Steve0

A Merry Christmas and a Happy and prosperous 2017 to all

In the space of a couple of hours - weakening your stance considerably. Whether they would have, should have or could have what they did do was beat Poole in the semis and win in the final!

He wouldn't have fitted otherwise

Your parents must be very proud of you - you are a gift that just keeps giving!

What are you on about now? Hunt out a post? You posted it a couple of hours ago and this is the first I've seen it. My point still stands!

You know you have lost the argument when you have to resort to name calling - an all too familiar trait for you

He knows nowt!

No class! In reference to Pirate Oliver's post which has since been removed!

He certainly did - even though it was pretty obvious

Doyley has had many injuries over the years and he keeps coming back stronger - in the last SGP of 2015 in Australia he broke his neck and came back last year and I believe would have been world champion if Bomber hadn't let go of his bike in the race where he got his latest injuries. He will come back stronger and more determined and 2017 will be his year.

I see Sedgmen is in talks with a Premiership club according to his website. It's early days but I hope he gets fixed up. Got to be Leicester hasn't it?

I wish he was in de nile!

Really? Why look for loopholes? Not that it would happen but Vaculik would be on the average stevebrum said if he is riding in the Premiership. Do you honestly think that Vaculik would be able to join the old PL on an 8 average?

It's Adam and Zach

He may still qualify from the Aussie champs - or another state championship and can even put in a special case given his form last year (which was dire except for winning the Aussie championship).

And you feel justified in having Kai Huckenbeck for a second season. If he hadn't have ridden last year - he would be coming in on a 7. Oh wait - no he wouldn't because no one would touch him!

All of a sudden a balanced side is the way to go?? Very short memory if you don't remember the top heavy years of the turbo twins and many before them. Poole don't often go down the balanced side route. Personally, I would have wanted Doyley and Noddy at Swindon.

Chalkie is usually reliable so although nothing official yet - I'm sure it soon will be.

Somerset are in the Premiership so surely Swindon get priority!

Oh great - we get to weaken our team further - happy days - NOT! Have not heard anything from the club or anywhere else for that matter.

Half a team? Trolling? Anti-Poole Hans was replaced by a better rider - the fact he didn't perform and didn't turn up was not down to injuries. And Tungate was the in-form rider when compared to Bjarne so I reiterate - Poole did not lose because of injuries - they were beaten by the better team.

Probably because it is mostly their 2016 PL team

A true statement. However it didn't apply to Poole last season - they were beaten fair and square by the better team - despite Poole trying to work a flanker by replacing Hans with a better rider which spectacularly backfired BIG time when he went missing but not through injuries. Nor forgetting a convenient "injury" for Bjarne when he was out of form and replaced him with an in-form Tungate. So injuries did not wreck Poole's chances - no matter how many times you try and claim they did!

Great idea - lets do that this season. That means Swindon have 4 more points to play with

Riding in the EL last year for Swindon - Tungate was a late replacement for the absent Dakota North. He started poorly and was on the verge of being dropped but rode through this bad form at reserve and that was the catalyst he needed to raise his game. However both he and Josh G went missing more often than you would want or expect and now they are the top 2 in this team. While I like them both - Zummerzet will need a bucket load of luck next season. One thing that was consistent about the 2016 Roobins was their inconsistency and this was mainly down to these two riders. Poole and Rye House stand out from the rest.