Poole 2024

[foreverblue]

18 minutes ago, poole keith said:

He's a 4pt rider in a poor league ,should be some close racing next season tho ,which will be good 

He rides in a poor league now, I think the Championship is a level above Danish div 2

[foreverblue]

26 minutes ago, proud panther said:

Tobias is potentially the problem if he doesn't ride to his average, but he isn't the problem before a wheel has been turned.

Yes the problem is potential at the moment, Tobias has the potential to be better than I expect.

[STEVEHOLS54]

1 hour ago, foreverblue said:

Yes the problem is potential at the moment, Tobias has the potential to be better than I expect.

If his gating is consistently good it will certainly help. To quote Danny's own words in the Echo he stated:

“I’ve been watching his meetings from last year as much as I can, on YouTube and stuff, and he’s certainly got the gating gloves, which I feel will help him massively

He also stated that he has improved as a rider over the last few years since we last saw him in UK. Time will tell, but let's hope that's the case. The reality is that much as i would love to have seen a potential young future World/GP Star, the Champ is now a weaker Lge than it ever was with the 38 point limit and with so many young/inexperienced and also not so great riders lower down. You don't need to be a star to score decent points if you can gate consistently well.

I'm slowly talking myself round to accepting him .

Edited December 21, 2023 by STEVEHOLS54
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[ragdoll64]

40 minutes ago, STEVEHOLS54 said:

If his gating is consistently good it will certainly help. To quote Danny's own words in the Echo he stated:

“I’ve been watching his meetings from last year as much as I can, on YouTube and stuff, and he’s certainly got the gating gloves, which I feel will help him massively

He also stated that he has improved as a rider over the last few years since we last saw him in UK. Time will tell, but let's hope that's the case. The reality is that much as i would love to have seen a potential young future World/GP Star, the Champ is now a weaker Lge than it ever was with the 38 point limit and with so many young/inexperienced and also not so great riders lower down. You don't need to be a star to score decent points if you can gate consistently well.

I'm slowly talking myself round to accepting him .

Loving all this admittance that Poole is mainly a gate and go track……lol

Edited December 21, 2023 by ragdoll64

[szkocjasid]

10 hours ago, PTW said:

I get the impression that the Tom Brennan move caught them out and were scrambling to find a 4pt rider as they had already committed to Sam Hagon and Max Perry just as a guess….

 

10 hours ago, foreverblue said:

Yes it seems that way. I have zero faith in Tobias doing anything. It has been said Brennan availability was a surprise and a no brainer, bet they did not bank on getting a Danish rider of very limited ability. Our reserves are going to be very busy.

Can't say signing Brennan is a "no brainer" while Brennan should improve, I don't think the improvement will be so massive it's worth signing him regardless of who they'd  find as the 7th signing.

[Bagpuss]

Poole don't often get it wrong (and they may not have done this time either) but personally I feel they should have signed Hagon at number seven, gone with Lawson and the two Cooks and then fill the last three places accordingly. 

Straight away Redcar and Oxford look better on paper and there may be others too. However  only a fool would completely write them off.

[TTT]

Can't see Poole even making the play-offs with their balls up signing of Thomsen.

Redcar, Scunthorpe, Oxford and Workington will all look stronger.

[Arthur54]

12 minutes ago, TTT said:

Can't see Poole even making the play-offs with their balls up signing of Thomsen.

Redcar, Scunthorpe, Oxford and Workington will all look stronger.

We shall see 

[LisaColette]

28 minutes ago, Bagpuss said:

Poole don't often get it wrong (and they may not have done this time either) but personally I feel they should have signed Hagon at number seven, gone with Lawson and the two Cooks and then fill the last three places accordingly. 

Straight away Redcar and Oxford look better on paper and there may be others too. However  only a fool would completely write them off.

Funny that it was the post just below yours lol. But this from a group of Peterborough fans that wanted Ben Cook sacked last season. 

23 minutes ago, TTT said:

Can't see Poole even making the play-offs with their balls up signing of Thomsen.

Redcar, Scunthorpe, Oxford and Workington will all look stronger.

 

[szkocjasid]

Aside from the discussion of Brennan & Thomsen vs Rowe & Newman. What about S.Worrall & Roynon, that would have come to 37.99.

Roynon's surely no worse than Thomsen, but Worrall for Brennan is a decent upgrade imo.

[ragdoll64]

2 hours ago, TTT said:

Can't see Poole even making the play-offs with their balls up signing of Thomsen.

Redcar, Scunthorpe, Oxford and Workington will all look stronger.

Really?………..are you taking into account their track and the aggregate bonus points?

[TTT]

8 minutes ago, ragdoll64 said:

Really?………..are you taking into account their track and the aggregate bonus points?

Yes, Thomsen is just that bad and I can't see the 2.00 pointers being able to cover for him.

4.00 points used on a guy who couldn't score more than 3 for Brum apart from 1 meeting.

[LisaColette]

11 hours ago, szkocjasid said:

Aside from the discussion of Brennan & Thomsen vs Rowe & Newman. What about S.Worrall & Roynon, that would have come to 37.99.

Roynon's surely no worse than Thomsen, but Worrall for Brennan is a decent upgrade imo.

Team spirit would be an issue though. It was prob a lot better when Joe T was in the team. 

[TTT]

11 hours ago, lisa-colette said:

Funny that it was the post just below yours lol. But this from a group of Peterborough fans that wanted Ben Cook sacked last season. 

 

Wait until you see Thomsen live then you'll see what I mean, Plus you won't be able to get a decent replacement in either because the HL's averages will go up in a weakened Championship.

Home track advantage means nothing imo when you've got two reserves with limited experience whilst having a dreadful Dane on a false average at No.2 who's real average is much lower than the 4.00 you've signed him on, Take out his one double figure score for Brum then this is what his scores were.

3+2

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[foreverblue]

9 minutes ago, TTT said:

Wait until you see Thomsen live then you'll see what I mean, Plus you won't be able to get a decent replacement in either because the HL's averages will go up in a weakened Championship.

Home track advantage means nothing imo when you've got two reserves with limited experience whilst having a dreadful Dane on a false average at No.2 who's real average is much lower than the 4.00 you've signed him on, Take out his one double figure score for Brum then this is what his scores were.

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Apparently he has improved.

[Fozzie4388]

The Fords aren't daft they wouldn't have signed Thomsen if they didn't think he was going to perform and even if he doesn't they'll have a plan B up their sleeve to make sure come October they'll be in the Playoff final once more.

[TTT]

1 hour ago, foreverblue said:

Apparently he has improved.

The Ford's are hardly going to be honest and say we couldn't get anyone decent in with the points available so we had to settle for Thomsen.

Personally if they knew they was going to end up with Thomsen then I don't think they would've signed Brennan because a Rowe/Newman combo would be better.

Their was a lot of talk about a 4.00 Aussie on this thread which suggests the Ford's thought they would get one + Brennan but it all went belly up.

[Bagpuss]

2 hours ago, lisa-colette said:

Team spirit would be an issue though. It was prob a lot better when Joe T was in the team. 

Why would it be an issue out of interest?

[Fromafar]

1 hour ago, Fozzie4388 said:

The Fords aren't daft they wouldn't have signed Thomsen if they didn't think he was going to perform and even if he doesn't they'll have a plan B up their sleeve to make sure come October they'll be in the Playoff final once more.

They are all getting a bit exciting over Thomsen  but he is only a 4 pt man and if he rides to his average don’t see much wrong with that Team compared to others that have been named at this point.

Edited December 22, 2023 by Fromafar

[LisaColette]

2 hours ago, TTT said:

Wait until you see Thomsen live then you'll see what I mean, Plus you won't be able to get a decent replacement in either because the HL's averages will go up in a weakened Championship.

Home track advantage means nothing imo when you've got two reserves with limited experience whilst having a dreadful Dane on a false average at No.2 who's real average is much lower than the 4.00 you've signed him on, Take out his one double figure score for Brum then this is what his scores were.

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Will be able to replace him with another 4 pointer if one is available. Hopefully it won't come to that though. 

Everything seems to be based on half a decade ago. I might listen more if it was one or two years ago.