Coventry_Bee

Where can you get updates on the other meetings? Wanna see how the Brits are doing

Injecting new blood is what they tried with Tai!! Not everybody is going to do an Emil i'm afraid and i am sure the BSI would want an American in the series and he out of anybody would deserve a Wild Card. I do agree however with Richardson being given the opportunity. If there is a British rider they are only going to be making the numbers up in all honesty, Scott and Chris have been there and seen it all (mostly in 3rd or 4th place) but Scott has proved what being away from it all has done to him. Going back to a previous point about Harris being British champion. He was very lucky that night in the fact he never got excluded, seriously injured after his crash and the fact Barker took Nicholls out on the 1st bend in the final. You can't knock him for getting back on a bike after his crash but he had lady luck with him at Wolverhampton that night

Very good post Authorised, My dad is always on about how averages these days can't be compared to years gone by. After heat 1 the top guys never met again but like you said that heats 1,13,15 are where the heat leaders meet each other and so maximums and paid maximums are so sparse these days.

I can't imagine that Scott wants to join the GP circus again, all it seems to do is be a drain on finances and confidence. When your main aim is to just get into the top 8 for the following season you must question what you are doing. Harris has had his chances and if they want a british rider in the gp's then Lee deserves another shot but on current form we have no rider who warrents a place on the world stage.

It's doing more harm than good for Tai, The poor bloke lost his dad and then Wolves made him Captain!! why? then to add just a little more pressure he gets a wild card. Its all been to much to soon, let him enjoy and learn for a few seasons then re-introduce him to the gp's. Carry on like he is and he will be sick of the sport before long.

I think Saturdays qualifier is huge for Harris, at this point i can't see a british rider getting a wild card. Tai could do with a season to sort himself out again, he doesn't look happy with life at the moment and you can fully understand why but a break and get some confidence back would do him good. Bomber is unlucky in the fact that he has been riding better than he ever has done in the gp's but needs some good results to get into the top 8, can't see him getting another wild card with some better riders above him deserving of a place. IF they want a british rider in the grand prix's though then you can only look at Harris who deserves a chance. Scott proved at Cardiff he would be stepping back into a sticky mess returning to the gp's. Its an expensive game when the majority of riders from round 1 just want to get in the top 8 for the next season. Can't see past Holder and Emil in the next few years.

When you look at the Cricket, Football, WWE, Tennis and PGA golf this weekend its obvious where little old speedway stands. To much sport and too few channels

Sky Sports are great On the speedway section of the website it says 6-7pm on sky sports 1 then interactive. On sky sports 1 though there is no speedway due on at 6pm? I was going to record it as i am half way through decorating the kitchen but thats that plans gone to pot. Half midnight it is then

Its always so easy after the event to say it was a mistake, My view on it is that there are no easy races to play the Joker. How many times have they not worked for any country ? I think Rob did a great job and we should just accept we did the best with the riders we have. At least team GB played the joker, i wouldn't have liked to be the Polish team manager if they lost out by a point yesterday !! That was a schoolboy error

I take it you wont be standing near each other next year then... There was me thinking that it was the riders we had to worry about not throwing toys out the pram.

Back to the speedway.... Lets just enjoy what happened last night please.

If Team GB puts any issues aside then there is no reason we can't get through to the final 1st time round. Form riders have been picked so fingers crossed we can have a good world cup. So plssss Scott and Bomber do us a favour and act your age for this one.

I was gutted for Gollob as he deserved his place in the final.Overall it was a good GP, The first 6 races or so were silly with nobody on the outside gates finishing in the top 2, luck of the draw i guess but its harsh on the riders that missed out on the semi's when the start was so poor on the outside gates in there 1st ride.

At least Scotty and Bomber can there battle over with in heat 4. Harris has a hard 2nd ride also but a few points here and there will do to get you into the semi's then the real work starts.

Fingers crossed that Gambo does a spreadsheet for this one, Much easier to follow than what you get on the day.

Cheers for that

After his horror crash the other night and having an operationon his left upper arm, Emil is lookng at 8 weeks out of action. Does anybody know who replaces him? or is a FIM choice for each GP. If he can't make Cardiff it would be great to have 4 British riders in.

As a Coventry Bees fan and growing up when Kelvin and Tommy were in top form i found this edition a must buy. A very honest interview by Kelvin and i am just sorry he finished at Coventry the way he did, I remember well the 89 season after Tommy's crash and it was a disaster and alot of pressure was placed on Kelvin. I would suggest its well worth a read. Be intrested to see an interview with Tommy Knudsen in a future issue ?

I am sure Ole didn`t want the meeting to be off, and fair play that he put his hands up and has taken the responsibility for it. It`s not like that happens over here when people make mistakes is it. Who do you think will do a better job than Ole? He must be given credit for moving the sport fowards at individual level and maybe we would still be at Brandon every june instead on Cardiff. I am sure they have learned from this.

I thought it was quite a good meeting, Nikki was very lucky not to do his collerbone in that 1st crash and he did struggle afterwards, you can understand Jasons mood after the meeting, he was yards away from winning the meeting and he does show his emotions and every point is so vital to him. Scotty......He is doing better in the last few gp`s but as somebody elsesaid he is going into his last ride needing a win to get into the semi`s, He`s having a ride where he falls or doesnt beat the riders below him. He did really well in his second ride against Dryml, he was really lucky it wasnt a repeat of last season when he had that big fall in Lonigo. What makes it worse is that he was trying to stuff Scott in the fence on the last corner rather than trying to win that enabled scott to cut back and get the win. I think Scott had every right to have his say afterwards because maybe it showed that he won`t be pushed around anymore and the heart rate after hitting the fence must have been racing a bit. It was nice to see him get off his bike and see how bomber was, a start in the right direction i hope. It`s strange that Greg & Billy rode together for many years and they used it to there advantage. One last thought.... How many times do you see Greg or Leigh on the deck? going back Rickardson, Nielsen, Gundersen etc, they never felll much at all. This season alone i hate to think how many times Nikki has come down.

The last heat looks intresting !! Scotty on Gate 3 Bomber on Gate 4 Hope they both get round the four laps with out 1 of them falling off this time.

So if Kelvin and the sky team shut up, the riders arn`t interviewed we are all happy

I do Agree with the Top 8 of Pedersen Crump Adams Hancock Jonsson Gollob B Pedersen H. Andersen Are a class above the rest of the guys. Scott was out in heats 4 & 5 where the track was more consistant then a long break which maybe caught him out when he came last but it is the same for them all.With 5 points after 2 rides you must be confident of picking up at least a point a ride to get a semi final spot. When he got excluded he was unlucky as the track was a shambles and as adams proved when he got caught out that he maybe tried to hard in the first bend. They did alot of work after Scott and Iversen had both been put out but it was a little to late for them two. Lady Luck isnt with Scott this season, He has not done what is expected but after last night and being put out in the last GP, these things all add up and could cost a spot for next year. I do feel that a year out will do Scott the world of good, give him chance to sit back and see things from another angle. He isnt in a position to challange the top guys and he looks totally shattered and it cant be good for confidence going out before the semi final stage time and again. Somebody else can then take the crap Scott has been given by alot of people on here, Bomber cant do it in England so does he deserve a spot for next season.

I did find it strange to see Harris`s mechanic lending a hand to Holta`s team with harris intrestingly looking on. In my opinion i find that a bit strange, never in watching the GP`s have i seen same nationalities really helping each other, never mind other countries. Its the 3rd or 4th time this season (GP and Elite) that they have clashed.... Roll on the next GP for Nicholls vs Harris.

An ex-rider who has won 3 world longtrack titles ! What on earth does he know about winning things hey.