Steve Shovlar

Why would you choose Starke over Foord?

Of course he did nothing wrong. The crash with Jody Scott was completely Scott’s fault, turning right into Foord before the start line!

It was also his first time at most of the tracks. Next season he will have a better idea of track shapes and which sprockets to use etc. Would be a shame to see him at another club.

What better rider is there with potential in the Championship under a 4.41 average? That’s what auto correct does when you miss out a `p’ while typing! 😆

Of course I meant the playoff finals. Rider of the playoff finals and KO Cup Finals. Would resign him straight away to be honest but if we release him he will soon be picked up elsewhere. He also has a very good report with the Pirate supporters and his donuts are very entertaining to get the crowd up.

Gavan is one of those posters always in a rage. And hasn’t a clue of Tobias scoring as you have provided.

I would definitely have Tobias back. His slump coincided with his injuries and once back to fitness his scoring improved. He was the rider of the playoffs and KO Cup imo. 1. Richard Lawson 2. Tobias Thomsen 3. Zach Cook 4. Anders Rowe 5. Lewis Kerr 6. Vinnie Ford 7. William Cairns. Leave it to someone else to tell me it’s over 39.

Well it was as expected but a big crowd there again tonight. Oxford were well received and roundly applauded by the Poole fans, right down to Peter Schreok and Luke Killeen. Let no one say Poole fans are unsporting. Meeting itself was as expected but frustrating when in a clear 5-1 when Gilkes fell on bend three. Tried to clear but ref too fast on the red button. In the rerun Boughen, who had done sweet eff all tailed off, gated and beat Lawson. Now, this is just ridiculous. A rider 100 metres behind in his first two rides, beating our number one. Something seriously wrong here. And guess what, in his last ride he was tailed off at the back again. Never seen anything like it. Either he is doing it on purpose or there’s a far deeper issue. If he rode for Poole he wouldn’t get away with this. Ben Cook was interviewed at the end and said he was giving up Championship speedway as he aims to climb higher in the sport. Said he will still be here every week next year as living at Middlos. Was told it could well be 39 points limit next season.

Will you please stop posting irrelevant images. This is a speedway forum not a kindergarten.

Scott Nicholls. Is he too dangerous?

It’s clear from the video evidence Vinnie Foord wasn’t at fault for either incident at Poole. In heat two he was up the inside of Killeen. Killeen then attempted to go around Vinnie but went for a gap that wasn’t there. And his front wheel went through Vinnies footrest, showing he was half a bike down at the time of the collision. As for the crash with Jody Scott, it’s clear Vinnie got up the inside of Scott off the 4th bend and Scott panicked, turned into Foord crossing the start line, causing the crash. Ford’s line never changed as can be seen in the BSN footage. Scott should have been excluded. Think that clears everything up concisely so time to lock this ridiculous thread.

This really is a vile thread. The lad is learning and is no doubt going to be a very good rider. The OP should be ashamed of himself for starting such an awful thread.

Speedway is a £10 sport. Yes. In 1977. Speedway is certainly not overpriced.

Waving a white flag means surrender, given up, defeated. That’s what r/r signifies. A team should never give up. Go down fighting.

I hope they use a guest rather than r/r, which would mean an absolute trouncing. Using r/r is pretty disrespectful and waives a big white flag.

I wouldn’t mind seeing Anders Rowe back at Poole. Plenty of potential. Also Dan Thompson is coming on and could be decent. We need to sign riders capable of improvement on their starting average. Both Vinnie Foord and Tobias Thomsen have done well and it would be great to get them both back. Lawson Rowe Z Cook Foord Thomsen Plus two.

A shame for Scott. Always liked him since his early days and still has what it takes on a bike. Had a very long and successful career. What has he broken? Collarbone?

First of all hope Scott Nicholls injury isn’t too badly and he is back on a bike for the start of next season. A proper racer. The meeting was over and done as soon as Nicholls crashed. Oxford could never cover for him. Heeps rode very well though to be honest. Gilkes gave it a go but the rest were abject. All too easy for Pirates. Next week a going through the motions to about heat 9/10. Special mention for Vinnie Ford who was excellent and silenced those that abused him earlier on in the meeting. And for Tobias, who had a cracking meeting, the highlight beating Masters.

It was a max when I posted it after he had three rides.

Vinnie Foord waving to the crowd and getting the finger from the 4th bend. Paid 9 max tells these abusers all they need to know. 😛

Super Vinnie. Paid 9 Max so far. Quality young rider. ☠️

Me and Rob leaving at 4pm for a trundle up. Nice weather today compared to 24 hours ago when it would never have gone ahead at either venue. Think it’s going to be a close one on BSN. Guessing the Oxford fans will give Vinnie the bird, even though the video evidence showed he did little wrong. Doubt there will be anywhere near the size of last weeks crowd but the NID’s will be on the third bend no doubt. Let’s hope for a great tough meeting with lots of controversy. They are always the best meetings. Just got to try and stop the 8 point Oxford swing in 13 and 15.

What did he say? Did he apologise for the blooper in heat 12 at Cowley?

Current rain radar. Let’s get everyone to Poole to then call it off. If the first leg was at Oxford tonight it would also have been called off as the rain will be arriving soon.😂 If it was to be

Er……what would be the point in dragging all staff, riders and fans to Wimborne Road tonight when it’s clear the forecast is accurate and that everywhere is wet already? The radar shows heaving rain crossing the channel and will hit in the next couple of hours. So if Poole hadn’t called it off, then when it pours down the same people on here would be moaning about Poole not calling it off early and saving people a wasted journey, time and money. https://www.netweather.tv/live-weather/radar