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Funniest thing was seeing the track staff finally disregard a very animated Phil Morris from BSI, who just can to help themselves and have to interfere. Last few heats were closer to normal service. Intresting that the clerk of the course for this meeting was Mike Hunt. Quite apt. Shame for the French when set fair to meet the Aussies who they had already 4/3’d. Glad we beat them in heat two when things were a bit of a lottery due to the wet track. It made the later slip ups less of a consequence.

Riders and their support team?

Are you Gerald Ratner by any chance?

When Stefan signed for Poole he used his old 2016 EDR average of 3.67 and not his more up to date CL average of 5.53 divided by 1.3. Averages this year, as always, are a bit fluid and more than likely depends on who’s asking. If you have a rider in mind think what average Belle Vue would get him on then Poole, then pick somewhere in the middle for everyone else.

“is sick or carrying a non-speedway injury for which a Medical Certificate must be supplied to the SCB within 48 hours of the sickness / injury occurring in which case the Rider will receive a mandatory 7 days suspension of his SCB Registration from the day of the meeting”. He didn’t need the certificate on the day as he had 48 hours to get one, which he did.

I think Cook, Fricke, Worrall, Tungate & Bewley would give them a run for their money but yes currently Cook, Fricke, Tungate, Bewley & 4 point something doesn’t match up.

We need to sign a gater as we are away at Wolves, Rye, Swindon and Poole, all notoriously gate & go tracks. During this time we only have Poole at home. Who do you reckon - must be a gater?

Seven GP’s during before the league cut off date. 25 week minus 7 leaves 18 dates to fit in 15 meetings. Take out the Monday BT meeting and that’s 14. FRN was a lazy poor response to a problem. Papering over the cracks yet again. They need a good shaking the lot of them.

Please elaborate.

If we gate we’ll win.

For years Poole fans ( only a handful) have polluted other threads with their unwarranted insults about teams/riders. Fans of these teams feel the need to “give it back” and thus they rock up on the Poole thread. It doesn’t happen with other teams as in the main they stick to their own threads or contribute to the discussion when they do visit. Its amusing that some Poole fans think, look at all the interest in our thread when in fact it’s as a result of their few moronic contributors stirring up trouble. Block ‘em.

Not surprised a thread wasn’t started for the return fixture as the lack of interest whilst there is mirrored in the social media world. I’ve just got home as I left at heat 8 due to the appalling nature of the product on show. I think it was amplified by seeing the earlier meeting at the NSS. No racing and I’m confident there was no passing after I left. I only count passes after the third bend, first lap as up to then they’re just sorting themselves out off the start. Second and last visit. Nothing more to report.

Cook out ‘till the SON event due to the new SCB 7 day sickness suspension.

The rule did change and is now the 1st not 7 days. There is lots wrong with the averages and I’ve emailed the BSPA but had no response so I’m interested to see matches take place with incorrect line ups.

Another frustrating night for Aces fans as we saw more points squandered due to our inability to adequately cover for our injured skipper. This was the most entertaining of the away meeting I’ve seen this year but I feared the worst after a very uneventful eight heats. The inside line was extremely strong but this led to some interesting riding as riders queued up on the line. Some tremendous skill was shown whilst they tried to avoid the guy in front at the same time as keeping in contact with the white line. Max appeared to have breaks fitted. This parking of the bike did leave you occasionally vulnerable to an outside past though these were few and far between. Jason showed his experience by setting his bike up to get of the start and then sticking to the white line as he knew it was safe. Another enjoyable visit to the Oaktree Arena on a lovely evening for speedway. Glad we got a point but the feeling remains that all these dropped points will see a play off spot just out of reach come the end of the qualifiers.

If it was just left to chance the cards probably wouldn’t have fallen the way they did. It almost feels planned. The FIM didn’t have any contact with Belle Vue nor would you expect them to. Their only contact in the UK would have been with the BSPA.

Social media logic!

Must admit I’m guilty of that I have lot of friends in Poole Wolverhampton etc and I tell them it first out of the gate, gate & go stuff with lots of standing around whilst they grade the track with sub standard food etc in the venue. Sometimes think I should shut the f*^% up and let them decide but you know an opportunity missed and all that. Speedway fans like to be honest.

I think is better to describe us as a bit less weakened as Garrity was only there in the first place as a replacement for our injured skipper.

Well done Buster.

Cook won it ‘cause the opposition was rubbish and Max qualified ‘cause he rode well.

We only want to race on our chosen race night like, er Wolves. Poole also have their chosen race night and KL did Wednesday before while Swindon have the majority of their meetings when they want them. As soon as we want the same it’s us being awkward. LOL.

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If it needs explaining, don’t. Just go along and enjoy the racing. Would you rather watch 15 heats of gate and go with two full teams or watch several top draw races where seven heats have guests in due to riders riding elsewhere? BTW when selling your house don’t spend all your time discussing its faults as you will drive the price down.

Exactly. Ipswich last won the top league with six riders. Not all teams would want/can run at weekends. One league is so mind boggling simple to implement my brain hurts when trying to understand why it’s not happening. The only thing that keeps me sane is knowing The Aces will be back to Fridays and BH next year.