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38 minutes ago, bringbackHalifax said:And the 2nd leg of the show piece semi final last Thursday was what. A disgrace win at all costs ………
Yes it was
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8 hours ago, Bagpuss said:Are you suggesting the bloke who has finished in the top six of the GP's the last two years isn't 'truly world class'?
In any case two out of fourteen riders being able to handle the track isn't good enough. That was an awful speedway meeting, and we get far too many of those in this country.
I can only agree with this, the track was a disgrace and the referee not much better, he let a few fliers go last night and whatever he was thinking in heat four when Hume locked up heaven alone knows.
Sayfutdinov, Doyle and King were excellent for Ipswich and Lambert and Pickering did their best for Sheffield but Holder was appalling and the rest of the riders couldn’t handle the track.
As a viewing spectacle it was complete rubbish and that’s the biggest problem, for a showpiece final it was an utter disgrace.
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1 hour ago, Bagpuss said:The irony being that the speedway at Lynn isn't particularly good any more because of the stock cars and the material they demand.
We use similar materials and our racing has been affected as well.
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It’s Interesting that stock cars gets good crowds at Foxhall and The Norfolk Arena, perhaps the stock car racing is good,
I wish I could say that about the speedway at both venues but let’s be honest its generally pretty poor and has been for decades.
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6 minutes ago, Gavan said:100% spot on
Except now all the forum people who wanted new blood have their wish........guess they dont want the top riders in it
It appears to me that the FIM want all of the riders to go through the WC qualifiers and to be fair if they did it would make for a better quality field and avoid this sort of scenario of riders in the series that haven’t really got a hope, Lebedevs, Huckenbeck and Kvech are well out of their depth at this level.
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4 hours ago, SPEEDY69 said:I don't see why it matters though, surely the idea of an average is to have an average score for that rider, as long as it's for the same standard of meeting I cannot fathom why cup or play-off meetings are excluded.
You and me both, the more matches that count the better
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2 hours ago, foreverblue said:Do we know who is guesting for Sheffield tomorrow, Lambert, Lawson and Mountain I assume.
Neither team are saying anything at the moment
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3 minutes ago, SUPERACE said:Bore fest, it's a race to get to 10 heat isn't it.
Yep
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4 hours ago, racers and royals said:Article on September 22nd
17 Cierniak
18 Kowalski
Cannot find any news item on the gp site dated 22/9
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On 9/22/2023 at 10:07 AM, racers and royals said:Kubera the wildcard
I haven’t seen anything about the wildcard or the reserves for Torun, is it me or is the FIM GP website awful, I haven’t read anything that states Kubera is the wildcard although obviously I take your word Tim that it is him.
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1 hour ago, MP78 said:Might be missing something, but on the latest issue of the averages it says 'new average if applicable, effective from the date stated'... although I can't see mention of a date?
Top of column C 1/10 - 1st October
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7 hours ago, Ace no.5 said:We lost it in the first 19 heats. We were excellent for the remainder. Can't give any team such a big lead and expect to win. Well done Ipswich. Hope you win it.
Belle Vue certainly lost this tie in the first leg at Ipswich, a good comeback but it was to big a deficit compounded by a poor start at home.
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2 minutes ago, iainb said:Who is the referee please?
Updates say Mick Bates
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6 hours ago, mikebv said:Just got back in...
Crowd seemed decent, not sure how that fits against a normal one but the car park was reasonably well used..
Had to use my key to find my car...
Racing was pretty average to be honest but I presume track prep was dictated to by the forecast..
Interesting everyone thought King and Bomber would "love the mud", but there wasnt any, and the track was slick all night...
For the Aces, Dan was involved in four heats that saw a 12 point deficit which isn't really good enough for a top five GP rider, and you would have expected at least two wins from a rider of his talent, even if Emil may end up beating him twice. Two wins off Dan against the other Witches and the deficit could have been 12 points..
The rear end of his bike in the first race looked strange when he did a practice start on the back straight and his mechanics were waiting for him on the home straight as if they were expecting something to happen. He didn't seem to have "Polish Speed" that's for sure...
Brady, Tom and Jaimon can walk away satisfied with their contribution, the other 3 definitely not so...
The Witches were just more aggressive from Heat One and ran out deserving winners...
However, leads like they have can quickly get reduced at the NSS so not over yet...
I must admit, part of me would like to see the Aces lose overall by two, as it would mean a cracking meeting, and Jack Smiths second tonight then would be the "difference maker"...
No one calling for King, Riss and Hawkins to be sacked tonight I notice...
The racing was pretty non existent as it generally is at Foxhall, it was all starts and first corners, after that it was pretty much follow the leader.
Ipswich appeared to show more interest than Belle Vue and the result of the tie is all but over, biggest smile of the night was reserved for Ritchie Hawkins whose moustache made him look like a old style cowboy.
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2 hours ago, Bald Bloke said:The few on here are only a small fraction of the fans attending the Showground. If Lynn sign a few of the Panthers best riders, i can see a 2/300 out of the 1200/1400 or so making the trip over, if Lynn have a competitive team.
Your talking out of your backside, the only time you get Peterborough fans watching speedway at Lynn is when Panthers are riding there.
Your in cloud cuckoo land if you think any different.
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3 hours ago, StarBoy said:Genuine question for Panthers fans living in (close proximity) to Peterborough. In the worst case scenario, meaning no PP anymore, who would you be more inclined to go watch:
A. King's Lynn Stars
B. Leicester Lions
Niether, both tracks are crap
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To be fair it was a shambles from start to finish
Zmarzliks disqualification was the first but then we had commentators who clearly didn’t know the rules (not for the first time) a complete failure to provide heat results and then the complete farce of Basso being awarded second then third and back to second again.
But the main gripe was the track which was as slick as a baby’s bum (not for the first time at Vojens) which was clearly overwatered at times and offered very little overtaking opportunities although managing to actually stay on the bike was apparently challenging towards the end of the meeting.
I have never been to Vojens and to be fair it’s never been high on my bucket list but really the speedway there is bloody awful and one wonders why it was packed last night because it’s pretty much the same every time.
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3 hours ago, Arch Stanton said:I know cost has been mentioned but it’s crazy in a sport as dangerous as this that not everyone is tested before every meeting. It’s one thing testing in a sport like athletics where nobody can possibly get hurt, but in a sport where riders can and sometimes are, paralysed or killed it beggars belief that there’s not compulsory testing for every rider before meetings.
It’s quite expensive and clearly the SCB have a budget, sounds like it was done thoroughly and correctly, if he hasn’t taken anything illegal he has nothing to worry about.
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4 hours ago, iainb said:Why only 2 pts for an away draw? Why not 4? or 5? etc.
Because it means 3 points are available for each match and 2 points for a draw for the away side is a reasonable reward for getting close to a victory on an away track.
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31 minutes ago, Bash said:You can never read anything from a first meeting of the season as riders are rusty. What cost us is losing 3 meetings at home.
What cost you was a bottom four that rarely scored enough points to back up a very good top three.
You were too top heavy
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Absolutely no problem with 3 Pts for a win, 2 Pts for an away draw, 1 Pt for a home draw and 0 Pts for a loss.
The superheat is a real waste of money and really only benefits a team with two real big hitters, now remind me who thought it up.
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35 minutes ago, sandking072 said:Would anyone have the race times for this meeting please? Thanks in advance.
60.2, 59.4, 58.4, 59.3, 60.0, 60.5, 58.1, 58.4, 58.5, 58.9, 58.7, 59.2, 59.3, 59.4, 59.7.
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It appears so
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10 hours ago, Roger Jacobs said:Live Updates doesn't have a texter for this meeting as yet (21:30 on Sunday) - anyone prepared to volunteer? The minimum requirement is: Ref name, Gate choice, and race results (with times if you record them) - any comments are entirely optional. If you fancy giving it a go, please visit Live Updates and send a message to "oldcynic". Cheers!
Of course it doesn’t have to be a Lynn supporter, I would have thought a lot of Ipswich fans will be there considering it’s important for Ipswich to win.
Sheffield Tigers vs Ipswich Witches (playoff final 2nd leg) 05/10/23
in SGB Premiership Speedway League
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Entertaining meeting but it has to be said Ipswich with Sayfutdinov and Doyle and an 18 point lead should have won that overall but the Witches bottom four were shocking.
Sheffield attacked it and clearly wanted it more, good scoring 1-7 and the best team won on the night.