OGT Posted October 16, 2013 Report Share Posted October 16, 2013 This "proud" tradition began in 1981 v. Ipswich in the KO Cup Final. Without checking the history books, last night was probably the closest we have come to winning a single tie in a major competition final since 1974! That's a bit unfair really. The team that Birmingham ended up with was hardly worthy of a cup final and they gave Ipswich 2 bloody good meetings, despite the best efforts of Ebdon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catch Me If You Can Posted October 16, 2013 Report Share Posted October 16, 2013 If you look at the post Shovlar i congratulated Poole riders and the majority of fans just not you or Hornblower. my assessment of your side: Ward - phenomanal talent best rider on show by a mile Jonasson - erratic to say the least had trouble with the track Hancock - looked slow couldnt understand the Pearson/Tatum swooning over him. The guy scored 5 points! Oh and he team rode in the first race! Janowski - enigma gets zero then a win but definatly did his job. Josh - superstar for the last few weeks and basically won Poole the league. Newman - got 5 more than Dyer would have done. When it mattered Poole came up trumps even if the Belle Vue away win still sticks in the throat. Sorry to say again but league champs should be team who finishes first, Newcastle suffered last year too. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Shovlar Posted October 16, 2013 Report Share Posted October 16, 2013 If you look at the post Shovlar i congratulated Poole riders and the majority of fans just not you or Hornblower. How old are you? Eight? Bloody school kid with your childish and imbecilic postings. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyE Posted October 16, 2013 Report Share Posted October 16, 2013 Pot and kettle? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dontforgetthefueltapsbruv Posted October 16, 2013 Report Share Posted October 16, 2013 That's a bit unfair really. The team that Birmingham ended up with was hardly worthy of a cup final and they gave Ipswich 2 bloody good meetings, despite the best efforts of Ebdon. I cant believe there was ever a meeting that Ebdon gave Ipswich anything but grief!! I was only 11 at the time so dont remember the details of this cup final. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigcatdiary Posted October 16, 2013 Report Share Posted October 16, 2013 (edited) Pot and kettle? Funnily enough that thought crossed my mind as well. I cant believe there was ever a meeting that Ebdon gave Ipswich anything but grief!! I was only 11 at the time so dont remember the details of this cup final. Ebdon gave everyone grief, the bloke was grief full stop. Edited October 16, 2013 by bigcatdiary 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E I Addio Posted October 16, 2013 Report Share Posted October 16, 2013 How old are you? Eight? Bloody school kid with your childish and imbecilic postings. That's strange I could have sworn there is some sort of forum rule about attacking the post and not the poster. I seem to remember some pompous individual lecturing Gavan about it recently. Anyone remember who it was ? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gary moore Posted October 16, 2013 Report Share Posted October 16, 2013 WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS MY FRIENDS, WE'L KEEP ON FIGHTING TO THE END, WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS, WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS, NO TIME FOR LOSERS CAUSE WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS, OF THE LEAGUE!!!! :approve: :approve: :approve: Nuff said But i will say congratulations to Birmingham who took the defeat gracefully. You've had a fantastic season, and don't anybody tell you otherwise.. And to all those Matt ford Bashers, keep bashing, the more you bash the harder we will try.. s Hey, starman,you may want to put that again in a different order or you could be prosecuted under copyright laws? Well,thats it for me! Speedway Star cancelled and Sky off. This is worse than F1 and thats saying something. Ill stick to the GP`s on Eurosport. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noggin Posted October 16, 2013 Report Share Posted October 16, 2013 (edited) Congratulations to the Brummies on a great season, which unfortunately ran out of steam............ roll on 2014.......wonder what half baked changes the nutters will bring in... dont think theres anything else to add... Edited October 16, 2013 by noggin 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil The Ace Posted October 16, 2013 Report Share Posted October 16, 2013 Anyone know why barker was not there collecting his medal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P T Preece Posted October 16, 2013 Report Share Posted October 16, 2013 No Idea didnt stay to see Poole pick up another trophy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevebrum Posted October 16, 2013 Report Share Posted October 16, 2013 Anyone know why barker was not there collecting his medal Must admit i wondered why also. Seems very odd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottyfan Posted October 16, 2013 Report Share Posted October 16, 2013 Anyone know why barker was not there collecting his medal Bad Loser?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P T Preece Posted October 16, 2013 Report Share Posted October 16, 2013 He didnt cover himself in glory during the meeting, so who cares. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gavan Posted October 16, 2013 Report Share Posted October 16, 2013 How old are you? Eight? Bloody school kid with your childish and imbecilic postings. nice effort! think you will find I haven't insulted you at all on here! if I don't want to congratulate you as an individual that's my choice. you say don't attack the poster. go back over my posts and find when I have. You don't practice what you preach shows signs of weakness in a man that does. one who if he doesn't like what he reads picks up his bat and ball and runs to the mods. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post New Science Posted October 16, 2013 Popular Post Report Share Posted October 16, 2013 Having just watched the Sky Broadcast all I can say is, as I thought, Pirates didn't need to get out of second gear. All the work was done in the first leg and last night was just about being sensible. Well done to the hundreds and hundreds of Pirates fans who made the 350 mile round trip to cheer on the boys to victory. It shows passion when not one single person pulled out of going on the three booked coaches from the day before. The noise we all generated was fantastic and it's probably the most Poole fans I have ever seen at an away speedway league meeting. A wonderful title. Fully deserved and a big thank you has to go out to Matt Ford for never giving up. Five titles is proof that he is doing it right. For Birmingham, I know exactly how their fans are feeling having suffered the same in 2010 and last season. Very disappointing to finish top and get no reward. Smolinski ha now fully reverted to the rider we expected to see. A second string/reserve who had a blinding start to the season before slowly fading back to his expected for. GP Rider? Bring back Dryml. Doyley was excellent. Really gave it a go and the best Brum rider by the proverbial mile. King was poor in the first leg and unfortunately got injured before a lap was up. Hope he is OK. Barker was found seriously wanting over the two legs. Showed up after the title had gone. Harris battled as always but his best days are behind him. The pace was perhaps too fast? Covatti was woeful to be honest. Where was the battler from earlier this season? Auty tried and did his job. nasty fall in his last but he seemed hopefully OK. For Poole: Ward is just two classes above most of the riders there last night. THJ battled in every race but threw away points. Hancock did what was asked. No risk racing. Janowski did a job. Needs to sort out his motivational mind set at meetings? Josh G was man of both meetings and scored superbly in both. I hunted him out to say well done to him last night and he was chuffed to bits with how he had done. Well done than man. Newman did more than expected and well done to him. A Poole lad winning a Championship medal! I think Brum mad a couple of mistakes. Their season flat lined. It is very nice to say we kept the same seven riders all season, but as the season progressed they never stepped up a gear. The results coming in gave them a false sense of security as they remained at the top, but I always felt the winner of the league would come from the other semi final, and so it proved. Smolinski's points had deserted him, Barker and King were blowing hot and cold and the Brum reserves, who were a force earlier this season, went AWOL. As I said its not nice to lose when your team finishes top of the pile but we all know the rules and it's happened to Poole twice in the last 4 years. The playoffs bring much more to the sport than not having them so they are here to stay. Hilarious moment of the night was the interview of the Lord Mayor of Birmingham and his wife. the Mayor said he had never been to speedway before but would "try" to come again next season. When the lady Mayor was asked the same question, she said, " maybe". The difference between Poole's defeat in 2010 and this year was that the Birmingham Promotion and supporters were gracious and magnanimous in defeat unlike you and your promotion which whined and acted like spoilt kids.Sure Poole and Matt Ford are good winners but is says more about your club when you know how to lose as well as win,not just whine and go missing,take away the champagne,fireworks etc..Poole may be the most successful club over recent seasons but they will never be liked / loved by any but their own unless they show some humility ! 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brummie Kev Posted October 16, 2013 Report Share Posted October 16, 2013 Congratulations Poole , over the two legs you were the better side and more or less won it with your performance on home shale a week previously. I felt going into the final the momentum was with Poole after they sneaked into the top 4 and the comeback they had in the semi finals against the Robins and it showed. Even though we fell at the last hurdle, I am so proud of all the Brummies riders this for reaching our first grand final. Its very easy to lose it in a grand final but its not easy to finish top of the pile after 28 league matches, which is what we done and in only our third season in the top flight. Stilll the name of the game is all down to playoffs for the title and well done Poole. I was a bit disapointed to read on here and elsewhere about air horns in last nights match. I couldnt make it thanks to the very short notice in restaging from Mondays postponment but its alarming to hear of club officals getting a volley of abuse for asking fans to stop using airhorns . There is absolutley no need for it, we cannot have air horns at Perry Barr for ANY match. What happens now if someone, lets say a resident in Nash Square which is a residential road right near the stadium complains to the council. We fought hard to secure the sport in Birmigham , facing many hurdles in the way and that could be undone if complaints are made. People may have been unaware about the policy of Airhorns in the stadium but if anouncements are made and club officals ask people to stop, then they should stop using them! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noggin Posted October 16, 2013 Report Share Posted October 16, 2013 Bad Loser?? Perhaps he was turning off the boiler in the showers 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Shovlar Posted October 16, 2013 Report Share Posted October 16, 2013 That's strange I could have sworn there is some sort of forum rule about attacking the post and not the poster. I seem to remember some pompous individual lecturing Gavan about it recently. Anyone remember who it was ? Read my post. Asking someone his age is a question, not an attack. The second part attacks his posts. I called his posts imbecilic and childish, which of course they are. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KEITH M Posted October 17, 2013 Report Share Posted October 17, 2013 Anyone know why barker was not there collecting his medal Had to dash as he managed to get a last minute cancelation seat on a flight to Rome 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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