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Or to paraphrase... It is all Mickey Mouse Bollox in the UK, but we still do our very best to pretend it means something... When are they going to at least try to make what they present have some credibility? Before it is too late ..

Big money, desperate riders...

Best wishes to Luke, Thank god that he's got feeling in his legs.

Quite simple. Erik was taking the piss

Totally agree and I just wish that the wider public could see the sport is this light with split second decisions on powerful machines with no brakes. It takes skill and not many sports can match it. Today in Poland you have seen riders crash at high speed and get up and back on the bike in the rerun. Either they are mad or calculated risk takers, whichever, I appreciate the effort and you can ask for no more.

Big fast tracks, rocket ship bikes, one mistake...

Too many serious injuries in Poland

Should be a real test against Kurtz and bewley at BV, nobody rides that place like they do

Zmarzlik’s ability to read situations and react quickly is a cut above anybody else in world speedway

I think you might have your work cut out there! If Becker isn’t fit to take his place tomorrow, it is possible that Danny King could guest for the Lions (think they might go with R/R though). If King did guest, you would have to tell your mates that King and Brennan actually ride for the same team (Ipswich) but neither of them are riding for their own team and will be riding against each other😂. If that doesn’t put them off and they want to attend further meetings, you should become a promoter!

Someone give him a cuddle, his whinging is hurting everyone's ears.

As usual from parr, just waffle that means nothing.

Meeting in Germany starts at 1pm GMT so should be done by 3pm. I'm sure arrangements could be made to get to Leicester by 7.30pm.

Good entertaining meeting, Toruń deserved winners, it’s never a good look moaning about another rider when you have been owned numerous times on your own track

https://vk.com/video-53550004_4562https://vk.com/video-53550004_456242233?t=2h43m36s42233

Think Bartosz played it safe and got off,don’t think he would have complained if he had been excluded. There was some brilliant moves by class riders in that meeting.Bartosz is a class above though.

Very different league that season though, several bigger names ride over here now.

Wishing him all the best. Going to be a hard rider to replace.

Don't think he would want to ride that rough Ipswich track anyway, he prefers the silky smooth Owlerton circuit.

Links for Torun v Lublin : https://vk.com/video-53550004_456242235 https://vk.com/video-220089063_456246671 And the usual link that is posted by R+R is superceded by this one, for both meetings: http://video.ucoz.lv/index/live_stream/0-5

Thanks Normski much appreciated👍

Don't say anything, if they are new to Speedway they'll just assume Brennan is a Sheffield rider.

Don't use the link above, this is the replacement: http://video.ucoz.lv/index/live_stream/0-5 Additionally: Ostrów v Bydgoszcz https://vk.com/video-53550004_456242233 Ostrów v Bydgoszcz: https://vk.com/video-220089063_456246666

Nope. Straight back to the pits too. He didn’t even acknowledge the Poole fans standing beside the pit gate who, fair play to them, were passionate all night.

I think it already is too late.

Lewy has a lot to say about things he doesn't really know about.

Ridiculous that Riss and Mulford are missing this match,to ride in Germany on Monday!!I stopped going to speedway last year after 50 years,came back this year,tried to give it another shot, what’s the point? No meetings for 2/3 weeks, then when there is half the team missing.The sport is a joke.

They need to fill him up with water during the afternoon then.... To be fair, comparing anything UK Speedway presents against what Poland delivers is not a fair comparison... I switched off last night, like I usually do most UK meetings, around heat five or six.. After watching weekends of Polish Speedway and the GP's, and the level of intensity these meetings are raced at, plus the crowd engagement in the events, it is difficult to summon up the same level of enthusiasm when watching on a Monday evening.. Even more so when you see opposition managers and riders stood alongside each other watching the generally poor racing, laughing and joking together in the pits...

If my son was even at 250 level, if he didn't have them, he wouldn't ride.

I wonder if the 2 week lay off will probe the club into a change or two? Doesnt seem to be many options out there unless a PL rider could be attracted down to race in our league. Jonas Jeppesen would be a good addition 👍

They can’t perform the moves that Bartosz does though.

Maybe that is right but the GPs do not have the best riders in the world competing, they have a random selection of a nations best riders brought together under the banner of a world title competition. It possibly needs to go back to a qualifying system with the top points scorers from the qualifiers meeting in a semi final and then a final. That way you could have as many nations as you like taking part but the cream of the best riders would appear on the top stage. I am sure many on here and those in charge could come up with a formula and bring some life back into what should be a prestigious finale and spread the meetings across Europe and beyond. It just takes a little imagination.

Just had a look. I didn't know. Best wishes to Luke Becker.

Should zmarzlik’s go there ? Block pass definitely but could zmarzlik have stayed on, imo yes

i'd agree with that. Before the season started, i though we might get 4th. It will probably be 5th now. If we can up our game in the 2nd half of the season, and Leicester wobble, you never know.

Riders who win races and just go back to the pits really annoys me too, It is this aloofness towards fans that pay their wages that gets my gander up . Like you say where is the passion and appreciation of the fanbase. A lot have multiple clubs and are just interested in making as much money as they can while they can, least that's how it comes across. Not many give much back, wish they were all like Bomber .

Why is Brennan in for Holder? I've been trying to convince some football loving people at work to come along and watch. I now hope they don't want to come because I'm damned if I can give them a plausible explanation that wont make them lose interest immediately.

Agree re lack of interaction by any race winners, not just the Pirates on Friday. Rick Astley's first hit wasn't until 1987 but the point is still valid. It was an 80s playlist after 6pm but at least there was no Bert Kampfaert, Dean Martin or the dire 'We're the Glasgow Tigers'...

No I think they on a 3 match away ban for letting off flares at a recent match

How unfair, the guy does his best with the cards he is dealt, he was merely the bringer of bad news on this occasion. How about you give up all of your spare time to see if you can do a better job and see if you can handle the unwarranted criticism

I think one of the issues is that there is a percentage of supporters who aren't really bothered about the quality of the action as long as their team wins. Ive been to loads of meetings over 35 years where I've been bored by the complete lack of any entertainment, yet others around me are raving about what they've seen. Also, there seems to be a perception that close meetings automatically mean it's an exciting match, but that isn't always the case. One of the most exciting matches I've seen was Wolves beating Poole about 64 - 26 in our double winning season, yet the action was brilliant because Poole were jumping out of the start and our riders were rounding them up.

Erik Piss?

Yes I feel for the fans it's not nice but unfortunately does happen as the Plymouth fans found out last year when they travelled to Redcar only for it to be called off just before start time.

Michael Jepsen Jensen is in the Adelsberg qualifier and MJJ has been really hot, both last season and so far this season. He's currently second in the Polish average list, only 0.2 behind Bartoz.

I saw him regularly, riding as a reliable second string for the 1963 New Cross Provincial League team. I loved his armchair style.

A non-result related complaints I think it’s worth mentioning too. Is there a limit on track grading? Those tractors did more laps than Flint. That’s probably the biggest thing I’ve noticed since returning to the sport; the excessive volume of delays to accommodate track grading, but last night was brutal. Really poor to see so many Poole riders turn and go back into the pits without doing a lap of honour. There were Poole fans in the main stand and you couldn’t miss them with their flags. They’ve travelled a long way to see you secure an important win; acknowledge them. I’m not even a Poole fan and I thought that was poor. Anders Rowe passed Howarth in heat 4 then smoked Harris in his next one; straight back to the pits. Where’s the passion? It’s painful to see. Tai Woffinden was spot on; riders need to interact with fans, whether it’s on the track or after meetings. Last one: the person controlling the music at Ashfield needs replaced. I refuse to call him or her a DJ. A clash of the titans fixture in the Championship, first versus second, the 2023 champions against the 2024 champions and Rick Astley is playing over the tannoy. I felt like I was at 18th birthday party in 1985.

We are definitely not clear favourites. There is no clear favourite this year - it looks quite even overall. We need to stop with the whole Glasgow/Poole will/should win everything nonsense. It's much more competitive than that.

I can't think of much, if anything, that has improved since WBD took over. 'Made for TV' sums it up well.

To be fair I enjoyed it on Tv also - sadly it did look sparsely attended. There was some passing and the scoreline was always close so it kept the interest going.

I don’t think anyone was suckered in. Starting is an essential part of Speedway as we know and so much concentration goes in to watching that little release trigger to get away the quickest. Any slight movement anywhere would cause a rider to drop the clutch. I don’t believe anyone deliberately moves to get another rider excluded either. As I said, so much concentration goes in to watching the tapes that you’re bound to get the jitters from time to time and drop the clutch too early.