Ghostwalker

Nicki says that his heart wants to ride speedway but that he listens to what is being said. He says that he will have the polish X-rays with him back home to Denmark and then we'll see what the Danish doctors are saying. https://www.bt.dk/motorsport/nicki-pedersen-mit-hjerte-vil-koere-speedway-men

I agree he should BUT it is easy for us to say. He isn't the first sports person to try and cling on too their career. I believe Nicki when he says that it isn't about the money. It is about being afraid of what will happen after the career. What to do after the career, about being "forgotten".

Nicki's physioterapeut says that she recommend Nicki to retire. "Lisa mener nok, det er klogest, at jeg stopper. At jeg skal overveje, om det ikke skal være nu. Og det er selvfølgelig et råd, jeg tager med i mine videre overvejelser Nicki Pedersen om sin fortrolige og fysioterapeut, Lisa Thomey" Nicki also says that he if do decided in favour of a comeback, it won't be because of money. According to the article, Nicki is worth approx 50 million Danish kroner which is about 6 million GBP. http://www.fyens.dk/sport/Fysioterapeut-til-speedwaystjerne-Nok-klogest-at-stoppe-Nicki/artikel/3170543

He already said that he want to have the surgery as soon as possible so that he could get a few meetings before he goes back to California for the winter break.

There might be a new reserve rule next season. http://speedwaybloggen.smt.se/2017/07/27/manga-fordelar-med-ny-reservregel/

Greg had an MRI done and it shows that he will need a surgery to fix his shoulder injury which likely means that he'll miss the rest of the season. Article might be behind a paywall. http://mvt.se/sport/har-ar-beskedet-om-piratstjarnan-om4753197.aspx He dislocated the shoulder during practice and the he/his team popped it back into location but the shoulder dislocated another two times which severed the injury. Greg is considering several options since the Swedish doctor he normally use is on vacation. Greg even considers flying to California to have a surgery done there. Once the surgery is done, the shoulder will need 6-8 weeks to heal properly.

It depends on if Smederna is allowed to replace Laguta quick enough which doesn't seem likely at the moment.

Imo Doyle will have a few bad rounds as well. Maciej already had his.

C more's tv-broadcasting deal expires after this season and according to Speedway racing, neither Cmore or anyone else are interested in continuing to show live from the Swedish Elitserien. There are several though that are interested in showing some form of shorter summary afterwards. Clubs seems to think that the best solution would be SVT (Swedish equivalent of BBC) since it would likely attract the highest viewer count which would be attractive for sponsors.

Oliver Berntzon broke a collarbone yesterday and will be out for a few weeks. https://www.vetlandaposten.se/article/bekraftat-nyckelbensbrott-for-vispen/

I dont think its likely but who knows? I want to see your prediction now.

In general for all/world speedway. 1. as cohesive regulations as possible for all leagues. Most other league sports have the same rules/regulations while speedway have very different rules from one country to another.Rules/regulations such as R/R , tactical substitute and etc. 2. No league should be allowed to block riders from riding in other leagues. If there are to be restrictions, they should come from FIM after all national federations have approved such regulations. Restrictions of number of leagues a rider can ride in is preventing a rider from earning money. 3. Stricter enforcement when preventing inured riders from riding. I want to see healthy riders not injured riders who might be a danger to both themselves and others. Concussion (comotion cerebrI) should be an automatic 1-2 week "rest ban". severe concussion (Contusio cerebri) should be 3-4 weeks resting ban. A briken arm will heal in about 6 weeks but a brain that have been concussed might not heal at all, especially not if concussed multiple times. If really unlucky concussion can cause life long damage to your brain. 4. Much better co-operation between national federations/leagues when it comes to schedule planning, priorities and etc. Swedish Elitserien suffers greatly because it is almost impossible to find a suitable date for postponed meetings because there are rarely any date where there aren't a meeting in GB, DK or Poland. Also if R/R is used for a rider one evening he shouldn't be allowed to ride the next evening. Like Robert Lambert who's English team used R/R for him on Monday evening while he rode without a problem yesterday evening. For the Swedish leagues I would like to see a merge between Elitserien and Allsvenskan because there are not enough teams to support two leagues now. I would also adjust the strength of the league so that teams would have 2 international stars and 1 decent foreign rider per line up and then 3-4 Swedish riders (depending on using 6 or 7 riders teams). The issue would be that the weakest Allsvenskan team is too weak compared to the current strongest Eltserien teams. R/R and Tac sub should be removed completely. Simply 7 riders riding 4 heats each. Reserves can be used for 1-5 rider in case of injury during meeting but that should be conditioned by info from track doctor.

Apparently Nicki will announce his future plans today. He is supposed to have talked about his future with his family to get their input on what he should do.

With the English weather in April in mind, this sounds like a high risk of being postponed.

I was away all day doing a family genealogy tour of old cottages (torp) where anfathers/anmothers of my my mother's mother's mother have lived so I missed this. Next week is home meeting for Smederna and I'll be there. 3 rounds remaining : Omgång 12 - 1 augusti Elit Vetlanda - Rospiggarna (48-42) 1 Bonus EV +1 Indianerna - Piraterna (40-50) x Bonus Pir +1 Eskilstuna Smederna - Lejonen (42-48) 1 Bonus Lej +1 #tv-meeting Masarna - Dackarna (45-45) 1 Bonus Mas +1 Omgång 13 - 15 augusti Lejonen - Dackarna (46-44) 1 Bonus Lej +1 #Tv-meeting? Piraterna - Eskilstuna Smederna (43-46) 1 Bonus Pir +1 Rospiggarna - Indianerna (43-47) 1 Bonus Ros +1 Elit Vetlanda - Masarna (41-49) 1 Bonus Mas +1 #Tv-meeting? Omgång 14 - 22 augusti Indianerna - Elit Vetlanda (38-52) 2 Bonus EVA +1 Eskilstuna Smederna - Rospiggarna (38-52) 1 Bonus Ros +1 #Tv-meeting? Dackarna - Piraterna 1 (51-39) Bonus Dac +1 #Tv-meeting? Masarna - Lejonen (43-47) 1 Bonus Lej +1 Current standings: 1 Vetlanda 11 8 1 2 544-446 (1,2197) 21 2 Masarna 11 6 2 3 538-451 (1,1929) 18 3 Lejonen 11 7 1 3 486-504 (0,9643) 17 4 Dackarna 11 6 1 4 505-485 (1,0412) 15 5 Rospiggarna 11 3 2 6 473-516 (0,9205) 9 6 Smederna 11 4 0 7 470-519 (0,9056) 9 7 Piraterna 11 3 1 7 475-512 (0,9277) 8 8 Indianerna 11 3 0 8 466-524 (0,8893) 7 Results predictions above wll give the following end of season standings: 1 Vetlanda 29 2 Masarna 24 3 Lejonen 22 4 Dackarna 18 5 Rospiggarna 13 6 Smederna 13 7 Piraterna 13 8 Indianerna 8 This means that rider points quotas will decide positions 5-7. Smederna is 2nd worst and Indianerna is worst.

I remember that a European tour was planned a few years ago but was cancelled for some reason. I think it might have been VISA-related or something like that.

Robert Lambert will ride tonight.

Robert Lambert's participation tonight is very uncertain due to a crash at the U21 w.ch. If he can't ride Msarna have to use one of their 0.500 riders since they have no other available rider.

Swedish Elitserien Round 11 Preliminary lineups Piraterna - Elit Vetlanda (39 - 51) #tv meeting Piraterna 1. Emil Sayfutdinov 2. Daniel Davidsson 3. Peter Kildemand 4. Krzysztof Buczkowski 5. Niels-Kristian Iversen 6. Peter Karlsson 7. Damian Balinski Elit Vetlanda 1. Martin Vaculik 2. Jonas Davidsson 3. Jaroslaw Hampel (K) 4. Szymon Wozniak 5. Bartosz Zmarzlik 6. Oliver Berntzon 7. Tomas H Jonasson Lejonen - Indianerna (47 - 43) Lejonen 1. Piotr Pawlicki 2. Maksym Drabik 3. Chris Holder 4. Sam Masters 5. Hans Andersen 6. Mathias Thörnblom 7. Kenny Wennerstam Indianerna 1. Vaclav Milik 2. Bjarne Pedersen 3. Piotr Protasiewicz 4. Adrian Miedzinski 5. Kenneth Bjerre 6. Victor Palovaara 7. Ludvig Lindgren Rospiggarna - Masarna (59 - 31) Rospiggarna 1. Jason Doyle 2. Jacob Thorssell 3. Andreas Jonsson 4. Max Fricke 5. Timo Lahti 6. Nike Lunna 7. Freddie Eriksson Masarna 1. Linus Sundström 2. Przemyslaw Pawlicki - R/R 3. Tai Woffinden 4. Artur Czaja 5. Antonio Lindbäck 6. Robert Lambert 7. Joel Andersson John Lindman Dackarna - Smederna (46 - 44) Dackarna 1. Fredrik Lindgren 2. Mads Korneliussen 3. Patryk Dudek 4. Rune Holta 5. Maciej Janowski 6. Peter Ljung 7. Joel Kling Eskilstuna Smederna 1. Mikkel Michelsen 2. Pontus Aspgren 3. Matej Zagar 4. Michael Jepsen Jensen 5. Andzejs Lebedevs 6. Linus Eklöf 7. Grzegorz Walasek live scores: http://www.svemo.se/speedway http://www.elitspeedway.com/liveresultat/ https://sportowefakty.wp.pl/zuzel/elitserien Blank race card; http://www.mediafire.com/file/03s0s7pjyh1yviz/Blank_Heat_schedule_ES.AS.pdf next week's tv meeting is Smederna - Lejonen.

NIcki have previously said that decision is not his but the doctors' meaning if the doctors tells him that they think he should retire then he would follow their opinion/recommendation. If he really will? Well we'll see.

Why? Greg have to retire from the SGP sometime and this would be a good year if he misses out on top 8. It is too early too talk about wild card since the series is only at half time and the GP challenge haven't been run yet and the wild cards obviously depend on who qualifies or not. I think that Zagar should get a wild card, SGP needs at least 1 danish rider, MIlik could very well be given a wild card and for the final wild card well it depends on if they need a 2nd Swede/Dane/Aussie/Russian. It is entirely possible that some of this would be covered by final SGP/GP-challenge standings. However giving it to Greg would be a waste. He might improve a little for next season but he could just as well be on the decline even more next season.

Janowski since Doyle have more rough style/attitude and thus is more prone to injuries which I think will reduce his chances to athe world title.

I agree completely with you but I think there are many that would want him to get a wild card.

Start list Gunnar Lundberg cup (for 85cc bikes and riders aged 14 or younger) at Linköping Speedway track. 1. Ludvig Hamrin, Eldarna 2. Avon Van Dyck, Dackarna 3. Sammy Van Dyck, Dackarna 4. Alfons Wiltander, Elit Vetlanda 5. Edwin Pohjantähti, Eskilstuna Smederna 6. Maximilian Belsing, Eskilstuna Smederna 7. Ricky Woss, Indianerna 8. Wiliam Bäckström, Eldarna 9. Fabian Kvarnevång, Elit Vetlanda 10. Liam Andersson, Griparna 11. Theo Johansson, Eldarna 12. Gustav Gran, Indianerna 13. Casper Henriksson, Elit Vetlanda 14. Lucas Woentin, Elit Vetlanda 15. Noel Wahlquist, Västervik 16. Ludvig Selvin, Örnarna 17. Hampus Hamrin, Eldarna 18. Inken Pöker, Elit Vetlanda http://www.svemo.se/sv/Grenar/Speedway/Nyheter/GunnarLundbergCupSpeedway2017/

Jacob Thorssell is the wild card for Hallstavik. http://www.speedwayeuro.com/en/news/n/887/