mikebv

Hume...

HUGE race coming up... Could easily be a 1-5....

Lambert is the only chance they have... Big pressure on 13 and 15....

More like JCB boys tonight I would say...

That is far too professional for UK Speedway.. It will cost money...

I thought my stream had stopped then... It took Howarth so long to cross the line after the other two...

Sure it ain't Noddy?

Nearly a straight between Emil and Holder...

Having a 'select team' in it isn't the greatest starting point for a "showcase event"....

Riss.,....

If Ippo don't win by 20 tonight they need their bumps felt... Only Lambert looks like any real opposition...

But apart from that....

Only a matter of time.... Ride the slick bit inside ffs..... Track is garbage....

My lad just said that people complain about Monmore but at least the riders stay reasonably close together... Last week was similar in the Aces match with a straight between first and last.. Let's hope as it slickens off it gets better...

It is a bit rubbish isn't it....

Just set a team average using the mean average of all the riders in the grade.. Eg Mean averages of all riders in each grade. Grade A = 8, B = 7, C = 6, D = 5, E = 4... Team Average equals 30 in this instance.. That way the ones with the big money couldn't pay to get all the top end of each grade as they would not hit the mean average..

You inevitably become too comfortable in your own surroundings.. The Aussies come half way around the globe and head to Britain, Poland or Sweden.. No surprise that a fair proportion of those that do it, go on to a much higher level than their UK counterparts... The Poles usually stay put and develop, but they run the risk of losing a team place if they don't perform, given the potential over there of so many, hence they either develop upwards or disappear quickly from the upper echolons....

They should change the nane "Meeting Wild Card" to " Meeting Guest", and he will be eligible to be there every GP....

And all those replaced were hardly going to give him a run for his money were they? If you finish outside the qualifying criteria then two WC's and out should be the rules...

All the leagues are a "huge squad" for every team to use as and when they need to... Hence, it clearly operates a horses for courses option depending on who fits, and then, filtered into who rides best where..

Stock Cars at the old track used to get around 4,000... Circa ten times a season.. The Aces were getting around 1000 to 1200, 18 times, or so, a season... How Speedway has fallen off over the past few decades.. With nothing tangibly done in that time, and even still today, to prevent further decline, sadly... I am sure Ipswich will still get a decent crowd tomorrow, as they do have a larger fanbase than most..

Well... If it's the Banger,World Final then UK Speedway's flagship meeting pales into insignificance....

Robert maybe less so, but Dan definitely, doesnt mix it anywhere close to the way both Zmarzlik and Lindgren do... That is why they consistently end up at the "sharp edge" of the meeting.. Jack Holder of the "young brigade" seems to be the one who isnt bullied by "close to the edge" racing and doesnt get intimidated when racing with Zmarzlik at close quarters like many do.. Fricke, for the first time, showed he can mix it when getting "Bartek Speared" on that 3rd turn, lap one, "nailing" that he does so often, so maybe that will give him greater confidence in being tougher generally going forward.. So many points that the likes of Zmarzlik, Lindgren and Doyle in particular score are down to simply 100% commitment to a gap that may, or may not, be there... Holder is definitely nearer those three now in his riding, and could be Zmarzliks biggest threat over the next few years..

And loads on here say the sport cannot afford a sqaud system...