Bagpuss Posted June 7, 2023 Report Share Posted June 7, 2023 22 minutes ago, lisa-colette said: Manager Matt Ford tonight! Interesting he said everyone voted for a 40 point limit apart from Poole and Glasgow. Says a lot i think. Tempting to suggest something you don't want at AGM and then prob get something you want instead lol. No surprise really. In an ideal world both of those clubs would be racing at the highest level in the UK but we don't live in one of those unfortunately. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goldenommer Posted June 7, 2023 Report Share Posted June 7, 2023 As a plymouth supporter that is as bad as it gets Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LisaColette Posted June 7, 2023 Author Report Share Posted June 7, 2023 1 hour ago, Bagpuss said: No surprise really. In an ideal world both of those clubs would be racing at the highest level in the UK but we don't live in one of those unfortunately. Yeah i guess. Be interesting to see if anyone moves up to save the top league? Matt has got Poole the biggest home win of the season, he'll have to stay now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bagpuss Posted June 7, 2023 Report Share Posted June 7, 2023 3 minutes ago, lisa-colette said: Yeah i guess. Be interesting to see if anyone moves up to save the top league? Matt has got Poole the biggest home win of the season, he'll have to stay now I'm not sure it's about 'saving the league' but more clubs reaching their potential. You feel Poole, Glasgow and probably Oxford should be in the top division with the likes of Bewley, Emil, Doyle, Laguta and Holder riding there in front of big crowds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wee Eck Posted June 7, 2023 Report Share Posted June 7, 2023 4 hours ago, Steve Shovlar said: They will have done very well if they score more than one point between them. They can’t expect to gate and remain in the lead like they did last night. Good prediction! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaizer Posted June 7, 2023 Report Share Posted June 7, 2023 2 minutes ago, Bagpuss said: I'm not sure it's about 'saving the league' but more clubs reaching their potential. You feel Poole, Glasgow and probably Oxford should be in the top division with the likes of Bewley, Emil, Doyle, Laguta and Holder riding there in front of big crowds. Makes no business sense for Glasgow. your closest rivals would be in Manchester 4 hours away. How many away fans are coming from Ipswich on a Monday night? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LisaColette Posted June 7, 2023 Author Report Share Posted June 7, 2023 1 minute ago, Bagpuss said: I'm not sure it's about 'saving the league' but more clubs reaching their potential. You feel Poole, Glasgow and probably Oxford should be in the top division with the likes of Bewley, Emil, Doyle, Laguta and Holder riding there in front of big crowds. Yeah true and we know the sticking point for Poole is mainly the Weds night issue. The only way i can see around that is if they let Poole do Weds but if a Dane is supposed to be there for the opposition they ride on Thursday that week. I don't see any other solution. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bagpuss Posted June 7, 2023 Report Share Posted June 7, 2023 3 minutes ago, Jaizer said: Makes no business sense for Glasgow. your closest rivals would be in Manchester 4 hours away. How many away fans are coming from Ipswich on a Monday night? I refer you to my earlier post where I talked about an ideal world and acknowledged that we don't live in one of those 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bojangles Posted June 7, 2023 Report Share Posted June 7, 2023 3 minutes ago, Jaizer said: Makes no business sense for Glasgow. your closest rivals would be in Manchester 4 hours away. How many away fans are coming from Ipswich on a Monday night? Would make sense for Oxford in my opinion. Plenty of teams much closer to them (Ipswich, Peterborough, Wolves, King's Lynn and Leicester - although admittedly a couple of them might sadly not be around next season) than the teams in Championship. I get why they were a bit tentative at first, as it was difficult to gauge how many fans would turn up when they returned, but they are still getting very healthy crowds. No greyhound racing on Tuesday or Thursdays either - biggest issue is probably having enough free days to keep the Charges going in the NDL. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old bob at herne bay Posted June 7, 2023 Report Share Posted June 7, 2023 Phew- down in Dorset on holiday and thought about going to speedway for the first time in maybe 4 years. Lucky escape . No doubt some wag will tell me the scoreline didn’t reflect the closeness of the racing . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LisaColette Posted June 7, 2023 Author Report Share Posted June 7, 2023 2 minutes ago, old bob at herne bay said: Phew- down in Dorset on holiday and thought about going to speedway for the first time in maybe 4 years. Lucky escape . No doubt some wag will tell me the scoreline didn’t reflect the closeness of the racing . 1. Track was definitely a lot better with the new shale on 2. Poole riders flew out of the gate most of the time, Plymouth not really had an answer for that. 3. Highlight was prob the Worrall twins banging elbows at the start of one of their races,( I mean really banging elbows and handlebars!) Steve won the battle that time btw. Also a good battle between Newman and Gilkes in H14. Barker had a good race and won comfortably in the 5-1 race to Plymouth. But that is pretty much it. Plymouth not the worst team at Poole though, once Lakeside only got 20! Silver linings and all that.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike0310 Posted June 7, 2023 Report Share Posted June 7, 2023 I feel sorry for any Poole fan who had to witness that rubbish from Plymouth I’m embarrassed to call myself a fan, they promoter who put the team together and the riders should hang there heads in shame the warning signs were after Birmingham Poole fans I expect you to give it to Plymouth I would if it was the other way round raging can’t put it into words how I’m feeling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike0310 Posted June 7, 2023 Report Share Posted June 7, 2023 8, 5-1s ridiculous Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poole keith Posted June 7, 2023 Report Share Posted June 7, 2023 Did we witness a record tonight?gary may no reserve changes in the whole match Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hackett Posted June 7, 2023 Report Share Posted June 7, 2023 Poole are a dominant side and many peoples favourites for the league but the Plymouth effort is pretty pitiful. Seems as though apart from Worrall the Plymouth team is struggling. Would of expected much more from Howarth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noelinho Posted June 7, 2023 Report Share Posted June 7, 2023 39 minutes ago, Bagpuss said: I refer you to my earlier post where I talked about an ideal world and acknowledged that we don't live in one of those Even without the distance, why would we want to face Peterborough, King’s Lynn and Ipswich over Redcar and Poole? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveLyric2 Posted June 7, 2023 Report Share Posted June 7, 2023 11 minutes ago, Mike0310 said: 8, 5-1s ridiculous Not wishing to rub it in Mike0310 but it was 9, 5-1s!! Respect to all those Plymouth fans who made the trip. Good to hear the big cheer for the Gladiators 1-5 in heat 10 from the Bar Bandits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Shovlar Posted June 7, 2023 Report Share Posted June 7, 2023 27 minutes ago, Wee Eck said: Good prediction! It was easy to predict. Both Turner and Trigger are no match for Newman and Roynon at reserve. To be fair Turner did give it a go and led Poole riders Roynon and Zach Cook in a couple of his heats but had no chance of retaining his position. Simply picked off. Trigger was always last out of the gate and tailed off. It really was one way traffic and must have been frustrating for the travelling Plymouth fans on the first bend. After 3 heats it was all over and but for a surprise 1-5 for Barker and Gilkes, only Richie Worrall put up any kind of resistance. Teams are all built to the same points limit but these two sides are really chalk and cheese. And what on earth has happened to Kyle Howarth? He has throughout his career always scored well at Wimborne Road but tonight he was appalling and a shadow of the rider he once was. Before a wheel had turned this year I fancied Plymouth to safely make the playoffs, but it’s looking unlikely. Morley might score ok at home but away? I see three issues which I are difficult for the Plymouth promotion to cross. The first smaller problem is location. It’s out on a limb and means lots of miles to get to every home meeting. Some might disagree. Clearly Richie Worrall does and drives down from the NE for every home meeting. The second is the track. Not an easy track and you have to be fast out of the traps otherwise you are chasing shadows. The third is crowd size. Last night there wasn’t a big crowd. Perhaps 5-600? Yes Poole again for the third time this season so the Plymouth fans are sick of the sight of us.The club has to be run on a very tight budget. Combine the three and it’s difficult to attract riders of a certain calibre. Yes I want my club to win but thrashings are boring. I want to see the opposition put up a good fight. And well done to Kyle Newman on a superb paid maximum tonight. He really is on great form. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bagpuss Posted June 7, 2023 Report Share Posted June 7, 2023 3 minutes ago, Noelinho said: Even without the distance, why would we want to face Peterborough, King’s Lynn and Ipswich over Redcar and Poole? Because you'd like to see Laguta, Sayfutdinov, Doyle etc on your track? Maybe you wouldn't, my original point was about clubs who seem to have the potential to go further. And you guys have the circuit to go with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marko Posted June 7, 2023 Report Share Posted June 7, 2023 Next season I think we will see just two divisions, a “top” league and a “junior” level league and Plymouth will be in the latter, maybe just maybe that would allow them to hold Nora meetings too? That would probably be their ideal scenario. No pressure on having to be competitive with teams they can’t hold a candle too financially, just run the sport as a centre of development which is ideally what Iwade and Workington will be. South, South East and North West covered. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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