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If I was a Wolves fan I'd be optimistic about PK returning. He only has his "one offs" for other teams before rejoining Wolves.

I've often wondered over the decades why they didn't have a rule to stop riders using spades to take dirt from another gate position and then use it whilst preparing their starting gate. In a lot of respects the rule book is far too sparse and needs padding out to take into account things like this before they happen.

Can see Holder having low scores during the early season fillers. He averaged six point something last year but rolling averages saw his average stay high. The more good scores drop off the end then the lower his average will fall. It makes no odds early season as you only need finish half way to win the league. Sure it cheats the fans but hey it's Poole so get use to it. Expect them to bolster their team at the business end of the season. Poole to win and thus join that illustrious group along with Wimbledon, Cradley and Bradford. Other play off teams baring injury are Coventry, Kings Lynn and The Aces.

I blame agents!

I think that's just for Belle Vue.

Certainly were the good old days when yer man threatened bulldozers if he didn't get his own way. No sadly it's not an empty threat. Had a bad time on here when saying he was a wrong un but at least now we can happily agree on that point. Now we've got the bulldozers in.

It's a shame The Aces haven't been involved with visa riders for a few years as if they had this current issue would likely have never happened.

Best thing to do with Pairmans statement is save it to your desktop or phone notes then on several occasions during the coming season when Poole get up to their usual unsavory antics just re quote parts of it and ask why the change of heart.

Should be Wolves.

He was higher in the draft. His PL average was over 1.5 higher including BP. We own him. He is local.

Maybe it's good for other teams that The Aces don't finish near the top as when they do you get a massive reduction the following year.

Jason Lyons

What were their respective away averages last season?

If The Aces sign Fricke the it will be the new higher figure. If not it will remain at the lower figure.

When The Aces started to show an interest in signing Brits it was dropped like a hot potatoe. While we were full of foreigners you could fill your boots with reduced average Brits.

Great to have him back. His average away from home was one of the better ones so he was a must for this year.

That can't be the order as surely Worrall needs to be top so The Aces choose last from tier 2. Business as usual I see.

Must admit it seemed odd to me when there was a likleyhood of Jason returning to The Aces but this seems to have done the trick. Normal service and all that.

I think that pretty much cements exactly why it will happen.

While there's money, vans, bikes and holidays luring promising youngsters away then you're going to have a problem with promotions developing riders, even knocking junior teams on the head in some cases. With regards to FTR for next year then any of them with a higher average than Steve Worrall will be excluded from the system as now The Aces have signed him removing him from the draft will be the first item on the agenda. Sure it may adversely impact some other riders but it's tough.

It's fine that you stopped going due to the play offs as due to their incredible popularity we've seen loads of fans replace you.

It's a shame NKI is injured as he could have been a guest for one of the teams. Then he tries to race, falls off then everybody agrees it's bad when someone of his calibre struggles to stay on. Then you continue ' till you get the result you want. This would have allowed the play offs to remain on schedule.

Joe Screen.

Any club that makes a bugger of their track to get a meeting cancelled due to not liking the team they would have to put out, should be dealt with in the strongest manner. Though it was my team it was good to see the powers that be show some backbone and show behaviour of this nature will not be tolerated.

Got my beers in for a night infront of the tele to watch the end of the second most important EL contest. Three TV matches in six days, that we wouldn't have had without the play offs. The interest and popularity in these matches is there for all the nay sayers to see. Fools. Add in the wrestling that's also on over the six days, well, it doesn't get any better than this.