poolebolton 464 Posted October 31, 2017 IMO, very few of them actually add any value to the league. Janowski, Dudek, Zmarzlik, Wozniak and Pawlickis and Protasiewicz fine, they add something to the league but the rest no not really. Swedish teams and many fans usually claim that Elitserien is not a place to develop talents but at the same time they have no problem bringing in any foreign talent they can find, pretty much a perfect definition of double standards or of throwing stones in a glass house. What about Drabik and Woryna?? Well there was an article earlier in the year saying that Zmarlik uses Sweden to test his equipment. Says a lot about the league really. At least you cant do that in the UK because of travel. But Timo Lahti is so popular on the continent. Swedish teams really wanted him and extraliga teams yet it England is good at number 6. Partly because he did not bring over his good bikes. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ghostwalker 1,858 Posted November 1, 2017 What about Drabik and Woryna?? Well there was an article earlier in the year saying that Zmarlik uses Sweden to test his equipment. Says a lot about the league really. At least you cant do that in the UK because of travel. But Timo Lahti is so popular on the continent. Swedish teams really wanted him and extraliga teams yet it England is good at number 6. Partly because he did not bring over his good bikes. Drabik and Woryna? we'll see about them but they are still young and not established reliable heatleaders yet. "ell there was an article earlier in the year saying that Zmarlik uses Sweden to test his equipment." perhaps but he is doing a very good job with his testing then: http://www.svemo.se/sv/Grenar/Speedway/Elitserien2017/Rankinglista/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
f-s-p 832 Posted November 1, 2017 Couple of years ago there was a big article on Walasek where he said that Sweden was "no pressure speedway" for him. A swedish journalist followed him from sunday Morning to wednesday or similar. He did an Ekstraliga meeting on sunday and then travelled to Sweden for the Elitserien meeting and had a few drinks the night before... It was all in the interview that in some parts I found too revealing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ghostwalker 1,858 Posted November 9, 2017 (edited) Nässjö have announced that they will take the step up to Allsvenskan for 2018. They will get support by Dackarna, Elit Vetlanda and Lejonen. They will also have a Div 1 team called Brassarna. https://www.facebook.com/nassjospeedwayklubb/posts/1451858808264343 http://www.aktuellspeedway.se/sverige/allsvenskan/nassjo-tar-klivet-upp-i-allsvenskan/ Edited November 10, 2017 by Ghostwalker Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
poolebolton 464 Posted November 9, 2017 Dan Bewley has signed in Sweden at Vargana. All thanks to Tai W from the looks of things. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
poolebolton 464 Posted November 10, 2017 Artem Laguta and Rasmus Jensen and another swede sign for Vetlanda. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ghostwalker 1,858 Posted November 10, 2017 Artem Laguta and Rasmus Jensen and another swede sign for Vetlanda. Kasper Lykke Nielsen and Rasmus Jensen are both Danish. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
poolebolton 464 Posted November 10, 2017 Kasper Lykke Nielsen and Rasmus Jensen are both Danish. Ahh i thought Kasper was Swedish. Did not see the Nielsen part of his name. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ghostwalker 1,858 Posted November 10, 2017 Ahh i thought Kasper was Swedish. Did not see the Nielsen part of his name. Swedish names are rarely spelled with kk but rather ck. so as a rule of thumb, you can assume that a person with a double k in the name is Danish, Norwegian or possibly Finnish. Another example is Mikkel Michelsen. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheRealFiend 1,109 Posted November 10, 2017 Could Hampel be on his way to the UK. No deal in Vetlanda and I don't see any team place for him in Sweden. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zenit 15 Posted November 12, 2017 Sorry for the offtopic. I see that you have disscused something about differences in swedish and danish names. Now i have question for Ghostwalker. I've noticed that danish surnames finish with "-sen" and swedish with "-son". Example: danish: IverSEN, PederSEN, MichelSEN... Swedish: JonsSON, RickardasSON... Are there any swedish surnames which end with "-sen" and danish with "-son" ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ghostwalker 1,858 Posted November 13, 2017 Sorry for the offtopic. I see that you have disscused something about differences in swedish and danish names. Now i have question for Ghostwalker. I've noticed that danish surnames finish with "-sen" and swedish with "-son". Example: danish: IverSEN, PederSEN, MichelSEN... Swedish: JonsSON, RickardasSON... Are there any swedish surnames which end with "-sen" and danish with "-son" ? There are Petersén and af Petersens which are Swedish names. I don't know if there are any Danish -sson names. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tocha 306 Posted November 13, 2017 There are Petersén and af Petersens which are Swedish names. I don't know if there are any Danish -sson names...and ...and Jimmy Nilsen, Swedish GP rider in the 90's and early 2000's and one time silver medalist. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ghostwalker 1,858 Posted November 13, 2017 ...and Jimmy Nilsen, Swedish GP rider in the 90's and early 2000's and one time silver medalist. Jimmy is Swedish but it's a Norwegian/Danish name. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iris123 20,853 Posted November 13, 2017 (edited) There are Petersén and af Petersens which are Swedish names. I don't know if there are any Danish -sson names. That is important.You have to allow for the fact someones forefathers might have moved to a country.So it might be possible to find Danish people with -sson,but it doesn't mean that is a Danish spelling.Just like Hampel is a Germanic name or further back Glücklich. And Smolinski is a polish name Edited November 13, 2017 by iris123 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites