mikebv

To be honest, taking the pee.. So many seem to moan about Dan and his lack of team riding.. Its usually because the others are too far behind him..

100% agree... Win the race and expect your team mate to do his bit by beating his level of opponent.. The 'Polish Way'...

Great ride from Etheridge.. Brilliantly shepherded home by Dan...

Couldn't the Aces have had him for Kurtz? If so.... Doh!!! If nothing else just to stop Peterborough getting him...

The last match of the season.. Cant see he/she realising this or they already would have..

It's sometimes like watching it on the radio....

Not a bad start

Correct... 2nd half race too... Over 300 stitches in his leg just before the World Final in Sweden that weekend.. Track wet though and he was lifted on and off the bike as couldn't put any pressure on the leg... Came 2nd to Ivan...

Best of luck to both teams, hopefully a safe night for all the riders too, and that we get to watch a Second Leg that goes a fair way in matching the First...

We will have "guest ads" next week... And AR when one doesnt pop up due to an IT issue......

Indeed....

If Lambert doesnt do well... "We should have picked Bewley"... For all the plausible reasons we have listed.. If we had picked Bewley and he hadn't done well.. "We should have picked Lambert".. For all the other plausible reasons for doing so listed... A very close call with, for me, Lambert still slightly ahead of Bewley...

You hope it's a zero without a One in front of it... Always makes for good TV when Cookie rides well...

Let's hope Cookie has a good night.. Always been a favourite of mine so would be great to see him do well..

Reading the interview with Discovery's CEO in this weeks Speedway Star (very informative it was too), they have signed up some GP's "free to air live"... In the markets aiming to be developed it was said, some of which have had GP"s for a long time but never shown without subscription, therefore restricting the sports growth in those nations was the thought process.. However, Cardiff for example was one that hadn't been signed up to that agreement, although it was mentioned that this didnt mean it couldn't still happen.. The plans, given the enormous size of their operations globally, and the reach they have, are really exciting for the sport globally if they come to fruition.. One sobering thought was that this man lived in the UK for four years, leading a motorsports TV company, yet admitted he had never heard of Speedway till he went to a GP in Poland on a fact finding mission. Due to it being considered as something that Discovery should be looking at to add to its stable..

Seems barmy why they can't... I get it no 'dispensation' allowed for teams in sports where The Final means something from a large positive financial point of view, and was going to be watched by millions which brought massive publicity for the teams and sport, or meant one team moving up a division to a higher, more lucrative level... But unfortunately for Speedway it means none of the above... Therefore just follow the rules set down which are used every single week of the season and have a close entertaining 2nd Leg .

I would be VERY surprised if he does... Not in his make up I would say...

Even more so in a sport that allows riders to ride for all and sundry all season on an adhoc basis, and both finalists will no doubt have benefitted during "qualifying" by using any other teams' riders when the need arised... "Completely Contrived" or... "Not quite as Completely Contrived"... Doesnt really make much difference does it? Therefore just get two seven man teams out using the rules that have been used in getting both teams to the final.. Be sad if the final ends up one sided due to injuries, especially after leg one of The Final produced so much..

Robert for Peterborough and Woffy for the Aces... Bring it on....

I get it could seem absurd but only slightly more absurd than allowing anyone from KL and Ipswich to ride... And no more absurd than letting all riders from all teams cover for each other all through the season to help the eventual four teams qualify... Something quite happily allowed.. You can't run something all season contriving septets togethe on a weekly basis then put restrictions on just because it is a final... By the very fact of the way it is ran all year, the winning of the competition is completely devalued anyway, and whoever wins will hardly raise a ripple of acknowledgement from any of the wider sporting public.. Therefore, let's just run it in keeping with all the "qualification matches" that led up to it, and try and ensure the 2nd Leg is as competitive and exciting as the 1st... And bring in whoever is allowed as per their average rather than their team..

Even better..... Would be great to watch...

Far too good that.. Therefore due a loss... A two point defeat for the Aces and then a run off would be perfect TV.... Dan v Bomber for 4 laps to decide it...

Shame he is a Dane, not a Swede...

Is that some olde worlde remedy? Like a poultice? Hope it works...

Watch this space I feel...