TheWellBehavedWorrall Posted 15 hours ago Report Share Posted 15 hours ago 28 minutes ago, Arthur54 said: How did you get on this season Not great, Arthur. Not great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebv Posted 15 hours ago Report Share Posted 15 hours ago 31 minutes ago, gmarsbar2 said: But they do spend money on their team at Championship level but nothing on the racing surface. One of the best meeting I ever saw on TV was the speedway World Cup at Poole but now the racing is garbage Why worry about the track or the racng? The punters are happy... That is what is important... Win at home each week and it keeps them coming.. Seems strange that so many moan about them.. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmarsbar2 Posted 15 hours ago Report Share Posted 15 hours ago 28 minutes ago, Arthur54 said: How did you get on this season At Glasgow the racing was fantastic and we lost once at home to Poole 44-46 in a last heat decider. Seem to recall Poole lost one meeting at home as well and Oxford had won by heat 14. More importantly saw more passing in one meeting than the whole season at Poole Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmarsbar2 Posted 14 hours ago Report Share Posted 14 hours ago (edited) 14 hours ago, mikebv said: Why worry about the track or the racng? The punters are happy... That is what is important... Win at home each week and it keeps them coming.. Seems strange that so many moan about them.. It's just like premier league football winning isn't enough, fans want to be entertained. Poole = zero entertainment yet their fans seem happy. Nobody else understands why Edited 59 minutes ago by gmarsbar2 spelling police on my case 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreverblue Posted 14 hours ago Report Share Posted 14 hours ago (edited) 13 minutes ago, gmarsbar2 said: It's just like premier league football winning isn't enough, fans want to be entertained. Poole = zero entrainment yet their fans seem happy. Nobody else understands why Whats entrainment? I think you will find winning is everything in football. Edited 14 hours ago by foreverblue 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmarsbar2 Posted 14 hours ago Report Share Posted 14 hours ago 1 hour ago, foreverblue said: That is more to do with the quality of rider. Maybe the riders would prefer it if we made it bumpy again!! Don't think it has anything to do with the quality of riders, seen plenty of rubbish meetings in the Premiership. Even in SGP sometimes it ain't good. Compare Poole v Glasgow and Glasgow v Poole championship 2024 same riders but far better racing at Glasgow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmarsbar2 Posted 13 hours ago Report Share Posted 13 hours ago 46 minutes ago, foreverblue said: Whats entrainment? I think you will find winning is everything in football. That will be why Leicester sacked their manager when they weren't in a relegation place. No because the fans didn't like the style of play under Cooper compared to Maresca. Similarly West Ham got rid of Moyes and now fans are unhappy with Lopetegui. People are paying good money and want to be entertained Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arthur54 Posted 9 hours ago Author Report Share Posted 9 hours ago 7 hours ago, Neila said: Most of them would not know good speedway racing exsist, it's gate and gone at wimbored road Having watched Loram, Rickardsson, Holder and Ward around Wimborne road, I'm sure a lot of us do 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catalan Posted 7 hours ago Report Share Posted 7 hours ago 2 hours ago, Arthur54 said: Having watched Loram, Rickardsson, Holder and Ward around Wimborne road, I'm sure a lot of us do A certain Chris Harris rates it as one of his favourites as well. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebv Posted 4 hours ago Report Share Posted 4 hours ago 8 hours ago, gmarsbar2 said: That will be why Leicester sacked their manager when they weren't in a relegation place. No because the fans didn't like the style of play under Cooper compared to Maresca. Similarly West Ham got rid of Moyes and now fans are unhappy with Lopetegui. People are paying good money and want to be entertained Daniel Levy at Spurs would love to be bored out of his pants from now until the end of the season and see Spurs finish in the top four... Instead, he will be taken on a rollercoaster of victories and defeats, watching loads of goals, and seeing his team fail to reach the Champions League.. And will be very, very disappointed come May.. As will all the Spurs fans.. Not many will be looking back and saying "wasn't that four three defeat by Chelsea at home a great game?" at the end of the season.. In sport, winning is everything, otherwise, no point in actually doing it... Personally for me, Speedway, (in the UK), given its lack of any major financial gain by winning, almost non existent MSM publicity, and its ludicrous ad hoc team structures, is something I watch as "sports entertainment" rather than something I consider a "bona fide" sporting competition... However, plenty still feel it is "proper competition", and good luck to them, as they are still supporting the sport, and it needs as many as it can find to keep doing so.. Poole know "winning" is key to making a profit, so, quite rightly, they set up their operating model to always be in the mix to win... Perfect sense... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreverblue Posted 4 hours ago Report Share Posted 4 hours ago 9 hours ago, gmarsbar2 said: That will be why Leicester sacked their manager when they weren't in a relegation place. No because the fans didn't like the style of play under Cooper compared to Maresca. Similarly West Ham got rid of Moyes and now fans are unhappy with Lopetegui. People are paying good money and want to be entertained They were losing games, that is why they got rid of Cooper and Moyes and now unhappy with new manager because they are losing matches. Tottenham play a very entertaining style but the manager will be sacked if they keep losing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreverblue Posted 4 hours ago Report Share Posted 4 hours ago 32 minutes ago, mikebv said: Daniel Levy at Spurs would love to be bored out of his pants from now until the end of the season and see Spurs finish in the top four... Instead, he will be taken on a rollercoaster of victories and defeats, watching loads of goals, and seeing his team fail to reach the Champions League.. And will be very, very disappointed come May.. As will all the Spurs fans.. Not many will be looking back and saying "wasn't that four three defeat by Chelsea at home a great game?" at the end of the season.. In sport, winning is everything, otherwise, no point in actually doing it... Personally for me, Speedway, (in the UK), given its lack of any major financial gain by winning, almost non existent MSM publicity, and its ludicrous ad hoc team structures, is something I watch as "sports entertainment" rather than something I consider a "bona fide" sporting competition... However, plenty still feel it is "proper competition", and good luck to them, as they are still supporting the sport, and it needs as many as it can find to keep doing so.. Poole know "winning" is key to making a profit, so, quite rightly, they set up their operating model to always be in the mix to win... Perfect sense... I thought the 4-3 game was great entertainment!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j2ohh Posted 3 hours ago Report Share Posted 3 hours ago (edited) 15 hours ago, SteveLyric2 said: The local council are seeking to rename Wimborne Road to Trophy Place.😇 Although Champion Way is also under consideration along with Treble Avenue.😂 thats a great name for a chippy in Poole . its looking like one of Stan lee,s offspring will be joining the plaice of pace in 2025 . wish him all the best down in Devon . Edited 1 hour ago by j2ohh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STEVEHOLS54 Posted 3 hours ago Report Share Posted 3 hours ago Back on to Poole 25 team topic. Mentioned him before, but with exception of Edind/Plymouth (plus Poole) finalised, what chance of signing Max James as the temp cover for Cairns until July. Only mention him as he just signed again for Leicester NDL as Captain for 2025. Not bad for a youngster who is not 18 until 5th July. Thought he would already have been signed for Champ as showed decent talent from what I have seen in 2024. Seems able to mix it and although still a raw talent could hold his own against plenty of the other reserves in the League. Just a thought in the final throws of guess the team for 2025 which should be announced during next 10/14 days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j2ohh Posted 3 hours ago Report Share Posted 3 hours ago 13 hours ago, Fromafar said: With the biggest Attendance.Must be the winning formula.🤔👌 Starmer the farmer has found out that Poole is full of the older generation and asked Poole speedway to increase the entry price and put the sport in Poole at risk . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreverblue Posted 3 hours ago Report Share Posted 3 hours ago 18 minutes ago, j2ohh said: thats a great name for a chippy in Poole . its looking like one of Stan lee,s offspring will be joining the plaice of pace in 2025 . wish him all the best down in Devon . Plaice of pace sounds a bit fishy! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STEVEHOLS54 Posted 3 hours ago Report Share Posted 3 hours ago Also just read on Max James FB page that on 2nd Dec he posted that Edinburgh advised him he was not part of their Team plans for 2025. That leaves only Plym or Poole. Would be a great way to showcase his ability until end June if he signed for Poole. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreverblue Posted 3 hours ago Report Share Posted 3 hours ago 20 minutes ago, STEVEHOLS54 said: Also just read on Max James FB page that on 2nd Dec he posted that Edinburgh advised him he was not part of their Team plans for 2025. That leaves only Plym or Poole. Would be a great way to showcase his ability until end June if he signed for Poole. Yes not a bad shout, he certainly isn't the worst 2 pointer. I still think not getting Vinnie back is a massive mistake, if we get Harrison Ryan or similar how can anyone be sure he will turn out better than Vinnie. Numbers game is a smokescreen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LisaColette Posted 3 hours ago Report Share Posted 3 hours ago 1 minute ago, foreverblue said: Yes not a bad shout, he certainly isn't the worst 2 pointer. I still think not getting Vinnie back is a massive mistake, if we get Harrison Ryan or similar how can anyone be sure he will turn out better than Vinnie. Numbers game is a smokescreen. I suppose you could say the same when we signed Vinnie last season. There was no guarantee he was going to be better than Max especially when Max was starting to improve when he was dropped. But I do agree numbers game is a handy excuse to have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fromafar Posted 2 hours ago Report Share Posted 2 hours ago 41 minutes ago, STEVEHOLS54 said: Also just read on Max James FB page that on 2nd Dec he posted that Edinburgh advised him he was not part of their Team plans for 2025. That leaves only Plym or Poole. Would be a great way to showcase his ability until end June if he signed for Poole. Berwick haven’t named their 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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