For example the 2013 playoff final vs Birmingham where the 1st leg was at Poole (not our choice!) but we took a 20 point lead there, which they couldn't recover from. All about having a psychological edge over your opponents even if that means having a decent lead going into the second leg.
I only live 30 min drive away (you make it sound like I like I live on the moon!) I have been mostly in the summer hols not sure what that has to do with me saying a thread is depressing. Fans have been moaning about the decline of British Speedway since I started going 20 odd years ago.
I think Swindon would be silly to let Morris go. Send him down to Poole on a nice low average then. As long as he has a PL place I think he'll do well next season.