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Still don't believe that had anything to do with it

BSI did a lot to promote Tai as World Champion in the UK, tv and radio appearances galore. Many more people I know have heard of him after the media interest in him at the end of last season. As for the European Champion......well he isn't Polish is he........so nothing. Can't say i agree with much of that at all

Sayfutdinov has not pulled out because of solidarity with Onesport, surely that is obvious in the statements he makes publically. He has been screwed over by Bydgoszcz and Czestochowa and doesn't feel he can prepare for a 12 meeting series and take on Woofy and Ward. Plus the fact if Onesport are this all omnipotent organisation, the speedway riders best friend, why did Woffinden say no to it? Surely it's the next best thing to being World Champion, look at the publicity Vaculik has had from it ?! He's still unknown in Slovakia, such is the Onesport publicity machine.

I think they may have overpaid for it?

To me, Sayfutdinov isn't in a great place emotionally right now. Last season he got injured and lost his chance for the world title, got stiffed financially by his main employer, whose income he must have budgeted into his outlay on equipment, staff, etc, and sadly lost his father, like Tai, he lost a man who was really influential in his life. Honestly, I don't blame him for having a year out, not sure this spat with FIM v FIM Europe had much to do with it. Good luck to him in 2014, a year where he is one of 5 heat leaders may give him the breathing space to get his head back together.

The SEC has a limited effect on the UK season because only a few riders are affected( although Coventry is one SCB). It probably effects the Polish League more, 4 more Saturday nights driving through the night to get to league fixtures on a Sunday. Not sure the Polish league teams will like it in two years when it isn't a Polish dominated venue event. None of my team are involved so I don't care what they do with the SEC. Enjoyable to watch Laguta, otherwise it is a watered down SGP event in my eyes. Would watch it on Eurosport and if one came local to BV in the UK, but it isn't as good as a SGP event in my eyes.

And that's the reason the FIMhave taken this action? I don't think so?.......

The British are not the ones banning SGP riders from racing in the SEC. They aren't keen on UK riders bring in the SEC, but they have had nothing to do with this ruling. Frankly, no one in the UK could care less how many competitions Polish and Russian riders get involved in. The FIM, which is dominated by Continental Europe voted this ban in, so get off the UK back.

Why are people blaming British speedway for this?? The FIM is very continental, not UK friendly at all

Ha ha, it doesn't take much then to buy loyalty in this sport!

Is it just me that feels the whole Euroean Championship is just a series of open meetings? Vaculik won it, lets be honest, who really cares? The whole event really was around the Russian round, the 2 Polish rounds were long and drawn out and about half full. If the Euros are to get credibility outside Russia, they need to be on the inside looking out, not the outside looking in.

Given how he died, I don't think you need apologise

Either do it properly or don't do it at all!!

I am not sure what goes on in speedway that they don't report? Most of the made up stuff is posted on here!!!

Woffinden for me, then Hampel and Ward. Same next year

He actually scored a couple of maximums at BV at number 2 with Hans Andersen, so BV track had sod all to do with it

So PC feels that this country has paid for a load of crap European riders rather than developing our own. Too bloody right!!!!! So the new rules should be a step in the right direction I would hope.

He makes some good points, but I am sure he doesn't advocate a boycott of the sport unlike moxey63

I like that video

Is Emil in or out of the GP series?

So given the quality of rider you are talking about, I suggest whoever finished 6th, without Harris would have finished 5th and so is the "victim" in this FIM stitch up Who was that? Batchelor?

I am pretty sure BSI would rather have Gollob in than Harris

On twitter everyone is pleased for Bomber and wishes him well, on here they just whinge about it. Me, I am happy he's back in the GP series

Whatever happened to Soldier Boy at BV? Is he still alive? My mates dad was talking about him recently when he went in the 1970's

Wonder if their forums have object of ridicule threads too?