ruffdiamond Posted December 15, 2019 Report Share Posted December 15, 2019 (edited) 13 minutes ago, jenga said: BBC sports personality of the year is NOT Ben Stokes . hopefully ... Gotta be ? Edited December 15, 2019 by ruffdiamond Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenga Posted December 15, 2019 Report Share Posted December 15, 2019 14 minutes ago, jenga said: BBC sports personality of the year is NOT Ben Stokes . hopefully ... DRAT and double drat . ... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProudtobeaBrummie Posted December 15, 2019 Report Share Posted December 15, 2019 34 minutes ago, Richard Weston said: As I keep trying to point out, Poole fans need to take the temperature of the Championship section of this forum. A period of quiet reflection, other than on the Poole thread, for Pirates fans is what is needed. There are many in the Championship who do not welcome Poole's arrival in this division. Please stop trying to lord it over this division and the supporters of Championship racing. What a load of rubbish . What are you talking about ? lording it ? hahaha Well i for one welcome Poole to the championship .. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherborne Green Posted December 15, 2019 Report Share Posted December 15, 2019 1 hour ago, Richard Weston said: Poole were relegated- by their own promotion. Just for clarity For clarity Eastbourne were relegated from Div 1 to Div3 if that is your reasonin. However, I suggest you are totally wrong and they did it to survive and cut costs like so many other teams have done in the past to ensure speedway survives. personally, I would prefer any team did that instead of going out of business. Looking at the crowds at some tracks with the ever increasing costs including flying riders all over the continent I am surprised if some of the higher league tracks will survive . I sincerely hope they will but we will see over the next few years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScunnyDan Posted December 15, 2019 Report Share Posted December 15, 2019 If the lads can stay injury free, I can see scunny in the top 6 playoffs.... but knowing the luck of the scorpion, an injury free season is very wishful thinking 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherborne Green Posted December 15, 2019 Report Share Posted December 15, 2019 1 minute ago, Richard Weston said: Yes, Eastbourne relegated themselves. I have never denied that. It is Poole fans who are behaving as if Poole are still top dogs. All I am saying, is know your place and eat the humble pie. 1 minute ago, Richard Weston said: Yes, Eastbourne relegated themselves. I have never denied that. It is Poole fans who are behaving as if Poole are still top dogs. All I am saying, is know your place and eat the humble pie. What do you mean I should know my place. Out of interest to you I go to Somerset, Plymouth and sometimes Poole and Swindon. I suggest you do not be so rude. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northyorksbear Posted December 15, 2019 Report Share Posted December 15, 2019 1 hour ago, poolebolton said: I didn’t. I gave my fair reflection on the teams. I didn’t say anything about poole or Newcastle and judged what is in front of me. Not sure what I’ve done wrong. I appreciated hearing your views and fully accept why Poole & Newcastle were not included, I'm expecting you to update your list when each is known. The flak you are getting appears to be more due to part of your name as opposed to your comments 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TotallyHonestJohn Posted December 15, 2019 Report Share Posted December 15, 2019 (edited) 3 hours ago, Dandelion said: When was the last time Newcastle 'flew someone in from all around Europe'? Kenni Larsen strikes me as the last one... Rene Bach and Claes Nedermark too... But not for an awful long time... Aye but things change... see what happens in 2020... Regards THJ Edited December 15, 2019 by TotallyHonestJohn Edited for accuracy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poolebolton Posted December 15, 2019 Report Share Posted December 15, 2019 1 hour ago, northyorksbear said: I appreciated hearing your views and fully accept why Poole & Newcastle were not included, I'm expecting you to update your list when each is known. The flak you are getting appears to be more due to part of your name as opposed to your comments Thank you very much. Yes, I intend to add once complete. I want to discuss with fans why they think a team should be higher/lower not my name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
szkocjasid Posted December 16, 2019 Report Share Posted December 16, 2019 4 hours ago, Richard Weston said: Have to say, typical Poole reaction. There is plenty going on without half-baked stuff from you. Why not wait until teams are complete and then have a proper discussion? Poole have been relegated and the world does not revolve around them any more, if it ever did. Pirates are in Div 2. Why shouldn't he be allowed to make prediction based on completed teams, there's absolutely no harm in that! Personally I enjoyed reading his predictions! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wee Eck Posted December 16, 2019 Report Share Posted December 16, 2019 (edited) Was it not Homer who said “things are difficult to predict, especially the future”. That’s Homer Simpson not Homer the Greek philosopher. Anyway, it’s too early to make any overall assessments, but I’ll go with three predictions for now: Justin Sedgmen won’t last the season at Glasgow and neither will Ostergaard unless he gets some decent kit. Poole will find their anti-Brit stance will bite them on the backside. They’ve dropped a league to save money and now are having to look at expensive fly in fly out riders to get anywhere near competitive. Leicester will discover the folly of allowing Stewart Dickson to build the team, especially having two 2 point riders at reserve. (See Glasgow 2004) Edited December 16, 2019 by Wee Eck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1 valve Posted December 16, 2019 Report Share Posted December 16, 2019 13 minutes ago, Wee Eck said: Leicester will discover the folly of allowing Stewart Dickson to build the team, SG was "allowed" to build last seasons Lions team which turned out a long way off from being a folly. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HGould Posted December 16, 2019 Report Share Posted December 16, 2019 It's a League where you cant rule anyone out I don't think. I think Leicester are very strong and don't under-estimate those Thompson Twins! Glasgow don't look as strong to me and I agree with concerns about Sedgeman in particular I don't think Somerset are as strong either but REDCAR look to me to be the ones to beat at the moment. I naturally think Brummies will have a much better season but a niggle that when we go away all opponents will need is a slick track to beat us but we could be dark horses. Scunthorpe look very weak to me and I'm not sure about Kent especially at reserve. Edinburgh / Berwick / Eastbourne have all got sides who should be very tough to beat at home. Edinburgh have big hitters away, Eastbourne have 2-3 who could markedly improve their average but Berwick may struggle again away, although I think Leon Flint (with Drew Kemp) the probably BIG British improvers in 2020. Wait to see about Newcastle. As for Poole, very welcome and be very interesting to see what remainder of Team is. I'll make a 1 - 12 prediction one we know full line up's but at moment would have REDCAR on top and SCUNTHORPE on bottom. Dark horses Brummies and Edinburgh. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wee Eck Posted December 16, 2019 Report Share Posted December 16, 2019 20 minutes ago, 1 valve said: SG was "allowed" to build last seasons Lions team which turned out a long way off from being a folly. Don’t you believe it. “SG”, or as others call him, SD (!) did what he was told on team building - and more importantly, team changes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olly28 Posted December 16, 2019 Report Share Posted December 16, 2019 50 minutes ago, HGould said: It's a League where you cant rule anyone out I don't think. I think Leicester are very strong and don't under-estimate those Thompson Twins! Glasgow don't look as strong to me and I agree with concerns about Sedgeman in particular I don't think Somerset are as strong either but REDCAR look to me to be the ones to beat at the moment. I naturally think Brummies will have a much better season but a niggle that when we go away all opponents will need is a slick track to beat us but we could be dark horses. Scunthorpe look very weak to me and I'm not sure about Kent especially at reserve. Edinburgh / Berwick / Eastbourne have all got sides who should be very tough to beat at home. Edinburgh have big hitters away, Eastbourne have 2-3 who could markedly improve their average but Berwick may struggle again away, although I think Leon Flint (with Drew Kemp) the probably BIG British improvers in 2020. Wait to see about Newcastle. As for Poole, very welcome and be very interesting to see what remainder of Team is. I'll make a 1 - 12 prediction one we know full line up's but at moment would have REDCAR on top and SCUNTHORPE on bottom. Dark horses Brummies and Edinburgh. Scunny bottom lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poolebolton Posted December 16, 2019 Report Share Posted December 16, 2019 1 hour ago, Wee Eck said: Was it not Homer who said “things are difficult to predict, especially the future”. That’s Homer Simpson not Homer the Greek philosopher. Anyway, it’s too early to make any overall assessments, but I’ll go with three predictions for now: Justin Sedgmen won’t last the season at Glasgow and neither will Ostergaard unless he gets some decent kit. Poole will find their anti-Brit stance will bite them on the backside. They’ve dropped a league to save money and now are having to look at expensive fly in fly out riders to get anywhere near competitive. Leicester will discover the folly of allowing Stewart Dickson to build the team, especially having two 2 point riders at reserve. (See Glasgow 2004) You realise that all 4 poole riders named so far live in the U.K. and most likely another 2 will live here as well. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phillwhitewasmad Posted December 16, 2019 Report Share Posted December 16, 2019 I predict scunny will win more at home than they lose and will lose more away than they win. Berwick will be there abouts for the play off spots. As for the rest not right bothered Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wee Eck Posted December 16, 2019 Report Share Posted December 16, 2019 15 minutes ago, poolebolton said: You realise that all 4 poole riders named so far live in the U.K. and most likely another 2 will live here as well. 3 live in UK. One will be based in UK. Two - King and McDonald are part of the Sheffield/Poole exchanges. Neilsen has had more tracks than most other riders, Steve is the only one I can see took some negotiation. Look at Eastbourne - a well balanced team of British riders. That’s how CL should go, rather than importing overseas riders whose only claim to fame is that their average fits Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poolebolton Posted December 16, 2019 Report Share Posted December 16, 2019 Just now, Wee Eck said: 3 live in UK. One will be based in UK. Two - King and McDonald are part of the Sheffield/Poole exchanges. Neilsen has had more tracks than most other riders, Steve is the only one I can see took some negotiation. Look at Eastbourne - a well balanced team of British riders. That’s how CL should go, rather than importing overseas riders whose only claim to fame is that their average fits King has nothing to do with Sheffield. Not an asset so it’s nothing to do with them. Nielsen has been at Scunny most years. Had a few prem tracks but been at Scunny most of the time. Also that’s every team bar Eastbourne has riders from other nations. Poole will most likely Have 5 Brits and 1 more who is based in the U.K. Once again we haven’t done much wrong in fact same as most clubs or better in fact. Edinburgh have 3 Brits Glasgow Have 2 Brits. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dandelion Posted December 16, 2019 Report Share Posted December 16, 2019 (edited) I get the feeling some people on here are just trying to wind Poolebolton up... I have not really read the Poole thread, so I don't know his/her background... Might be a right pain in the arse, but from what I have seen he/she seems like a decent honest poster on this forum and the only reason people are giving him/her a hard time is because he/she is a Poole fan... Don't really see what he/she has done wrong here other than predict results on a PREDICTIONS thread? A league that his/her team is in too... Some people confuse me on here and seem to hold grudges against what seem like (to me) perfectly reasonable forum users... If anyone's the troll here it isn't Poolebolton... Again I must stress that I have not read any Poole threads so I dunno the background to this hostility against them... And I know Poole are a bit of a controversial club at times, but why take it out on the club's fans and give them a hard time on a public forum? If what I know is right, what Poole tried to do with that certain Danish rider was not very well, but EVERY team has tried little tricks like that at some point in time... Like when the Diamonds (I'll use my team as an example to show I'm not being bias) tried to bring in Robert Lambert as a 2.00er!! Despite the fact he had EL experience at that point in time already... I welcome Poole to this league with open arms personally, a new team, new faces, a big name in this league making up extra numbers!! What is wrong with that? It's nothing but good for our Championship that it continues to grow!! I'd rather Poole be in this league than go bust and not exist at all Edited December 16, 2019 by Dandelion 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.