Crazy robin Posted August 20, 2019 Report Share Posted August 20, 2019 8 hours ago, poole keith said: his last ride was ht 14 which was his 4th ride,perks had beaten covatti in his last ride and poor kyle was never going to beat anybody so worth a gamble with perks jmo Sorry & yes you’re right then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreverblue Posted August 20, 2019 Report Share Posted August 20, 2019 7 hours ago, Col said: I don't need to see the consequence of their choice. Gate 2 was the best gate on the night. Ellis won from it, Musielak won from it, Perks scored a point from it. If the Swindon team manager hasn't figured that out he is an idiot. He needed 3 points to get a losers bonus point, so take the best gate and put your best rider on it. Swindon got a 5-1. That gets them nothing more than a 3-3 would. They had the best two riders at the meeting. The only way they could have scored less than 3 barring a mechanical disaster was to hand Poole the best gate. Poole needed to put their only rider capable of out pacing Batchelor & Doyle on it, in Kurtz & hope Holder can sneak past either Robin as they queued behind Kurtz. Utter ineptitude all around. Heat 15 didn't matter to Poole, let them enjoy a 5-1 makes no difference. Doyle would have won from any gate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skidder1 Posted August 20, 2019 Report Share Posted August 20, 2019 2 hours ago, Crazy robin said: Sorry & yes you’re right then. He's not right. Newman only had 3 rides. Perks replaced him in heat 8 and also scored 0. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skidder1 Posted August 20, 2019 Report Share Posted August 20, 2019 (edited) So it was a good tense meeting last night with a much better attendance and atmosphere than of late. I've now also watched the BT version which does give a slightly different perspective compared to actually being there. As much as many are saying it was Poole's reserves v Swindon's top 2, I think the other factor was the number of last places - Swindon 9 Poole 6 (with 2 of those coming from Klindt's worst performance so far!!). Middlo's strategy was to fill the minor places and let Doyley (and Batch) do their thing and it just about worked. Kurtz was struggling with bike issues all night and Jensen was clearly suffering with his wrist injury from the previous night's Championship action. Should make for an interesting third meeting on Thursday. As for the track there was some 'rippling' going into the first bend but for Doyley to state on camera that the track was awesome and well prepared and allowed for great racing was good to hear - something that Tatum also alluded to in his pre-racing track report. Well done to both teams - hope its the final. Edited August 20, 2019 by Skidder1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lisa-colette Posted August 20, 2019 Report Share Posted August 20, 2019 2 hours ago, foreverblue said: Heat 15 didn't matter to Poole, let them enjoy a 5-1 makes no difference. Doyle would have won from any gate. He didn't in the TS ride! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lisa-colette Posted August 20, 2019 Report Share Posted August 20, 2019 5 minutes ago, Skidder1 said: So it was a good tense meeting last night with a much better attendance and atmosphere than of late. I've now also watched the BT version which does give a slightly different perspective compared to actually being there. As much as many are saying it was Poole's reserves v Swindon's top 2, I think the other factor was the number of last places - Swindon 9 Poole 6 (with 2 of those coming from Klindt's worst performance so far!!). Middlo's strategy was to fill the minor places and let Doyley (and Batch) do their thing and it just about worked. Kurtz was struggling with bike issues all night and Jensen was clearly suffering with his wrist injury from the previous night's Championship action. Should make for an interesting third meeting on Thursday. As for the track there was some 'rippling' going into the first bend but for Doyley to state on camera that the track was awesome and well prepared and allowed for great racing was good to hear - something that Tatum also alluded to in his pre-racing track report. Well done to both teams - hope its the final. Did he actually use the word 'awesome' though? And if he did, does he think he's 7 years old? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ray c Posted August 20, 2019 Report Share Posted August 20, 2019 54 minutes ago, lisa-colette said: Did he actually use the word 'awesome' though? And if he did, does he think he's 7 years old? just you think if batch had been on fire Swindon would have won . don't think doyley said the word awesome though don't forget to wish craig cook good luck in the gp challenge on Saturday need another brit in the gps 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lisa-colette Posted August 20, 2019 Report Share Posted August 20, 2019 4 minutes ago, ray c said: just you think if batch had been on fire Swindon would have won . don't think doyley said the word awesome though don't forget to wish craig cook good luck in the gp challenge on Saturday need another brit in the gps Ha, okay Batch was on fire last night!! Apart from H13 but he tried everything to get past so can't fault him for that. I don't really watch the GPs anymore so Cook is welcome to them! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odds On Posted August 20, 2019 Report Share Posted August 20, 2019 Last night was a classic example of why speedway is in the mess it finds itself in this Country.. Track was poor, bumpy and little or no passes. How many Brits on show? Two hours of so called entertainment, literally ten minutes at max. a boring non eventful advert for British speedway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Shovlar Posted August 20, 2019 Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2019 33 minutes ago, Odds On said: Last night was a classic example of why speedway is in the mess it finds itself in this Country.. Track was poor, bumpy and little or no passes. How many Brits on show? Two hours of so called entertainment, literally ten minutes at max. a boring non eventful advert for British speedway. Most thoroughly enjoyed last nights meeting. You are in the minority. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ray c Posted August 20, 2019 Report Share Posted August 20, 2019 36 minutes ago, Odds On said: Last night was a classic example of why speedway is in the mess it finds itself in this Country.. Track was poor, bumpy and little or no passes. How many Brits on show? Two hours of so called entertainment, literally ten minutes at max. a boring non eventful advert for British speedway. Obviously speedway is not your sport to follow find something more sedate like football 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odds On Posted August 20, 2019 Report Share Posted August 20, 2019 Just now, ray c said: Obviously speedway is not your sport to follow find something more sedate like football ha ha..I've been following it for around 45 years or so, last night was a borefest and if you found it exciting can I recommend a 5000 piece jigsaw to really blow you away! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starman2006 Posted August 20, 2019 Report Share Posted August 20, 2019 21 minutes ago, ray c said: Obviously speedway is not your sport to follow find something more sedate like football Or tiddly winks.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreverblue Posted August 20, 2019 Report Share Posted August 20, 2019 27 minutes ago, ray c said: Obviously speedway is not your sport to follow find something more sedate like football well you find too many Brits in the top league in football! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreverblue Posted August 20, 2019 Report Share Posted August 20, 2019 1 hour ago, Odds On said: Last night was a classic example of why speedway is in the mess it finds itself in this Country.. Track was poor, bumpy and little or no passes. How many Brits on show? Two hours of so called entertainment, literally ten minutes at max. a boring non eventful advert for British speedway. Track was a little bumpy but many are not just Poole. There were plenty of passes, I think you must have dozed off. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thecoombdog Posted August 20, 2019 Report Share Posted August 20, 2019 15 minutes ago, foreverblue said: Track was a little bumpy but many are not just Poole. There were plenty of passes, I think you must have dozed off. Doyley would have not have been riding flat out to pass Klindt if the track was bad. Bumpy in places yes but definitely not a boring meeting at all. I thought it was a good watch and I love a good Poole bash as much as the next person! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robins les Posted August 20, 2019 Report Share Posted August 20, 2019 15 hours ago, lisa-colette said: Doyle def moved, I was right by the gate watching. Whether Nic moved as well not sure. Was watching Josh and JD. 15 hours ago, lisa-colette said: Doyle def moved, I was right by the gate watching. Whether Nic moved as well not sure. Was watching Josh and JD. Klindt definitely moved which prompted Doyles movement, at the very least both riders should have been warned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noggin Posted August 20, 2019 Report Share Posted August 20, 2019 (edited) On 8/16/2019 at 4:19 PM, DC2 said: Was a good match last night, everyone would wish for more passing, but there was enough close racing, and hardly any strung out heats, the close score also made it a decent match, both sides had riders slightly under performing but also big contributions from some too. Poole still favourites imo, but not much in it. Edited August 20, 2019 by noggin 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thecoombdog Posted August 20, 2019 Report Share Posted August 20, 2019 37 minutes ago, noggin said: Was a good match last night, everyone would wish for more passing, but there was enough close racing, and hardly any strung out heats, the close score also made it a decent match, both sides had riders slightly under performing but also big contributions from some too. Poole still favourites imo, but not much in it. Yeah agree with that. Even in some of the races with no passing there was some decent team riding by the Poole riders which made for close racing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aces51 Posted August 20, 2019 Report Share Posted August 20, 2019 I watched it today and thought it was an entertaining meeting. Not much passing after the first two bends but close racing and the close score made it enjoyable to watch. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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