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This sport attracts the most miserable b@stards ever I swear to god 🙄

... and the Leicester crowd goes wild 😴

Which, for many, could be classed as worse!

In most cases like this it is perceived to be an admission of guilt in some people’s eyes. Personally I cannot see Nick returning that ship has sailed and probably for the best.

Even if the new signing decides he is Australian & not British, Edinburgh are still doing more for British riders development than any club who didn't enter the NL/NT. Plus last year they held a NDL series individual when they didn't have to.

Technical?

I tell you what, they're certainly coming on strong though, there's no doubt about that.

The question should be asked why do we persist on fixtures every year on GP quali day in Germany.

A sensible choice... These riders never know from one year to the next what team changes will come in over here, and take them out of a job... Always best to look after No1... And, let's be honest, he isn't missing much is he? Edit: Apart from obviously having the chance to have a good laugh and a joke in the pits with Ryan, Sam and Max...

See what I mean TSV?…….told you…..best ignored…..lol

Another great Sunday evening meeting from Poland.. I almost feel some sympathy for the UK promoters having to follow on, on a Monday... Great stadia, big enthusiastic crowds, a sizeable away following, truly top level riders in almost every heat. (With all belng contracted to both teams on show), and professional looking managers and mechanics dressed in club merchandise... With most races contested by at least two riders, with the third often not too far behind given at lesst three riders in most races are of a "very good level".. Add in a very good junior and it can be all four in contention to possibly still change their individual positions as they enter bend three, lap four in lots of races... A lot of boxes ticked for the viewers, fans in the stadium, sponsors and advertisers.. Not quite the same amount of boxes ticked too often, sadly, on a Monday evening on TNT..

Funny.... where did you hear Rushen was a done deal? A few murmurs at Leicester tonight that he's quite keen on one of your main rivals.

None of the GP's this season have, they've all been garbage. Hopefully this weekend will put that right.

So we are supposed to enthuse about the meeting then?

The normal whingers and whingeing more than normal tonight.

Cant believe riders are having a laugh together..never seen that before.. wait a minute it happened in a Polish match at weekend. Honest the stuff people put on here to try to put boot in..

What an absolute awful advert for speedway, terrible track.

I think the problem for Sheffield is that they are not firing themselves to the front.

Another terrible advert for the sport, tv is certainly doing speedway no favours if the powers that be think this type of exposure will see gates increase, sadly the sport has had its day in the UK.

Tosser

Chris and Max having a good laugh together there... Just like they would in Poland... Steady and Sam Masters the same before heat one... The UK version if the sport is just a mechanic for the riders to earn money isn't it?

It was from Tom....... Take that Anders.....

Seems they're going to be disappointed. It's going to rain at Belle Vue tonight and overnight. It stops about 6am Tuesday morning and then no rain until we're beyond the other side of the G.P.s

Final 5 qualifiers from Abensberg today 1st Huckenbeck 14 2nd MJJ 13 3rd J Holder 12 4th Kubera 11 5th E Riss 11

But there isn't more than 7 world class riders in the series this year is there? Politics stopped two of the best being entered or even giving them a chance to qualify. People need to realise SGP isn't the best of the best, its about trying to accommodate and be inclusive of all riders for various nationalities to make it appealing to BS countries who don't have the calibre of riders to warrant being in the SGP. I pay money to 'try' and watch the best beat the best. SGP isn't that... Poland's club meetings have better races than the Grand Prix so that tells you everything you need to know about the Grand Prix. It's basically a European tour of Speedway with a few of the best riders in the world.

Whoever finishes 8th in the GPs is going to be an incredibly good rider, just because someone doesn't finish in the top 7, doesn't mean they shouldn't bother entering. There are more than 7 world class riders in the series, so there will always be brilliant riders who don't finish in the seeded spot for 2026 and that's before you even consider injuries. Why is trying to get another way in unfair? If GP riders & non GP riders enter the qualifiers to ensure the best make next year's series, what's unfair about that? If non GP riders can't get into the GPs because they lose to GP riders in the qualifiers, then that means they're not good enough for the gaps right? For clubs like Sheffield who want to sign international superstars, it comes with the knowledge they may miss meetings when racing elsewhere, not great for fans of British Speedway, but that's just the way it is now.

Thursday 17th July new date for this Semi final. I assume they’ve received Dan’s weekend scan results…😁

Hope Luke Becker recovers asap and my best wishes go out to him but another bad crash/injury in the Polish Leagues. Big fast tracks, lots of pressure to do well and quite probably, some riders trying too hard and over riding.

I think you might be moaning about most. If you was a Stars fan.😉

Speedway is very much a working class sport. But not nearly as much as banger racing as there tend to be several people with teeth.

Big money, desperate riders...

Their bikes tangled going into the bend, Kildemand couldn’t turn, Worrall was attached to him. Hope Steve’s alright, as it looked a nasty one.

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

How childish is that.

He loves kicking riders when they're down.

Team is just average at best but if we had a proper number one would be different story imo

A win but the lack of race winners once again is a concern.

The Australian places were allocated on clearl criteria published prior to Australian Championship. Top 2 in Aussie Champ (Kurtz and J Holder) + Oceanic Champ (Tungate) C Holder [3rd in Aussie Champ] replaced injured Brady Kurtz in a late change

Yeah for sure it’s more complicated than I care to look into to find out if I’m honest haha it’s like premier league teams qualifying for European trophies this season!

He's elected to give his club match a miss in favour of a safety net qualification for the GP.

Agent Brennan doing a great job for the Witches

Fans are too fickle these days I saw Danny king get abuse last season riding injured trying to carry the team This season he has been the most consistent rider we have

Seems to be the Cardiff apologists who are begging for the Belle Vue GP to fail. Shame on them.

Take it you know why he didn’t take one.I for one would not want him back in speedway.( just my opinion).

Irrelevant for speedway. However they can be uncomfortable - with speedway it's really important you can move your body about easily, this was one of the attractions with modern suits over leather because protection wise I don't think they're as good. Adults make choices with risk, that's life.

Good to hear Steve is just battered and bruised and thankfully no broken bones, get well soon. The sequence of photos of the crash look horrific, don't know if his helmet took the brunt of Kildermand's bike going over him.

Ipswich prospering but are promotion missing a big opportunity? With Ipswich town on a rebuild of the club and a solid future in front of it, albeit taking a step back now to hopefully take two steps forward. Ed Sheeran flying the flag internationally for the town and three sold out shows at Portman Rd. Fabio Wardley pulling in 20k+ last night with a show stopper punch and putting Ipswich on the map globally again. All this being said, are the Witches missing a chance for a major cash in opportunity and riding the towns wave? Witches do normally get a good size crowd in comparison to other teams but how the town has been propelled forward in the last few seasons got me thinking, why aren’t Ipswich witches trying to put any kind of promotion near Portman Rd to capitalise on the chance, after all, the football and speedway have always been close to one another, only last year town had a footballer attend the media day at foxhall. I could be wishing but I think this is a perfect chance to get involved with how the town is moving forward.

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.

I think you should apply to be asst manager at Oxford, they need your help. It is getting beyond a joke now Shroek cocks up at least once every meeting.

Combined talents of Ron Bagley John Berry.