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I don't get all this anti-Madsen stuff, he's finished 2nd, 5th, 7th, 2nd, 5th & 9th (with all his "problems" this year) in the world. He's shown far more over the years than any of the other Danes

Thats an awful decision... Both Kvech & Huckenbeck failed to make top 10 with a full season and didn't make top 6 in challenge finishing 9th and 13th... Thats tick boxing putting kvech and huckenbeck in rather than best riders... So now to be in worlds best 15 you just need to pick a country with poorer riders who host a GP to get a call up

I did the texting from the track and nowhere does it say Killeen took him out. Ron’s version is close to my own. Cairns moved out just as Killeen arrived on the outside. It was a racing incident. Cairns was in front so ref excluded Killeen could easily have gone the other way to me but I only saw it once when live.

Here is where some excluded riders rank in the 2024 Ekstraliga averages whilst the woke selectors try and fog us all off with a best 15 riders in the World slogan in regards to the 2025 GP series. 1. Laguta 2. Madsen 5. Kolodziej 6. Sayfutdinov Zmarzlik's victories are now tainted and he's not a legit World Champion until he gets legit competition imo (Those who are just as statistically good as him in the Ekstraliga) It's like winning a Champions League that doesn't feature Manchester City, Real Madrid and Bayern Munich.

Sounds to me he is doing too much riding.

Puncture repair kit needed.... He will have let her down in more ways than one...

Can't be your first experience of shovlar painting Poole as rank outsiders and any win would be against all odds surely?

And that's woke is it? I'm not sure i agree with the wildcard choices but describing it as "woke" is ridiculous tbh.

I think the phrase... "FOR F***S SAKE!!!!".. Was actually designed for this level of decision making.... 😁

Happy to see kvech back in, may not have made top 6 but certainly won a few races and wasn’t afraid to mix it but don’t understand how he got a pic over madsen ? I would like to know the actual thought process in deciding picks as they seem to make very little sense, think the pickers should be made to explain why they choose who they do

Foe me keep Tai and Chris Holder and release Jack Holder.

Think she was just deflated 🤔

God if there is a romance, crack on with it.

Wrocław winning tonight would surpass the miracle in Medinah and Buster Douglas knocking out Mike Tyson.

I genuinely don’t think he would be the threat he was a few years back, the year he won he was exceptional but although still a force in Poland I don’t think he would win again but I just wish we could find out

Somebody doesn’t like him that’s for sure. Definitely still a top 10 rider.

Wokeness strikes again. Another tainted victory for Zmarzlik next year.......Seriously Huckenbeck and Kvech lol, What have they done in this years GP series to justify those picks?

Line up has gone down like a cup of cold sick on social media, always good for business.

It could of been Celina, she is German and they are woke enough

Think Howarth is on a false average, he’s regularly had to do 6 rides a meeting to cover for MPT being injured in middle and end of season, it’s always difficult to maintain an average when that’s the case as usually means racing the opposition number 1 or 5 like 4 times a meeting (two regular, ht15 and R/R ride). He could be a steal for someone this season, think he’s based down south so it might be more down to travelling than numbers

Thought Rory was have a decent season till his injury,would have him back.Not sure what he will do though he is getting on a bit and had few hard knocks

Congratulations to Bartosz Zmarzlik on his 6th world title...

That’s not the way it works. If you don’t unilaterally sanction countries then you might as well not bother in the first place. Do I think Laguta and Sayfudinov are worthy of a place? Absolutely. I can equally see why they still shoudn’t be included though.

Just catching up with this, I watched the 2nd leg online whilst on holiday, it flattered to deceive, Leicester never got going as Belle Vue simply were too strong - congratulations to them and comiserations to the Lions. In my view the tie was won or lost (delete as per your team) in heats 13-15 at the NSS in the first leg.

Really disappointed to see they’re just ticking boxes rather than trying to field the best 15. I can’t see the poles being happy that they only have two poles. Huckenbeck and Kvech shouldn’t be anywhere near near the GPs currently.

Another guaranteed title for Zmarzlik then, especially with them not choosing to pick a rider that had finished twice to him in 2019 & 2022... stick that in your Henhouse! 🐔

I would have back Danyon,Drew and Bastian,Rory if he's up for another season

One of the comments at the bottom of that story is hilarious. The Poles really think they own the sport don't they? "It's spitting in our face once again. We should give up organizing tournaments and let them ride on some henhouses and not our stadiums"

I would go that Route... Jack is an individual in a team sport doesnt team ride and doesnt appear to be involved with others in the pits

Of course Fricke should be back, despite my doubt elsewhere on this forum, I'm still pretty angry that he completely went missing during both legs of the final and I don't suppose he's too happy about it either, hopefully he'll learn from it and come back a better rider. He did after all contribute a hell of a lot in getting us to the final. Douglas, meh, does a solid enough job, can't see him making a breakthrough, seems to have reached his level. Hagon, not a chance, he's completely out of his depth in the PL.

Not Madsen I spoke to him last night and he is out.

With B'ham most likely to close, the best thing that Leicester can do now, is get the track sorted for competitive racing and there's a very good chance that attendances will increase.... The viewing at Leicester is far superior to PB(Perry Barr), but the racing is just as drab....Unless they sign 'Bewley' ! 😃

disagree he has underperformed this year he would start on just under seven after the brit reduction and would stick at least a point on that with poole as a home track imo

Fricke is a GP star !!

Achieved an average of 9.21 inc bonus in eleven meetings this season. Definitely past his sell by date...😂

On its day, the track is one of the best racing tracks in the country.

Always a subjective discussion, but... He did nail six world titles in the "golden era" when competition was truly at its fiercest... Fundin, Briggs, Moore, Collins, Olsen, Michanek, Jessup, Simmons, Louis, Crump, Jancarz, Plech, and so many many more truly World Class riders, raced at the top level against him... To win it six times in that era was trruly staggering...

Why not have a mini series prior to the GP's featuring the likes of Huckenbeck, Kvech, Dudek, Magic, Madsen, Thorsell etc with the top two clinching the final two spots. Would seem a much fairer way of doing it. One meeting at a Polish venue, one in Sweden/Denmark and one in Britain (perhaps a Championship track). The race offs could take place before a league meeting and imagine the interest they would generate! I know it's all a bit "pie in the sky" but there surely has to be a better way compared to the current system. Huckenbeck or Kvech over Madsen for example is just plain daft.

But Wozniak outscored Kvech! So who decides who has "badly underperformed" & who hasn't? Personally I'm not a fan of that rule, GPs are supposed to be hard, it's supposed to be tough to qualify. Plenty of riders have dropped out & come back in stronger, Woffinden, Hampel, Laguta, Vaculik, Sayfutdinov for example (if my memory is correct).

Wokeness? Deary me

Plus he's had a lot more on his mind with a pregnant wife, until last week!!

Love him or Hate him Madsen is definitely a Top 15 rider,injustice he didn’t get picked in front of a couple of these wild cards.

He was right though wasn't he.

Forget my last post I was thinking of Jenkins not Thompson. Unlikely anyone before you will pick Thompson.

It was a double grid. As I recall, the 4 lowest scoring qualifiers started at the tapes, with the 4 highest scorers starting further behind (maybe 30 yards). I can't completely remember how the points worked, but I think it was something like 16-14-12-10-8-6-4-2, with the riders starting off the back getting 2 bonus points.

Funny that, your last girlfriend said you reminded her of her coffee - instant and forgettable.

1 day in last 13 years?

Lawson be at Leicester if you have heard Dickson's interview a few weeks ago.

Tomato 🍅 😂