Underwatered as well. Edinburgh put up a fight first half of the meeting but faded away. 
 

 

[Arthur54]

1 hour ago, Gavan said:

That is one awful awful track to watch speedway on

Im guessing Poole fans are happy with Kerr again…. Never known a set of fans who go from wanting riders sacked to lauding them … fickle 

You obviously like it, otherwise you wouldn't buy the stream 

[Arthur54]

1 hour ago, LisaColette said:

I shouldn't let it worry you Gav. Good to see an Ipswich rider in attendance anyway 

Yeah Tom Brennan was there 

[Bitza]

Well much as "track whinging" makes me yawn, you could see riders having issues with uneven track, unpredictability which leads to limited overtakes. But at least it's the same for both teams, and gave a fair result. 

If I was the Edinburgh promoters I'd be asking for  money back from MPT, he's a shadow of his former self, should probably hang up his kevlar imo. 

Edited Wednesday at 09:46 PM by Bitza

[LisaColette]

9 minutes ago, Arthur54 said:

You obviously like it, otherwise you wouldn't buy the stream 

As if he does that lol. I like VP, he comes across really well in interviews. 

[Essex]

3 minutes ago, Steve Shovlar said:

Thought it was a poor meeting tonight. Racing was poor bar a couple of heats. Track was definitely bumpy in places. Need to get the blade on it. Underwatered as well. Edinburgh put up a fight first half of the meeting but faded away. 
 

 

Steve,you seen to be a chap in the know probably been watching Poole as long as I have Mudge,Fossengen Broadbelt  era so can you explain why some weeks over many years the track is bumpy with holes appearing in different places giving fuel to all the Poole haters to have a dig. I must say I know nothing about track prep but it seems a constant thing at Wimborne Road every so often the track is poor can't deny it so do we have cheap shale,poor equipment or a man sitting on a tractor who thinks he's harvesting wheat and not laying a speedway track or does anybody else know proper replies only please.

[Robinh88]

When is the track ever good at Poole? 

[Arthur54]

7 minutes ago, Robinh88 said:

When is the track ever good at Poole? 

It's know worse than some of the tripe i watch on TNT or BSN 

[Essex]

3 minutes ago, Robinh88 said:

When is the track ever good at Poole? 

No can't have that.I'm happy to say it can be iffy sometimes but if you saw Harris v Doyle a few years ago and the Turbo Twins many heat 15 tussles it not always iffy if it was then why do the star riders we've had over the years come to Poole (Rikaardson,Crump etc )

[Dickie Head]

18 minutes ago, Robinh88 said:

When is the track ever good at Poole? 

It can be good on occasions. My feeling is that if the track were made ‘good’, Poole would romp away to even bigger home wins.

[SharpenRake]

8 hours ago, Dickie Head said:

It can be good on occasions. My feeling is that if the track were made ‘good’, Poole would romp away to even bigger home wins.

So are you suggesting that the Poole managment are deliberately trying to save money by scrimping on track preparation and reducing the amount they would have to otherwise  pay their riders in respect of points money?

[lewy]

12 minutes ago, SharpenRake said:

So are you suggesting that the Poole managment are deliberately trying to save money by scrimping on track preparation and reducing the amount they would have to otherwise  pay their riders in respect of points money?

To be fair I don't think he is, but you are!

[Supersub]

9 hours ago, Essex said:

No can't have that.I'm happy to say it can be iffy sometimes but if you saw Harris v Doyle a few years ago and the Turbo Twins many heat 15 tussles it not always iffy if it was then why do the star riders we've had over the years come to Poole (Rikaardson,Crump etc )

Loram, Havvy, Simmo and more!!!

[ruckerroo]

Monarchs ruing the toft signing .

[SteveLyric2]

1 hour ago, SharpenRake said:

So are you suggesting that the Poole managment are deliberately trying to save money by scrimping on track preparation and reducing the amount they would have to otherwise  pay their riders in respect of points money?

Poole riders still rack up the points at home so where is the saving?

[Mr Blobby]

1 hour ago, ruckerroo said:

Monarchs ruing the toft signing .

Gave him the benefit of the doubt for the first few with him being out for so long. However he hasn’t got any better.

[SharpenRake]

10 hours ago, Dickie Head said:

It can be good on occasions. My feeling is that if the track were made ‘good’, Poole would romp away to even bigger home wins.

 

2 hours ago, SharpenRake said:

So are you suggesting that the Poole managment are deliberately trying to save money by scrimping on track preparation and reducing the amount they would have to otherwise  pay their riders in respect of points money?

 

31 minutes ago, SteveLyric2 said:

Poole riders still rack up the points at home so where is the saving?

The original poster suggested that if the track was made 'good' Poole would romp to even bigger wins. So presumably the Poole management save money on track preparation and reduced wages to their own riders as Mr Head suggests they would score even more points and earn even more points money if the track was 'good'.

 

[foreverblue]

The way Starke is riding might have been better to keep Ritchings.

[defolddad]

I have never seen as much work put into the track as the last few seasons since covid. I can't think or a better way to make a hole or bump in tightly packed sediment than by passing a heavily nobbled tire rotating at upteen revolutions per second so surely it should be widely accepted that racing will cause bumps,ruts or polished smooth surfaces.

if you folks don't like the racing on shale and the conditions that go with it why on earth do you continue to follow the sport. it's so tedious to watch everyone continually harp on about it without a thought for how the continual criticism and snipes affect the morale of everyone involved including the spectators-celebrate it!