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Nah, think you’ll find those lorries were going the other way, shipping out the current Poole team!

Lol ........ more like SOS riders, that’ll be Son of Smolinski, better known as Snailinski.

Oh, OK, thanks. Maybe it’s a non-starter, but it would be nice to see a well considered public discussion between the BSPA and fans about all issues that might improve speedway.

You could have Jacobs and Perks instead of those two, but that’s not the Poole mentality!

The Draft Reserve system made sense, apart from it should have been used in the CL with minimum 6 point NL riders and in the PL with 4 to 6 point CL riders and they should have been given averages after 6H & 6A, moving into the 1-5. Fodder like Jack Smith shouldn’t be in the PL yet & Aussies, like Etheridge, shouldn’t be benefitting ahead of GB youngsters. Stefan Nielsen, Perks and Jacobs should be PL reserves. Likewise, Flint, Kemp, Kinsley and Jenkins should get minimum 12 match CL averages (or preferably a season) before they turn up in the PL.

That’s the problem. No strategy. Every year rules are made on the hoof. Whatever happened to the draft reserves or the two Brits rule, both uncharacteristically sensible.

Matt: “Lovely salad nicoise, Mike, but I’m looking for a bit of inspiration: Auty, Starke, Klindt, Baran .... which team would you pick?” Starman: “Swindon”.

Yeah, we call it “keeping Poole at the bottom of the table”. Lol Matt’s so daft

The point is that we could not be certain of keeping Batch next year - in the interests of continuity - if Poole wanted him. Batch has ridden for us for five seasons, compared to just one at Poole 10 years ago, and yet he is a Poole asset! Daft.

Buy it? Sure, someone would if it’s profitable. If it’s not, it would be down to Matt to give it to a benefactor. Either way, let’s hope it goes to a true speedway enthusiast who cares about the bigger picture rather than sharp practice.

Yes, as you can see, it can break up teams. And to make matters worse you’ll get a club like Poole, with lots of assets, some of whom have never ridden for the club, not releasing them for loan until they’ve signed their seven. Look how frustrated Hans Andersen and Chris Holder became, wanting to ride for other clubs. How can Poole truly expect Kenneth Bjerre (their asset, in whom they’ve never shown any interest) to wait for their nod every year before he can sign for a club?

But if they did, or if clubs took a lead in being more caring towards their injured riders, wouldn’t everyone involved in speedway be better for it?

Rather than dodge the issue, tell us all, what have Poole done for Stefan?

Because next year Poole could “insist” on signing their asset, Troy Batchelor, and break up the Swindon team.

Swindon 46.74 Wolves 47.44 Belle Vue 43.98 Poole 42.54 Rye House 43.73 Somerset 41.93 Kings Lynn 38.46 Leicester 43.02 Those are the 2017 finishing averages. For 2018, to encourage continuity and fan loyalty any team should have been allowed to keep the same riders, regardless of average, or build a new team to the fourth highest average ((Rye’s 43.73). That could have meant the top three clubs keeping the same team and the bottom five replacing a couple of riders with better ones, whether they be established Championship scorers or emerging riders (UK or foreign). If they chose emerging riders they would truly be investing in their team’s future and would get closer to and ultimately overtake the top teams.

Spot on. When Stefan Nielsen broke his leg that ended his season the only press releases coming out of Poole were about replacements, Auty, Starke & Klindt. What have Poole done to raise money for Stefan? Contrast that with Swindon’s efforts for Mitchell Davey.

You like the asset system or you like teams keeping the same riders every year? Because the first can prevent the second! I suspect most speedway fans would prefer team continuity rather than equalisation that forces team changes.

Lol you’re so naive. Matt’s been buying “success” for years but it’s finally caught up with him. Other countries are splashing the cash and riders can’t be bothered with “hire ‘em and fire ‘em” Matt

Now I’m not a big fan of Matt Ford but this quote from the Bournemouth Echo takes the biscuit: “The situation with Chris Holder has damaged us severely, especially when the club has assets like Hans Andersen and Kenneth Bjerre at Leicester, Troy Batchelor at Swindon and Krzysztof Kasprzak at Rye House. Clearly, these riders would have been a great help to us at this point and yet they have not been available due to the rules and regulations.” Correct me if I’m wrong, but couldn’t Ford have included at least one of those assets instead of Sundstrom and did he expect the others to sit around, waiting for Poole injuries, rather than sign for other clubs? Could he have included club asset Ellis Perks instead of Szzzzpaniak? A selfish, spoilt attitude!

Ah, the evergreen Nicolai Klindt, nearly on fire tonight: 5. Nicolai Klindt - F, 1, R = 1 Read more: http://speedwayupdates.proboards.com/thread/17861/lakeside-workington-championship-2018-8pm?page=1#ixzz5HD7di8xN

Matt needs to put away the archive book of averages and the calculator and look after the riders he’s got. With a bit of faith, loyalty and encouragement they should come good. Why wouldn’t you want to keep Kurtz, Grajczonek & Woryna and tell them you’ll build your team around them for the next three years? Batchelor, Tungate, Newman, Kennett, Howarth, Shanes, Starke, Klindt, Andersen and even Chris Holder should all have been treated better. With all due respect to them it never makes sense to keep bringing in stop gap, foreign based riders like Szzzzzpaniak, Lindback, Gomolski, Sundstrom, Jepsen Jensen & Jonasson, who aren’t committed to the UK and never stick around at any club for very long.

Haven’t heard it announced yet but will Matt be walking from Scunthorpe to Poole to raise funds for Stefan? Come on Poole fans, get behind Matt and give him a push!

Apparently the track man said there were two holes on the track but Matt misheard as “two Poles” and said “Crikey, call it off”.

Apparently the initially disgruntled Pirates fans have just left in a more understanding mood now that Middlo has confirmed that they even tried tilting the track to drain off the water. Although Grajczonek still fell off

Not sure that the track being “not raceable” has any relevance: Leicester could have just trundled around in front of the Pirates like every other team this season.