Numbers are down everywhere, it's not a competition. A post said it was a half decent crowd there. If that is half decent then I would worry what low would look like.
But in the world cup you need horses for courses and gating is very important against world class riders. Ellis was the right decision.
No, I am not a fan of Bates mainly cos of his attitude. However, he did come across better last night. So slightly warmer to him than i was!
And what advantage does the Poole track have? Everyone can ride it well apart from Fricke ( who does better on it every time he comes). Great post, hopefully Gavan takes your advice
:D Poole are far stronger than BV acc to him, yet BV have pretty much the same team as last year where they came runners up (just!) I bet if BV were bookies faves and Poole were top of the table, he would still say Poole were faves!! :D
Far stronger? About the same I would say. As for choking ha ha ha ha ha, we would have to be leading for that to happen and we haven't be top of the table yet. It's whether BV choke and we pick up the pieces.
You continually accuse Steve of trolling but you do a pretty good job of it yourself.
I never said Bates was a gater. Just King. Check your facts before you accuse me of stuff, thanks. And he got a reaction! Ha ha ha ha ha. Yes well done for bringing Newman into it once again (yawn). Compare Garrity to Poles the same age and he is light-years behind.
As I posted earlier in response to Gavan, he has passed more riders this year but I'm talking over his whole career. How many riders did he pass at Leicester?? Nice try Gavan, but it doesn't cut it! Team who finishes top will be favourites as they are the best team over the whole season.
Poole is prob one of Fricke's worst tracks. However, he improves every time he comes here. So I wouldn't be surprised if he came first or last in heat 14 tbh.