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7 minutes ago, HGould said:

Lads been out best part of 12 months, steps right back in to Premier League with a few practise spins.

Show some respect!

 

Fair point, we need to see how he goes in his next meetings, apparently guesting for Workington, see how that goes in what should be easier than riding at Leicester.

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Also lets not forget Bowes got injured in the winter, keeping him out of the Aussie Championships.

He has actually scored well in his first few meetings (5+1, 6+1, 8+1) but then only managed 3, 2+1 and 0 in his next 3 which included falls and mechanicals!

His average has gone from 5.63 t0 5.42, whereas Kyle Newman has gone from 4.82 to 4.98.

With Cooper Rushen getting a 'full' average in a week or so, I guess Kyle will be dropping to reserve!!

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2 hours ago, SteveLyric2 said:

Also lets not forget Bowes got injured in the winter, keeping him out of the Aussie Championships.

He has actually scored well in his first few meetings (5+1, 6+1, 8+1) but then only managed 3, 2+1 and 0 in his next 3 which included falls and mechanicals!

His average has gone from 5.63 t0 5.42, whereas Kyle Newman has gone from 4.82 to 4.98.

With Cooper Rushen getting a 'full' average in a week or so, I guess Kyle will be dropping to reserve!!

Kyle at reserve will be terrific, I am so pleased he is staying, always liked him, always gives his best for us.

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The way Gilkes was speaking I don’t think he will be keen to line up for Poole anytime soon….. 

Leicester showing loyalty to their rider even though the replacement became the second best rising star in the top flight 

Poole immediately bin him and keep the replacement whose average has gone up a huge 0.16

Poole have history of being ruthless and showing zero loyalty …. Why not sign Newman at the start of the season if Poole were worried about Gilkes 

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11 minutes ago, Gavan said:

The way Gilkes was speaking I don’t think he will be keen to line up for Poole anytime soon….. 

Leicester showing loyalty to their rider even though the replacement became the second best rising star in the top flight 

Poole immediately bin him and keep the replacement whose average has gone up a huge 0.16

Poole have history of being ruthless and showing zero loyalty …. Why not sign Newman at the start of the season if Poole were worried about Gilkes 

Leicester would soon drop him if it cost them league points. They have 6 other riders on form, or 5 after Dan T got injured. They can carry him no probs. 

We cant carry 2 in the top 5 that is the difference. As then you are asking Will and Cooper to be getting at least 6/7 points a meeting. 

You really need to listen to MF's interview on solent at start of the season. Will answer a lot of your questions. 

For one they said Dan could come back, Kyle could be an option if he did well or they could look somewhere else. So he was never 100% coming back if that was said just before season started. 

 

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33 minutes ago, Gavan said:

The way Gilkes was speaking I don’t think he will be keen to line up for Poole anytime soon….. 

Leicester showing loyalty to their rider even though the replacement became the second best rising star in the top flight 

Poole immediately bin him and keep the replacement whose average has gone up a huge 0.16

Poole have history of being ruthless and showing zero loyalty …. Why not sign Newman at the start of the season if Poole were worried about Gilkes 

They did sign Newman once they knew Gilkes wasn't ready 

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4 minutes ago, LisaColette said:

Leicester would soon drop him if it cost them league points. They have 6 other riders on form, or 5 after Dan T got injured. They can carry him no probs. 

We cant carry 2 in the top 5 that is the difference. As then you are asking Will and Cooper to be getting at least 6/7 points a meeting. 

You really need to listen to MF's interview on solent at start of the season. Will answer a lot of your questions. 

For one they said Dan could come back, Kyle could be an option if he did well or they could look somewhere else. So he was never 100% coming back if that was said just before season started. 

 

Exactly and if you look at what Gilkes said, he was disappointed but understood the reasoning. The facts are he was not fit at the start of the season, he has spent a lot of time and money trying to get fit but he turned up for his first meeting and scored one point so he clearly is not ready yet. From a Poole point of view, we got in a rider to cover for his absence who did very well, this rider is a Pirate through and through who has always given his all for us, to dump him for a not yet fit rider would be stupid. I feel sorry for Dan Gilkes but this is a sensible decision.

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41 minutes ago, foreverblue said:

Exactly and if you look at what Gilkes said, he was disappointed but understood the reasoning. The facts are he was not fit at the start of the season, he has spent a lot of time and money trying to get fit but he turned up for his first meeting and scored one point so he clearly is not ready yet. From a Poole point of view, we got in a rider to cover for his absence who did very well, this rider is a Pirate through and through who has always given his all for us, to dump him for a not yet fit rider would be stupid. I feel sorry for Dan Gilkes but this is a sensible decision.

....plus Kyle is a decent decorator!!🤣

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