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Can really tell it is half term can't you?

You mentioned that you hate trolls And there you are being exactly what you hate. How sad you are.

Shovlar bingo:- Massive crowd Great racing Poole underdogs Leicester's to lose now Better than the premiership final Coming to a post near you soon

Because you can’t get a cheat costume.

KL have released Edwards from their line-up, so that he can ride for Mildenhall. Apparently BSPL had insisted he turn out for the Stars because Prem has priority - but common sense has prevailed

Personally I think the Cooks will be better over the 2 legs than the Thompson’s and that will swing it in Pooles favour.

More like a week at Leicester!

Agree with you there, on my two trips to the Ox one exciting evening of racing v Glasgow, 2000 there, one borefest the Pairs, 3000 there, both hot evenings. Still think folks should be able to pay cash/card for entry on gate. Plus will fans interest wane if they have another poor season and the novelty wears off. Massive catchment area of millions. Good viewing if you're above air fence line and plenty of seats in grandstand unlike Swindon, which had poor viewing.

49 - 41 after being 10pts down, can't really add to that

Give it a rest …. Poole have been poor and out gated and out fought …. Leicester have been the best side in the league and are proving why tonight Always excuses but it’s fun to see lol

Joe Thompson been very impressive tonight... Why do Poole have a Rat as a club mascot?

Howarth. He is getting married on Saturday. Didnt know a guest could be used for a wedding event. Its in his contract. No riding a week before wedding as risking injury! Guest is illegal.

As for the Monarchs team. I'd be absolutely delighted if the run & not bothered who they'd sign as long as the Speedway continued.

My prediction from a lions fan. I'm going with hope rather than expectation. I think we will do a decent job at Poole, not win but atleast keep it semi competitive for the second leg. Think it will be 52-38 in favour of the pirates. Ben Cook will be the difference tonight as a 4th heat leader. I expect Joe Thomson to be battling hard but struggling for points with clegg getting an extra ride. Nicholls at 4 is a interesting one for sure...This works if Dan Thomson can produce the goods like he did last time but that's a big ask for an inexperienced 18 year old. If Dan can get 5/6 points then that's a decent return for him especially at 5. I hope this is a great final for both sets of supporters. Either way I'm so delighted with Leicester's season finishing top and the cubs potentially doing the double it's been a great year for Leicester. Top of the league means we were the best through the season, even though a we don't get a trophy it doesn't matter that much to me, play offs and finish top are as good as eachother. Good luck pirates and even better good luck for the lions!!

I do hope attendances hold up next season (and beyond). I certainly intend to go to more meetings next year. There are some faults with the place - it's not the best stadium for watching the sport and the tractor in the middle of the green doesn't help and advanced purchasing of tickets is a pain. The quality of the racing has generally been pretty good. Things in its favour for me 1. the staff at the stadium have been welcoming and polite 2. the place is clean and tidy (and not all speedway stadia are 3. the fans have been friendly and I've had a pleasant chat with a number of them. Long may it continue and please try and get Bomber there next season! The management have been doing a very good job and should be congratulated. I suggest they might like to contact the council about their proposed traffic scheme - it c could affect attendances.

Bright....Unlike the majority of your post's.

Fixed nights working well lol

That's why Poole's track copes well with the rain, they have manure riding on it every week (sorry, couldn't resist).

It has rained again overnight. Its very wet everywhere & just not drying out. Time will tell i guess

Maybe this is the end of "protected" race nights? . Just goes to show what a farce it is (trying to) running meetings at the back end of October. It happens every year, yet they don't do anything about it. I'm half glad I'm out of it all, but if the Diamonds did return (I know it ain't gonna happen) I'd be there in a flash.

Looking at the photo of the Leicester track yesterday, I am not sure it will be sorted for Saturday?

Tipping down. Track will be flooded but will it prove too much for Poole promotion? Or will they salvage it in a matter of just a few hours? https://www.netweather.tv/live-weather/radar

That Sheffield team is illegal where is Ellis. Aces fans want to give him a warm reception. Im guessing Ellis knew this and bottled it

That's the problem with current GSA rules, big wins cause big swings in averages. Needs to be over more matches to give a more realistic figures. Can't remember what it used to be, but presume they were trying to 'fix' some anomalies but just cause different ones. Needs relooking at

Not saying you're right or wrong... Just saying the argument is pointless... Both riders are better than the other on different days, Jack has been better in the GP compared to Max, but Max has been better in Britain. I'm just happy to see them in this country and hope they're both back next year, plus Doyle and I can't stand all 3 of them, just respect how good they are, more loyal to British speedway than our own GP riders. Would love to see a few more of the bigger names back, Freddie, Bewley, Thorssell, Chris Holder etc... Maybe a few new faces... Please...?

Not petty. Facts speak for themselves. I’m happy to have jack back. The more gp riders the better Don’t get the bitching against Sheffield riders and promotion. Probably jealousy but who cares.

This argument Max vs Jack is pretty uninteresting and petty... They're both GP riders, both brilliant in the UK, can we not just be happy to have big names riding in Britain because not many of them do, even in positives people find something to moan about

To come back from being dead and buried at 10 down to win by 8 shows the determination and resilience of the team. Ben Cook had a poor night by his standards but Zach was excellent especially his heat 14 win over Scotty. It was certainly a meeting of two halves. All set up for a great finale at Leicester if they can get their track sorted.

Still aTop man in Championship terms.Had a season too forget this year ,mainly with bad luck.

He’s a any body other than Poole supporter.Sad really nothing constructive come from continual bickering,but hey it’s a forum.

If even you didn't know then god help them, how were they expecting people to find out? Telepathy?

Heard that both would be away, hadn’t heard that they were Redcar bound. Not entirely surprising.

Certainly a meeting of two halves. The after meeting press conference was interesting. Steve Worrall said his main bike had an issue and that’s why his second bike was wheeled out and used. Danny King was hurt after his third bend fall but was determined to continue but gave heat 15 a miss. Ben Cook was frustrated when he had an engine issue when on a 5-1, and Zach had frustrations when also on a 5-1 when Mountain fell on his own but was allowed back in. Mountain went and chopped up Zach, who should have put it down, as should have Ben when Nicholls smashed him out of the way in heat 10. The first half of the meeting had Leicester blasting from the gate and Pirates having little answer. 16-26 down and it looked all over but in the second half of the meeting Poole had an 18 point swing, after the track settled down. The lead to Leicester should really have been 16 points but with Bens bike Blowing and in heat 11 with Poole on a 5-1 and Mountain falling at the back, those were the way things went. I think Poole are still in with a shout on Saturday, though clearly Leicester will now fancy their chances. All to ride for. Poole have only been beat by a bigger score once this season at Plymouth, and by 8 points at Edinburgh. All other defeats have been closer. An important off track piece of information has come out about Kyle Howarth. He is getting married on Saturday. And in his contract with the club it all states that he doesn’t ride for a period before his wedding for fear of injury ruining his big day. Now, if he is not getting married on Saturday, this news is a load of rubbish. But if he is, then no facility should be granted. So a NL rider should replace Howarth. The BSPA MC should look into this as a matter of urgency.

Might be a case of who can afford Josh.

If Zach had gone down there I'm pretty sure Connor Mountain would have been excluded

I’m not sure on the rules but Glasgow were given permission to use a guest for Marcin Nowak at Armadale last season for a wedding event. Don’t agree with it but at least it’s been applied consistently…

King cheating. Nailed on 5 1 so he lays it down. Imagine the vitriol if a Leicester rider did that.

Mick Bates

By the way Phil I'm very annoyed with you now You've forced me to defend Sheffield and now I feel ill

I wish Stewart Dickson all the very best. Hope it’s not too serious.

Yeah, prob right there!

Yeah, £1 I think.

Some say he had phone trouble a while back and that's clipped his wings

Swindon. Ironically when Nick Morris lost control on a wet track going into the 3rd bend.

We need a 12 point win to defend. Any less and it gets very hard. The Thompsons are no slouches on their own track. Should be a good close couple of meetings.

I could understand it at Leicester but at Poole just seems crazy to me. Means they need a heat advantage in H3 to cancel out a potential reverse in H4 and so on through the meeting. But anything can happen in playoff speedway, so who knows!

I don’t know why fans of other clubs are so obsessed with jacks away form. We were top of the league in a team sport and won more away than anybody else so if I were them I’d be more worried about my own teams away form.

So less than 24 hours after a club mugging off supporters,,, another club has mugged more off. When will they ever learn

Another good man, I see! I will leave an extra pint...

Just explained to my youngest about last night's meetings deciding the final league placings but the semi and final were run a few weeks ago. He kept saying can you explain that again. Lol He's only ever been to one meeting at Stoke about 10 years ago when he said it looks like professional riders riding in a sport run by amateurs He just said looks like nothings changed, I said yeh it has its got worse