Berwick v Poole 27/06/26 KO Cup Semi- Final 2nd Leg 7-00pm

[Fromafar]

9 hours ago, DSC67 said:

Well done to The Bandits , Enjoyable meeting in tough dusty conditions. Great team performance with everyone chipping in, I thought Poole as team were pretty disappointing I’d expected more from them, as a guest I’d have expected Lambert to pick up more points especially at reserve but sometimes that’s the way things go, Lawson is usually pretty decent but there wasn’t a lot of support for him and Kerr . The Rushen / Etheridge incident looked completely different from sitting in the stand to seeing the footage on tv later from sitting in my seat in the stands the Poole rider looked to be at fault seeing the clip I’m not sure , anyways it’s a final to look forward too and it’s been a while since we’ve been able to say that. 

Agree regarding Rushen incident ,while he did go out wide Jye wasnt along side him at the time decision could have went either way IMo.Certainly no intent.The 1st running was more Controversial IMO. 

[Mgas]

I can’t pretend to be impartial, bandits through and through. But other than being delighted with the result. Rushen is a serious talent, someone needs to help him cut the dirty riding out though. Clearly kicking other riders and in 15 he absolutely tried to bin PK mid bend. Someone with less experience may have been serious hurt. The kid has the talent to be the next British world champion but he needs to cut that crap out. 

[SteveLyric2]

10 minutes ago, Mgas said:

I can’t pretend to be impartial, bandits through and through. But other than being delighted with the result. Rushen is a serious talent, someone needs to help him cut the dirty riding out though. Clearly kicking other riders and in 15 he absolutely tried to bin PK mid bend. Someone with less experience may have been serious hurt. The kid has the talent to be the next British world champion but he needs to cut that crap out. 

Racing for Leszno today may help....

[Steve Shovlar]

2 hours ago, Rickyag said:

Been twice to Poole whilst down there working. First time I saw Scott Nicholls (Leicester) fall and the Poole crowd cheered, second time I went Bomber (Rye House) fell and again the crowd cheered, a guy sat next to me and cheered and laughed so I asked him why they do that before they even know if the rider is injured, his answer was "it`s something we do and don`t care if the rider is injured", so I told him what I thought of him and he didn`t speak to me again 😂

Hey Siri, show me something that never happened.

[szkocjasid]

7 hours ago, PersonalResponsibility said:

I don't watch BSN so didn't see the original running, but that exclusion was a complete non-event. Rushen moves slightly wider to avoid his teammate, he doesn't even run Etheridge to the fence.

Can you imagine Etheridge in an Ekstraliga first turn? I know he wouldn't be within 50ft of any other rider, but if he thinks that's hard riding...!

I had a similar thought about the GPs, that wouldn't even be considered a tough move. Don't know why Etheridge was getting so upset?

[Steve Shovlar]

Here’s the first running of heat ten last night. Cooper Rushen doesn’t kick Etheridge at all, just outgated him and Etheridge falls. All four back fair decision.

 

[Fromafar]

1 hour ago, Mgas said:

I can’t pretend to be impartial, bandits through and through. But other than being delighted with the result. Rushen is a serious talent, someone needs to help him cut the dirty riding out though. Clearly kicking other riders and in 15 he absolutely tried to bin PK mid bend. Someone with less experience may have been serious hurt. The kid has the talent to be the next British world champion but he needs to cut that crap out. 

Think your a bit OTT regarding Rushen.

[Bald Bloke]

3 hours ago, Rickyag said:

Been twice to Poole whilst down there working. First time I saw Scott Nicholls (Leicester) fall and the Poole crowd cheered, second time I went Bomber (Rye House) fell and again the crowd cheered, a guy sat next to me and cheered and laughed so I asked him why they do that before they even know if the rider is injured, his answer was "it`s something we do and don`t care if the rider is injured", so I told him what I thought of him and he didn`t speak to me again 😂

Its Poole

[Rickyag]

33 minutes ago, Steve Shovlar said:

Hey Siri, show me something that never happened.

Sorry if I upset you by telling the truth, I was totally astonished that the seated stand did this, the first time this happened I just thought it was a one off, but when I went down a few weeks later and this happened again, that`s when I asked the man next to me who actually was encouraging his grandson to do the same.

[Youhave2minutes]

1 minute ago, Rickyag said:

Sorry if I upset you by telling the truth, I was totally astonished that the seated stand did this, the first time this happened I just thought it was a one off, but when I went down a few weeks later and this happened again, that`s when I asked the man next to me who actually was encouraging his grandson to do the same.

Childish prat

[Steve Shovlar]

37 minutes ago, Rickyag said:

Sorry if I upset you by telling the truth, I was totally astonished that the seated stand did this, the first time this happened I just thought it was a one off, but when I went down a few weeks later and this happened again, that`s when I asked the man next to me who actually was encouraging his grandson to do the same.

I have been going to Poole since 1985. I have never heard anyone say what you have said you heard. In general Poole fans are plenty, knowledgeable and fair. 

For it to happen twice in your two visits is frankly ridiculous. You over egged your made up story.

[lewy]

1 hour ago, Steve Shovlar said:

Here’s the first running of heat ten last night. Cooper Rushen doesn’t kick Etheridge at all, just outgated him and Etheridge falls. All four back fair decision.

 

Nobody cares Poole lost get over it ffs

[Rickyag]

9 minutes ago, Steve Shovlar said:

I have been going to Poole since 1985. I have never heard anyone say what you have said you heard. In general Poole fans are plenty, knowledgeable and fair. 

For it to happen twice in your two visits is frankly ridiculous. You over egged your made up story.

 

9 minutes ago, Steve Shovlar said:

I have been going to Poole since 1985. I have never heard anyone say what you have said you heard. In general Poole fans are plenty, knowledgeable and fair. 

For it to happen twice in your two visits is frankly ridiculous. You over egged your made up story.

Well we will have to disagree, I know what I heard and witnessed. I have been watching speedway since 1972 and I was very disappointed with the attitude shown on both occasions. 

[lewy]

1 hour ago, Steve Shovlar said:

Here’s the first running of heat ten last night. Cooper Rushen doesn’t kick Etheridge at all, just outgated him and Etheridge falls. All four back fair decision.

 

Nobody cares Poole lost get over it ffs

[mac101]

2 hours ago, Steve Shovlar said:

Here’s the first running of heat ten last night. Cooper Rushen doesn’t kick Etheridge at all, just outgated him and Etheridge falls. All four back fair decision.

 

The intent was there thou, How many of the other riders have there leg like off the start? 

[Sir Sidney]

17 hours ago, Gavan said:

I think Berwick should be kicked out of the competition for what Etheridge did

In the first running he had another rider kick out at him 

In the second running he was taken wide and fell 50/50 incident 

But for Jye to get up and throw 7 or 8 punches at another rider was disgraceful…. Does he not know the other rider is only young?? How dare Jye be infuriated to this level

If only Jye had walked over to Rushen and just slapped his shoulder then every speedway fan could have understood his frustration and nothing more would have been said ….. even Rushen would probably have laughed it off 

But what Jye did was nothing more than assault and really takes the shine off of the win ….. 

 

17 hours ago, Gavan said:

I think Berwick should be kicked out of the competition for what Etheridge did

In the first running he had another rider kick out at him 

In the second running he was taken wide and fell 50/50 incident 

But for Jye to get up and throw 7 or 8 punches at another rider was disgraceful…. Does he not know the other rider is only young?? How dare Jye be infuriated to this level

If only Jye had walked over to Rushen and just slapped his shoulder then every speedway fan could have understood his frustration and nothing more would have been said ….. even Rushen would probably have laughed it off 

But what Jye did was nothing more than assault and really takes the shine off of the win ….. 

Common assault against a minor if you want to check it. 

However, it seems everyone except the Rushens are bothered, and not them 

[foreverblue]

9 hours ago, mac101 said:

The intent was there thou, How many of the other riders have there leg like off the start? 

You see that sometimes in gps as well, riders put the leg out to maintain balance and control. 

[foreverblue]

10 hours ago, lewy said:

Nobody cares Poole lost get over it ffs

We are over it, just others seem to want to continue it. Steve is only responding to others who seem to want to continue the discussion.

As you say it does not matter now, good luck to Berwick in the final.

[*JJ]

9 hours ago, mac101 said:

The intent was there thou, How many of the other riders have there leg like off the start? 

Rushen had just lost control. If I had been the ref, I would have excluded Rushen then. As for him being a 'minor', he is a big tall young man. He is a future champion, but he needs to calm down a touch. 

[crescent girl]

21 hours ago, Gavan said:

I think Berwick should be kicked out of the competition for what Etheridge did

In the first running he had another rider kick out at him 

In the second running he was taken wide and fell 50/50 incident 

But for Jye to get up and throw 7 or 8 punches at another rider was disgraceful…. Does he not know the other rider is only young?? How dare Jye be infuriated to this level

If only Jye had walked over to Rushen and just slapped his shoulder then every speedway fan could have understood his frustration and nothing more would have been said ….. even Rushen would probably have laughed it off 

But what Jye did was nothing more than assault and really takes the shine off of the win ….. 

The kind of post too often missing from on here these days.    Let's put all our tongues back into our cheeks....