Gemini

What's wrong? Have you just found out Sandie and Co. will be staying there?

Oy you!! I'll have you know I am getting quite good at recognising people now......most of the time.

Word of advice. I'd give that one a miss this year being as your wife will be with you.

Sorry to disappoint you but I'm not past it, I'm into the swing of things and I actually love the air horns. Perhaps I've just got a good bladder and don't need to be using the loo every half an hour so I don't need to be in the toilet zone either. By the way I wasn't moaning - just describing what is to me a good Cardiff experience.

Any year that I don't get some drunken yob sitting near to me, someone waving a 6ft flag in my face every few seconds, kicking the back of my seat all night, up and down visiting the loo/getting yet another drink every 15 minutes so everyone has to stand up to let them get by......that's a good Cardiff experience.

If I was Emil I think I'd look to see where Nicki was as well because he is so unpredictable. In all seriousness though surely no-one would think a rider would deliberately turn left into another at speed and risk injury?

I always did think there was something a bit weird about him.

Much appreciated. Thanks. Chris Harris looks to have a tough opening ride.

Only three? "Disappointment for......" or "disappointment at the back for........"seems to be his favourite choice of words at the moment. I hadn't noticed this before but now I'm finding it extremely irritating, along with his other favourite "and right at the back...." even if the rider is hot on the tail of 3rd place. I was going to count how many times he said disappointment because the racing was so utterly boring but I gave up in the end as it wasn't really good for my blood pressure.

Like what? I hope you're not suggesting he's getting distracted by having a partner and child because that's supposed to be the reason he has dropped the Elite League this season so he can spend more time with them.

Well, the first bit was right, although Scott did have a good go at trying to shove Chris out of the way again.

Yes, got mine booked as well. Told both dogs the settee is out of bounds that night and they're confined to the floor, or else they're out the back in the garden.

Scott has a very tough first race against Leigh Adams, Hans Andersen and Nicki Pedersen. If he gets anywhere in that race then he should have a good night......but I won't hold my breath.

Thanks very much. Let's hope the racing is better than the last G.P. and this track isn't so slick. Looks like Scott Nicholls has a tough first race.

Not until July though is it? Hopefully Ben and Olly will both be riding again by then.

No it's not. All it does having an ultra slick track is favour the riders who gate and make the racing utterly boring to watch. The racers like Chris Harris, Scott Nicholls etc. need a bit more dirt and a grippy track to be able to pass.

So you're saying he was in charge of the track preparation?

Oh dear. Sounds like he is going to be popular with his Polish fans as well.

Far be it for me to stick up for Ole because I've never liked him, but apparently he had nothing to do with preparing the slick track at Prague so perhaps he won't be doing Leszno either?

Oy you! I wasn't even born then.

Go on then - reel off a few of their hits to refresh my memory.

Forgot to comment on that bit. Aussie's are a bad example for you to choose because their season is at a different time to ours. What you need is a Polish/Danish/Swedish rider to compare with who doesn't ride in his own country but rides in England. Now that's a bit more difficult isn't it? Anyway, I give up now as I'm no good at arguing and Orion hasn't bothered to come back with his million sportsmen. I agree with AndyM's post as well.

It's no good arguing with you because I agree with what you say. It was Orion saying it wasn't about money when of course the decision he made had a lot to do with money, otherwise Scott would have ridden in the E.L. and given up riding abroad if he was that cheesed off going from one airport terminal to another.

Where are you Orion? Still making that list of a million other sportsmen who don't bother with their own country but prefer to earn their living elsewhere? I'll let you include sportswomen as well if it will help.

No, we'll have to wait for Cardiff for that.