Bagpuss

To be fair Rybnik are riding with much more determination tonight than they have for pretty much the whole season.

In fairness to Doyle the adrenalin must have been pumping directly after the race and on the podium, it seems they have made up now so all is good. I don’t think Madsen meant to hit into the side of Doyle, he picked up a little extra grip during the move and that was that. As a Doyle says he’d have done the same thing had they been the other way round.

That was on the very edge of fair by Madsen.

I don’t think Magic has a World title in him. Too flaky from round to round.

Best view I’ve ever experienced at a speedway track at Craven Park, sitting in that big stand on the home straight was awesome.

Well done Doyle for leaving Zmarzlik racing room, refreshing to see.

Too good for the UK second division!

Good racing in that first meeting despite the score, really good track that. One of those however where the home team are so good, bike set up must come into it somewhere, they look so much faster than the opposition whichever part of the track they are on. Reserves ridiculously good too, the heat 2’s at Leszno are a foregone conclusion. You imagine Lambert will be in demand for 2021.

Laguta lacks aggression and track craft when behind. Needs to smarten up and toughen up to be WC for me.

1996.

I have always thought this.

I thought the first meeting wasn’t too bad, unfortunately any Rybnik meeting is a forgone conclusion which takes some of the jeopardy out of it. Robert needs to start gating like he was in the first part of the season and in the SEC on a regular basis if he wants to move up to the next level.

He could have settled for second but (when he can be bothered) KK is a speedway racer and their instinct is to try and come first. We chastise enough riders for not trying to race or being gating tarts, it was just one of those things that happens in speedway unfortunately. Get well soon Adam.

I’ve gradually been falling out with the GP’s over the last year or two and the result of this meeting doesn’t look like it will be helping with that at all.

Enjoyed that, Kumla is a good race track. Jeppesen looks a very decent prospect.

Good old Geoffrey and his Belle Vue bias.

What did he do in 2004?

I saw Woffinden making plenty of effort, his gating was just too poor and Gorzow were just too quick tonight. Pretty dismal performance by Wroclaw though it has to be said, terrible out of the start.

Rafal Innkeeper is my favourite

Ryan Fisher Tommy Allen Andre Compton Troy Batchelor Chris Holder Nicki Pedersen

Artem yes, Grigory absolutely not. One of the most exciting riders in the league.

Lublin the best team to watch, Laguta and Michelsen are proper racers. Pity the track didn’t have a little more grip.

Holder has been excellent this year for Gorzow but it should be remembered he is a couple of years older than Lambert Which is pretty significant for younger riders IMO (ie 25 and under). Robert was sensational up to winning the SEC including his starting but it seems he has gone off the boil a little since then....maybe the SEC was his main focus and winning it has taken its toll on him mentally. Can’t be easy riding in a poor team every week either. Rather than picking too many bones out of his performance tonight I’d say scoring ten away from home in Poland is pretty good for a young Brit against much more experienced riders. It’s commonplace for good riders to get blown away in the extraliga here and there so I wouldn’t dwell on it too much if I were him.

Enjoyed those two meetings. Sublime ride by Woffinden to ensure the win at the end there. Sayfutdinov a different gravy once again, surely he has a World Title in him.

Fisher I think? And Sundstrom at P’boro. orion hit the nail on the head with his post.