Fromafar Posted 1 hour ago Report Share Posted 1 hour ago 9 hours ago, TheWellBehavedWorrall said: You’re missing the point. Speedway lives and dies on entertainment; Poole are starving the sport of that while they fill their trophy cabinet. I was vocal about recommending a Poole meeting to two colleagues from Bournemouth last season and unsurprisingly, they haven’t been back. This has absolutely nothing to do with Poole’s support or their annual revenue. What point am I missing why are Poole’s crowd levels better than Tigers,who provide the best racing.Tigers crowd levels look down on last seasons .IMO Why are all these fans consistently turning up at Poole + away from how they attract fans to their meetings.Its hardly Poole’s fault is the sport is dying on its feet. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreverblue Posted 1 hour ago Report Share Posted 1 hour ago 10 hours ago, Noelinho said: Between them they're not a long way off. Cooper's average will be 6.17 when effective, and Cairns is averaging 6.59 this season, albeit the official average will lag behind given he came in half way through last season. How many young riders have come in to the Championship and done that in recent times? That is why I said not quite, I would imagine Cooper's average will be above Will's by the end of the season and both will be in the main body of the team so points will be harder to come by and Cairns average was nearly 4 by the end of last season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wee Eck Posted 1 hour ago Report Share Posted 1 hour ago 9 hours ago, TheWellBehavedWorrall said: You’re missing the point. Speedway lives and dies on entertainment; Poole are starving the sport of that while they fill their trophy cabinet. I was vocal about recommending a Poole meeting to two colleagues from Bournemouth last season and unsurprisingly, they haven’t been back. This has absolutely nothing to do with Poole’s support or their annual revenue. To be fair, I think maybe it’s you that are missing the point. Poole are successful as a business and as a team. They have a strong supporter base who have been treated to a winning team year after year. They are addicted to winning because they have got used to it. But the team can only beat what’s in front of them, and last night, the opposition were not only poor but disappointing - 5 race wins out of 13. And three of these were by Harris. After last year’s clashes, much was expected of this match but Glasgow were a let down. But that’s only half the story - not only do Poole keep their own supporters happy, but the also make other promoters happy when Poole come to visit. Because the home supporters turn out in greater numbers because they want to see the mighty Pirates humiliated by their team. And sometimes that happens. For example, if you were an Edinburgh supporter, would you prefer to watch the Monarchs against Poole or against, say, Scunthorpe? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreverblue Posted 1 hour ago Report Share Posted 1 hour ago 46 minutes ago, therefused said: Which makes me think there should have been a rule put in place to stop those two signing for the same teams, why dont they grade the reserves the same way they used to a few years ago? Theyve stopped teams signing one rider over an 8 average but done nothing about riders at the bottom of the team. The season is over, award Poole the title now. So you want a rule just to stop Poole winning! The riders wanted to come to Poole and the fans are grateful that we can see two up and coming stars every week. Another team could have signed them but they didn't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
therefused Posted 1 hour ago Report Share Posted 1 hour ago 4 minutes ago, foreverblue said: So you want a rule just to stop Poole winning! The riders wanted to come to Poole and the fans are grateful that we can see two up and coming stars every week. Another team could have signed them but they didn't. No, i want a rule that makes it fairer across the board for all teams, instead of a lopsided league (again). Another team wouldnt have met the wage demands so saying another team could have signed them is totally facetious Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveLyric2 Posted 13 minutes ago Report Share Posted 13 minutes ago 38 minutes ago, therefused said: No, i want a rule that makes it fairer across the board for all teams, instead of a lopsided league (again). Another team wouldnt have met the wage demands so saying another team could have signed them is totally facetious Categorically Poole do not pay inflated wage demands! However what they do offer is regular payment of wages and introduction to a range of local companies that are able to offer a variety of support services, eg, accommodation, transport, workshop facilities and yes some financial support. Plus of course a history of winning trophies - and all within the same team building points as everyone else. Some people on here seem to think that winning meetings/trophies is not entertainment!!🤩 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreverblue Posted 1 minute ago Report Share Posted 1 minute ago 54 minutes ago, therefused said: No, i want a rule that makes it fairer across the board for all teams, instead of a lopsided league (again). Another team wouldnt have met the wage demands so saying another team could have signed them is totally facetious Facetious? Lopsided again? Nobody said that last year when we could probably should have lost to Glasgow or got beat by Redcar in the BSN final. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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