Ghostwalker

Yeah sorry , missed a 0 at the end. I Went to Stockholm twice and it was decent but Friends arena was way too big. I think they might have done better at Tele 2 arena which is slightly large then half of Friends arena. Also the infrastructure at Friends wasn't that good when the arena was new. 20000 at Tele2 would have made it look fuller and gotten a better atmosphere then at Friends.

The rules for the Swedish leagues change every winter despite that Svemo is in charge. Allot of the rule changes are suggestions from the clubs in one way or another and then Svemo implements them. Before last season teams had agreed on to have three Swedish riders in the line-ups but Anders Fröjd decided that he only wanted two and threatened to pull out of ESS (similar to BSPA) if he didn't get his will through. The other clubs then chickened out and accepted his demand.

Yeah, reserves are picked since a few years back,

One can't use two meetings as merit to pick this or that rider. One could also your argument to claim that Cookie have only been good at two meetings (Cardiff and tonight) but Lambert does well in both Poland (1st division) and Sweden (Elitserien) while Cookie doesn't ride in those leagues at all. IMO Lambert has a much higher capacity then Cookie and also much higher potential.

It is a one off-final event. Riders do one qualifier then there is the single final . Points does not carry over from the qualifier. There are no multiple qualification and/or semi-rounds. One dodgy exclusion or two could determine the outcome of the entire GP-challenge.

With tonigh't result and current GP-standnings i think BSI will pick Doyle+C. Holder+Lambert+? for wild cards.

AC/DC explains it well.... Money Talks. BSI want to have riders that they think will attract more people to the race.

IMO Thornaby have a point when it comes to R/R, tactical subs, joker double points and guests and no mid-season transfer windows. These are rules that I think need to be removed. I want 6 or 7 riders doing four heats each + nomination heats. Like Thornaby says, keep it simple. I do however disagree about his aversion against modern things such as phone apps, social media and etc. Those are essential in the 21st century.

Perhaps the problem isn't the stadiums but BSI's inability to promote their own event, charging too high tickets prices and etc. If you charge €50 for a ticket and 10'000 show up you get €500k in incomes + food/beverages purchases - poor atmosphere = people will not come back. If you charger €25 for a ticket and 30'000 show up you get €750K in incomes + + food/beverages purchases + a good atmosphere = people will come back.

Robert Miskowiak and Tobiasz Musielak leaves Vetlanda and are replaced by Leon Madsen and Magnus Karlsson. Magnus switches from Västervik who brings in Martin Vaculik.

Already linked: http://www.speedway-forum.co.uk/forums/index.php?/topic/67537-swedish-2018-season-info-on-1st-page/&do=findComment&comment=3161152 It will be shown on speedway play.

I think it's the same for the Swedish GPs, especially when being so close together.Personally I would scrap both Målilla and Hallstavik and have the GP at Västervik. I know Målilla is well established and G&B is a very good arena. Västervik is a nice little city on the coast though and I think it would be a nice place for a gp. Especially now when the track have become really good. It won't happen though.

There will be free buses to the JSM final and SM final. Booking is recommended but not strictly required. https://www.tunatrafik.se/resor/sport Västervik replaces Zengota with Nicolai Klindt. http://se.aktuellspeedway.eu/2018/07/25/klindt-klar-for-vastervik/

I would think Målilla and Hallstavik will return. Torun will probably be in as well and the same goes for Horsens. If there will be Målilla, Horsens and Hallstavik next year they need to spread them out more.

My hope is for Milik, Lambert and Fricke. Consistency will come from experience.

Tai Woffinden have signed with Indianerna.

Line-ups for the SM-final have been added to this updated post: Smederna are working on to get bus connection for the JSM-final and SM-final but nothing confirmed yet.

May I suggest that we use the existing thread rather then starting a new one?

There is also no Elitserien meetings the upcoming Tuesday since it has been scheduled as back-up day.

That is my impression of the situation as well. Doyle tried to switch to the inside but had too small margins and hit Lambert's back wheel. Lambert was in no way in fault of the situation.

Freddie's issues is the gating. He still rides fast but the gating really dropped the last month or so.

Imo it was the right call.

The referee decision is just the good old monster preference.

Ljung as a wild card is a complete joke. Berntzon would have been the obvious choice since he so far is having a good season, especially at his hometrack in Målilla. Ljung haven't shown anything that warrants a wild card. IMO it's really boring when old has-beens like Jonsson and Ljung are given the wild card.

Fredrik Jacobsen to Dackarna. http://se.aktuellspeedway.eu/2018/07/20/jakobsen-tillbaka-i-elitserien/