Aces51 Posted January 19, 2018 Report Share Posted January 19, 2018 1 minute ago, Badge said: Or possibly this was the deal struck, being the reason why Monday and Wednesday were chosen I doubt it. Monday and Wednesday, when Denmark have precedence, were chosen to overcome the problem when the Thursday CL clubs either didn't want to join the PL or, to change their race night. I don't blame them at all for that unless they had previously agreed that they would. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STEVEHOLS54 Posted January 19, 2018 Report Share Posted January 19, 2018 44 minutes ago, poolebolton said: Ekstraliga Żużlowa removes the limit limiting the starts of players to three leagues. In return, the English federation will make Thursday available to us, in other words its day in the Speedway Slot System, if it is necessary to postpone the play-off round matches. Done and dusted Linus and Shanes confirmed now because limit has been lifted and all of this actually hurts Swindon. Fantastic news . Just saw full article on the main POL Speedway site. The good news is that to my knowledge none of our riders are constrained by having commitments in DK on Wed. Maybe also a factor had we signed HA as I am sure he does his compliment of DK fixtures. A decent side for sure to watch in 2018. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BurntFaceMan Posted January 19, 2018 Report Share Posted January 19, 2018 Brady Kurtz Chris Holder Linus Sundstrom Josh Grajczonek Mateusz Szczepaniak Kacper Woryna James Shanes Wow! That's got to be the team to beat this year. If the Pole's perform as Matt and Middlo hope, and Holder makes a bit of a comeback, we should be near untouchable. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arthur54 Posted January 19, 2018 Report Share Posted January 19, 2018 1 hour ago, Gavan said: Darcy over Mauger?? Hmmm 1 hour ago, Gavan said: Darcy over Mauger?? Hmmm over time, I think so 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arthur54 Posted January 19, 2018 Report Share Posted January 19, 2018 1 hour ago, blupanther said: You should change your 'name' to Tommy Cooper after that little peach just like that 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreverblue Posted January 19, 2018 Report Share Posted January 19, 2018 2 hours ago, Gavan said: Poole should have had Hans and Shanes........instead they could get shafted I would agree but probably Sundstrom has more potential to improve his average and now confirmed that we can proceed with signing him now they have lifted the 3 league rule. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ray c Posted January 19, 2018 Report Share Posted January 19, 2018 24 minutes ago, BurntFaceMan said: Brady Kurtz Chris Holder Linus Sundstrom Josh Grajczonek Mateusz Szczepaniak Kacper Woryna James Shanes Wow! That's got to be the team to beat this year. If the Pole's perform as Matt and Middlo hope, and Holder makes a bit of a comeback, we should be near untouchable. Only on paper at the moment just like last year untouchable better to wait and see I think 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woz01 Posted January 19, 2018 Report Share Posted January 19, 2018 Sundstrom, Woryna and Szczepeniak I'd have question marks over just for the fact they've either not ridden here for a while and/or have never showed anything over here previously. However, if they show their form from abroad Poole will get close. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A ORLOV Posted January 19, 2018 Report Share Posted January 19, 2018 1 hour ago, Steve Shovlar said: Excellent news! Only affects Swindon if there are playoff clashes so that can be worked around. Welcome to Poole Linus and welcome back Shansey! What. a. Team! If as it seems only play off clashes then Swindon should be ok and possibly only have to change a few meetings. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveLyric2 Posted January 19, 2018 Report Share Posted January 19, 2018 13 hours ago, Arthur Fry said: so the big announcement, Bjarne Pedersen rides in the 70th anniversary meeting and Iversen too!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Shovlar Posted January 19, 2018 Report Share Posted January 19, 2018 Powerhouse lineup. Once the new lads get dialled in they should dominate. No weak links and even our number 7 is stronger than some other sides number 6. And if Shansey does find it tough at certain tracks we have a rock solid number 6 to cover. Last season I felt the team had journeymen happy with their position in a heat after the second bend. Matt Ford has tried to eradicate this issue and bring in a team of racers. Riders who are not happy to settle for a point but want to score more. Happy days. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
semion Posted January 19, 2018 Report Share Posted January 19, 2018 (edited) Looks Like the League Title is all yours Shovvy, I guess Its all yours to lose....Then again with the backdrop of choking that has gone on previously..... one can never be quite sure. Anyway Allow me to be the first to offer the warmest of congratulations on your Title win. Or to on the other foot..... I'd like to offer you £1 a bucket for ya 541te Edited January 19, 2018 by semion 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Shovlar Posted January 19, 2018 Report Share Posted January 19, 2018 2 minutes ago, semion said: Looks Like the League Title is all yours Shovvy, I guess Its all yours to lose....Then again with the backdrop of choking that has gone on previously..... one can never be quite sure. Anyway Allow me to be the first to offer the warmest of congratulations on your Title win. I don’t think Poole choke very often. We had injuries which wrecked our chances in 2016 and a number 1 in 2017 who made himself look a pillock with his attitude. We could be back to business as usual in 2018 with that lineup, baring injuries of course. I for one think it was the right call to replace Hans, who on his day is very good but is now journeyman personified, cramming in as many meetings as possible. Don’t blame him of course but by doing so he rides within himself so to avoid injury and time out. Not what we need in 2018. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC2 Posted January 19, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 19, 2018 2 hours ago, BurntFaceMan said: Brady Kurtz Chris Holder Linus Sundstrom Josh Grajczonek Mateusz Szczepaniak Kacper Woryna James Shanes Wow! That's got to be the team to beat this year............ ........ and of course most of us will. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BurntFaceMan Posted January 19, 2018 Report Share Posted January 19, 2018 No doubt that Darcy was more talented on a bike than Ivan. If he hadn't had it taken away from him I'm sure he'd have been world champ time and time again. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gavan Posted January 19, 2018 Report Share Posted January 19, 2018 2 hours ago, BurntFaceMan said: Brady Kurtz Chris Holder Linus Sundstrom Josh Grajczonek Mateusz Szczepaniak Kacper Woryna James Shanes Wow! That's got to be the team to beat this year. If the Pole's perform as Matt and Middlo hope, and Holder makes a bit of a comeback, we should be near untouchable. Krysztof Kasprzak Jack Holder Brady Kurtz Kyle Newman Hans Andersen Nicolai Klindt James Shanes I seem to remember that that 1-7 was being called untouchable about this time last season!!!!! The 1-7 this season for Poole looks no better than last seasons to me. Many ifs and buts in Sundstrom and the 2 Poles and Holder......................would hate to see last season repeated..................you never know Lahti and Kennett might be free mid season to replace Holder and one of the Poles! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gavan Posted January 19, 2018 Report Share Posted January 19, 2018 9 minutes ago, BurntFaceMan said: No doubt that Darcy was more talented on a bike than Ivan. If he hadn't had it taken away from him I'm sure he'd have been world champ time and time again. Mark Loram, Joe Screen, Kelly Moran.......all more talented than Ivan Mauger on a bike but it takes something special to become a multi world champion. For all his talent Darcy hadnt got there when his career cut short...................but to say he would have been world champ time and again is a bit much 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ray c Posted January 19, 2018 Report Share Posted January 19, 2018 (edited) 8 minutes ago, Gavan said: Mark Loram, Joe Screen, Kelly Moran.......all more talented than Ivan Mauger on a bike but it takes something special to become a multi world champion. For all his talent Darcy hadnt got there when his career cut short...................but to say he would have been world champ time and again is a bit much As all ivan wins were just one meeting not like todays format Edited January 19, 2018 by ray c Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hyderd Posted January 19, 2018 Report Share Posted January 19, 2018 difficult to compare riders with so many years in between, but for those who never saw I Mauger, he was perfect on his bike very similar to L Adams, but Mauger had the killer touch that won world titles, something sadly Adams never had. As for D Ward we will never know how many if any at all world titles he could of won. I remember posting a number of years ago on a topic about Darcy and his ability to win the world title. I said that IMHO he will never win a world title because he never knows when 2nd is good enough. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC2 Posted January 19, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 19, 2018 33 minutes ago, BurntFaceMan said: No doubt that Darcy was more talented on a bike than Ivan. If he hadn't had it taken away from him I'm sure he'd have been world champ time and time again. “No doubt”? Hmmmm if you mean being able to lean and bunny jump your bike this way and that way, Darcy was brill, but if you mean honed skill and dedication over twenty years with the trophies to show for it, there’s only one winner. It’s tragic that we’ve been robbed of Darcy, but his temperament casts doubt on whether he would have applied him self sufficiently to become another Ivan Mauger. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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