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I have been told that there will be 1 possibly two team changes in the near future. Jason was not happy with these changes as are some of the other riders so Jason said that he will leave if he is undermined as team manager as feels the replacements are not the correct riders for the club. Expect to see a Dane riding down the M69 back at Leicester soon even though at the end of last season saying he didn't like the track and didn't want to return in 2012. I also understand that Bjerre is on his last warning having upset a number of staff and officials at the club along with continued bad results and then missing the meeting at Edinburgh Friday the club are not happy but will need an able replacement

As previously posted it is now officially confirmed that we will be showing the New Zealand GP live at 4am and at present it is planned to be in HD as well i just hope that lots of Speedway fans can get up and watch it live to justify the large expense of doing it live as would have been a lot cheaper to do a time delayed broadcast. Thank you to Mr Rising for clarifying Brandos role he is a huge integral part of Skys UK coverage and BSI on Gp scene without him to programmes would not flow as well as they do he is very good at his job but so good to see he always puts speedway first often turning down more lucrative work on football,darts and rugby to do speedway coverage a true pro

I have heard that Lee Richardson and Bjarne Pederson have been added to the event now so looking very good line up.

Has Fishers signing been confirmed and approved by bspa ? As i had heard that because didn't ride in premier league last year and because of average could not drop down and was this rule that stopped Simon Stead and another rider dropping down

I have heard that Lasse Bjerre is on his way to Leicester all should be confirmed later this week It fits with Leicesters club talk of surprising exciting new signing for them

Nick Morris is currently staying back in the UK for personal reasons but may be returning before Christmas once he had sorted some thingss out over here.

Heard strange report today that if Pepe does pull out of 2012 series that BSI are considering offering a 2nd British rider a wild card spot with two names mentioned to both whom have never had brilliant Polish careers and possibly already not with clubs. I personally can't see it but would be very interesting and cause some debate just like Horton at Coventry

Not really that attractive line up but isnt helped by all the other Premier league matches on Friday and Elite riders asking to much money but I think few more names are to be released this week couple of which are elite riders

Latest I have heard is expect to see at least 3 of the Elrc field at Leicester on the Friday and more hopefully added this week along with selection of premier league riders

I think the Coventry rider will be Ryan Fisher as Pawlicki has turned down an open meeting invite the night before said won't be in the country that weekend

WieJa you may be right if he can convince BSI that he will be properly organised and be fully available to appear in all rounds both of the Lagutas did a lot of damage by missing Cardiff and Kings Lynn then their nephew Tarasenko missing Poole U21 meeting I have also heard that a major Russian sports channel is interested in taking all GPs and Wtc in 2012 which could help his cause My personal views is it will be Bomber,N Pederson,Lindgren and Ward

One quick thing I forgot to add and as mobile won't let me edit post. Can I please urge anybody who is thinking about recording the GP on Sky to do it from the live red button feed tonight and not from the replays on Sun so that the powers at be can further see why Speedway should not be pushed to the red button

I agree Backless the GP from Malilla was very bad on Sky and was caused by lack of HD studios in fact on that day it was a studio very rarely used now except for voice-over work as really old 4.3 cameras and gallery so had to stretch the picture to fill the screen and in my opinion a total mess. So far this year Sky has recieved a HD feed for all GPs but often downscaled for broadcast. I have not had a chance to check which studio they are in tonight as the red button will make it look poor anyway as low available bandwidth and old encoder.

Also I am very sorry to say that all the coverage is being downscaled to SD as there are no HD studios available to use can't wait until all the new HD studios are handed over for use so can finally do away with SD coverage due to lack studio capacity. With free weekend offer on and both Real Madrid and Barcelona playing Saturday night Speedway was always going get pushed to red button and SD coverage.

I am pretty certain there will be a British rider in the GP in 2012 for commercial reasons who that rider may be is less clear with Harris already having a few chances,Woffy already ruling himself out,Kennett not so good on continent and problems in UK and unlikely that Nicholls or Richardson would want to do it so may be Harris again unless go for younger rider like Barker,king or Bridger. Darcy Ward can't commit to 2012 yet as has some outstanding things that need sorting out and the Laguta brothers I am told burned their bridges with BSI over the Cardiff and Kings Lynn fiasco with visas. I would be surprised if Poles get another place and if do expect will be a Pawlicki brother or Janowski if wins U21 championship

There will be at least one British rider in SGP in 2012 but as will have to be a wild card maybe a change of rider will happen. Who the other wildcards will be may become clearer in next couple of weeks I expect if Darcy Ward has a good one in Torun that he will be in and will be surprised if Lindgren is left out. The Russians and Laguta brothers did themselves no favours with BSI and FIM after the world cup and Cardiff fiasco so believe it will just be Emil for 2012

I have heard tonight that Kazprazak has been banned from riding in Sweden due to have an illegal silencer obviously thought he could get away with it there.

If Bager does not improve over next few weeks I can see Darkin being back in team for this meeting. I must say is a shame that Newport are not there along with revised Berwick side

I was not saying that something that something funny had been going on. But the family has obviously got some bad mark on on a record somewhere that UK embassy are not happy with for them all not be able to obtain visas which can be got in a few days if required I know this as fact as have helped Russian crew and journalists enter the UK for work. Also know that one of Leicester Russians family managed to get a visa at late notice when there partner was confirmed as riding at Kings Lynn.

Is it true what i have heard that Tarasenko is the Laguta's sisters son ? If so there is definitly something not correct with families background

It was confirmed to me last week that Leicester are unable to use Nemo and Karlson as will not have rode enough matches by the meeting date. The team will likely be Bager,Bondarenko,Oliver,Graverson and Wright as reserve. There was also some doubt on Lasse Bjerre as meant to be riding in Poland

Team GB did pretty much what I expected in fact maybe a little bit better. I was very impressed by Ben Barker seemed to show lots of passion and really prepared to mix it both his win and 2nd places were hard physical rides and not scared of the others. Kennett was very poor just does not seem to travel well fine in UK but go abroad just don't happen

Just got home and see now confirmed that Bridger replaces Scott Nicholls in Poland for family reasons

I agree with previous comment Emil was in UK until this morning as racing for Coventry and has two bikes plus equipment and mechanics in UK BSI/FIM will pay points money and small amount of expenses . There is no reason for him not to ride as he able to do so, the Lagutas obviously have some very diffrent background as they have been refused entry permits to UK even to come here on holiday. I have spoken to our travel team at work as we often have crew going out to countries and also assist foreign crew when working over here and they have confirmed with ASLA a approved Uk entry visa agent that it takes around 3-5 days to get the required entry permit for UK for Russians but does involve quite detailed information about persons. People have mentioned the kid Tarasenko but from what I understand he is Artem and Grigory Lagutas sisters son so is likely to have the same issues

I cant believe that the Russians are plannning on using the Lagutas and Emil for race off and final I hope that BSI/FIM block them from riding in the event at all this season. The latest i have heard this morning is Russia may only have 4man team so some 3 rider races which will rob the fans even more it is bad enough that Russia are sending really poor weak team but to only field 4 riders I find unacceptable and I know BSI were very unhappy with Artem Laguta missing Cardiff so I think the chances of a Russian GP in next few years has just gone