Fromafar Posted April 20, 2023 Report Share Posted April 20, 2023 2 minutes ago, old bob at herne bay said: 30-6 after 6 heats ……must have been great entertainment- edge of the seat stuff :~) Hindsight is a wonderful thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noelinho Posted April 20, 2023 Report Share Posted April 20, 2023 2 hours ago, old bob at herne bay said: 30-6 after 6 heats ……must have been great entertainment- edge of the seat stuff :~) 30-5. They didn't even manage to collect the solitary point in every heat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveLyric2 Posted April 21, 2023 Report Share Posted April 21, 2023 (edited) 12 hours ago, old bob at herne bay said: 30-6 after 6 heats ……must have been great entertainment- edge of the seat stuff :~) As evidenced by the wide range of opinions on forums such as this, speedway fans can have very different views on what they want their speedway to be. Some want close racing with loads of 3-3s, some want loads of passing no matter who wins, some want as many 5-1s for their own team, some want 4-2, 2-4,4-2 as long as their team doesn't lose. Some want to see 'top' riders in winning teams, some want teams of equal strength. All options can be exciting for some and boring for others. Edited April 21, 2023 by Skidder1 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old bob at herne bay Posted April 21, 2023 Report Share Posted April 21, 2023 Skidder 1 , yes you are absolutely correct ….. I have witnessed this first hand during the season in which Hackney Kestrels were invincible …… thrashing every team in sight every week - it became a bore tbh, yet some supporters just loved a 5-1 in every heat. I enjoyed going to the away meetings more than the routine drubbings of opposition at Waterden Road They would be disgusted if an away rider won a heat - denying a Kestrels rider a maximum. Expect several more one sided meetings at Wimborne Road this season. I was defo a 40-38 home win ( 13 heats) with a last heat decider supporter. Make room in that Pirates Trophy cabinet ……. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris4gillian Posted April 21, 2023 Report Share Posted April 21, 2023 21 minutes ago, old bob at herne bay said: Skidder 1 , yes you are absolutely correct ….. I have witnessed this first hand during the season in which Hackney Kestrels were invincible …… thrashing every team in sight every week - it became a bore tbh, yet some supporters just loved a 5-1 in every heat. I enjoyed going to the away meetings more than the routine drubbings of opposition at Waterden Road They would be disgusted if an away rider won a heat - denying a Kestrels rider a maximum. Expect several more one sided meetings at Wimborne Road this season. I was defo a 40-38 home win ( 13 heats) with a last heat decider supporter. Make room in that Pirates Trophy cabinet ……. A highly impossible task Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bojangles Posted April 21, 2023 Report Share Posted April 21, 2023 I'm not too sure why people are moaning about the track. It's Poole's prerogative to make the track as advantageous as possible for the home side, no? They'd be crazy to try and make it suitable for the opposition! And it's also a bit too early to write the track off completely - it was one meeting. Nobody was really complaining about it after the Oxford win. It's a long season so I'm sure it won't be that bad every week. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LisaColette Posted April 21, 2023 Author Report Share Posted April 21, 2023 12 minutes ago, Bojangles said: I'm not too sure why people are moaning about the track. It's Poole's prerogative to make the track as advantageous as possible for the home side, no? They'd be crazy to try and make it suitable for the opposition! And it's also a bit too early to write the track off completely - it was one meeting. Nobody was really complaining about it after the Oxford win. It's a long season so I'm sure it won't be that bad every week. Track was good against Oxford. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtf Posted April 21, 2023 Report Share Posted April 21, 2023 1 hour ago, Skidder1 said: As evidenced by the wide range of opinions on forums such as this, speedway fans can have very different views on what they want their speedway to be. Some want close racing with loads of 3-3s, some want loads of passing no matter who wins, some want as many 5-1s for their own team, some want 4-2, 2-4,4-2 as long as their team doesn't lose. Some want to see 'top' riders in winning teams, some want teams of equal strength. All options can be exciting for some and boring for others. Exactly that. People see what they want to see. Professional moaners will find reasons to moan, and there's quite a few on here. Richie having a moan, is just Richie trying to be relevant. He always prefers more challenging conditions, because he goes well in them, that suits him more. Sure last night the track didn't offer as much out wide as usual. It also happened to be a very windy day. That dries out the track so the dirt out wide doesn't bind as well and offers less grip. The track looked smooth and predictable and in all honesty caught out the home riders more later in the meeting when they went wide hoping for more grip than was there. Richie knows that, he was trying to be "controversial". It clearly worked for him as people are talking about him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreverblue Posted April 21, 2023 Report Share Posted April 21, 2023 33 minutes ago, lisa-colette said: Track was good against Oxford. Surely a contributing factor is that Oxford are a better team, unfortunately people see one meeting on TV and think that what it is like at every meeting. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LisaColette Posted April 21, 2023 Author Report Share Posted April 21, 2023 2 hours ago, wtf said: Exactly that. People see what they want to see. Professional moaners will find reasons to moan, and there's quite a few on here. Richie having a moan, is just Richie trying to be relevant. He always prefers more challenging conditions, because he goes well in them, that suits him more. Sure last night the track didn't offer as much out wide as usual. It also happened to be a very windy day. That dries out the track so the dirt out wide doesn't bind as well and offers less grip. The track looked smooth and predictable and in all honesty caught out the home riders more later in the meeting when they went wide hoping for more grip than was there. Richie knows that, he was trying to be "controversial". It clearly worked for him as people are talking about him. Considering the 'prize' they got taken on after winning 2018 Prem title, maybe he should be a bit more respectful/professional towards former club. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fromafar Posted April 21, 2023 Report Share Posted April 21, 2023 29 minutes ago, lisa-colette said: Considering the 'prize' they got taken on after winning 2018 Prem title, maybe he should be a bit more respectful/professional towards former club. Let’s just face it if a rider has a bad night and is interviewed there will always be an excuse or reason for it.If Richie had made 5 gates it would have been a different story no doubt. It was gaters paradise but we’ll have witnessed in many times before all over the Country. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveLyric2 Posted April 21, 2023 Report Share Posted April 21, 2023 (edited) 19 minutes ago, Fromafar said: Let’s just face it if a rider has a bad night and is interviewed there will always be an excuse or reason for it.If Richie had made 5 gates it would have been a different story no doubt. It was gaters paradise but we’ll have witnessed in many times before all over the Country. Meanwhile, Brother Steve was disappointed Poole didn't hit 60+! Can't see Poole doing that at the Coliseum on Tuesday though! Maybe 46 points will have to do?! Edited April 21, 2023 by Skidder1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LisaColette Posted April 21, 2023 Author Report Share Posted April 21, 2023 1 minute ago, Skidder1 said: Meanwhile, Brother Steve was disappointed Poole didn't hit 60+! Me too! I was hoping for 4-2 in final race. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronScorpion Posted April 21, 2023 Report Share Posted April 21, 2023 1 hour ago, Skidder1 said: Meanwhile, Brother Steve was disappointed Poole didn't hit 60+! Can't see Poole doing that at the Coliseum on Tuesday though! Maybe 46 points will have to do?! Once Poole hit 25 points after 8-9 heats, the meeting will become a non-entity with riders going through the motions, no changes(reserve swap or TS) & heat 15 be a free for all. Just what bringing in the aggregate point was all about. Hope you enjoy the meeting!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bagpuss Posted April 21, 2023 Report Share Posted April 21, 2023 5 hours ago, foreverblue said: Surely a contributing factor is that Oxford are a better team, unfortunately people see one meeting on TV and think that what it is like at every meeting. I'm not sure they are on paper personally. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LisaColette Posted April 21, 2023 Author Report Share Posted April 21, 2023 (edited) 2 hours ago, Bagpuss said: I'm not sure they are on paper personally. Well at Poole they are Was definitely closer racing and more passing anyway. Edited April 21, 2023 by lisa-colette Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trackrat Posted April 21, 2023 Report Share Posted April 21, 2023 (edited) 13 hours ago, chris4gillian said: A highly impossible task No shame. Edited April 21, 2023 by Trackrat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreverblue Posted April 21, 2023 Report Share Posted April 21, 2023 6 hours ago, Bagpuss said: I'm not sure they are on paper personally. I think their riders are definitely in better form Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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