mikebv

Those starts are a bit ripped up...!

Well someone always said the tide can play havoc with the track... Must have been 'in' this morning..

Dunlop Green Flash...

To summarise the interviews.. "It's bumpy, then you hit some slick, then you get some grip, it's not easy to ride"... And Kelvin questioned it on more than several occasions... I would even have suggested that he threw in the odd grenade or two, but a couple of explosions on that track wouldn't probably have been noticed... Poole used to be the bar raiser for British Speedway, sad to see it looking somewhat past its prime.. Hope Matt gets his mojo back because it does look like he may have lost some of it... Staying one step ahead does eventually bring burn out to many, and Poole have always had a somewhat fickle support due to some of their following just expecting to just rock up and win... The part of the support who currently seem to be waiting to see a winning team appear before turning up more regularly.. British Speedway needs a strong Poole, let's hope it can sort itself out..

The Poole fans seem happy..... Must feel so lucky to get to watch this racing every week..

It never went away....

They should at least be removed from the BT schedule until the track is sorted... Doesnt do the sport any favours and let's be honest, it needs as many favours as it can get nowadays..

Let's be honest, the racing is crap isn't it? Riders more focused on remaining upright than racing, meaning big distances between them... Can't blame them...

Think the Aces could have replaced Wells with him...! Doh!

They do go into bends looking like 'stay on and get round' is the priority in their thoughts rather than what they can do to get in front of the rider they are following...

Never seems to want to use a TAC, or when he has a decent reserve, use them well..

Maybe they could get a goat....?

With that track you'd think they might need to... Bumpy, slick, grip, bumpy, slick, grip, bumpy, slick, grip etc etc etc.. Keeps the riders very focused I would think...

Don't think they would be the official homologated 'dirt-o-meters' though? Would imagine an ex World Champion will have the copyright for them and they will the only ones allowed to be used...

U ok hun? xx

The 'dirt-o-meter' still cracks me up... Like the two minutes worth of the past fortnight update around the league..

There's a reason restaurants put you in the window when your the first in each evening... Or put their early evening bookings there... It's so the casual observer as they pass will think... "If they have got that many in, it must be good in there"... On the other hand. Speedway allows any casual observer to think.. "If they have only get that many in, it mustn't be any good".. As you say, far too late for the penny to drop now..

Can we keep this thread on topic please.... I am waiting to hear whether my Sergio Tacchini sleeveless training top is 'in' this year... Don't think Zagar Racing will like his thread hijacking with Speedway related commentary..

Sound advice... I have a green pair of Gazelles but literally nothing to wear with them.... Hoping someone on this fantastic thread will be able to give me some steer...

Got my new Samba's on Saturday... They are so cool my 16 year old lad wants to wear them this Saturday night when he's out with his mates... Dark Blue Suede.. Goes with both a darker and lighter shade of jeans.. A great thread this, just what the forum needed... Well done Zagar Racing...

Can see the logic and it does take away the tactical advantage to be gained by having a missing rider who gets replaced by someone who maybe is better at certain tracks.. For me, in this scenario, if no Doyle then RR should be used meaning Batchelor, Eliis, and Musielak (or any rider Rosco wants), should be able to cover all Doyle rides up to each having seven rides max. eg Rosco may want Batchelor to take his own four rides and three of Doyle with Ellis taking his own four and one of Doyles.. They can then have a Number 8 on standby, a 3 point man as you describe, to come in should anyone else get injured during the meeting, or even take some reserve rides if Rosco wants him to.. As the 'genuine No1' is seemingly becoming a thing of the past in the UK then there should be a lessening need for guests as the 'big hitter', who used to score a big portion of a teams points, no longer impacts meetings in the same way.. Using RR would not only provide credibility but it would also give the riders within the team more opportunities to earn more money, rather than have a guest come in and hoover up some cash, and it would maintain both team spirit and team identity..

A 'Super Sunday' hopefully ahead.. Some potential great matches..

You are probably right... I can actually see Poland and Sweden adopting the system any day now now they have seen how succesful it can be...

The fact 'no one cared' is (sadly), probably the biggest clue as to the worth of the competitions... Unless it means something to win, then really, why bother?

Whilst 'guests are a necessary evil' (in Britain), then the sport (as a team concept) simply won't move forward, because it can't can it? Imagine Wroclaw using Dudek to replace the injured Woffy? ZG fans would lynch him should he score the points for Wroclaw that prevents ZG from qualifying for the play offs.. And Wroclaw fans would lynch him if he scored next to nothing and they didn't. .. In Poland it actually means something. To fans, media and (probably most importantly) the blue chip sponsors. And if they ran a guest system it wouldn't have anywhere near the same stature, nor mean so much.. I do though think that guests are here to stay as it's the 'easiest' way of running the sport and provides riders with extra earning potential... One rider once told me that 'guesting' was the cherry on the top of the icing on top of the cake... I think now for many riders it now just forms part of the cake, hence will carry on being part of the plan..