Bleeds Pirate Blue

I'll put my neck out and say Kerr gets close to a 9.00 average next season, if he can remain healthy. The Poole press release notes he was in the top-15 averages in the Championship, and with at least two riders above him (Brennan and Ben Cook) no longer riding in the league, standards are being lowered, he can hopefully put 1.00+ on his average

Ahh. My bad. I had heard Andersen was going to be a Pirate.

Well Tobias is the ???, not Ablitt as I guessed, and as previously noted, its a "continental 4.00 and a new 2.00", aka Mikkel Andersen and Will Cairns.

Richard Lawson Lewis Kerr Zach Cook Anders Rowe ??? Mikkel Andersen placeholder reserve (William Cains once he is old enough!) I think Vinnie was pencilled in when the limit was expected to be 38. Once it ended up being 40, that gave the us an extra 2.00 to play with for the signing. I'm wondering if Ablitt gets brought back instead.

Waited until Heat 14 for his tac sub. Allowed an earlier race with 3 riders only. Very strange

Glasgow manager needs a talking to. What is he doing? Where is the tac sub!?!

Greatly missed for sure. Some of my fav Poole memories came from Darcy.

Bit more passing tonight so far...

Right decision from the ref to award it

Ok.... Now that was a tactical lay down from Ben Cook

Did Nicholls get away with laying it down there? Couldn't tell from where I sit. Masters defo had a roller there in Ht 13... Bonus point in jeopardy

Went back and watched Palm-Toft decision in Heat 12 at Poole, and my interpretation was MPT was willing to go down there and that's what got him excluded. Yes there was contact, albeit slight. MPT then runs a little wider and then makes a tactical decision a split second later to lay it down as he knows he's lost the position, and there was contact, so nine times out of ten he thinks a ref will exclude Jacobsen. In my opinion he should have been able to withstand the contact and ride on - we see much bigger contact in the first bend without incident all the time. It's not right to call it a "dive" by MPT, it's more a veteran move by a savvy rider expecting a decision to go his way, which the ref didn't give him. I can totally understand why Poole-haters and Kings Lynn fans are aggrieved, BUT, I'd like to see more ref's take Ackroyd's stance and exclude the falling rider for making not enough effort to stay on his bike after incidental contact. Please note I am NOT accusing MPT of being a cheat. What he did is part and parcel of the way speedway riders act because it's ingrained in them. As for the Woryna incident at Kings Lynn, my take on the matter was that he lost control as he was pushed wide by the clean pass on the inside. Zero contact, but in his efforts to defend the move he went down. Seemed like he was slightly shook up, but it's highly likely if Poole weren't being 5-1'd he have found the adrenaline to at least try and get off the track. He defo had a look to see the rider's position's and that made him stay down. Do I like this? No. I always cheer ALL riders who clear the track after a crash, but is it part of speedway tactics - yup. It's one of those where if the rider does clear the track when being 5-1'd he'll be labelled naive by fans of his team!! I'd add that while Kings Lynn were on a clear 5-1, isn't the rule that the rider had to purposely lay it down to draw a re-run, and that's what triggers the 15m handicap? I don't think that's what happened here... Just wanted to give an attempt at an even-handed Poole supporter's opinion...

<applause> great ride by Lambert. Meeting over if he didn't do that

Kings Lynm look in charge but aren't pulling away. Pirates are doing enough so far. Track looks tricky. A smart decision to make it grippy

Quick, someone screenshot their TV as indisputable evidence!!!