racers and royals 8,723 Posted May 27, 2022 27 minutes ago, Steve Shovlar said: Just spent 15 mins looking through and yes, the Swedish round was far stronger than the other rounds. For the FIM to run this series without a single Brit is frankly a disgrace, especially when you consider one of the rounds is Cardiff. Be lucky to get a few hundred there to watch it. Why on Earth not seed one Brit? It’s not as though Brennan for example would be tailed off! Some of these guys would never be able to hold down a team berth in the Championship. Obviously we get a WC at Cardiff. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stevehone 3,429 Posted May 27, 2022 39 minutes ago, Steve Shovlar said: Just spent 15 mins looking through and yes, the Swedish round was far stronger than the other rounds. For the FIM to run this series without a single Brit is frankly a disgrace, especially when you consider one of the rounds is Cardiff. Be lucky to get a few hundred there to watch it. Why on Earth not seed one Brit? It’s not as though Brennan for example would be tailed off! Some of these guys would never be able to hold down a team berth in the Championship. i honestly thought the 3 WC picks would be from Sweden, Brennan, Hellstrom-Bangs, Rew, Basso, all good enough by far for the series Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stevehone 3,429 Posted May 27, 2022 15 minutes ago, racers and royals said: Obviously we get a WC at Cardiff. should have been Brennan plus a WC in my opinion Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Steve Shovlar 10,439 Posted May 27, 2022 Brennan might be wild card but won’t be in the running for the title. FIM should have included one Brit in the series. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tactical Joker 60 Posted May 27, 2022 (edited) Now live at the track where the sun has come out briefly. Track looks OK considering the rain, just one bloke putting the broom round the inside now. Yes shame no Brits but will be interesting to see the standard of the others. Further news: Just been announced intros at 19.30, first heat 19.40. Quite a bit of blue sky now so more optimistic than at 15.00. At least the music is good, usually is at Prague. Edited May 27, 2022 by Tactical Joker 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Steve Shovlar 10,439 Posted May 27, 2022 There’s a girl wildcard for tonight’s meeting or all three? Really. Seriously. I don’t mean to sound or be sexist though it will come over that way. It’s like an England ladies footballer getting a place in the mens England lineup. She won’t get near a point and has take a berth from a proper competitor. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
racers and royals 8,723 Posted May 27, 2022 http://kergel.ucoz.lv/ up and running( after the tennis) at 6pm UK time 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fromafar 10,361 Posted May 27, 2022 5 minutes ago, Steve Shovlar said: There’s a girl wildcard for tonight’s meeting or all three? Really. Seriously. I don’t mean to sound or be sexist though it will come over that way. It’s like an England ladies footballer getting a place in the mens England lineup. She won’t get near a point and has take a berth from a proper competitor. Just tonight.Bit of a joke really. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
racers and royals 8,723 Posted May 27, 2022 Delayed start- now 6.30pm UK time Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iris123 20,979 Posted May 27, 2022 Interview with Celina https://www.eurosport.de/speedway/speedway-pilotin-celina-liebmann-die-vorurteile-sind-aber-da-und-ich-finde-sie-nervig_sto8939288/story.shtml Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
racers and royals 8,723 Posted May 27, 2022 For all of you who think Celina Liebmann has been plucked from the crowd to ride- she scored 6 points in the Daugavpils qualifier and has ridden Polish league div 2. Yes she will be highly tried but she can ride a bike !! 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bavarian 766 Posted May 27, 2022 2 minutes ago, racers and royals said: For all of you who think Celina Liebmann has been plucked from the crowd to ride- she scored 6 points in the Daugavpils qualifier and has ridden Polish league div 2. Yes she will be highly tried but she can ride a bike !! Yes, she can ride a bike, and I even think she will score a point or two tonight, but she is not really good enough to be in this SGP 2 series, considering others like Tom Brennan, Hellstrom-Bangs etc. do not get the chance. Even over here in Germany, no one really understands why she got the wildcard ahead of a much faster Norick Blodorn. It is only because she is a girl. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iris123 20,979 Posted May 27, 2022 (edited) 4 minutes ago, Bavarian said: Yes, she can ride a bike, and I even think she will score a point or two tonight, but she is not really good enough to be in this SGP 2 series, considering others like Tom Brennan, Hellstrom-Bangs etc. do not get the chance. Even over here in Germany, no one really understands why she got the wildcard ahead of a much faster Norick Blodorn. It is only because she is a girl. Of course it is It is part of the modern world. Money talks But these sort of things aren't new to speedway.....we have the wc previously and given to riders who failed to qualify and people asked why they got in or why there should even be a wc. Should i mention Chris 'bomber' Harris at this point ? Edited May 27, 2022 by iris123 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
someone 50 Posted May 27, 2022 But when it suits the sport everyone thinks it is okay for riders to be picked over faster ones on the basis of their nationality. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fina 78 Posted May 27, 2022 Start delayed until 6:30 UK time Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
