Opinionated Posted October 16, 2013 Report Share Posted October 16, 2013 So the top heavy Pirates win. Yet it was the form of their two reserves,Josh n Kyle that won it for them. Huge congratulations to everyone concerned. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iand Posted October 16, 2013 Report Share Posted October 16, 2013 Congratulations to Poole best team over the 2 legs. Wonder if the result would have been closer if Birmingham had ridden the 1st leg at home, weather was ok last week and maybe the track would have suited them much more than last night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruiser McHuge Posted October 16, 2013 Report Share Posted October 16, 2013 whether there is TV next year or not and whether you like Poole or not , the play offs should definitely remain in some form next season....i think just having a league with a winner would be a damp sqib and the season could fizzle out very early...play offs have proved very popular in lots of different sports round the world....the AFL Grand Final in Melbourne is a fantastic spectacle but doesn't always feature the team that finished first.. So keep the play offs i say..TV or no TV it it a great way to finish the season and keeps the season alive for teams whose season would be over weeks before 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
montie Posted October 16, 2013 Report Share Posted October 16, 2013 then again Poole do keep playing the 'we have had bad luck' card Well Loosing two of the worlds best riders isnt good luck either Ford cops some flack form many,but the guy gets results and that it whats required in pro sport Sad thing is,when someone is good at what they do,that awfull British disease of knocking success comes out, 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
screm Posted October 16, 2013 Report Share Posted October 16, 2013 Congratulations to everyone at Poole Speedway on their play-off success, taken nothing away from Poole but IMO Birmingham proved to be the best team over the season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruiser McHuge Posted October 16, 2013 Report Share Posted October 16, 2013 you will see the Pirates colours and skull and crossbones on TV in January as Matt Ford has given permission for the darts player Scott Mitchell to wear a special Poole Pirates shirt at the BDO Lakeside World championships.. Like Poole or not , that will bring some publicity to the sport .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BluPanther Posted October 16, 2013 Report Share Posted October 16, 2013 you will see the Pirates colours and skull and crossbones on TV in January as Matt Ford has given permission for the darts player Scott Mitchell to wear a special Poole Pirates shirt at the BDO Lakeside World championships.. Like Poole or not , that will bring some publicity to the sport .. 99.99% of the people watching wont have a clue who the Poole Pirates are... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheReturn Posted October 16, 2013 Report Share Posted October 16, 2013 Commiserations to all you losers who don't support the Poole Pirates, the best Elite League team over the years ! The best Elite League team this season were the Brummies. FACT. whether there is TV next year or not and whether you like Poole or not , the play offs should definitely remain in some form next season....i think just having a league with a winner would be a damp sqib and the season could fizzle out very early...play offs have proved very popular in lots of different sports round the world....the AFL Grand Final in Melbourne is a fantastic spectacle but doesn't always feature the team that finished first.. So keep the play offs i say..TV or no TV it it a great way to finish the season and keeps the season alive for teams whose season would be over weeks before Rubbish. Most other sports have a league title, sure some years there may be the run away winners, but other years it can be a nail biting final couple of games. As much as I admire Hancock and he had been fantastic for Poole, I thought it was hilarious how much Pearson swooned over him. He scored 5 points he was poor last night yet all we got to hear was how brilliant he was! He came to the tapes for his third ride and even Tatum went he was in good form tonight he had 3 points! Those 2 are useless! Sssh, such contempt for the Holder, Ward, Hancock fan club head honcho's is not allowed on here. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy Sweetman Posted October 16, 2013 Report Share Posted October 16, 2013 As much as I admire Hancock and he had been fantastic for Poole, I thought it was hilarious how much Pearson swooned over him. He scored 5 points he was poor last night yet all we got to hear was how brilliant he was! He came to the tapes for his third ride and even Tatum went he was in good form tonight he had 3 points! Those 2 are useless! Havent you noticed,he swoons on everyone that is/was a Spoon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickRushbrook Posted October 16, 2013 Report Share Posted October 16, 2013 I find it a little cringey that so many Poole fans are celebrating this as much as they are. The whole 'against all odds' claims are embarrassing too. Poole are in the privileged position to remedy any problem when it arises and fair play for that. But for gods sake, stop with the bad luck myth. Poole are a successful club but I would not want to see my club ran the same way. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fourentee Posted October 16, 2013 Report Share Posted October 16, 2013 Congratulations to Poole, again underlining that they are the dominant force in British speedway today. Clearly the class of the field over the course of the play-offs. Commiserations to Birmingham, who nevertheless have done themselves proud throughout the campaign. I had hoped dearly that they would triumph in the final, partly for the boost it would give to the sport in the West Midlands and, frankly, because of my underlying concerns about the manner in which the Wimborne Road promotion conducts itself at times. However, one must acknowledge the professionalism and commitment of the Pirates operation. Repeated success in a sport with an artificial constraint (the points limit) cannot happen by coincidence. There remains much, if not all, to admire about the way Poole go about their business. I trust the few Pirates supporters with whom I am acquainted celebrate long and hard; they deserve to enjoy their success. The rest of us must pick up the cudgels next year and have another go. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fromafar Posted October 16, 2013 Report Share Posted October 16, 2013 I find it a little cringey that so many Poole fans are celebrating this as much as they are. The whole 'against all odds' claims are embarrassing too. Poole are in the privileged position to remedy any problem when it arises and fair play for that. But for gods sake, stop with the bad luck myth. Poole are a successful club but I would not want to see my club ran the same way. They are hardly in a privilege position,they are just a successful club .What stop other clubs being run the same way.? Ps I am not a Poole fan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreverblue Posted October 16, 2013 Report Share Posted October 16, 2013 Enjoyed the meeting obviously! Good crowd, fantastic to see Chris Holder running around without the aid of crutches, really hope Danny King is ok after what looked a very nasty fall and did notice THJ didn't have his r/r in heat 14 so hope hi is ok too. It seemed thoughout the evening we didn't need to pull all the stops out, don't know why but Janowski always seems to come last in his first ride lately but always a 5-1 in heat 13, Darcy was amazing as always and Josh G just gets better and better. really don't know why but Smolinski was awful again and couldn't believe how far in front our riders were in heat 2. All in all a great night and topped it off with a steak at the Arthur Robertson pub which was good too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Voice Of Reason Posted October 16, 2013 Report Share Posted October 16, 2013 you will see the Pirates colours and skull and crossbones on TV in January as Matt Ford has given permission for the darts player Scott Mitchell to wear a special Poole Pirates shirt at the BDO Lakeside World championships.. Like Poole or not , that will bring some publicity to the sport .. - Is he therefore going to have his own oche, 3 feet from the board? - Will he want to play with 6 darts? - If he's feeling a bit off colour in the practice room, is he just not going to bother turning up so that he can get a re-match when it suits him? - If he's not playing too well, are his promotion going to pay for Martin Adams to take his place? Oh no, thinking about it, Adams is English. They'd probably go for Simon Whitlock as they prefer Australians over their own Countrymen (plus if Pearson was commentating, and Adams was playing, the cries of "Wolfie, Wolfie, Wolfie" would be too much to endure). - If it's over 5 sets, is he going to demand the game is awarded when he's 2-1 up? NOTHING would surprise me with anything associated with Poole Speedway these days if I'm honest. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickRushbrook Posted October 16, 2013 Report Share Posted October 16, 2013 They are hardly in a privilege position,they are just a successful club .What stop other clubs being run the same way.? Ps I am not a Poole fan Yes and I acknowledged that did I not? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryce Posted October 16, 2013 Report Share Posted October 16, 2013 99.99% of the people watching wont have a clue who the Poole Pirates are... But if even one person watching is curious to find out and ends up taking their family to speedway, then that's a few more fans the sport didn't have before. I really don't understand why initiatives like this to publicise the sport are criticised. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike1944 Posted October 16, 2013 Report Share Posted October 16, 2013 (edited) As much as I admire Hancock and he had been fantastic for Poole, I thought it was hilarious how much Pearson swooned over him. He scored 5 points he was poor last night yet all we got to hear was how brilliant he was! He came to the tapes for his third ride and even Tatum went he was in good form tonight he had 3 points! Those 2 are useless! Hancock only got 5 because that is all he needed to score. In his first ride in heat 3 he was great, only coming in second place after team riding with Grajczonek. I have seen Hancock do this many times he does not need to win to prove a point in circumstances like that. Could anyone have seen Covatti coming in front of him in heat 12 if Poole had been 8 points down. Why break his neck in the last meeting of the season trying to score meaningless points when the meeting was all but done and dusted. Why rub it in and make Birmingham's agony of losing any worse. Also Hancock is 43, unlike Darcy, his days of trying to ride to impress, like Darcy's heat 15 win, are long gone he rides conservatively now and who can blame him, he still loves his speedway and rides accordingly, he can race when he needs to but he is not putting his life on the line unnecessarily to prove a point. Edited October 16, 2013 by mike1944 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebv Posted October 16, 2013 Report Share Posted October 16, 2013 Did they manage to get round to playing = With A Little Help From My Friends? the theme tune to 'rising damp' might also have been appropriate... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Shovlar Posted October 16, 2013 Report Share Posted October 16, 2013 As I said last week - congratulations Poole, commiserations Birmingham. Wasn't a great spectacle last night - unless you were a Poole fan, the track took away any home advantage and the racing was pretty poor. Hope Danny King is OK. I can understand the joy the Poole fans are feeling but Shovlar has proven, yet again, that he doesn't do humility. Having said that, I didn't expect anything else. The best team in the play-offs rightly won and they deserved it. What on earth are you on about. Read my post again. If you can be bothered I said this. " Commiserations to Brum who were found wanting when it mattered". What bit don't you understand? As for Gavan, just someone who has to find something somewhere to give out some negative vibe. Up The Pirates!!! CHAMPIONS!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruiser McHuge Posted October 16, 2013 Report Share Posted October 16, 2013 - Is he therefore going to have his own oche, 3 feet from the board? - Will he want to play with 6 darts? - If he's feeling a bit off colour in the practice room, is he just not going to bother turning up so that he can get a re-match when it suits him? - If he's not playing too well, are his promotion going to pay for Martin Adams to take his place? Oh no, thinking about it, Adams is English. They'd probably go for Simon Whitlock as they prefer Australians over their own Countrymen (plus if Pearson was commentating, and Adams was playing, the cries of "Wolfie, Wolfie, Wolfie" would be too much to endure). - If it's over 5 sets, is he going to demand the game is awarded when he's 2-1 up? NOTHING would surprise me with anything associated with Poole Speedway these days if I'm honest. ...that's quite good to be honest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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