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


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2 hours ago, foreverblue said:

What Neila making things up so he can have another go at Poole how surprising!!

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 

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8 hours ago, BackInTheDHSS said:

Middlo wasn't even there tonight, so shows how much attention you two paid. Danny Ford was team manager for the night.

Danny Ford .. the Ruben Amorim of the championship 

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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

 

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21 minutes 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

 

Poole were poor but, Rushen gave it 110% and I thought was impressive, sadly he’s a racer and the track was a railway. Cairns did his job, Bowes was poor. 

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5 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 

Still nothing about being a world beater 

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9 hours ago, frigbo said:

Well, that wasn't a classic was it!?

Any movement off the blue groove and riders just went backwards.

Took my Mrs to her first meeting since 2003 and she simply said "it's not as exciting as it used to be is it?"

You can't dish that sort of meeting up regularly.and hope to take the sport forward!

Your Mrs quote is exactly spot on , no more words needed to sum up speedway nowadays. 

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Well done to Oxford, they wanted it more than majority of our boys.

Track was set up for rain, slick and not ideal for racing but that’s the way it went.

Two poor away meetings now and we need to see an improvement from a couple of the boys in the main part of the team. 
Coops should have had more than 4 rides, why we kept Newman and Bowes in their 4th ride is beyond me. It’s all good and well scoring well at home but we need them to show up away. 

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20 minutes ago, Pirates Of Poole said:

Well done to Oxford, they wanted it more than majority of our boys.

Track was set up for rain, slick and not ideal for racing but that’s the way it went.

Two poor away meetings now and we need to see an improvement from a couple of the boys in the main part of the team. 
Coops should have had more than 4 rides, why we kept Newman and Bowes in their 4th ride is beyond me, the only point they scored was because the other Poole rider packed up. It’s all good and well scoring well at home but we need them to show up away. 

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. 

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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?

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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.

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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  😜

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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 🤔

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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. 

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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

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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. 

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