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If we had a referee who made a correct decision then poland wouldnt have had the chance to use the joker, kasprzak would have come third instead of feigning a breakdown and poland would still have won, the joker is there to compensate for crap decisions,if the czechs were in contention the decision may have been different.

People have to realise the joker like the double tac ride in the league is their to keep the meeting close, denmark. should have won but they lost not because of the joker but because nicki broke down, bjerre failed to beat kasprzak when he was off gate 1 and kasprzak gate4 and janowski beat iversen. Up to the joker demark had all the luck

Yes bjerre got lucky then poland got lucky with nicki breakdown and dudek barging doyley but heyho I had 400 at 6/4 so im not complaining!!

Funny how the best riders always wanted to ride for him, I remember crumpie saying the only person he wanted to ride for was middlo.

I think the poles will do it, they dont appear to have any weak links and dudek is going to be world champ one day

I didnt think we would win but without harris kill switch problem and tai coming last we could have been in a winning position going into the last four races, latvia obviously have some good young talent and fisher and wells upped their game from event2. The surprise element was woodward he rode out of his skin and greg was fantastic but overall luck didnt favour us. I felt all along the smoother style of danny king would be better than barker or bridger and sadly proved right. I actually thought lewis did ok but barkers only decent race was on harris's bike so why didnt we try that earlier.

I thought lukas dryml was injured, is he fully fit?

The way Pedersen and Hancock were riding and the fact that Harris hardly ever makes the gate, couldn't see any reason for thinking Harris would have won that race and there was absolutely no chance of us winning that meeting whatever the management team did. Don't know what you think of Mark Lemon letting Watt have four rides for one point!!

i agree and i hope it goes our way as i have had a large bet on team GB.

Personally would have given Watty another go but Woodward is the best alternative, Schlein was Awful at peterborough friday and isn't Morris british or was that just for one season!

Don't see it would have made any difference, Harris would have only scored a point more as Pedersen and Hancock were in that race and anyway probably thought he had more chance of beating MJJ.

Harris will be fine, Bridger is the main worry.

Don't all riders have to have 3 rides.

When i said does it matter, i was referring to the manager not having the paperwork to manage therefore letting the assistant manager have the title which has nothing to do with any so called mistakes he has made. But while we are on the subject who is praising him for the right tactical call on the joker this time? You will probably say that's the only decision he has got right in all his time as GB manager, i suppose the time we nearly won it in 2004 was his fault too. Don't why you brought up Poole's bad luck in losing the league which was not Middlo's fault.

Does that matter?

Leaving out Cook wasn't a mistake, the mistake was having Kennett in the team in the first place and Cook only rode to see if he was up to the task and came up a little short, he has a future in the gb team and i am sure he will be back but going with more experienced young riders now in a world cup race off is the right thing to do.

Cook should not be a starter he has had his chance, King, Barker and Bridger are all better alternatives. Agree about Barker but personally would have used King.

Thankfully Mark never learn't to gate and we were all very grateful.

seeing as King has a higher average than Barker, Bridger or Cook and goes well at big tracks, can anyone explain why he isn't in the team.

We certainly had no home advantage, Kings Lynn was made for the danish riders, Niels rides there, Pedersen used to ride there and at one time held the track record, Bjerre always goes well there and the last time MJJ rode there he got 17!!.

Perhaps he just thought it wasn't needed as his able assistant already had it.

Added to the fact he is riding very poorly at the moment, terrible at Peterborough the other night. I would be on the phone to Sully or Crumpie and say your country needs you!

I agree with that, to say Cook is out of his depth was a bit harsh but he got himself in to decent positions and didn't seem to go through with the chances he had given himself. He had to be dropped but it won't be the last we hear of him in the world cup. Kennett was a big mistake, i think Middlo picked him because he has the ability but hasn't shown it for a while and hoped he could but most people couldn't believe he had picked him and unfortunately it backfired. In my view King should have rode and should ride in the race off but i can understand the reasons he has picked Bridger and i hope it works out this time.

Cook was brought to see if he was up to the job and he isnt so why persevere, cook claims he shouldnt be dropped to get older riders in but bridger and barker are younger than him! Personally would have picked danny king

The logic is we could win the race off without him, with him we have no chance. He clearly hasnt the ability to mix it with the better riders