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Think Parnitsky would not be disgraced in Gp’s

yes I'm thinking of coming down to Leicester on Monday v Ipswich..😁

They have completely ruined the world cup week format. back in the day it was a brilliant spectacle , even if the racing was gate and go it was still exciting and well attended. this new format is absolutely pathetic. why oh why do they change things that arent broken but any thing broken they do nothing about?

He's now a 20 year old sensation

That's almost certainly one of the worst SON/SWC meetings I've ever had the misfortune to watch. Dreadful. My main takeaways from that were: a) don't host anything in Poland that doesn't directly involve Poland - who knew? b) don't host one of the flagship international meetings of the season in October - who knew? c) if you're going to televise a meeting in a 20,000 seat arena when there are 14 people in attendance, maybe don't continually show drone shots of said arena, highlighting the 19,986 empty seats. d) if the rules allow team managers to chop and change riders and gate positions at the drop of a hat, for christ's sake let the commentator know. I don't need to hear Kelvin telling us he "thinks" it's rider X or he's "fairly sure" Rider Y is on gate 1 - it's amateurish. Other than that, it wasn't bad, some decent racing.

That is probably a very good guess.

Only in speedway could a team accrue more points in the main meeting such as Ukraine and the team with fewer points in the Czech Republic qualifies for the final. No wonder few take this two wheeled sport seriously.

Still a 🤡

Fernando Garcia always dreamt of being a speedway rider and when he was younger he lied to his parents telling them an English club gave him a contract. He had little money but packed his bags and flew to England, he messaged loads of teams asking for a contract. He had no vehicle or place to stay so first night slept in the airport, then next night in a hotel and then when his money was lower (funds for travel) he slept for a week in a train station. He got a message for a guest booking with Berwick and then asked if he had a bike so he said yes, although he didn’t so he found an old speedway rider and bought his bike for cheap, after that he then realised he didn’t have a way of getting the bike to the track so the old speedway riders dad sold him his old van. He completed his first guest booking scoring 3+1, but Berwick then said the injured rider was back to fitness so he wasn’t required. He went back to the old van to sleep and lived off just apples and some fruit from a garden for three days, his phone died and he thought he would call it a day and sell everything and go home telling his family it didn’t work out, when he went to a petrol station to charge his phone Berwick messaged him offering him a contract and with that he lived and rode for various teams for 6 years. The only reason he finished speedway in England was because of covid and he had to move back to Argentina.

The soul of British speedway is back, should never been allowed to close

I think football is going down the same path extending the teams in the world cup to include minority nations that are only going to be cannon fodder for the established nations.

I don't get the obsession with Ekstraliga averages - Kolodziej and Ben Cook for example have been near the top in those lists but neither have made it into the GPs on a regular basis. Kurtz wasn't even riding in that league when he qualified via the GP challenge in 2024 was he? No-one knows how a rider may perform, if it was all about averages and assessments why have a competition at all? It'd just be nice to see some new battles, not just the same old troupe.

If that was the reason Monarchs lost, I'd keep that to myself. I'd rather say "we were beaten by the better team, than "we didn't pay attention to track grading" 🤭

They should stick to the 4 man Team formula,even though the lesser Nations don’t have International standard riders their lesser riders are the same standard which produced some decent racing between them.This pairs Semi-Finals just need to be scrapped.

In my opinion if Mr Tophat did take it over don’t have Mr Roger’s involvement in it because it will close end of season with him running things So my message being get rid run it yourself then speedway will stay

Not me, I’ve spoke out about holta and even some polish riders were not happy about him riding as a pole, I even refused to go to a British final where Rory Schlien rode, in my book when you have represented your country in an official event you shouldn’t be allowed to race for another country, loram and woffinden have never tried to swap nations

Yup……..and I recognised every one of them……..🤣

Like you say same every year. Easy solution strict time limit on rain offs replays ( even if it means missing riders).Teams are now racing about 14 fixtures in 6 months it’s pathetic they can’t fit them in.IMO.

Piotr Pawlicki is back at Leszno for 2026

good god give Brennon a ride.

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Happens in football with play-offs. Probably many other sports too. I don't agree with it, but it's not a Speedway only rule.

It’s an ashtek GM

I think it's a stupid rule, but no difference than a 4th place team winning the Premiership, 6th place team winning the Polish Extraliga or the 10th placed rider winning a GP! Nowadays an "exciting" ending is more important than a deserving winner / qualifier (sadly)!

Well SoN semi finals are over , first time I have watched live speedway on TV this season. What a load of dross. Seen better entertainment at Hackney on a Saturday afternoon trainin session watching juniors practice. Possibly 2 races in the 42 heats of speedway. FTG rubbish on a very slick track, specially prepared by Morris. Unless the lad Morris gets some shale down on the track by Saturday looks like being a borefest with everyone riding 1 metre from the fence following each other around once they have got past bend 2 on the first lap. We havent seen the gating of the Poles , but on the performances so far , Kurtzty looks quickest from the starts so dont see anyone beating him on that track. All the others are pretty inconsistent gaters ... Maybe they will get a biger crowd for the "final" - at £90 a pop for the best seats the racing will need to be good or there will be a riot.

Same way you can top a league table and not win the title I guess.

Bit unlucky considering what you see every other week on 1st bend

Why? All matches should have to be raced. I can understand the argument, finish all the semi finals first. The only reason to prioritise the play-offs, would be in case the BSPL were worried all matches wouldn't be completed, that should never be an option imo.

I hve just watched some races on YouTube.

I did say whatever it takes to get both teams in the top flight should be looked at. You fail to see that this isn’t a one league problem. Without top flight standard riders dropping down or doubling up there wouldn’t be a 2nd tier neither! I don’t believe that the top flight has been living well beyond its means at all. Top stars are usually paid mostly thru sponsorship so whilst costs are higher in the top flight it’s foolish to say all top flight clubs can’t sustain a business. The likes of Nigel Tolley are very few and far between. Most of them are very successful business people who manage to make speedway work for them most seasons. So let’s stop saying the top flight is the problem league because this is a UK speedway issue.

While the woke FIM is putting inclusivity ahead of bums on seats they'll always be on a hiding to nothing

As it is a extra competition as most meetings were contested early season then it is fair to say the semi final and final should have been completed ages ago.

Simple answer would be the complete the BSN series sooner, especially as it was the season starting competition.

Businesses exactly the same .... Those empty seats tell the organisers everything they need to know about their promotion and organisation of this event.... The same can be said about over here. Listening to those who are no longer attend, but still follow the sport closely, is far more important than the feedback of those who still do attend .. As there are many, many more of the former than the latter.

There is simply no way that a semi final for the SoN should be in an empty stadium. Absolutely ridiculous. 😡 Any first time viewer will have been appalled, let alone us as speedway fans. Tickets should have been given out free to schoolkids, local residents, charities etc. While it wouldn't have created anywhere near a full house, it would still have looked better on tv than looking at the 50 fans that were there dotted around the stadium. Unacceptable.

Practice and sprint racing are an unnecessary evil. Turning up, having a draw and guessing the set ups would make it a far more level playing field I my opinion.

Sports that think they're right and the fans are wrong tend not to do too well 🤔

Will fit in well at Poole then 🤪

I'm not saying we should. I'm saying it would easier to plan fixtures if they made it through to the final as they have more free dates than Redcar. Not sure what Plymouth or Scunny have to do with it, they weren't in the SF.

What this crowd needs it a Mexican wave

That my point about riders whose ambitions are in Poland even if your decent over here your just “used” in Poland.As a lot of them have found out. Bowes has attended meetings in Poland missing fixtures in GB and has just sat in the pits not being used. His last match in Poland was 4 rides 0 pts hardly inspiring stuff.

I'll have you know Harry Redknapp is a huge speedway fan, and has been since he saw Bartosz Zmarzlik score his first century at Poole. Told me so himself.

The winner of the SGP2 should definitely be nowhere near the main SGP series, it's generally years before they're anywhere near the level required to be in the main series if ever at all. The last WU21 Champion currently in the series is Max Fricke who won it in 2016, it's taken him 10 years to get from that level to his current level and he's still relying on wild cards to qualify.

A league without Doyle, Sayfutdinov, Kurtz, Bewley, Fricke, Holder, etc can only be poorer for their absence. Ipswich have always had a decent fan base, but I am certain that attendances in the Doyle/Sayfutdinov era have been markedly better than before their arrival. I would also wager that they have put some additional bums on seats at away tracks as well. Dumb it down at your peril.

If you make moronic comments then that makes you a moron. Don’t think any Glasgow fans replied to the Poole fan who made the comment as they probably didn’t want to engage with a moron.

No you didn’t …. You weren’t the best team That’s Ipswich or Leicester Didn’t see your mob complaining when you came THIRD in 2023 but won the play offs A set of deluded whinging fans

A lot is speedways main problems today have been self inflicted. ( not withstanding track closures)Self interest and fans with money trying their hand at Promoting and be taken for a ride in a lot of cases.Riders dictating when and where they want to ride are just a few of the problems.

Matt Ford was someone well ahead of the curve... He realised that he could run 2nd tier Speedway using around three quarters of 1st tier riders... Thus charging less for pretty much the same product... Yet, plenty seem to moan about him....??? Maybe more Matt Ford's and the sport would be far more pro active and successful?

Let's hope he buys an alarm clock with it ⏰️ 😂