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Bring back Loomer Road

Of course it's a farce. It has been for years. The alternative is going down with honour, like Wroclaw did in the Ekstraliga final, but British fans don't seem to want that.

There were no adverts on discovery. Extra interviews in every break. It's the way forward.

Enjoyed that. Well done Tigers select. Commiserations Ippo.

Bomber has a medal for finishing in every position in both leagues.

He sure is. Worse than Lindgren most of the time.

Tatum talking out of his backside. Brilliant racing compared to Tuesday

Well the track isn't too bad, but you can always count on Doyle to make it look dangerous. Utter lunatic.

It is definitely a better track than Tuesday. Not sure that crash had much to do with the track.

Yes Bob Lambert, tell it like it is lad.

Thompson's answer will presumably be to never go above 10mph. Has he finished heat 8 yet?

Come on, he has. Has anyone ever turned 10 points into 5 with such aplomb? Genius.

You can just about hear Thompson crossing the line as they interview Doyle in the pits

There would be something gloriously apt about a team full of someone else's riders winning the title. Up the Tigers select!

Almost went comically skating past his machine as he went to retrieve it as well. Like an episode of Fawlty Towers. Entertaining, but not necessarily for the right reasons.

Which is exactly why letting Coughing Bob Fleming, the local farmer, prepare the track has always been a crap idea. Have a standard on track prep and make clubs adhere to it or be fined. Another thing the Ekstraliga does right. Great home advantage. Embarrassing to watch.

Looool. Scared him off maybe

He was due to ride for them in 2020 before COVID struck Either that or he has a set of everyone's kevlars, since he rides for everyone? After all, he was Birmingham's rider of the month for September.

Probably not eligible. He must have guested for Russia in the past

Not really. In this instance you're talking about a conflict in a country that shares a direct border with Poland, which is the country that the SGP relies on, almost exclusively, to keep it afloat. I would like to have seen the Iraq GP go ahead back in the day though.

Tennis is a bad example where Poland is concerned though. A Russian player was immediately deported from the country when trying to enter a couple of months ago https://www.skysports.com/tennis/news/12110/12925684/vera-zvonareva-russian-player-is-barred-from-entering-poland-for-warsaw-open-tournament The only reason that they can't do the same to the speedway riders is because they have been living and working and benefitting from a way of life in Poland for many years. All whilst representing Russia on the world scene which is what makes them unpalatable to most Polish people. The ban on Russians isn't just a speedway thing. The FIM don't let them compete in other disciplines either. You know, the popular disciplines that people go and watch in large numbers. They can't just take a different line with speedway because 2 of the better riders happen to be Russian.

But how will they enter the qualifiers? Who will put them forward? Their federation is the PZM, but the Poles nominate their SGP and SEC qualifying berths based on the result of the Golden Helmet I believe, and there's no way in the world the PZM will let proud Russians enter a prestigious Polish qualifying event? So how do they get into the qualifiers? They can't just send a postcard in and ask the FIM to let them ride in a qualifier?

Didn't Woffinden receive a wild card in 2013? After a disastrous attempt at World Championship speedway in 2010. When he was also a wild card. Imagine winning the GP challenge in 2015 and then qualifying every year thereafter on merit, winning 7 world championship medals on the way

You have to be careful when you use the word 'enhance' in the same sentence as Russian sports people

So Huckenbeck and Lebedevs I guess are everyone's main issue. Can't do much about Kvech as he qualified. They want to try and cement the series in Germany and Latvia so they've given them a spot. Hard to argue that Kubera isn't worthy of a shot instead of Magic or Dudek.