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I will never not be a fan of zmarzlik, his attitude to winning is matched by his talent and imo is by far the greatest rider the sport has ever had, his pass on Thompson tonight was just pure class, started a lap before by showing Thompsen his front wheel up the inside making Thompsen change his line leaving zmarzlik to go where he needs to get the speed to pass him ,irrespective of how good the opposition is or isn’t, it is arguably harder to beat anyone nowadays because all 16 riders have pretty much identical engines obviously with their own set ups which wasn’t the case back in the 60s 70’s 80s or any decade you care to mention, when the few had far superior engines to the rest of the field, speedway has had some greats over the years but imo none had the complete package like zmarzlik

I pointed this out 2 years ago, he is very fast when out front but is scared in traffic, you wont coach that out of the lad unfortunately.

A shame that TNT's coverage ended before the presentation, I was hoping we might get a glimpse of this Elsie Cue that they kept mentioning.

Bet he has better written English

The riders coming out at the end of the meeting to encourage the crowd is to be commended. The enthusiasm is great and I just wish that more UK based spectators got to see how it can be done and channelled some of that to the local teams. It might not have been as spectacular but back in the 70’s good crowds at stadia were the norm and on a Saturday night Rayleigh versus Romford or Canterbury or Eastbourne or Ipswich saw it packed. Sadly the glory days have long gone but the fever you get from Poland is something to behold.

He won't change. He shuts off every time. You can't carry three riders and expect to win. Him being No2 means Heat 8 will always be a 1-5 against

Cool,Pleased you enjoyed it and I spoke to a few scorpion fans on the first turn. Enjoyed the meeting and lots of positives for the comets and as long as it is a good meeting I am not to bothered about the score as long as the racing is good,But I always want the Comets to win.Well done both teams for a entertaining meeting.

Birmingham had 9.66 available to replace Zagar. Could've picked anyone in the world, apparently Castagna was the strongest rider willing to come? If they had known Gusts was getting dropped, I'd have given him a shot ahead of Hume tbh

Yes he scored well for Poole too, shame we let him go.

The winner should be the top scorer from 20 heats (after any necessary run-off). It was bad enough when 21st heat was introduced to individual meetings, so that the winner could be the fourth best. Now the GP winner could be the tenth best. Nonsense!

Can we go back to 1994 when we had a proper World Speedway Championship

It reminds of what Dimitri Berge was like when he came back from the injury he suffered (can't remember what it was) when he was with us. So maybe......it could be coached out of him, but from what i've seen so far, and also going back to watch him riding for Oxford on YT everything everyone is saying is on the mark, gates and flies off into the distance, or misses it and then just can't/won't/or unable to mix it when the chance arises

The Tigers have won three from three away from home so far this season.

The National League Fours. The good old day’s.

Kings Lynn need to take him out of the firing line as well. His confidence is shot. He needs to get riding back in the 3rd division to build up his confidence in my opinion.

He was looking for dirt to grade.🤔

That was a good meeting on what may have been a difficult track but full credit to both teams and that is what speedway is about, well done to both sets of riders.

Boughen just shuts the throttle in tight situations.

We’re a 3 1/2 man Team though.

Anyone think lewi kerr will be dropped to bring Ben cook back when he's fit?

100% correct. Jack Smith outscored the Glasgow's two reserves and Boughen on his own. they will be found out big time away from home!

Kelsey dugard was on the spanners for vinnie at worky yesterday

I don't even think tonight is as obvious as what other meetings have been!

Boughen is very frustrating to watch. Again goes ridiculously wide in heat one. repeatedly moving at the starts and shutting off as soon as anyone come underneath him. someone needs to advise him. I know Bomber is his mentor but what works for bomber won’t perhaps work for Ashton.

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Then I personally think it was a howler to not resign Vinnie. He will never be a world beater but he had a fantastic rapport with the Poole has and that is something never going to happen with Starkey, even if he scores more points. The fans want a rider who shows his heart on his sleeve and gives his all with a sprinkling of personality. Vinnie had that in spades. I think Danny thought snr’s behaviour could tarnish the images of the club, and that wasn’t acceptable.

I think a lot of the chasing pack go missing at crunch time which is the difference. As someone previously said, BZ seems to step it up a few levels when it matters whilst the others dont on a consistent basis.

I still think Zmarzlik would win, but the last time they were in, Laguta beat him!!!! He's not had the chance to defend his title. No one is going to tell me that having Laguta & Emil in the GPs in place of Kvech & Huckenbeck would not be a good thing for everyone except the 2 omitted riders.

Times of matches today are 4pm UK time and 6.30pm UK time.

I watched the Edinburgh meeting on BSN and thought Cookie said slicker and more consistent.

I agree, laguta is a brilliant rider and very fast but I’ve seen laguta when the track doesn’t suit him, you don’t see that in zmarzlik, there is plenty of riders who beat zmarzlik but those riders then go missing in the next round, even on his bad days zmarzlik never goes missing

Think he said consistent, Jamie likes to dawdle along in the tractor, like most on here I fear another short season with plenty free Saturday nights

Its hard to see anyone stopping Zmarzlik in the next 3/4 years. He could well go on to be a 10x world champion. as good a rider as Laguta is, I don't see him getting anywhere near Zmarzlik in the GPs now.

First trip over to Workington yesterday and wow what a great set up that is, including some great weather A decent meeting and a good day out Congrats to the Comets on the win

Agree, I think we’re going to have 1 less home meeting this year as the Border Trophy wasn’t on the calendar. I’d be very surprised if we got 40pts at Redcar next Friday. Anyone else think the track is far too slick? Other than the first couple of bends, the racing is so boring.

Nice to see vinnie foord having a good score for worky this afternoon, just shows what riding on a good track does 😛

Imo a good thing, should encourage or make it easier for new clubs to get started or former clubs to comeback and not have to pay loan fees to the sports fat cats.

For the first time ever, I have zero interest in this year's GP's. The lineup is same old same old, and weak, and the new scoring system is absolutely ridiculous. They have turned it into a clown show...

The meeting ran fine, the delay was due to Dayle Wood needing the paramedics in the pits after his crash

would be real backward step for ben cook returning to poole

Pepe

I think Belle Vue will beat Sheffield at NSS, specially with Bewley and Kurtz performing well last night (tonight at Grudziadz will be interesting). It might be a different story when they return to Sheffield where I believe Sheffield will return the favour! Either way, this will be the best match up in the league for the top boys so far!

We paid £45 for tickets last night and there were plenty of touts outside the stadium offering them for around £25 which I feel is value

Very entertaining meeting with some cracking races. Nine scores of 5-1 4 to Scunny and 5 for the Comets meant the tie was close throughout. The Kennedy brothers impressed for the Scorpions especially Declan who bagged 10 points which included 3 heat wins. He was involved in two close 5-1's over Comets 3 and 4 pairing of Tate Zischke and Fraser Bowes the latter of whom in particular raced hard with little reward. Not sure this Comets paIring has worked particularly well over the two weekend meetings and I think both riders will have better days going forward. It was good to see Antti improve as the meeting went on, he was particularly impressive in heat 15, would love to see the level of skill and confidence he displayed coming through more in his away performances because there is a real racer in there. Good to see Jye bagging 8 points following an exclusion in his first ride bearing in mind he came out of a 3 rider first bend crash at Redcar Friday night looking a bit worse for wear. The 1-5 to the Scorpions in heat 14 after bringing in Steve Worrall as a tac sub took the meeting it to a last heat decider. Choice of gates for the Comets was important as gate 4 hadn't produced a lot of points during the meeting, Scunny would surely have taken 1 and 3 if it had been there call. Bit surprised Declan Kennedy didn't get a full 7 rides and I thought Comets may have used Vinnie as a reserve switch in heat 14. Jacobs machinery has failed him in both weekend meetings something he will need to sort out. Steve Worrall was solid for the Scorpions as was Connor Mountain. Jake Allen wasn't anywhere near as impressive as he had been the week before ar Redcar. I had hoped for a greater margin of victory to put us in with a shout of the aggregate bonus point but after witnessing how competitive the racing was I was pleased with the win. UTC !

😂😂😂😂 George from Glasgow being stopped from boarding a bus back home from Brum after the Weegies won at Perry Barr and left at Digbeth Coach station🤔🤔🤔 Even funnier was Glasgow supporter Willie,going missing from Perry Barr in the middle of a meeting and George and Bongo playing basketball during the interval🤣🤣🤣🤣 The interview with Clean Cut Sports with George,Paulco and Shane Parker🤣🤣🤣🤣 My name is Jacob.🤣🤣🤣 Bollingers at Owlerton🙄🙄🙄 Tear gas coming through the air vents in a pub next to Gneizno stadium😬😬😬 I don't think Large Larry and Cousin Norbert are with us anymore🥹🥹 Yeah,you could write a book for sure!!!!😂😂😂

Having watched this meeting I think Zmarzlik had it worked out that if he remained consistent throughout the grand prixs, among 15 inconsistent, he would cruise it to the title. I think that's how he sees it and that's how it will pan out

Looking forward to this one. I arrive in the uk at 09:30 on Monday morning so hoping to get there for it.

Just put BSN on and commentators confirmed what I seen (Berwick were on a 5-1 when the red lights came on).

It's a pity the numbers game didn't allow Monarchs to replace Max James with Jack Smith. Would've been really cool having Jack and Victor at reserve.

To be honest watering the product down & changing to 6 man teams isn’t the answer & similar ideas over the years are proof of that. To grow the sport its needs to attract the best & to be an ever improving product, the race to the bottom via diluting the product will only see the sport dye. Having said that with it looking certain that Birmingham will be no more at the end of this season & now question marks around Sheffield it does make you wonder if it’s all to late.