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  1. Posted

    On 4/21/2024 at 5:34 PM, the hobbit said:

    Yes… in the Polish bottom league!!! No where near premier league standard. That’s his true level unfortunately 

    As has already been stated, it is not the bottom league of Poland at all. The standard is actually very good and features several Premiership ‘stars’ in the league like Kurtz, Holder, Tungate, Klindt, Musielak etc to just a few, plus Grand Prix rider Kai Huckenbeck. Because he wasn’t good enough first time around, Luke Becker has just been dropped by his team over there too - that shows you the type of standard that it is. 

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  3. Posted · Edited by Najjer

    1 hour ago, szkocjasid said:

    That confuses me even more:

    1) I can't believe they only gave Klindt 4 matches

    2) I can't believe they didn't think to sign Riss for Kerr & if after 5 weeks Klindt hasn't picked up his scoring then

    3) I can't believe with 7.44 available to replace Klindt, Riss is the best they can come up with

    4) I can believe, but kinda disappointed the BSPL / SCB allowed Oxford to drop Klindt because they'd prefer to use guests

    Couldn’t agree with all of your points any more if I tried. 

  4. Posted

    7 hours ago, szkocjasid said:

    I think it's because Leicester were weakened last year when Morris got banned & they had to use r/r. 

    Then at the AGM the other promoters probably thought "that could happen to me" so they voted for more guests allowed.


    That seems bonkers. Losing a rider because of injury or whatever reason should inevitably make your team weaker, that is the reality of it. 

    Unfortunately they have now created a scenario where not only are you no longer weaker but you are actually far stronger. When riding at home with no logical reason using maths and statistics, you can get a guest with a higher percentage average than the missing rider. We now even have a scenario at Oxford where they’ve sacked and replaced a rider in Klindt, for Riss whilst keeping an injured rider in the side. There is no way that the league should of accepted that redecoration and the use of guests like Nicholls now.

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  6. Posted

    21 hours ago, chun said:

    how much longer will nicholls be able to trade off that cheap 5.1 average?  I assume that was based on last year?

    Not that it takes much, but Nicholls has outsmarted the rule makers/promotors. He technically signed for Wolves last year and has signed for Birmingham this year thus meaning he continues on a rolling average of not alot (not his Chanpionship converted) without guest bookings effecting that.

    He can continue to take guest bookings and scoring heavily without it effecting his average, picking and choosing which meetings he does to go alongside his TV work.

  8. Posted

    11 minutes ago, foreverblue said:

    It is a very good side and easily capable of challenging for honours if all the riders performed to their expected level but they haven't and if Janowski performs like he has for Oxford in Poland they won't let him ride here anymore.

    Did you see Janowski’s opening match for Wroclaw? He was far worse for them than he has been for Oxford!

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  10. Posted

    19 minutes ago, TTT said:

    Don't see the logic in this move at all.

    Should get Riss in for Kerr on a short term deal as an injury replacement just to see how Erik performs first whilst giving Klindt some extra time to rediscover his form.

    Something tells me this is just the first move to make points available with a new signing on its way for Kerr 

  14. Posted

    1 hour ago, TTT said:

    Defo the best value bet tonight even if it does fall just short imo.

    Put up 49 against Sheffield and that was with Kurtz and Bewley only scoring 11 points (Combined) with just the one Heat win between them which goes to show how strong this BV side is around the NSS.

    I think it’s a good point that Wolves usually visited on bank holiday, so the likes of Masters, Becker and Douglas won’t of visited much in recent years except Monday lunchtime - which the track will be far different to that tonight

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  16. Posted

    13 hours ago, Ray Stadia said:

    The point I was making, is the loss of speedway tracks/teams, is not just Osborne. As for Coventry, Cradley Heath and I think Stoke and maybe Somerset, they did own the tracks, but that didn't save speedway. 

    Somerset speedway owners did own the land in which the track sat - but was approached with what I’m led to believe was “an offer which couldn’t be refused”. The clubhouse is now owned by a fuel company with surrounding car park areas now housing screwfix, Howdens kitchens and a Ford car garage.

  17. Posted

    10 minutes ago, Heathcote said:

    Well i got bored with the live chat on Bet 365 and gave up questioning the actual bet, but did write them a mail querying why the governing body of the sport had an official website with official results on it yet they choose to use a different site.

    A manager did respond this morning and stated they do in fact use the BSPA website, although they reserve the right to use another site if they deem the official site contains incorrect information. The 2 back up sites they use are the Speedway Updates site and Sportowefakty, both of who listed Charles as scoring 10+3 in the above case, which they deemed to be the correct score. He also stated as gesture of goodwill they would void the bet and refund my stake

    Personally I thought Sportowefakty just ripped the results from the updates site anyway?

    Thats exactly what Sportowefakty does for British results - they even state at the beginning of the results that’s what they do too.

  18. Posted

    33 minutes ago, Hamster00 said:

    Regarding Celina, two things can be true, she can/is absolutely deserving of an opportunity to ride in the Championship because of her exploits on the continent and it can also be true that Workington have a savvy promotion and knew it would be good for promoting the club to get in business with Celina.

    She deserves every opportunity to perform at this level just like every other 4.00 foreign rider who is new to Britain, if she achieves close to a 4 point average this season then it is a highly successful one. She was certainly on the pace at Northside, away from home will be difficult but again it is for most newbies to Britain.

    The difference between Celina and most other 4 point newbies to the league is that her results will be much more heavily publicised and scrutinised.

    I don’t want to sound like I’m running her down, but what exploits in the continent?

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  19. Posted

    14 hours ago, crescent girl said:

    Everybody's got a great plan, a superb solution.  Until they get punched in the nose.

    What happens when you have two six-man teams, each using r/r, and there's a four-man pile-up in Heats 1 or 2?

    The proof is in the pudding - look at Denmark. They currently run a whole league system off 5 man teams. We should be using this example as one to try and match. 5 riders with the 6th then a British junior completing the team.

  20. Posted

    2 hours ago, Skidder1 said:

    So the 'Premiership has started to get its act together'?! Brum sign Nicholls as a temp replacement for the not yet used Pawlicki and Ippo use Nicholls twice as guest for Doyle.:blink:

    Ah yes, a temp replacement like all teams should strive to do once an injury occurs, the opposite to what Plymouth have been able to achieve in this scenario. Nicholls guested once for Doyle (not twice) due to his wife being in labour, which is as good as an excuse you will get.

    For what it’s worth, if I was setting the rules then if only one rider is missing then it should be RR and no guests.

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  22. Posted

    It’s a sad state of affairs for the league and speedway in this country, not a solely Plymouth issue when a team is starting a brand new season with only 6 of their 7 permitted riders. Guests are the bane of the sport and it just gives a complete unprofessional look. The fact that teams and rule makers havn’t already come to this conclusion in advance that in the event of injury, there isn’t enough riders to cover and go round is the biggest worry of them all. 
     

    This has now happened for at least 2 seasons for multiple teams but instead of doing anything about it, just continue to plow on with the farcical guest situation. The Premiership has started to get its act together and is becoming more professional and things are being put in place to make an overall better product - The Championship is being left behind massively.

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  23. Posted

    9 hours ago, ellioth4 said:

    Yes there was a handful of Brummies fans at the meeting. I was texting myself. It was a close meeting once we started, got it done in just over 90 mins. 
    Birmingham were right on form In the first half before Ipswich took the lead and won by 8 points in the end. It was a freezing evening, was in 4 layers, bobble hat and blanket on the backstraight. 
    Enjoyed my first visit here, worth it.

    Was there nobody else there to talk to?

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  24. Posted

    20 hours ago, szkocjasid said:

    Irrelevant now but should Birmingham have been allowed to carry on in the Championship on a Monday?

    Only Belle Vue are a Monday track, the rest race on Thursdays.

    Of course Prem clubs have priority, but Birmingham could've picked a team minus any Belle Vue riders. Then sorted the fixtures (not many these days) so their opponents weren't missing riders based on who is racing at Belle Vue.

    May have to allow the occasional guest, but who would even notice, with the amount of guests used these days anyway?

    Stop making such sensible suggestions - although, I’m going to assume even if this idea was explored it was quickly stopped to ensure the Premiership had 7 teams and less riders to find in the Championship.

  25. Posted

    6 hours ago, szkocjasid said:

    Totally understand the points you are making, but the time to plan for these situations are at the AGM. Did anyone point out a lack of heat leaders to cover for injuries? If they didnt think ahead then they suffer the consequences. As soon as one club is allowed flexibity, they'll all want it.

    How many times have I suggested that they should be 6 man teams? It makes no sense to be continuing in the Championship with 7 rider teams

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