BWitcher

When is someone going to grow some balls in this sport. "The track is good" says Middlo.. "We're going to have to have a look at it in a minute" he then slips in. Prat Coventry should refuse to race Simple. Let Poole run the sport and destroy it how they want.

Middlo idly standing by, not a care in the world for riders safety. Poole power rules again.

He is. If you'd paid any attention to the meeting he has been on gate 2 twice. Go check the results from Gate 2. Track too dangerous now, Middlo should be campaigning to call it off.

About what is deserved. Promotion should hang their heads in shame.. 100 people paying £18 or a couple of thousand paying £5.. which I am sure they would have got if sold tickets in advance.

Once again, the sport has simply not learned. After two weeks of the sport looking great on tv, with a decent crowd and atmosphere, we're back to it being presented in a near deserted stadium. There is no hope.

Comedy Gold!

Any fan who is getting confused would be confused regardless of the average system. Even the dimmest speedway fan understands an 11pt rider is brilliant, a 3pt rider isn't. What they don't grasp is the effect league sizes and race formats have on averages.

Same thing in essence.. You'd also really get some people worked up as they'd be bleating that no 1's were averaging the same as junior no 7's in the good old days

You must have hated World Finals, BLRC's and now GP's. All those top riders and many of them only scoring a few pts! The quality is awful.

If the 4 ride average makes no sense, neither does the 'race average' as its just the race average x 4.

Not sure I agree entirely. Musielak was a decent signing and one hopefully long term that will pay off. Thorssell was the one that was always going to be the problem. Some had him down as the next world beater and time and again I tried to explain to them how he would struggle as a heat leader. Even as a second string he isn't doing the business... losing to Lambert at Leicester simply isn't good enough. He'd be more prolific. He's racing against the same opposition, so nothing changes there.. but has a weaker partner so will score more.

This is hilarious!

It's understandable misunderstanding something.. but it's been clearly explained to you.

No it isn't. It has absolutely nothing to do with the 'quality of the product'. edited to add: As John explains above.

I'm afraid Steve really doesn't get it. Wolves are absolutely nowhere near a playoff place a the moment and are slipping further away. Belle Vue's win at Lakeside has put a further nail into any chance they have. Leicester is a must win match for Wolves play off hopes and to be honest I don't see them winning.

Who passed this sentence? What a disgrace, does he/she not realise he is a speedway rider? Have they never made a mistake? Shame on them and all you who criticise Lindback. So he had a drink, so what, have you lot made a mistake, bet the judge has had a drink. Ashby, did he, saw him in a bar, Briggs, hard. Man up judge. Drink was great value.

I completely agree with you for those truly suffering from depression. Maybe Bridger is, maybe he isn't.

'Every conversation'.. he was giving his latest set of excuses for his actions... if there was a time to mention it, that would have been it.. Who are the 'some' who mention it in 'every conversation'? If I am being 100% honest then yes there were times when I was younger that I did use it as an excuse.

Where have you 'heard' this? Lewis Bridger makes no mention of depression in his series of tweets where he gave 4 different excuses for his latest actions. Depression was an excuse he threw out on a prior occasion, one that he seems to have forgotten about now. I've suffered and been treated for depression in the past so I know exactly how it can make you want to give up the things you enjoy etc. No doubt Lewis doesn't go out partying anymore either..... Depression is a line trotted out by thousands of people, the majority of which aren't suffering from it at all.

He hadn't thought up his excuses by that point.

Yes it is what they are claiming, all of them who bring it up. Otherwise it's an irrelevant point. They use it as a way of attempting to illustrate the racing is closer as SCB explains. They've also used it to say the racing is 'less predictable'. I raised the averages because they illustrate that the racing is far less predictable in the EL... yes, due to the race format.

Indeed and I hope I am totally wrong To clarify, Musielak didn't ride in Sweden on Tuesday. He is incorrectly listed on the speedwaygp site.

We've got diddly squat chance of finishing in the top 4.

That is entirely the point, thus destroying the myth that the races in the PL are contested by more equal rivals.

You are correct in what you say... up until the 'so'. This is about Leicester's strongest lineup of the season. I note Musielak rode in Sweden on Tuesday... is he riding elsewhere on Saturday?