Poole 2025

[poole keith]

2 hours ago, szkocjasid said:

Depends how many league matches they have left. If they planned it so they had only 5 league matches left (plus BSN, KOC & play-offs) Cairns could still be on a 2.00 average for 2026!

Like your thinking but how far can poole plan ahead!!

[LisaColette]

3 hours ago, ASpeedwayfan said:

1. Lawson 9.17

2. 4.04 rider 

3. Rowe 6.11

4. zach 6.23

5. Ben 8.55

6. Foord 3.9

7. cairns 2 

for a 40 point limit 

I know Ben is highly unlikely to do championship but he may not what to miss out on picking up a few more trophies with his brother. 
Leaves just over 4 points for the Fords to find a young Aussie, Dane or another foreign Talent 

Ben doesn't need to do Champ anymore and ending on a possible treble before you move on is good way to go imo. 

[Arthur54]

2 hours ago, LisaColette said:

Ben doesn't need to do Champ anymore and ending on a possible treble before you move on is good way to go imo. 

Perhaps he would rather do championship than Sweden 

[LisaColette]

32 minutes ago, Arthur54 said:

Perhaps he would rather do championship than Sweden 

He said he was looking to do Sweden next year on the  SGB podcast a month or so ago. 

[Arthur54]

30 minutes ago, LisaColette said:

He said he was looking to do Sweden next year on the  SGB podcast a month or so ago. 

Don't think Sweden is all it's cracked out to be anymore 

[Bitza]

Heard the result of the pairs final UK bronze congratulations to the young trio, mind you the heavy lifting was by our(till Wednesday anyway) Tom Brennan. Well it made me think how lucky we've been having him as a Pirate for 2024. The top people in any sport are always two steps up on the people who are just very good, and Tom has the potential to be a top rider. I guess what I'm saying is that winning the triple this year would be a great achievement, but winning the triple in 2025  with Kerr or Thompson would be an even greater achievement. 

[poole keith]

Winning in the top league against the top teams would be an even greater achievement. 

[ASpeedwayfan]

On 10/20/2024 at 9:14 AM, TTT said:

40.00 Limit.

 

1. Lawson

2. Thomsen

3. Z. Cook

4. Rowe

5. Kerr

6. Foord

7. Cairns (When Available)

= 39.57

Would prefer Poole to stick with Hagon over Thompson (if not having both) Hagon did have a very poor end to the season but had kept his average over 5 until the final GSA. Hagon undoubtedly has talent and good backing. Just a huge loss of confidence as soon as he started riding in the premiership.

No doubt going to Australia should help him get back to where he was and I would be disappointed if he wasn’t retained. Certainly has it in him to up his average. 

[Fromafar]

On 10/21/2024 at 8:30 AM, poole keith said:

Winning in the top league against the top teams would be an even greater achievement. 

With very little profit though.Better winning everything in Championship than going bust.

[poole keith]

1 hour ago, Fromafar said:

With very little profit though.Better winning everything in Championship than going bust.

Agree better to run than go bust tho didn't realise the promotion are sailing so close to the wind,know the French gaff needs shifting but thought speedway was solid (even allowing for tenuous landlord situation)Of course if as you say they will go bust by moving up then it would be very difficult to attract riders for a Premiership team anyway now they know that

[Fromafar]

34 minutes ago, poole keith said:

Agree better to run than go bust tho didn't realise the promotion are sailing so close to the wind,know the French gaff needs shifting but thought speedway was solid (even allowing for tenuous landlord situation)Of course if as you say they will go bust by moving up then it would be very difficult to attract riders for a Premiership team anyway now they know that

It’s questionable where many decent riders would be attracted these days so it would be case of same riders different leagues IMO.They run a good business as it is not worth changing IMO

[SteveLyric2]

1 hour ago, poole keith said:

Agree better to run than go bust tho didn't realise the promotion are sailing so close to the wind,know the French gaff needs shifting but thought speedway was solid (even allowing for tenuous landlord situation)Of course if as you say they will go bust by moving up then it would be very difficult to attract riders for a Premiership team anyway now they know that

Never a case of going bust, just wanting to pay all bills on time. They don't do it just for fun do they? MF said at the time that costs were around 30% cheaper in Championship. Bearing in mind many costs are 'fixed' no matter what level of speedway we're in, the extra costs relate to riders and their deals!!

[poole keith]

2 minutes ago, SteveLyric2 said:

Never a case of going bust, just wanting to pay all bills on time. They don't do it just for fun do they? MF said at the time that costs were around 30% cheaper in Championship. Bearing in mind many costs are 'fixed' no matter what level of speedway we're in, the extra costs relate to riders and their deals!!

So your saying "fromafar" was wrong saying they'd go bust that mustbe good news,you do understand there's no way you would ever be privy to Matt ford's financial details or many other details!But I still say if it was  common knowledge the prem wasn't a viable option for the pirates riders would have to take that into consideration 

 

[SteveLyric2]

3 minutes ago, poole keith said:

So your saying "fromafar" was wrong saying they'd go bust that mustbe good news,you do understand there's no way you would ever be privy to Matt ford's financial details or many other details!But I still say if it was  common knowledge the prem wasn't a viable option for the pirates riders would have to take that into consideration 

 

I saw the invoices that were  still to be paid at the end of the last Elite League season. MF showed me them in the office. MF was talking to all his sponsors .

[Fromafar]

20 minutes ago, poole keith said:

So your saying "fromafar" was wrong saying they'd go bust that mustbe good news,you do understand there's no way you would ever be privy to Matt ford's financial details or many other details!But I still say if it was  common knowledge the prem wasn't a viable option for the pirates riders would have to take that into consideration 

 

If you read my post again ,it was just generalised assumption,of what might happen.i was just taking in the extra to run in Premiership as opposed to Championship.If you want to argue among yourself please go ahead.

Edited 1 hour ago by Fromafar

[foreverblue]

28 minutes ago, poole keith said:

So your saying "fromafar" was wrong saying they'd go bust that mustbe good news,you do understand there's no way you would ever be privy to Matt ford's financial details or many other details!But I still say if it was  common knowledge the prem wasn't a viable option for the pirates riders would have to take that into consideration 

 

i have no idea on the finances for either league, it is clear getting top riders to ride in our top league has been good for the sport in this country but it is fairly obvious the Championship is far more cost effective, we get the same crowds so get very similar income but pay out less. I would love us to compete in the top league but at this time I don't think it is worth the risk.