CHAMPIONSHIP PLAY OFF FINAL - SCUNTHORPE v POOLE v SCUNTHORPE (2 & 7 October)

[szkocjasid]

14 hours ago, Fozzie4388 said:

All prices gone up £2 by looks of it

 

14 hours ago, Bagpuss said:

Not unusual but a p!sstake nevertheless.

Will continue to happen unless fans boycott the higher prices.

[ASpeedwayfan]

I think Poole win comfortably. Even if Lawson is struggling with engines after losing a couple lately. Can’t see Scunny winning any races bar Picko and maybe Harrison? Poole could get 60

[szkocjasid]

1 hour ago, ruckerroo said:

How the hell is hook at n3 

Because number 3 doesn't have to be a heat leader.

Scunny often have their weakest second string at 3 & 3rd heat leader at 4.

[eric i]

Scunny could really of done with Hook been out for the season, coming back from injury after hardly riding all year, straight into the playoffs on a track hes not dialled in on. Jenkins or R/R  would have scored a few.

Good effort by Scunny, it won't be enough, Poole will win by at least 20 probably 30 at their place.

What did Godfrey say in the programme, is he selling up? is that the track or the speedway club? 

[szkocjasid]

1 hour ago, Youhave2minutes said:

Shouldnt even be in the team

I will give Scunthorpe credit for making a signing, far too many clubs just use guests.

[tyler42]

You can't have two riders at home not performing and expect to get enough pts to take a comfortable lead to Poole. Scunthorpe did really well with the other five riders, but, to keep both Hook and Ablett heat 12 was a certain 5-1 to Poole. Surely Howe could have changed things around a bit, to stop that from happening. Such a shame, if those two had contributed, it could have been a bit more exciting next Wednesday. 

[foreverblue]

2 hours ago, SilentLurker said:

Great nights racing to be followed by 15 heats of blue groove FTG in the second leg. Think most people will be giving that a miss. Wonder how low the BSN viewers will be…

Yeah I wouldnt watch it, waste of your valuable time. Hopefully like you many BSN viewers will give it a miss so we dont have to put up with all the moaning.

[TheWellBehavedWorrall]

What a great evening of speedway. That was a really enjoyable meeting. Well done to Scunthorpe for preparing a track for entertainment.

A good win for the Scorpions but Poole are just too strong. Ten down after six heats and the momentum with the home side, but credit to the Pirates; they respond when the chips are down.

Felt like Rushen’s win in heat ten was massive for Poole. I think we’re so accustomed to his performances, we forget he’s only 16. Incredible.

I defended Cairns against Redcar, but heat eight was outright cheating and the referee failing to address it was unacceptable. Well done David Howe for highlighting it on BSN before the last heat. It didn’t look good for Middleditch; he just stood there looking at the ground, speechless.

Looking forward to the second leg and praying Poole prepare a track worthy of a grand final finish.

[geoff100]

12 minutes ago, TheWellBehavedWorrall said:

What a great evening of speedway. That was a really enjoyable meeting. Well done to Scunthorpe for preparing a track for entertainment.

A good win for the Scorpions but Poole are just too strong. Ten down after six heats and the momentum with the home side, but credit to the Pirates; they respond when the chips are down.

Felt like Rushen’s win in heat ten was massive for Poole. I think we’re so accustomed to his performances, we forget he’s only 16. Incredible.

I defended Cairns against Redcar, but heat eight was outright cheating and the referee failing to address it was unacceptable. Well done David Howe for highlighting it on BSN before the last heat. It didn’t look good for Middleditch; he just stood there looking at the ground, speechless.

Looking forward to the second leg and praying Poole prepare a track worthy of a grand final finish.

What did cairns do?

[Catalan]

9 hours ago, Youhave2minutes said:

Won’t buy second leg

That is your prerogative

[M.D]

7 hours ago, geoff100 said:

What did cairns do?

Heating his rear tyre up near the start line.

[Wee Eck]

24 minutes ago, M.D said:

Heating his rear tyre up near the start line.

The cad. And dangerous too with these tyres. According to Lightcap, the track was really slick so maybe Will was just trying to wear away some of the nobblies so his tyre would slide across the shiny surface?

[TheWellBehavedWorrall]

8 hours ago, geoff100 said:

What did cairns do?

He was warming his tyre before heat eight which is an illegal action, as deemed by not just the sport of speedway, but FIM.

The rules on it are black and white: if you do it, you’re excluded. Cairns did it and wasn’t.

He subsequently won the race and until heat fourteen, it was the only time any rider had done so from gate three.

Like I said, I really rate Cairns and found him pure entertainment against Redcar. We could all argue until we’re blue in the face about whether or not he gained an unfair advantage, but the rules are very simple; it’s illegal.

Here’s the incident:

Edited 52 minutes ago by TheWellBehavedWorrall

[geoff100]

16 minutes ago, TheWellBehavedWorrall said:

He was warming his tyre before heat eight which is an illegal action, as deemed by not just the sport of speedway, but FIM.

The rules on it are black and white: if you do it, you’re excluded. Cairns did it and wasn’t.

He subsequently won the race and until heat fourteen, it was the only time any rider had done so from gate three.

Like I said, I really rate Cairns and found him pure entertainment against Redcar. We could all argue until we’re blue in the face about whether or not he gained an unfair advantage, but the rules are very simple; it’s illegal.

Here’s the incident:

That cant be ht 8 looking at the scores!

[False dawn]

28 minutes ago, TheWellBehavedWorrall said:

He was warming his tyre before heat eight which is an illegal action, as deemed by not just the sport of speedway, but FIM.

The rules on it are black and white: if you do it, you’re excluded. Cairns did it and wasn’t.

He subsequently won the race and until heat fourteen, it was the only time any rider had done so from gate three.

Like I said, I really rate Cairns and found him pure entertainment against Redcar. We could all argue until we’re blue in the face about whether or not he gained an unfair advantage, but the rules are very simple; it’s illegal.

Here’s the incident:

At the risk of repeating myself, surely the starting marshal has a part to play here. He could not be completely oblivious to what was going on and could have brought it to the referee's attention. Yes, maybe the referee should be aware anyway. But all officials have a responsibility to ensure fair play.

[False dawn]

15 minutes ago, geoff100 said:

That cant be ht 8 looking at the scores!

I think it was a replay.