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Poole v Edinburgh Weds 3rd July 2024.


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3 hours ago, iainb said:

What about the tide though? I know Cecil Ford thinks he's a god, has he managed to stop the tides as well?

:D

I remember, that the tide was used as an excuse in Poole's later seasons in the top flight, when the track was rough..Ā 

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2 hours ago, King Jamie said:

What about all the previous swallows? (see below)

It hasn't.

Kye's 'average counting' scores so far this season:

BSN Series

Berwick (A) 4+1 (4)

Berwick (H) 10 (4)

Glasgow (A) 7+1 (4)

Glasgow (H) 7+3Ā (4)

Championship

Plymouth (H) 14+3 (7)

Workington (A) 4+1 (5)

Oxford (A) 8 (4)

Oxford (H) 5+1 (4)

Redcar (A) 3+1 (4)

Scunny (H) 9+1 (4)

Scunny (A) 4+1 (4)

Plymouth (A) 0 (4)

Poole (A) 8+1 (4)

Yes, granted, he's hot and cold but he is a 6.50ish rider. What are you expecting? Double figures every week?

Monarchs' averages this season are slightly skewed in that the H / A split is currently 5H and 8A. That, generally, keeps a rider's stats lower and highlights the negative. Kye has achieved above his average at home in all meetingsĀ bar Oxford. Away, he's reached the 6.50 'target' on 3 occasions - Glasgow, Oxford and Poole.

He's also the bonus point king within the team. His '2024 meetings only' averageĀ is a full point lower than the 'including bonus' figure. Indeed, his 14 bonus points are only matched / bettered in the Championship by Jake Mulford, Luke Harrison, Craig Cook (all 14), Kyle Howarth (15), Sam Masters (16) and Jacob Hook (19). All hail those looking after job security...

As I said, yes, he's hot and cold. But he's not the biggest problem in the side.

Good luck to Kye for the rest of the season.

How dare you use facts and figures to prove that Kye is doing ok when others think he isn't - Blobby, Blobby, Blobby.

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19 hours ago, Gr8scot said:

Not all Edinburgh fans hate Kye, there is only a small minority that post on here

Hats off to wee Sedgy tonight, great effort - and Picko will be back, very uncharacteristic meeting for him

No one will be more disappointed than Josh. He has been our most consistent rider this season. Will bounce straight back. Just a pity our top 5 donā€™t click in the same match.

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8 hours ago, TracksideView said:

At its worst in the middle of the season with theĀ dry weather ? It's hardly been the Sahara desert in the UK this summer so that's a poor excuse for a track that has zero material on it. If you actually had some material ( shale AND clay) on the track you'd have half a chance of keeping some moisture in the track.Ā 

I believe that 2 lorry loadsĀ of the Wolverhampton Monmore Green shale has gone on the track so far this season.

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4 hours ago, Arthur54 said:

But Sam Hagon, his replacement won the race, and beat Kyle Thompson, who was flyingĀ 

Yes second bite of the cherry. He wouldnā€™t of beat him in the 1st running. Thompson was gone.

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8 hours ago, King Jamie said:

What about all the previous swallows? (see below)

It hasn't.

Kye's 'average counting' scores so far this season:

BSN Series

Berwick (A) 4+1 (4)

Berwick (H) 10 (4)

Glasgow (A) 7+1 (4)

Glasgow (H) 7+3Ā (4)

Championship

Plymouth (H) 14+3 (7)

Workington (A) 4+1 (5)

Oxford (A) 8 (4)

Oxford (H) 5+1 (4)

Redcar (A) 3+1 (4)

Scunny (H) 9+1 (4)

Scunny (A) 4+1 (4)

Plymouth (A) 0 (4)

Poole (A) 8+1 (4)

Yes, granted, he's hot and cold but he is a 6.50ish rider. What are you expecting? Double figures every week?

Monarchs' averages this season are slightly skewed in that the H / A split is currently 5H and 8A. That, generally, keeps a rider's stats lower and highlights the negative. Kye has achieved above his average at home in all meetingsĀ bar Oxford. Away, he's reached the 6.50 'target' on 3 occasions - Glasgow, Oxford and Poole.

He's also the bonus point king within the team. His '2024 meetings only' averageĀ is a full point lower than the 'including bonus' figure. Indeed, his 14 bonus points are only matched / bettered in the Championship by Jake Mulford, Luke Harrison, Craig Cook (all 14), Kyle Howarth (15), Sam Masters (16) and Jacob Hook (19). All hail those looking after job security...

As I said, yes, he's hot and cold. But he's not the biggest problem in the side.

Good luck to Kye for the rest of the season.

Great post and I agree to an extent. Heā€™s solid at home but very unreliable away. The frustration comes because we know whatā€™s heā€™s capable of, he too oftenĀ loses to reserves though. He also rarely passes anyone if he misses the gate which isnā€™t really acceptable for a third heat leader. Heā€™s fine as a number 2/4 but not strong enough to be a 3.

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4 hours ago, Skidder1 said:

Great news from Tobias after his crash on Wednesday.Ā  X-Rays have proved no breaks so he will be ok for Poole's next meetings.:t:

That's good to hear, medic was certain that there was a fracture

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On 7/4/2024 at 10:39 PM, GM95 said:

Great post and I agree to an extent. Heā€™s solid at home but very unreliable away. The frustration comes because we know whatā€™s heā€™s capable of, he too oftenĀ loses to reserves though. He also rarely passes anyone if he misses the gate which isnā€™t really acceptable for a third heat leader. Heā€™s fine as a number 2/4 but not strong enough to be a 3.

Fair comment, although I would like to pick up on bit in bold.

I read that same sentiment previously, a week or two ago. Can't remember who posted it. So, I decided to stick my factual hat on again and investigate...

This season, Kye has not lost a race against any visiting reserve at sunny Armadale.

On the road, prior to this week, his defeats were at the hands of:

Celina Liebmann (Worky). Perhaps I could suggest that Kye's such a Gentleman, he would never make a pass at a lady?!; and

Ashton Boughen (Oxford). A young lad who has a tidy habit of jumping out the gate and breezing into the distance at a rate of knots.

That's it.

Obviously, hisĀ failureĀ to score at Plymouth meant he would add to this tally (take a bow Jacob Hook and Joe Thompson) before Sam Hagon popped out the gate and emerged victorious in a rerun heat 8 at Poole on Wednesday. For completeness purposes, I should mention that young Sam also beat Kye during the KOC clash at Wimborne Road earlier this year, although this isn't included in the average stats.

SoĀ the golden question is, "how often is too often?" Answers on a postcardĀ :)

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5 minutes ago, King Jamie said:

Fair comment, although I would like to pick up on bit in bold.

I read that same sentiment previously, a week or two ago. Can't remember who posted it. So, I decided to stick my factual hat on again and investigate...

This season, Kye has not lost a race against any visiting reserve at sunny Armadale.

On the road, prior to this week, his defeats were at the hands of:

Celina Liebmann (Worky). Perhaps I could suggest that Kye's such a Gentleman, he would never make a pass at a lady?!; and

Ashton Boughen (Oxford). A young lad who has a tidy habit of jumping out the gate and breezing into the distance at a rate of knots.

That's it.

Obviously, hisĀ failureĀ to score at Plymouth meant he would add to this tally (take a bow Jacob Hook and Joe Thompson) before Sam Hagon popped out the gate and emerged victorious in a rerun heat 8 at Poole on Wednesday. For completeness purposes, I should mention that young Sam also beat Kye during the KOC clash at Wimborne Road earlier this year, although this isn't included in the average stats.

SoĀ the golden question is, "how often is too often?" Answers on a postcardĀ :)

Iā€™d go with on the road probably scores most of his points by only beating reserves and probably struggles to beat his counter part when at number 3 or the oppositions second strings.

However since Tuesday he seems more aggressive on track and having spoken to he agrees it is a weakness of his not being hard enough on riders on track, which he has admitted is trying to do.

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On 7/4/2024 at 11:59 AM, j2ohh said:

ERRĀ  thats twice you have posted thatĀ  . are you running for president in the U.S.A. ?ļ»æ

Pay attention - I replied to 2 different people - being a Poole fan if I was in it I would win it - but you cant make Poole great again - we already areĀ :D

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