THE DEAN MACHINE

Ronnie was far worse

In general I’ve had riders who have knocked me off or shut the door or have been ruthless but it’s the nature of the game, I can’t say anyone was dangerous, there are some who ride above their talent levels and tend to crash a lot but they are not intentionally dangerous

I might of posted this before but my first and only encounter with Roman was at Sheffield, I was at no7 I think for Oxford ? in as a guest and it was at the start of my career,I remember him staring at me over the pits, I was a nobody but I guess at that point he doesn’t know that,he just sees me a new threat,he just kept looking which was intimidating as I knew exactly who he was and his reputation,think it was in my second ride I was off gate one and him off gate 2, as soon as the tapes went up he just turned left putting me on the grass, I guess looking back he was just stamping his mark on me so as not to go near him not that I was at that level, when I heard of his mysterious death I imagined in my head that he was in some sort of fight on his own against 300 men in some foreign war and giving a good account of himself too, certainly a character and not too bad on a bike either

Shocking camera work again

Strangely sometimes I do watch polish coverage over English, like if both show GPs I will often watch polish

I do enjoy the polish commentary even though I don’t understand it and on the extraleague coverage you get a fair few interviews in English as a lot of the riders speak it, as I’ve polish tv I find myself watching a lot of speedway documentaries which they show even though I don’t understand what they are saying, I should really learn the language I would probably enjoy it more lol

Some decent racing and meeting but I just can’t seem to buy into the euro championship

The monmore dirt being moved to Redcar this week should answer that

Good riddance after his “dive” in his first race at zeilona Gora yesterday he should have a worldwide ban for rest of season, rather watch vinny foord giving his all than a seasoned professional taking the pee out of British speedway

Rather s**t in my hands and clap but then again it’s not aimed at me

I think is a huge factor, there is no promotion for the event, discovery are one of the biggest media company’s in the world and own a good share of the channels on our TVs and yet did they have one advert for the GP and how where to get tickets etcs ? I didn’t see one advert

All belle vue has got is a great track, Cardiff is more fan based, it will kill the GP if it doesn’t move to a new location that is out of the norm, the wow factor etc,which is why Cardiff has worked for at least 15 years but now that novelty has worn thin and a new venue is needed ,if you want a great track only then Workington northside is a better track(wider, more lines and no so engine dependent ) than belle vue and is on the seaside and no I wouldn’t want to spend a day in Workington town center either as lovely as it is

But what if brennen kvech and kubera were 3of the 4 riders, they don’t have a FIM ranking

what would of happened had 3of the 4 who finished on 9 been brennen, kvech, kubera ? None have world rankings

Pretty good GP, passing in nearly all the races, good atmosphere despite the lower crowd, British winner what more can you ask, as good as a track as it is the day the GP goes to belle vue is the death of GP speedway in the uk

Should have a run off

The GP graphics are as useful as the cameraman

Don’t think zmarzlik can qualify even with a race win in 20

Don’t think I’ve seen the throttle been shut off so many times by so many riders in one race

What a race that was,,shame the camera work was appalling

Decent racing so far, track looks bumpy coming into corners but not caused by ruts or holes

God save the queen/king is such a depressing song/anthem, everytime it’s played I can imagine someone winding up an old gramophone slowly, time for a new one, maybe Russ abbots atmosphere

That crowd doesn’t look great but they are making a decent amount of noise

As a measure of the man, I think being passed easily by lindgren in the final in gorzow hurt zmarzlik and despite him being a country mile infront of the opposition and nailed on world championship it’s not good enough just to win, he wants to win big, no I don’t think he is related to the Wroclaw rider

Zmarzlik is now using Peter johns as a tuner after years with polish tuner Kowalski