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Its nice to win, but its not the be all of everything.... The perfect scenario is to always be competitive and put on a show for the paying public. There's nothing more off putting than a runaway victories and team rolling over. They do no-one, or the sport any favours at all. Poole is always be a hard place to go and get a result. I can remember being here, 14 pts in front and still beaten by the terrible two in heat 15, But at least we were competitive. Tonight will be very difficult. Its hard to see where we can score enough points ....

Riding at Poole with Huckenbeck, and no Niels or Bush Jacobsen, is like Poole coming to Lynn , without Holder, Kurtz and Newman. Ridiculous....... Complete waste of time...

Not being a Promoter, Huggy could concentrate on just making the track good. When you need to balance the books, you have to cut the material to suit the cloth. No doubt Buster could bring back the track to its past glory if he too were to work to the same guidelines. Using the crap he does, is so the surface is suited to the Stock cars as well. Using top quality shale would be so wasteful and expensive. For this reason it would be wrong to compare the two track men. Unfortunately that's the way the sport has become....

For those of you, more observant than others, will have noticed, looking at the track from the Pearson and Tatum Studio position, you will have seen that there were additional protection added to the Brandon fencing. Inside the concrete wall were placed a row of tyres, to which they then positioned a wooden perimeter fence. The AIR Fence is than placed inside so giving as much protection as possible. I don't condone the Air fence lifting, and provisions should be made for them to be tethered down. But I feel the lessons leant from Holders crash has been taken on board and that Harris last night bears the fruits of that work. There is only so much that can be done, and in this case I feel Coventry are being unfairly criticised.

I could imagine, every promoter in the land would like to get hold of AFA. With the exception NSS, it is the most complete stadium in the leagues... Our problems is not the Stadium, its all the issues associated with it. Like: Team People, Promotions, Riders, BSPA , Fans, Shale, Attitude, Atmosphere, Excitement, Presentation, Communication ... The list is long but surmountable. With the right person at the helm, positioning the club in the right direction all these issues could disappear. I always thought Buster was that man, but in recent years, he seems to have lost his enthusiasm. and that is reflected by the fans. Shame really....

It is my belief that since Buster became Chairman of the BSPA, his connection with the Stars has suffered. Where once we were a little club with a good atmosphere and decent happy crowd, now we are a smaller club, with a lesser crowd and no atmosphere at all. Most of the fans are unhappy with this but nothing seems to be done to address it. Win, Lose or draw, Happy or not, the impression I get is that nobody gives a damn anymore...... Except TREES......... Probably you should be the PR person..... Cant be any worse than what we have now....

Firstly, I hate to moan, I'm a half full kind of guy, not the half empty type. I try to concentrate on the positives, but that doesn't blank the obvious issues that do arise. In contrary to what you say about the website, I think it's taken a backward step, both in design and information. The frequency is alarming poor, and only the twitter feed keeps some upto date when information has been added. The announcement and team for the Swindon match wasn't posted until the day before the event. I thought Marc Gent was a top bloke who knew what needed to be done.. Very professional in everything he did. What a pity the Stars promotors didn't recognise his obvious talent.

I'm hoping when you get this new stadium, the track is something to be proud of, that will generate good racing......

My view exactly Mark, I once thought Swindon was one of the best, but like everything else time moves on......

No fortunately I resisted the opportunity fearing, what might happen actually did.. I don't have to be in the pits to see the response of a team when the scores show exactly the effort applied... After heat 4 the Lynn Stars won just one more race. ( Niels in Ht13) During that time Tungate and Grajczonek won 6 of those 10 races. Please don't tell me these are world class riders, They ply their trade as 2nd strings at best. But they wanted it more than the so called Stars. The track at Swindon is not the best, and gating is probably more important there than some of the other tracks, But whatever the conditions it is the same for both sides. For a team to succumb to a 22 point difference from heat 4 is unforgivable...... It's all very well you blowing sunshine up their arses, but you only do it when they ride well. I want to see more Effort, Team Spirit and Application... before I start giving praise out....

It wasn't so much that we lost last night, , it was more about the desire and application shown by the whole setup of Riders, Managers and Promotions Most things in life are achieved by those who want it the most, It quite obvious we're not that bothered...... I thought we would've been good enough to get at least a point....... Never once did I imagine we'd roll over......

Not intending to decry the performances, Wolves have achieved this year, but surely no-one is deceiving themselves in thinking they will compete with Poole and Belle Vue for the League title this year. Those two are the stand out teams and are some way in front of the rest. Wolves have accredited themselves very good and are the next placed team, while the remaining are just anybody opinions. Achieving a play-off position is not something to shout about,........ but for a few teams that's all we ever had to aim for.....

Hard one to call. Head says Swindon, the heart says Lynn. The Stars have turned a corner of late and are now putting up a much stronger account of themselves. I have no doubt we will be a sterner test, than before, and that Swindon will need to be firing on all cylinders to secure all the points. I expect at least one point from our travels, but all 3 is not the distant dream it once was......... Should be a good meeting......with a decent crowd, especial with Darcy putting in appearance....

We have 3 Promoters, we have 2 Team Managers, We have Extensive Stewards and Pit personnel, But PR man we know nothing... The original PR man, who was very efficient, departed earlier in the season.. Since then we have a new website, but we know nothing. It appears, but for the name, we are all but dead. No enthusiasm at all..

Probably not, but if you were contemplating an away trip, the fans should know what team they can expect. Especially after the rumpus we had last time out... It the club was run successfully the fans should be the first to know of every development. As it is we appear to be an after thought....

Time waits for no man. We are but 2 days away from r next meeting away to Swindon, and as yet there has been nothing in regards to a statement form the club. There is no team announcement for the Swindon match, no mention of any new fixtures, Nothing.... Is it too much to ask for the fans to be kept up to date.. After the fiasco of the cancelled home match and the comments made between Promoter and Captain, can we assume everything has now been sorted ??

You were missing the most important point of the post I wrote. The Run-off was regarding as boring racing. 'Gate and Go', whereas the Saturday's Final was classed as brilliant.The main differences was pointing out how important a good track is, The size of the crowd and specific riders are irrelevant to the quality of the track. When you are talking about a world Final, you expect all the riders to be of a certain standard, but if the track is suspect then the product is substandard.... No doubt the Poles and the Swedes would have found it, just the same as the four teams that rode on Friday....

What a differrence a day makes !!! Yesterday we had pages of complaints about the Run-off and how bad it was. Today we have pages saying totally the opposite. Both meetings were run at the same venue; Both matches had the same crowd, Both matches had the same riders. The only difference was the preparation of the track. When considering 1000's of fans are appreciative of the brilliant racing that Saturday produced, it just goes to show how important the track man is to the promotion of Speedway. When the track is as good as last night the concept of speedway is far more exciting and easy to sell. Promoters doing cost cutting on track preparation and the materials use, are on false pretence, when in fact they are destroying the excitement the fans crave for...... The meeting last night had it all, Wonderful occasion tremendous atmosphere, exciting racing. For GB to collect a creditable Silver Medal was the icing on the cake. It would be wrong to be judgemental on individual riders but special mention for Woffy, who showed what a great rider is really is in this world class field. Congratulation to Poland for being SWC Champions, but the biggest winner last night was the sport itself....

As usual, I must be an exception to most, inthat I thoroughly enjoyed the meeting. All those people highlighting, the negative aspects to me, were expecting too much. The meeting reminded me of the many Wembley Finals we saw. The racing was never that good, but the occasion made it special. Had Doyle been performing at Wembley last night he would have been World Champion. His gating and track craft was equal to anyone who won there. Mauger would have been proud to have performed that good. Probably the best five gates in a meeting I've ever seen by anyone. Of all the SGP and SWC I've seen over the years, the real good ones you can count on your fingers. Just because there are top riders, it doesn't guarantee exciting racing. I agree the racing could have been better. But we must remember this is a new venue, and some riders seeing it for the first time. Also the track staff are learning all the time and will no doubt benefit from tonight critiques . I thought it went quite well. We now have a venue of stature , one that will get better in the future, and one we can be proud off...... Let concentrate on the positives for a change.....

Hancock's attitude toward the SWC run-off is disgusting.. This will surely changed the fans perception of him. Most of whom was of the impression he was this great ambassador for this sport, but the truth is he is no better than all the rest. Self, self , self My respect for him has taken a massive downturn.......

Some races when Lambert turns it on, he is unbelievable. Some of his passes are out of the top drawer. Yet in others, he don't show the same impetus, tending to follow. Hence the suspect CMA.. I am in no doubt of his ability, but sometimes the attitude is left wanting.... I put it down to his young age and hopefully will grow out of it and into in a exceptional rider......... Probably even a Champion.....

I didn't see it as being farcical, I thought it was excepted as normal practise in these competitions. We could all do with a bit of humour. The fun has gone out of all sports.... Doyle made it easy to see what his intention were last night, whereas he need not have been so obvious. But could the same Ref had decided that AJ wasn't trying.?? He did not attempt one pass the whole race, Not so easy is it, but both were guilty of the same charge....stupid as it may be......

Again, thoroughly the 2nd Semi, with Sweden proving what a powerful unit they are. Always finishing in the top 2 of each heat was indeed an achievement. No doubt they will provide strong contention for the final, only a fool would disregard them of winning. Amazing the quality of racing last night, especially after the amount of rain in the afternoon. It was commendable the way the track behaved. Probably some of our top club tracks could take a leaf out of the their book, considering the Vastervik is only a 2nd division side in Sweden.. Talk about showing us how its done..... Personally, I like the Joker, It adds a bit of humour to the proceedings. Heat 14 was so predictably after the Swedish manager said he didn't want any jokers played. With Lemon on the ball he was always going to be aware of the gap and informing Doyle in what to do. I was amazed Dolye waited till the last lap. He could have done a much more convincing job, hadn't he made a good start. As for disqualifying the riders, that's crazy. How could a referee determined if someone is giving 100% or not... While they're Jokers this scenario will always happen. When Lemon use Holder with the Joker, I automatically thought he would use Doyle as a TS in the nominated heats. But he messed that up good and proper. Fiske and Masters are quality riders, but are someway off the standard needed in these SWC. Compared to years before this is a weak Aussie team. My feelings are that whoever gets to the final we will be similar to the Aussies and offer but a token resistance...... Prediction: On the FAST open spaces of Belle Vue, I go for Sweden just, followed by Poland, and Denmark ahead of G B.

Unfortunately, the time when the States had a worthwhile team, is now just a distant memory. Once they ruled the world with their brash, in your face, characters. Riders like Penhall, Morans, Schwartz were household names and big draws for any promoter. These were later followed by Ermolenko, Hamill and Hancock. All quality riders. But the once proud production line of American talent appears to have dried up. The old saying ' You reap what you sow' is never more correct than in the development of young riders. That is why Poland will start as favourites to win this years SWC .......

Up to this point I was agreeing with you tonight. bit to say Emil won't be World Champion is ridiculous. The man is pure class. He is up there with the very best and equal to any challenge the SGP could throw at him..... If, when he decides to ride, he will be one of the favourites to win.... Awesome Talent....... Thoroughly enjoyed an exciting meeting. When looking at the wealth of young Polish talent, you realise how far behind the other nations are. .