orion Posted November 26, 2014 Report Share Posted November 26, 2014 (edited) The category one riders appear to have been ranked by PL average only without any consideration of last year's EL performances. Ok ...being bit thick here but we were told that Poole would get the last pick in grade 2 how did the ranking effect it ...Newman 6th so Poole get second pick I am guessing ? Edited November 26, 2014 by orion 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BWitcher Posted November 26, 2014 Report Share Posted November 26, 2014 Poole, as reigning champs have managed to strengthen! Retained Newman and replaced their weakness from last year with Paul Starke.. Ok ...being bit thick here but we were told that Poole would get the last pick in grade 2 how did the ranking effect it ...Newman 6th so Poole get second pick I am guessing ? Â Correct.. as they managed to rank Newman so low, poor Poole got to make up for their lowly 1st round pick with 2nd pick in Round 2... as Lakeside took Ellis... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orion Posted November 26, 2014 Report Share Posted November 26, 2014 (edited) Poole, as reigning champs have managed to strengthen! Retained Newman and replaced their weakness from last year with Paul Starke.. Â Correct.. as they managed to rank Newman so low, poor Poole got to make up for their lowly 1st round pick with 2nd pick in Round 2... as Lakeside took Ellis... Yea it's making sense now ..another Poole tuck up ...how and why do these others let them do these things ? why rank the t first pool . Just no need.... if Poole what to protect someone in grade one they go last in grade 2 surely . Â It's just unreal . Edited November 26, 2014 by orion 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCB Posted November 26, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 26, 2014 Yea it's making sense now ..another Poole tuck up ...how and why do these others let them do these things ? why rank the t first pool . Just no need.... if Poole what to protect someone in grade one they go last in grade 2 surely . Â It's just unreal . Even the Poole fans are/were asking "WTF? How is this happening" it's so unreal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orion Posted November 26, 2014 Report Share Posted November 26, 2014 But why ? what hold does have to allowed the others to let him have his way and effect them ..it's a shame as the draft was much better this year with riders more even and less no hopers ..but yet again there has to be a fiddle that suits Poole . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve0 Posted November 26, 2014 Report Share Posted November 26, 2014 Even the Poole fans are/were asking "WTF? How is this happening" it's so unreal It is the most blatant stitch-up I can remember - the BSPA have plunged to new depths. While Swindon have done well out of the draft - the point is that the process reeks of something that smells really bad! The whole point of the draft was to give the teams finishing lower down the league the pick of the reserves. What teams have the best pairings for next year - Poole, Coventry, Kings Lynn and Swindon IMHO and look where they finished this year!! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfsbane Posted November 26, 2014 Report Share Posted November 26, 2014 Â Let's just say they're keeping it in the family... Yeah, the Adams family Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arson fire Posted November 26, 2014 Report Share Posted November 26, 2014 I still cant fathom why Wolves didnt pick Starke?? Lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreverblue Posted November 26, 2014 Report Share Posted November 26, 2014 It is the most blatant stitch-up I can remember - the BSPA have plunged to new depths. While Swindon have done well out of the draft - the point is that the process reeks of something that smells really bad! The whole point of the draft was to give the teams finishing lower down the league the pick of the reserves. What teams have the best pairings for next year - Poole, Coventry, Kings Lynn and Swindon IMHO and look where they finished this year!!Why should the top teams from the previous be penalised for their success and isnt using the previous years pl averages the fairest way when some riders didnt do the whole season in the el through injury or being dropped Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arson fire Posted November 26, 2014 Report Share Posted November 26, 2014 Why should the top teams from the previous be penalised for their success and isnt using the previous years pl averages the fairest way when some riders didnt do the whole season in the el through injury or being droppedsome riders didnt do the whole PL season through injury either Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starman2006 Posted November 26, 2014 Report Share Posted November 26, 2014 I still cant fathom why Wolves didnt pick Starke?? Lol You mean they actually had the choice ?? Well there loss is our gain... Er we go again, more moans from the Anti Poole brigade... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orion Posted November 26, 2014 Report Share Posted November 26, 2014 Why should the top teams from the previous be penalised for their success and isnt using the previous years pl averages the fairest way when some riders didnt do the whole season in the el through injury or being dropped The fairest way was to have no ranking order at all . Just zero need for it . If you want to protect riders in the first pool you go to the bottom in pool two . 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arson fire Posted November 26, 2014 Report Share Posted November 26, 2014 You mean they actually had the choice ?? Well there loss is our gain... Er we go again, more moans from the Anti Poole brigade... Well on paper they had the choice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve0 Posted November 26, 2014 Report Share Posted November 26, 2014 Why should the top teams from the previous be penalised for their success and isnt using the previous years pl averages the fairest way when some riders didnt do the whole season in the el through injury or being dropped Because that is what the draft is supposed to be about - letting the lower teams have the better reserves! Â Don't even try and justify that using the PL averages was the right thing to do!! Because it benefited your team! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BluPanther Posted November 26, 2014 Report Share Posted November 26, 2014 The 'Draft' does not work in it's present format. Once again it has been very badly implemented... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve0 Posted November 26, 2014 Report Share Posted November 26, 2014 (edited) You mean they actually had the choice ?? Well there loss is our gain... Er we go again, more moans from the Anti Poole brigade... And you can zip it! Edited November 26, 2014 by Steve0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E I Addio Posted November 26, 2014 Report Share Posted November 26, 2014 The fairest way was to have no ranking order at all . Just zero need for it . If you want to protect riders in the first pool you go to the bottom in pool two . Correct. It is that simple. Yet somehow they managed to mess it up. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreverblue Posted November 26, 2014 Report Share Posted November 26, 2014 The fairest way was to have no ranking order at all . Just zero need for it . If you want to protect riders in the first pool you go to the bottom in pool two .But many teams have protected riders so who goes to the bottom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BluPanther Posted November 26, 2014 Report Share Posted November 26, 2014 But many teams have protected riders so who goes to the bottom The team that finished higher in the League.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreverblue Posted November 26, 2014 Report Share Posted November 26, 2014 Because that is what the draft is supposed to be about - letting the lower teams have the better reserves! Â Don't even try and justify that using the PL averages was the right thing to do!! Because it benefited your team! Surely the point of the draft is to give up and coming riders the chance to ride in the top tier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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