Steve Shovlar

Sounds to me reading that he was lured by the offer of much more money. He will soon discover that Glasgow are a much smaller club than Poole with a much smaller and quieter fanbase. It won’t be the same for him at all, though he might leave every meeting with more money going into his bank account. If it’s just money that he is interested in, so be it. He was very popular at Poole last season. Don’t think a similar reception will be forthcoming to him when he returns in 2022.

You don’t think Poole have profited out of the deal?

Always going to Glasgow. I said this to the Glasgow fans in the bar after the playoff final meeting. No good having a rider in the 1-7 who is missing more than available. Poole will still have a great team who will be one of the favourites for the title. Always have had. Always will do.

It was obvious we couldn’t fit in Ben Basso from the word go. We are a Wednesday club. How can we sign a rider who rides Wednesdays in Denmark? Good luck to Ben in his future career. I expect him to end up in Poland as the top Dane in 3 years time.

Wasn’t being disrespectful to the lad but he has hardly any experience at this level at the moment and it would be a very unusual signing which would be out of keeping with usual Poole team building plans. Still, if we are going too heavy, we are going to be squeezed for choice at the bottom and he could be in the equation.

Where has the name Ablitt come from? Highly unlikely to be on the team sheet.

The team can be worked out bar one rider imo. Pretty sure Poole will always have a strong rider in every heat bar 2 and 8, and even them if the rumours are true Kemp will be at reserve, a rider better than many other teams reserves and if he continues to improve would take rides of the riders at 2 and 4 if they are struggling. He might take an extra ride off the other reserve, depending on who it is. All conjecture though as no one has yet been announced. Two things are guarenteed. Poole will put out a very good 1-7. They will be out to defend the title and will be the team to beat as always. Secondly, any rider in the Poole team knows that if they don’t bring their A game, they will soon discover their place in the team is at huge risk. A Poole rider cannot coast through the season. I am looking forward to seeing the lineup announced. As always it is trickled out. But with issues with rent ongoing, I am guessing we will have to wait a little longer than usual.

Basso to Glasgow next. If they can’t beat us, they try to buy the Poole team to try and replicate.

So Poole let Danyon move on, being announced today in the Glasgow lineup. I thought he did well for us last year and I would have loved to have seen him back. Good luck in your career Danyon.

Great that Danyon Hume has landed a team berth but gutted to lose him out of the Poole lineup.

Clubs will do better with streaming their own meetings. The only way to do this and make a profit is for it to be in house with volunteers. Expenses then would be very, very small. £12.95 for a stream. Buy 4 streams get 10% discount. £46.62. Plus access to watch online indefinitely.

That’s a very strong team. Would have liked to have seen Stefan and Danyon back but I guess it’s a numbers game. A shame teams are built to numbers instead of grading but those the rules. Zach as a direct replacement for Stefan. Ben needs to step up a gear on last season. Harder now they are away from reserve berths.

For their first season I thought both did very well. It’s no big deal if one rode a little better than the other. It’s too early in their careers to know who will come out better. They will have their whole careers trying to get one up on each other, like the Worralls.

Plymouth have put together a decent team. Certainly an improvement on last season. But their top riders peaked a while back. They should be strong at home but struggle on their travels. Won’t drop many points at their track. If they scrape into the playoffs it should be considered a very good season for them. I don’t believe they can realistically expect anything more than that.

If that is the lineup it serves two purposes. First of all it’s a better lineup than last season. More balanced. And secondly, they will be hard to beat at home. Which is what their fans want to see. Their team winning. Mid table imo. Not a title winning side but heading the right way.

Must admit not a fan of greebo. Seems a strange signing if true. Would certainly keep Danny K and steve W over him. Unless he comes in to replace Rory S.

I hope it all works out. Looking forward to visiting once the club are in the championship.

Hope it all works out. But where are the fans going to stand on the home straight? Not much room for a grandstand.

Obviously Ben Cook could replace Hume, but we get a 2.5% for Danyon.

No. Thought he started well but faded as the season went on. His brother went the other way.

Poole don’t pay riders a guarantee. Only points money. Only time they paid a guarantee was to get Hancock.

Danny King Steve Worrall Richard Lawson Stefan Neilsen Drew Kemp Zack Cook Danyon Hume Just a guess / bit of fun and not sure what that team would work out at. But if it fitted, give us the title now.

Maybe two surprises? Speedway fans often wonder why Poole have been so consistently successful over the last 20 years. The answer is that Matt has been quite ruthless when it comes to selecting his 1-7 and takes no prisoners. No easy ride for the season. If a rider isn’t cutting it, he gets cut himself. Keleher found that out pretty quickly and was extremely lucky to get picked up by Plymouth. Matt has proved time and again, that a rider who is popular with the fans may not be back the following season. Mark Loram was extremely populat at Wimborne Road but out he went. Replaced by TRick to the shock of the Poole faithful. This time around Ben Basso, who has so much potential to improve could find himself promoting Basso hats elsewhere. Will young Danyon Hume, who did brilliantly this gone season, have averaged himself out of a berth? That would be a huge shame if it happened. Matt Fords job is to put together a title winning side and emotions have to be put on the back burner. This worst part of owning and running a speedway team.

With Swedish league in disarray, and crowds through the floor, the chances are many riders will not be offered a berth in cost cutting measures. If less than a thousand turned up for the final, how can they pay for a team of top riders? Some like Doyle have realised this and got themselves sorted over here before the stampede. He won’t be the first to enquire about team berths. Lesser Polish riders will also start to talk about the opportunities of riding here. The Tungates, as well as riders such as Rew, Miskowiak etc might find a team berth here more viable than Sweden.