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Daniel Smith

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  1. Interestingly, I don't think Poland look all that strong. Zmarzlik obviously can go through the card but even he jas tenancies to have a wobbly moment. Zmarzlik, Dudek, Janowski look an obvious 3 but the 4th spot looks weak & may be Miśkowiak will get the nod in more heats. Great Britain are the challengers but a huge reliance on Woffinden upping his game.
  2. Is the hold up potentially Emil only wanting until May. This seems to be the thing with many Exstraliga rider's not wanting or being allowed full UK seasons.
  3. Only because he's foreign, not because he's better
  4. Including the predictions for Peterborough & Ipswich's final spots 1. Peterborough (Holder, Tungate, Iversen) 2. Ipswich (with Emil) 3. Sheffield 4. Belle Vue 5. Wolverhampton 6. Leicester 7. King's Lynn
  5. There will be protests outside the stadium, with flares & banners singing "weeee want Chapman back, say, we want Chapman back".
  6. That's what happens when you have 1 track ponies. None are genuine heatleader standard. They'd all be below a 7 at any other PL home track
  7. What's Madsen & Michelsen got to do with Poland's squad? Is this World Cup (unfortunately) running an U21/U24 team position is the question??
  8. Would Jakub Miśkowiak's inclusion in the squad suggest that a 21 or under has to be included for the World Cup?? Or is he actually THAT good??
  9. I'd say, still don't rule Tungate out. He knows his comments will travel the seas & he'd have been asked not to say anything until officially announced. If he'd have said "yes, I'm in the UK for 23" everyone would know it's Peterborough.
  10. Means a possible Pedersen, Iversen & Holder top 3. Fun times surely no??
  11. People look at averages too simplistically. Look at the team Basso was in last season, competition within his own team wasn't of high calibre. If the team is to have Pedersen / Iversen, Tungate / Worrall & / or Holder, the standard is much greater to compete with. Then there's the opposition where other teams have also improved their quality too. I think Basso will very much struggle to maintain his near 7 average
  12. The rule for this is very different. Foreign rider's can never dip below 4.00 at all times. The 2.5% & 25% is / should be for team building only & rolling averages determining team position. I don't think it's a complicated system
  13. Made me chuckle my apologies "show a meeting every week or sometimes 2 meetings over 14 days"
  14. No thanks. The World Cup should be the best available rider's a country can offer. Scrap all ideas of forcing the including youth.
  15. Simply because it's his average. The advantage to Brennan & Belle Vue is already given with ¼ off his average. Without that advantage Belle Vue wouldn't have been able to put that team together or Brennan would have missed out completely. With that reduction, starting at reserve is also a 2nd advantage with a rider that is clearly at 2nd string level comfortably.
  16. I actually agree, hence I'd placed him in the top 5, but apparently Mark Lemon confirmed Brennan will be starting at reserve. The 25% should be team building only.
  17. Irrelevant, similarly to season tickets the majority of that money is spend by March 1st
  18. Brennan is at reserve. In terms of rolling averages, it's the same as everyone else. After the first 2023 greensheets Brennan will likely move in to the top 5
  19. Clubs can't cover their upfront costs at £20 month. This is the reason season tickets are still options & it's not for the fans benefit. The way Speedway fixtures work, offering a monthly subscription can plunge clubs into serious trouble quite quickly when working on tight budgets. IF '500' bought the subscription & the club had to cover costs, say, 2 home 3 away that month. They would normally have gotten £22,000. Under the scheme they'd receive just £10,000 to cover immediate costs of that month. In short term business, that £12,000 loss could be in surviving or closing. 2 months of similar fixtures that's £24,000 missed. Call-offs after a meetings started would add to issues if the meeting result limit isn't reached. While a good idea in principle, it would be financial suicide to clubs.
  20. First time in a few years the Aussie Title has no Live feed we get a line-up worth subscribing to
  21. Still a reasonable team without him though. Both Holder's, Fricke & Lidsey
  22. IF it's true regarding Emil I should imagine the VISA will be a hugely challenging to process
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