mikebv
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16 minutes ago, IainB said:
I do get your point... but for a sport that "was" trying to break into new territories having world champions at junior and senior level who don't really have a great grasp of the English language is not great for marketing. Brilliant for Poland, not so much the rest of the planet.
I'm afraid that trying to sell a GP in the US or Aussie with "me score big points" doesn't really cut it.
Rule Britannia! Britannia waves the rules! 🇬🇧
They didn't get the cut through with Hans, Trick, Crumpy, Pedersen, and Hancock...
All English speakers...
And then you had Havvy, Loram and Woffy...
None of them crossed over to make the mainstream take any interest...
And, most importantly, it isn't Poland's responsibility to make UK and World Speedway prosper...
That is down to those who take responsibility to be the custodians of the sport..
The bottom line is...
They are just not very good at holding that position..
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11 minutes ago, ShanoXtra said:
Funny what he actually said in Polish though 😂
That's fine...
And I am sure those who understand Polish laughed...
However, who effing made the sport in Poland what it is today?
That's right!
Great Bloody Britain.! That's who!!!
(Play Land of Hope and Glory in the background,)..
We made Poland what it is today by, several years ago, gracefully, giving them our best British riders like Hans Nielsen, Greg Hancock, Jason Crump, Leigh Adams, Tony Rickardsson, Nicki Pedersen, and Billy Hamill, etc, etc etc...
Not to mention allowing BZ to do a few laps at Perry Barr that turned a "throttle jockey" into a five time world champ..
Thank you very much...
So...
Show some bloody respect...!
"Mother of the free" etc, etc, dont know the rest...
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1 hour ago, gjcone44 said:
cant understand why you would want to risk it in uk when you can earn that much, just riding in Poland.
I agree, however, you can do testing without too much risk or consequence, (you are never getting dropped are you?), and beating others will always be a positive which improves confidence...
And, for the top lads, it is a pretty "easy" (as much as it can be for a Speedway rider), very decent return for six months work..
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And the crowd go wild.....
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Well done our Kev!!! Sorted mate....
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He can't even interview in English...
Very disrespectful....
Does he not know who runs Speedway?
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BZ the 3rd in a class of his own...
BZ the 2nd struggling a bit this year so a bit soon to make a long term judgement on how BZ the 3rd's career will turn out...
Very good though isn't he?
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Just now, tyler42 said:
And the scoring system once again shows why GP speedway is a joke. Finishes in 10th, but is guaranteed 14pts!!!!
Yes he qualified from The Glasgow meeting.
Wow...
Fair play then....
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Not followed the qualification process..
Was Jake nominated as a GB entrant..?
Sadly, he clearly isn't anywhere near the top 16 U21 riders in the world...
Is he in the other meetings ?
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1 minute ago, IainB said:
Kelvin said "he's A okay and will be out in his next race"... just like Brady Kurtz in the Manchester SGP 😁
Breed them tough in Manchester...
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3 minutes ago, IainB said:
He's called Kevin... it's a while since we've had a Kevin riding Speedway... and who would have thought he'd be Polish!
Or German?...
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2 minutes ago, WookieboyDon said:
Would love to see Parnitskyi racing over here. Huge talent who would really attack the UK tracks. Unfortunately I can’t see it happening with his Polish, Swedish and Danish commitments.
A "bums on seats" rider....
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Some decent riders to look at for next years one league?
You would think they will be needed...
Most are considerably better than the current RS's, so if they were the fifth rider in a five man team, the racing should be decent...
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3 minutes ago, THE DEAN MACHINE said:
Only in speedway would you get a situation where the people who pay for the most expensive tickets have to get wet so the referee can see the track
It is invariably Fred Karno's Circus outside Poland isn't it?
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Looking at the crowd it reminds me of a TNT Monday night meeting...
And now the VIP roof is being pulled in it so the ref can see, it reminds me even more of a UK meeting..
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Unlucky Norick there...
Got nailed by the Aussie being out of control..
The Aces injury crisis deepens...
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Would Malkiewicz qualify as a Rising Star GB rider?
Born in Oxford....
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Best race of the night and the director cuts to the drone..
Which looked like it was somewhere over Aberdeen....
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5 hours ago, gjcone44 said:
thats crazy.
Par for the Polish course...
Hence they are very protective of "their" riders...
They usually publish the salaries of the top ten riders at the end of the season...
Many, many 100,000 Euro is the norm....
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3 hours ago, SPEEDY69 said:
I think that's a great question. I've no doubt that Nielsen would still beat almost all the current riders, as he did back in the 80s/90s. It's called speedway but plenty of people are very successful with ultimately 'slower' machines. It's about talent/skill and getting the most out of what you're riding - the dream of being world champion by having the quickest bike is just that, a dream.
When my lad rode cycle Speedway the advice he got, from those who had lots of experience, was...
"You don't have to be the fastest to win, you just have to be fast enough"...
Good advice....
Many a trophy was won by getting to bend one first, and then going "fast enough", on the right line, to mean those faster had to try and go around..
With some "tough moves" required now and again...
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He used one of the clubs' bikes when some he rode against had several hundreds pounds of bike..
With tyres changed from the basic model to more expensive ones...
Some even had their names on the wheel rims and frame...
Sound familiar?...
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12 hours ago, Mr Blobby said:
He was offered a championship spot not too long ago which I believe he accepted then decided to turn down, reason given didn’t feel ready.
Feel this new generation feel they should all be given things on a plate and things should happen instantly for them now. They don’t want to put in the hard work or travel the country to get laps in to progress anymore. Feel this is a huge reason British riders don’t cut it anymore. Think of all the guys that have came through the system over the last 10/20 years who’ve put in the hard work, travel and laps compare to now.
Not saying this is the case with Springer but just the an overall opinion on where the new generation are.
Looking at the current state of UK Speedway, if it was my lad I am not sure I would encourage him to try and be a Speedway rider...
Only the very, very few, get to earn the big money and, as we will see I am sure soon, the sport over here will be lowering its outgoings significantly..
Not many top riders "suddenly" come good like Jason Doyle did, most clearly stood out by the time they were 20, with some even at 16...
Given the sports issues, I would think a fair few parents will be asking themselves honestly if their kid has what it takes to be a top level rider..
Because, if the kid hasn't, and he will just be an average rider, I can't see them making much money over here for at least the next decade or so, and maybe never...
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53 minutes ago, 1 valve said:
I would also like the guy who announces the races/times to pronounce his “th’s” correctly so that “Gate Free” becomes “GateThree”, “sixty free point free free seconds becomes “sixty three point three three seconds” & “Fird place” becomes “third place”
He just said "thuck off"....
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6 hours ago, hasta la vista said:
Since it was given away by the BSPL 2 years ago.
This year Extraliga 2 started organising Thursday matches to take advantage of it rather than only using that day for rain offs.
You open the door.....
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25 minutes ago, IainB said:
Can I interest anybody in a League sponsorship package? You'll get your company noticed by all the earthworms and grasshoppers in Leicester...
"Who left that f**king sign there?"
"Move it now!!"
"It spoils the Infield"....
Edit. I hope the sponsorship isn't based on £'s per square metre signage!!!😁
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8 minutes ago, Wolfie456 said:
Nobody can get near him tonight in wroclaw 17 of 6 rides so far.
Those 48 hours from Monday seem to have made all the difference to his injury looking at his scores last night and tonight...
Who would have thought such a short time would make him capable of riding so well?
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"My gosh, is Speedway still going? One used to love watching Barry Briggs at Plough Lane, Mayta used to effing love it"....