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22 hours ago, The Doctor... said:

Excuse me you rude prick???  

If the quoted text below from the website doesn't intimate home and away being separate then i think your illness has affected your visual skills a little more than i previously thought.

 

Poole Pirates will be operating a home and away management  scheme when they take their place in the SGB Championship for the 2020 season, with two club legends, Neil Middleditch and Gary Havelock, spreading the race day team managerial duties between them.

Middleditch, who has masterminded eight top flight league titles and steered the Pirates into all the Elite league play-offs 15 times (from the 18 seasons in which the play-offs have been in operation), and will be honoured,  at the start of the campaign.  with a special meeting in his name, in recognition of his services to Poole, will be at the helm for the Pirates' home meetings whilst former club captain and 1992 world champion Gary Havelock will be handed the rulebook when the Pirates are on their travels.

 

 

 

I hope you dont talk to your patients like that..:nono:  :blink:

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On 1/20/2020 at 8:40 PM, szkocjasid said:

I don't know why people make such a fuss about who the team manager is, now you can only do one tac sub per meeting there's not much tactically they can do! Obviously they can try to motivate the riders in their own way, but you'd expect getting paid per point should have them motivated enough anyway!

True that the TM has limited input that influences results. However in addition to tac sub they can (to some extent) select rider pairings for programmed rides plus for last heat. Also choice of guest riders which is important in terms of which riders ride best on the track in question. And yes there is the overall style of management adopted, not just during the meeting but for communication in between fixtures. Such actions all add up and was something SD did so very well at Leicester last season. 
For the Pirates there must be a question mark on the job share will indeed affect the overall team performance given the lack of consistency in style of management from meeting to meeting. 

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Neil Middleditch will be a hard act to follow....(away meetings)

He's not only a very clever manager, he's gracious in defeat and conducts himself professionally whenever I've heard him being interviewed.

Staying calm in critical situations must have a very positive bearing on the teams performance?

I like 'Havvy' but he lacks composure at times and his passion gets the better of him imo......

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On 1/20/2020 at 7:14 PM, The Doctor... said:

Excuse me you rude prick???  

If the quoted text below from the website doesn't intimate home and away being separate then i think your illness has affected your visual skills a little more than i previously thought.

 

Poole Pirates will be operating a home and away management  scheme when they take their place in the SGB Championship for the 2020 season, with two club legends, Neil Middleditch and Gary Havelock, spreading the race day team managerial duties between them.

Middleditch, who has masterminded eight top flight league titles and steered the Pirates into all the Elite league play-offs 15 times (from the 18 seasons in which the play-offs have been in operation), and will be honoured,  at the start of the campaign.  with a special meeting in his name, in recognition of his services to Poole, will be at the helm for the Pirates' home meetings whilst former club captain and 1992 world champion Gary Havelock will be handed the rulebook when the Pirates are on their travels.

 

 

 

Classy post, another keyboard warrior.

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40 minutes ago, GiveusaB said:

Neil Middleditch will be a hard act to follow....(away meetings)

He's not only a very clever manager, he's gracious in defeat and conducts himself professionally whenever I've heard him being interviewed.

Staying calm in critical situations must have a very positive bearing on the teams performance?

I like 'Havvy' but he lacks composure at times and his passion gets the better of him imo......

Well thats where i differ. I have every faith in Havvy, and dont forget we have riders who are very well versed with the northern tracks, as is Havvy.
He has been a top line team manager  very passionate, and im very sure he will be brought up to speed with any changes, and im also sure that him and Neil will speak prior to a meeting.
Danny king is also  very much with it, so im sure he will work in tandom. Hes a decent down to earth bloke and is very much looking forward to riding for us. No loss of sleep in this direction..

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1 hour ago, poole keith said:

use of reserves could be quite critical for poole this year particularly away matches

As they are always !

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19 hours ago, Hodgy said:

My honest advice is refrain from posting, you’re embarrassing yourself. 

Problem is mate, he can dish it, but when somebody has a poke at him he doesnt like it..  Works both ways.

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