iris123 20,993 Posted September 22, 2013 I can see both sides of the coin here. That Torun should have been allowed to find a replacement for Gollob or R/R and such things. On the other hand you just can't postpone meetings because one of the teams have several injuries. The big scandal is they knew the situation last night and let all the fans travel to the stadium.Speedway is a joke in practically every country it is run.For me it is getting to be time to turn my back on the sport.Maybe i will go to a meeting in future and maybe i won't.And the thing is i could get into most meetings for nothing!!!!That is how bad i feel at the moment about the past year or two 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Haza 1,774 Posted September 22, 2013 Well at least Polish speedway has gone to a new low even below that of our EL imagine if this had happened here 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
orion 7,615 Posted September 22, 2013 And people moan about UK speedway . 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Skidder1 7,637 Posted September 22, 2013 (edited) Come on Speedway TV lets at least have a commentary of events. I'm just watching a screen with no sound. I wonder how many Speedway TV subscribers will be demanding a refund??!! For info, the GoSpeed rep will probably be in attendance at the Abbey Stadium, Blunsdon, Swindon on Monday evening! Edited September 22, 2013 by Skidder1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nw42 2,048 Posted September 22, 2013 Well at least Polish speedway has gone to a new low even below that of our EL imagine if this had happened here Yes but our season isn't over yet. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pawel115 251 Posted September 22, 2013 in polish league most owners and co owners are shady characters who became rich fast due to collapse on communism type in your search engine name Jacek Debski who was minister of sports in Poland in 90's and read his bio and what happened to him on wikipedia and there are tons of people like that in sports in Poland. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lastword 200 Posted September 22, 2013 (edited) You could be describing British speedway also Pawel, we have plenty of our own shady characters. I suspect that our UK lot are bunny-rabbits compared to the Poles. Edited September 22, 2013 by lastword Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
brandonbee48 1,194 Posted September 22, 2013 What happened to 'Going down to defeat with honour"? Torun, the Sonny Liston of speedway, quitting on your stool. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pawel115 251 Posted September 22, 2013 Well guy this season in Poland ended not the way I anticipated well there is still GP left see you then Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
brandonbee48 1,194 Posted September 22, 2013 Well guy this season in Poland ended not the way I anticipated well there is still GP left see you then Thanks for your help today Pawel in keeping us informed. Sorry it had to be this way. Positive note. The cleanest kevlars ever at a post-meeting presentation. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
racers and royals 8,736 Posted September 22, 2013 The Leszno v Rzeszow farce earlier in the season and now this has left me seriously deflated-heads must roll :mad: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phlipphlopp 3,913 Posted September 22, 2013 Apparently Torun had found a replacement for Gollob. The teams and the team managers wanted to ride but the owners had apparently said no. Torun will be demoted from Ekstraliga and will be fined 3'000'000 Polish Zloty, which is about £600'000GBP. I'll never slag the Elite League off ever again ! (well maybe) . The owners should be banned for life for ever being involved in the sport. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LagutaRacingFan 1,936 Posted September 22, 2013 Torun should be kicked out of the league, Czechstowa didn't moan when Miedzinski tried to end Emil's career in the 1st leg. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iris123 20,993 Posted September 22, 2013 in polish league most owners and co owners are shady characters who became rich fast due to collapse on communism type in your search engine name Jacek Debski who was minister of sports in Poland in 90's and read his bio and what happened to him on wikipedia and there are tons of people like that in sports in Poland. Similar story in other east European countries though.Look at the struggle Trofimov had in Ukraine and some of the things that have gone on in Russia Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
G the Bee 639 Posted September 22, 2013 Disgraceful set of affairs. With Torun using RR for Holder there was always the possibility one of their riders might have been injured whilst fulfilling some of their other riding commitments. Especially with a GP the night before! I can't believe that a contingency plan was not in place. As Dave Rowe spoke about on SpeedwayTV, they had squad riders, so why did they not have one of these riders (Sullivan, Kennett etc) on stand by? It appears that Torun will now have the book thrown at them and quite rightly too. Nevertheless, it's such a shame because it will be the Torun fans that suffer. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
