theblueboy

It’s disappointing that Evil Knievel is unable to ride tomorrow after his death defying attempt to clear a world record 14 pot holes in one go at The Four Point Arena. Hopefully EK will return soon. Robins up against it tomorrow but I expect a narrow victory.

Shovlar in dogging controversy...

Cheers RR. Just looking at betting on 365 and came here first for team news.

Why no Hans? Everyone eligible for RR if that’s the case?

How do you know Rosco told Tobi ‘not to turn up’? You are going on Skidder’s ill judged comments repeating gossip and supposition as some sort of fact. Unless you categorically heard Rosco say those words, do not repeat someone else’s deluded comments as gospel.

To be happy with 2 when it should have been 4 is perhaps testament that Poole’s expectations are now much lower than in previous years? I also note your suggestion that Tobi was unfit. Is there something your not telling us Dr Skidder? Given his obvious injury I will grant you there is nothing more satisfying than flinging yourself headlong in to a fence hoping you don’t break something just to prove the Poole management wrong. Well done Tobi, that showed them...

So to summarise, Doyle had 3 rides out of 5 scoring a total of 5 points. There was no Tobi Musielak - his RR totalled 6 The Poole reserves beat their counterparts 12-4 However, it was a fine performance? Given those stats Swindon should have been lucky to get within 12 points of Poole. Excellent bit of spin doctoring if I may so...

4 men, we only had 4 men...

You’re at the wrong place Steve. You’re at Avebury...

In acef’s defence, I believe that his intention was to ridicule Shovlar’s post, not that Tobi was injured.

I thought from foreverblue’s comment I had missed a recent announcement. RR no match for the missing Kurtz. IMO he is as good as KK or Harris were in their prime round Blunsdon and will be a huge loss. Easy at home. Not so easy away, although, I’d be disappointed if we didn’t win tbh.

If Lawson can get 10. Are you allowed to aggregate 3 meetings? You’d be better off with Nigella than Richard round The Abbey.

It’s great to look through sporting history, and in particular, the trophies that are played for. There is the The Super Bowl, Rose Bowl, Sugar Bowl, Orange Bowl and tomorrow, The Dust Bowl. I see tomorrow’s meeting is being sponsored by Thames Water. Music provided by K-Tel includes River Deep, Mountain High, Oh I Do Like To Be Beside The Seaside and Cry Me A River. Oasis will also be doing a 10 minute slot after heat 11. Unfortunately, with no Brady and the unbelievable thought that Poole speedway has less water than the Sahara, the thought of drowning in shale dust for the princely sum of £18 means I am unlikely to travel to Four Point Road.

To be fair, given the dust bowl that is Wimborne Road I would have thought most Poole fans have to go on Twitter to see the result....

Some photos from the recent match hammering v Swindon @ 4 Point Road. This picture clearly shows that Poole put as much water as they could on the morning of the drubbing. https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Fimages.takeshape.io%2F1f1d0876-be74-4b33-99c8-6ac93f1d70db%2Fdev%2F053e2774-0ed8-41ef-875b-8672948671e5%2Fdry%20water%20spigot.jpg%3Fauto%3Dcompress%2Cformat%26w%3D1200&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.leonardodicaprio.org%2Fmetropolitan-water-shortages-lessons-learned-the-hard-way&docid=M3vo9xtTRS-E8M&tbnid=HbzrtRL6_4YadM%3A&vet=10ahUKEwiZzMDA-ffhAhWk4IUKHRP3Dx8QMwiMASgxMDE..i&w=1200&h=799&safe=active&bih=969&biw=1920&q=water shortage pictures&ved=0ahUKEwiZzMDA-ffhAhWk4IUKHRP3Dx8QMwiMASgxMDE&iact=mrc&uact=8 This picture was taken of a Swindon fan stood on bend 1 just after heat 15. Luckily, he was appropriately attired for the event. https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwiJ6puf-PfhAhWNmBQKHTiEAKo4ZBAzKBcwF3oECAEQGA&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.uihere.com%2Ffree-cliparts%2Fman-with-no-name-spaghetti-western-film-poster-western-1279963&psig=AOvVaw21AF-Ap-O55MyoOqomxWrD&ust=1556717886197215&ictx=3&uact=3 Hopefully Poole have paid the water bill this month. If not, they could always ask Belle Vue to bring their hose with them, which has usually got some water in it. I can also see why Matty boy went with the use of bibs as they must be a lot easier to clean than full kevlars. Aces in shock win 46-44.

Is there a referee that is in overall charge to assess performance and provide feedback? Given the blatant movement at the tapes on several occasions, mainly Ipswich riders, but riders from both sides and Covatti’s embarrassing Drogba moment, it would appear that some referees performances are not up to standard required to run a professional sport.

Your much better off putting that ton in to the ‘Shale for Wimborne Road’ fund rather than giving it to Brum.

Gated, and went. Very tidy and is from the grass track scene. I would say around 300+ that stayed behind.

A development meeting between Reading and Isle of Wight. Chad Wirtzfeld. 15 point max and won one heat by nearly half a track. A rider of some potential. There was another rider, who was not far behind CW but I’m not sure if it was Norris or Sealey.

Is the referee’s box obscured, or does Ronnie Allen need a Specsavers appointment? Some absolute shockers. King 5 lengths clear in one heat but still didn’t help him! Decent effort from top 5. Reserves again below par but Shanes did show some gating ability, which is promising. White Knight looks v. tentative. Harris confounded my earlier comment with some decent gating and passes. Heeps rode a stormer to keep Doyle at bay and he looked a different rider than the one I saw last season. I hope Rosco is watching the second half. There is one to be signed immediately! Not seen a young rider attack the track like that since I saw young Darcy.

Harris is past it. He used to be one of the best riders at Blunsdon, and in fact, beat Charlie Gjedde twice, in the same season, off 15m. No mean feat. However, I doubt he could beat an egg round Swindon now. Danny King has only ever got 1 double figure score, I can recall at Blunsdon, and continually flatters to deceive. For the Orangemen, hopefully The Sash will be played as they enter the arena, Batch and Toby are in great form, add in Doyle, and I think the Robins to sew up the 3 points with 4 to go.

Apologies are acceptable, if it’s a one off or beyond the promotions control. The fact that this is a regular issue is no more than lip service to the paying customer.

Was the bowser a mirage? If there are any changes to be made, would Camel Brzozowski fit. Would Wilson, Keppel and Betty be a more appealing heat leader trio? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilson,_Keppel_and_Betty

Have you Poole boys thought about getting Lawrence of Arabia in as a heat leader? Could be a decent point scorer, particularly at home.

A promising start for the new track, which livened up considerably around mid-meeting. Has to go down as a missed opportunity for the away team given the amount of points dropped by the home team and the bending of the rules by including an 8th man in their line up. Is this a new rule introduced in the PSC? Disappointed with Covatti. He clearly dived to get Doyle thrown out in heat 14 after making the mistake of trying to go round him on bend 1, however, Robinson obviously had a dabble on the Pirates in the match betting. Absolute shocker Robbo. 2, 6 and 7 for the Robins were disappointing, although, Dave Leopard showed some signs that he might be ok at home with a few more meetings under his belt. Reserves have started slowly, particularly Zak, and both need to find gating gloves and some speed. Kurtz excellent as always and the Poole reserves had a field day.