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Poodle Pirates?

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I wondered if any Witches fans were going to appear? 😉 Well done! 😂

POOTLE 🐩

Now the gypos are in again!

Jonas was an impressive winner of heat 2 from the back with a very clever ride, puk looked out of sorts all night while Batch was on fire! Jonas could easily have replaced puk in one ride and probably Lidsey and/or Harrison, they were only 2 points down at heat 9, then blew it conceding 2 5-1's courtesy of puk and Lidsey

I've got to say it Foxes fans but your team manager is pretty clueless (and he's far from alone in Speedway), Jonas Jeppesen 7 points from reserve and just the 4 rides! Is it any wonder you can't win (except for Leicester at home 😉)

Why so?

Landshut have longer breaks than the 5 or 6 weeks between British Speedway meetings? 😂

... and all of a sudden in July 🤷‍♂️, the meeting countdown and sponsor introductions are back 👏 Word must have got out to Mr Morris (who is definitely still Premiership CEO) ... although the sponsor boards are have down on the centre green... again 👎🏻 I wonder if they get a refund 🤔

... and there's only 2 genuine number 1's in the top league currently, things were very different when the rule was introduced. And with Max Fricke's starting average it could take 2 years of duff performances for him to lose his number 1 spot. It makes you wonder what the point of forcing your highest averaged rider at number 1 is if they're actually number 4 in the averages 🤷‍♂️

I'm not sure that rolling averages and top averaged rider has to be at number 1 were brought in at the same time, so it may very well be an unintended consequence, and as others have said with so few matches being ridden these days it could be an entire season before a rider who has not been riding very well to work themselves out of the number 1 spot

I think rolling averages for team building purposes is fine as it takes into account a riders full capabilities over a season but as Tom Brennan has shown this season if a rider has a massive slump in form it just takes too long to escape from the number 1 berth.

Well, Lemo is the sole shareholder but as Belle Vue CEO he beat, erm, himself to Doyley's signature 🤔

Leicester did the right thing, for the good of speedway of course, and handed the Foxes their only win of the season... the rest of you should hang your heads in shame 😁

Is there a case for changing the way in which rolling averages work? Currently at Ipswich Tom Brennan is still heading the rolling averages with 7.24 but his actual 2026 average is 6.49 his 7.24 means he has to line up at number 1 but due to his very bad start to the season, possibly due to his leg break in the winter, Musielak, King & Lawson are all above him on 2026 figures. Should team assembly be done to rolling averages and riding position based on actual in year averages? Tom being forced to ride at number 1, even now in July, is not doing him or Ipswich any favours at all.

Sounds like a Swindon swiz to me... promise a track, get the stadium knocked down then pull the rug leaving Speedway high and dry!

LEICESTER: Ryan Douglas, Dan Thompson, Sam Masters, Kyle Howarth, Nick Morris, Drew Kemp, Joe Thompson. NORTHAMPTON: Jaimon Lidsey, Kye Thomson, Niels-Kristian Iversen, Troy Batchelor, Nicolai Klindt, Jonas Jeppesen, Luke Harrison.

Where do you think that hinge is? 🤔😂

To be fair, to me, I wasn't aware that it was you who was doing the track at Northampton... I've asked questions of promotions in the past and not received so much as a courtesy of a reply, so forgive me if I've lost a little confidence. As for the way I come across, I apologise for my sometimes sledgehammer like delivery, I'd love to have the time to fluff it all up a bit, but I do like to get straight to the point.

Mate, for one who in your PM said that I was "just shouting on forums", you've pretty much pointed out exactly what I have pointed out 🤷‍♂️ Look, nobody on here is pointing the finger at or calling out any of the individuals who work so hard to put Speedway meetings on, it's greatly appreciated by all of us I'm sure of that. As is so often the case in Speedway (and many walks of life) it's down to management, organisation and contingency... why for example have they failed to start a single meeting on time so far this season? Why are we nearly in July and the sponsorship boards are still not in place? (one of the league sponsors literally does this stuff https://mediaco.co.uk/) Why is the track not being prepared consistently? Why are different people asking for different things regarding track prep? Why is this happening in during league and cup meetings and not on a "track day"? Where is Phil Morris, who did such a lot of good work over the last couple of years that seems to be being reversed on an almost weekly basis? Anyway, thanks for coming back to everybody with some reasoned explanations after you'd calmed down and thank you for the work that you do 👍

Mate, credit for messaging me with your number, although the message was a bit passive aggressive, so I will not be calling you, especially now you've made your private message public (classy), maybe I should make your mobile number public should others wish to call you? As far as I'm concerned you can save your breath, I've heard it all before, I've just been going to Speedway for far too long. There were obvious concerns with the track last night. Maybe you should share the "facts" with everybody, many people won't come on here to point out the obvious basics that need sorting, they will just stop going... but as usual it's my fault for pointing this stuff out and not the management's for getting the basics right. I went to Aldi last night to pick some coleslaw up... they didn't have any! Basic, coleslaw... I went to a different shop who did have some! I await the facts.

Even the basics of conducting interviews in front of the sponsorship board has lapsed, saw an interview with Klindt on Fox's socials last week with tractors in the background... unless they've picked up a vintage tractor sponsorship recently it's to hell with the league sponsors, who needs 'em! You'll often see many riders when being interviewed go and reach for their cap first before doing so, it's the first thing on their mind, for many British promoters it doesn't even seem to be in their minds at all. It's pretty basic stuff really 🤷‍♂️

They are though... they started the season off as another Birmingham and have continued in the same vein, the only difference is they don't have the axe hanging over their stadium.

To be fair to the other trolls on this forum they're not too stupid to be able to read that they are banned from reading and replying to my posts... unfortunately you seem to be! 🚫🚫🚫🚫🚫🚫🚫🚫🚫🚫🚫🚫🚫🚫🚫🚫🚫🚫🚫🚫🚫🚫🚫🚫🚫🚫🚫🚫🚫🚫🚫🚫🚫🚫🚫🚫🚫🚫🚫🚫🚫🚫