semion Posted June 18, 2019 Report Share Posted June 18, 2019 Riders must be desperate for a pay day to have ridden that track last night. Why on earth didn’t Ford (s) have the good grace and decency to call off meetings until the complete track relay is carried out ? Last night was dangerous for the riders a con for the spectators and damaging to the Sport of Speedway. Then again could it be more damaged than it already is. Matt Ford, hang your head in shame. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Shovlar Posted June 18, 2019 Report Share Posted June 18, 2019 7 minutes ago, BobC said: I popped along for my first meeting at Poole this season. Not a classic by any means. Little atmosphere or enthusiasm. Id estimate the crowd to be around the 1000 mark. Poor by Poole standards. As for the track, I have seen far worse this season elsewhere! Heard from one of the track guys that they put down the last 3 digger buckets of shale they had left. I thought it was common knowledge that the track work was starting today? Clearly lots of work to be done before the next home meeting. Ive got more than my fingers crossed that they get it right. The only real positive for me was seeing lots of friends that I havent seen for a while. . I would agree with all of that. The track wasn’t good. We all know that but the expected venom thrown on this thread was as expected. The track at Swindon last bank holiday evening was far worse than last night and caused Doyle to withdraw with an injury. Wasn’t on tv though for everyone to witness. Wimborne Road is a fantastic racetrack. We all know that. I hope the work about to be undertaken brings it back to its best. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sidney the robin Posted June 18, 2019 Report Share Posted June 18, 2019 2 hours ago, foreverblue said: You are defending the indefensible again. It was a poor crowd nobody can deny that and the track was awful. Fair play to you forever!!! for being honest and open i hope they can get the track back to where it deserves to be because we all know when it is right it is a terrific racetrack. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hyabb17 Posted June 18, 2019 Report Share Posted June 18, 2019 (edited) 47 minutes ago, Steve Shovlar said: I would agree with all of that. The track wasn’t good. We all know that but the expected venom thrown on this thread was as expected. The track at Swindon last bank holiday evening was far worse than last night and caused Doyle to withdraw with an injury. Wasn’t on tv though for everyone to witness. Wimborne Road is a fantastic racetrack. We all know that. I hope the work about to be undertaken brings it back to its best. I'm going to bite here: - Doyle crashed at Poole earlier that day & clattered the fence quite hard due to poor track conditions. Swindon was nowhere near where it should have been come the evening meeting but what I will say is that our track has had an overhaul with bends 1 & 2 being bought in & a metre taken in from the inside all the way round. This is bound to take time to settle, not an excuse more like fact. We all said that they should have started earlier but the stadium owners would not allow this. Poole on the other hand really have no excuses, the track has been the same for years due to lack of money being spent & it's gone to pot. Riders are crashing far too often, surely it can't be rider error/over riding every time as we're told. Poole's shape is okay but to say it's ''fantastic'' is a tad optimistic. I do hope that the promotion spend money on it as it's far too dangerous currently. The blue groove picture going round is a joke. Edited June 18, 2019 by hyabb17 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speedtiger Posted June 18, 2019 Report Share Posted June 18, 2019 43 minutes ago, Steve Shovlar said: I would agree with all of that. The track wasn’t good. We all know that but the expected venom thrown on this thread was as expected. The track at Swindon last bank holiday evening was far worse than last night and caused Doyle to withdraw with an injury. Wasn’t on tv though for everyone to witness. Wimborne Road is a fantastic racetrack. We all know that. I hope the work about to be undertaken brings it back to its best. The low crowd, dump of a stadium and cabbage patch track is symptomatic of the dreadful state of uk speedway, what a mess. Poole used to be the club to look up too...well run, successful and profit making...NOT now! Very sad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobC Posted June 18, 2019 Report Share Posted June 18, 2019 (edited) Whats with all this 'blue groove' bit. Its not exclusive to Poole you know. Ive been to Poole, Somerset,Plymouth,Glasgow,Edinburgh,Berwick, Cradley,Kent, Sheffield this season. Guess what? The 'blue groove' has appeared at every single track! It what the riders want. Edited June 18, 2019 by BobC 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gavan Posted June 18, 2019 Report Share Posted June 18, 2019 Watched this on record and glad i did Very poor advert for our sport The track is an absolute shambles Granted not all tracks provide great racing but at least they are not dangerous as Pooles is For the match itself Wolverhampton are looking a lot poorer since Thorsell and Morris have come in.... at least Nicholls gives 110% Looks like Wolves and Lynn could be battling it out for the wooden spoon at the moment Poole didnt have a lot to beat and losing Jack had no affect as his rides yielded a paid maximum.......Klindt showing again that he is a gating tart which is what you need at Poole these days as no rider is going to try and pass for the risk of coming off This Poole team look like battling it out for 4th spot with Peterborough and i think they could just do enough to get 4th Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharpandroid Posted June 18, 2019 Report Share Posted June 18, 2019 The track at Poole has never looked good on tv to me, suprised the bikes don't get damaged being rigid on the back, the increased risk of injury should have been discussed a long time ago. Not a race track really is it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevebrum Posted June 18, 2019 Report Share Posted June 18, 2019 2 hours ago, Steve Shovlar said: I would agree with all of that. The track wasn’t good. We all know that but the expected venom thrown on this thread was as expected. The track at Swindon last bank holiday evening was far worse than last night and caused Doyle to withdraw with an injury. Wasn’t on tv though for everyone to witness. Wimborne Road is a fantastic racetrack. We all know that. I hope the work about to be undertaken brings it back to its best. In all fairness Steve it’s hardly ‘expected venom’. The track was dreadful and was rightly pointed out as so. Even you say so! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waytogo28 Posted June 18, 2019 Report Share Posted June 18, 2019 When even riders, commentators and a team manager comment on the condition of the track, it is unacceptable. Let's see what the machine booked for Tuesday does to improve the track - along with presumably some new shale. Or is the blue groove going to become a permanent feature? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevebrum Posted June 18, 2019 Report Share Posted June 18, 2019 5 minutes ago, waytogo28 said: When even riders, commentators and a team manager comment on the condition of the track, it is unacceptable. Let's see what the machine booked for Tuesday does to improve the track - along with presumably some new shale. Or is the blue groove going to become a permanent feature? I’m a little tired of hearing about the expected track work to improve the problem. How many times over the recent few years? It seems major work is required to fix the dreadful bumps because what has been attempted before has clearly failed. And before anyone accusing me of track hating, I’ve normally been one to praise the Poole track over the years. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LisaColette Posted June 18, 2019 Report Share Posted June 18, 2019 5 hours ago, foreverblue said: You are defending the indefensible again. It was a poor crowd nobody can deny that and the track was awful. Klindt has! He said it was good to see so many people there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Jones Posted June 18, 2019 Report Share Posted June 18, 2019 It seems Mr Ford's entrepreneurial skills have let him down ,his novel idea of introducing moto x on speedway bikes doesn't seem to have gone down too well with the paying public. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreverblue Posted June 18, 2019 Report Share Posted June 18, 2019 (edited) 57 minutes ago, lisa-colette said: Klindt has! He said it was good to see so many people there! That infers it was better than normal or does he mean it was a good crowd considering the state of the track and the fact it was on telly. Probably just his sense of humour! Edited June 18, 2019 by foreverblue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gavan Posted June 18, 2019 Report Share Posted June 18, 2019 1 hour ago, lisa-colette said: Klindt has! He said it was good to see so many people there! Must be sarcasm Obvious to anyone the crowd was awful.....same as when us at Ipswich were at home the other week on TV Fans either voting with their feet due to the track or simply (like Ipswich) adding no incentive to come along and watch rather than watch on the TV I dont understand why you trying to defend the crowd level....it was poor Also , forgetting the track, the stadium looked shambolic , thats not like Poole, Ford certainly wants out , doesnt seem to care to much anymore Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arthur54 Posted June 18, 2019 Report Share Posted June 18, 2019 Did anybody notice Matt Ford at the press conference entertaing a group of people, i think they were on the center green during the meeting, potential buyers or sponsors? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ray c Posted June 18, 2019 Report Share Posted June 18, 2019 I said on a earlier post less than 900 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arthur54 Posted June 18, 2019 Report Share Posted June 18, 2019 Funny everyone on here slating the Poole track, what did the riders think of it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poole keith Posted June 18, 2019 Report Share Posted June 18, 2019 54 minutes ago, Arthur54 said: Did anybody notice Matt Ford at the press conference entertaing a group of people, i think they were on the center green during the meeting, potential buyers or sponsors? a possible explanation arthur could be that as you know the meeting sponsors watch the last 2or 3 races from the centregreen then present the rider of the night award,last night rotn was announced, sponsors went on finishing line to present trophy,waited and waited with photographer, no rider arrived ! announcer then said"oh well youll have to give nicoli the trophy in the grandstand",so they trundled off through the long grass,trophy in hand, to the grandstand(klindt is so good with fans it must be bad organisation or communication by organisers)Understand crowd was indeed around the 1000 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waytogo28 Posted June 18, 2019 Report Share Posted June 18, 2019 MF not really asking £500.000 for the promotional tights is he? Clearly doesn't want to sell up. A fairer price might be something like 5% of that. He must have taken plenty out as his due reward during the 'gold old days' of much bigger crowds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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