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No one is saying that the pl isnt as entertsining as the el.Just as you can watch a lower leahue football game and it provide more end to end excitement than a premiership match. However, prices are tied to the quality of the sports people, and the wages they earn relative to those at lower levels. On this basis, the pl speedway should be around 40% of yhe price of the el (basically the conversion rate for averages). So if el charges 15 quid, 9 or 10 quid would be about right for pl. Of course neither vleague could afford to charge ten quid, unless they can increase the quality of overall entertainment package to attract at least a 50% increase in paying customers.

Would you say most people have inserted a vodka bottle into an extremely drunk teenager? Fled from the police on a motorbike while under tge influence? I would suggest 99% of people on here have not done nothing like this.Im a big fan of ward tge speedway rider, and disagree with those who say he doesnt use his head - to me he has a superb racing brain seeing options other riders do not - BUT I can totslly understand those who dislike him because of his behaviour outside speedway

And under gp scoring he wouldnt have won the title.But he is clearly one of the six or seven riders with a genuine world title chance.

Are you forgetting that a barely fit tai battled his way to the world title last year?

Favourite for me this year, but like others have said, not attractive at those odds. Was tge best rider in auckland last year, despite a poor draw with two heats off gate 4, so will be interesting to see how he goes this year and may put a small bet on him winning that.

Because bill Buckley was willing to front the cash, and it enabled an extra gp to be run very early in the European season.

Have been no tac subs in the el for a number of years now.

In what competition?

But speedway star is online now?

I think its reasonably obvious that you'd charge more for rights to host gps in a country where a. There are a lot of tracks keen to host them and a good attendance is guaranteed, than in a country where neither of the sbove applies. Thats not anti polish, just common sense.

Surely in that case the team would just get the rider to fske an injury before the meeting and get a guest or r/r (if rr is allowed this year).I still think this is a good rule, it jyst needs wording well to svoid manipulation. The first r/r ride should need to be taken by a rider with a lower average. I disagree with those suggesting that the facility should only be available to riders not at fsult - imagine the controversy ifctwo riders crash in the firstvheat, both ate injured but only one side gets to use r/r, and its the wrong team cos the ref makes a shocker of a decision. Also perhsps stste thst only injuries resulting or aggravated in a crash during the meeting render a rider eligible for r/r - claiming tummy ache or a sore fingernail would require replacement by reserves.

In what way have bsi got themselves into this? They have a contract with fim, what other business can you nsme would say "I think we are making too much profit, and the company we pay our license fee to doesnt seem to be shsring it sround equitably, so lets just pay out some extra money? The only way I can see an argument thst bsi is perhsps to blame is by asking too high a fee to host events, as pz alludes to. However, surely the answer is for cities to say"no thanks not at thst price." Yet Bsi dont seem to be lacking in venues willing to pay to host events though, albeit the large losses in nz making it unlikely to continue here beyond 2014.

Surely the msin point is that bsi pay 1.5m quid a year to the fim to have rights to run the world champs and swc. If one sport want to run a rival/parralel competition/s ( euro champs and world psirs) surely they should be paying fim an almost equivalent amount. Possibly you could argue a smaller fee as there are less meetings, but then others seem to think bsi make too much money and have therefore been undercharged? And then people would stop the ridiculous claims that this is an anti polish thing, and instead ask the important question, what do fim do with the money.

It was Henderson I was referring to, not luckhurst. Apologies, was not clear, but per responses below it seems my recollection was right and he found god snd became a social worker.I think iam thomas said something like "if he wants to help the needy, he can get on his bloody speedway bike and help us."

Was that the aussie kid who found god and quit speedway?

Yes. Blrc winner in 80, inter continental champ and world number 2 in 82, I definitely rank him ahead of cox. Do you dissgree?

It was before - its league cup from about april. There are a couple of better meetings from hyde rd 82 on youtube, bv v cradley and england v usa, both featuring penhall. But its not a case of amazing racing each and every heat. I'm condtsntly amazed at people bemoaning the quality of the racing in the gps, I think they are consistently good. I watched most of my racing at hyde rd, and while it is the best racetrack of sll time imho, you still got poor races and poor meetings.

Surely they must be a bit thick if they cant understand the home and away scoring? Its not rocjet science, and no more complex than that used in various rugby, cricket etc. Comps.

Do you really think a newcomer cares about the nuances of race formats, averages and team building? I think they couldn't care less, and its only the die hard speedway fsns who do. Newcomers imho just want a good nighrs entertainment in a stafium with decent atmosphere, for a reasonable price.

Yes

Yes, but I think the fact you were told this does not necessarily mean thats the case. I suspect tsunami didn't read your second post correctly. For it to be impossible for a reserve to meet a number 1, the rules would have to prohibit a reserve from being able to replace a top 5 member even in the event of injury or tape infringement- I cant imagine that will be the case

Not true. We've been told they wont have any of their scheduled rides against heat leaders.But r/r rides or as replacement for tape offences, there is no way to avoid them meeting heat leaders without a major overhaul of the rules.

Exactly.Hans should score 11 or 12from 5, harris 8/9 from 5, 12 from reserves. Assuming tge second strings pick up 7 out of 8 points vs reserves. That leaves 7 points needed from 16 remaining rides from the rest of yhe team. A very average top 5 imho but garritty means a very good shout for the play offs.

More surely? Likely to face other reserves eight times, and second strings four. Should pick up on average at least six points against other reserves (more likely 7) and say one sgainst the second strings.Actually, likely to have an exra ride against a reserve and two second strings - say a pointvfrom that, would give him 9 from 5, so an average of around 7.2 exc bonus points.

I think you mean TRFKAW