Oxford V Poole 15/4/26 BSN 1st leg

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17 minutes ago, LisaColette said:

Newman only had 3 rides. They took him out for the TS ride, did they not? Not sure about Bowes. Maybe they hoped he was going to gate and pin it on the inside. 

Bowes should have been taken out of his last ride but it didn't matter as Mcdiarmid broke down.

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2 hours ago, Supersub said:

Poor racing track-very slick, no grip, gate & go, virtually no passing& very boring to watch, waste of £13.99. Poole underperformed,There may well have been reasons but IMO:

Lawson-disapointing, Newman-poor, Kerr-average, Bowes-poor, Cook-Ok, Cairns disapointing but only 16,  Rushen-OK

12 points should make 2nd leg interesting but generally Poole excel at Poole

 

Lawson is usually good at Oxford so surprised, Newman was poor too but rest were as expected really. 

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7 hours ago, Neila said:

Bowes would not be end of the World though as ultimately last season was his first in UK so maybe with the right attitude there may be more to come. 

Quote from a Poole fan before bowes signing was officially announced 

I dont remember ever seeing that quote but I have no faith that Bowes will improve much.

[Neila]

1 hour ago, Arthur54 said:

Still nothing about being a world beater 

But according to all you lot anybody who rides for Poole are world beaters just for putting the team suit on  😜

[Neila]

2 minutes ago, foreverblue said:

I dont remember ever seeing that quote but I have no faith that Bowes will improve much.

That's what I keep saying, but your welcome to him, until you drop him when the averages change 🤔

[Fromafar]

Considering who Berwick went for at reserve I was surprised then didn’t have Dayle back.He done his job last season.

[LisaColette]

1 hour ago, marko said:

I know we have people on here with experience of track preparation so my question is, when you have a situation like last night where the rain doesnt come and clearly from looking at the sky it isnt going to come anytime soon, how long would it take to get the track back to a state where you could get water into it and also not have a blue line?

Maybe they should do Redcar said a couple of seasons back: prepare the track for racing not the weather. 

[Gavan]

10 hours ago, foreverblue said:

Sedgeman is a track specialist, he certainly didnt show it tonight though. 

Scored 6 and 8 there the last 2 years hardly screams track specialist to me

[Bojangles]

9 minutes ago, LisaColette said:

Maybe they should do Redcar said a couple of seasons back: prepare the track for racing not the weather. 

Given the current circumstances surrounding Oxford, I think getting the meeting on was the top priority. A rain-off could have been disastrous. 

Yes, the track was pretty awful, but let's just be glad Oxford are actually coming to the tapes at the moment. Some perspective is needed I feel. 

[SteveArena]

Shovvy what has happened to you're mate with the flat whites and all the chat?

Have the Poole mafia had him bumped off in the New Forest?

[Whitelinehugger]

Just now, SteveArena said:

Shovvy what has happened to you're mate with the flat whites and all the chat?

Have the Poole mafia had him bumped off in the New Forest?

Been dumped in the bay.

[SteveArena]

Poole missed his support last night.

[Tim G]

36 minutes ago, LisaColette said:

Maybe they should do Redcar said a couple of seasons back: prepare the track for racing not the weather. 

Rain was guaranteed so the track was prepared slick it’s what all teams do these days. It was a poor watch but given the current conditions at the club I think supporters are happy they have a team.

I don’t think a Poole fan can really talk about preparing a track for racing after the track that was deliberately prepared slick in the playoff final match against Glasgow. Racing that night was shocking on purpose and not due to iffy weather.

[SteveLyric2]

1 hour ago, foreverblue said:

Lawson is usually good at Oxford so surprised, Newman was poor too but rest were as expected really. 

Lawson could still be feeling a little 'second hand' after his recent falls and machinery damage?

[TheWellBehavedWorrall]

That isn’t a bad result for Poole, all things considered. It could have been a lot worse, but they’re capable of winning at home by a greater margin.

The irony - arguably karma - in Poole fans criticising the track is astonishing.

You produce the absolute worst racing this country has ever seen at Wimborne Road, but you’ve been winning, so can’t see the forest for the trees.

I've been victim to a robbery once in my life: when I paid for the Poole versus Glasgow stream last season. It takes an incredibly negative approach to make Chris Harris look boring.

A truly remarkable lack of self-awareness.

[LisaColette]

41 minutes ago, Tim G said:

Rain was guaranteed so the track was prepared slick it’s what all teams do these days. It was a poor watch but given the current conditions at the club I think supporters are happy they have a team.

I don’t think a Poole fan can really talk about preparing a track for racing after the track that was deliberately prepared slick in the playoff final match against Glasgow. Racing that night was shocking on purpose and not due to iffy weather.

I can talk about any track, mainly because i have nothing to do with the preparation of the Poole one! 

[TheWellBehavedWorrall]

10 minutes ago, LisaColette said:

I can talk about any track, mainly because i have nothing to do with the preparation of the Poole one! 

Not quite the point the Lisa. You can talk about anything. You can talk about how many five years olds it would take to beat you in a fight, for example.

The point is that a Poole fan criticising someone else’s track is similar to Donald Trump suggesting you should watch what you eat or Stevie Wonder questioning your vision.

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2 hours ago, Neila said:

But according to all you lot anybody who rides for Poole are world beaters just for putting the team suit on  😜

Doesn't always work out that way.

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50 minutes ago, SteveLyric2 said:

Lawson could still be feeling a little 'second hand' after his recent falls and machinery damage?

Yes agree with that, I noticed at Kings Lynn he had two wins then two last places which could well have been machinery issues.

[Tim G]

19 minutes ago, LisaColette said:

I can talk about any track, mainly because i have nothing to do with the preparation of the Poole one! 

 

19 minutes ago, LisaColette said:

I can talk about any track, mainly because i have nothing to do with the preparation of the Poole one! 

True you can.

I look forward to going on the Poole thread saying how crap the track is. That’s most my Wednesday’s full up to October, thank you.