mikebv

The EL was also in a different league when Adams topped the charts... Truly World Class talent across most teams... Mr Consistent ... A great rider ... And probably a bit too fair for his own good...

To be fair ... That is the usual fayre at most tracks in the UK... Hopefully the score can remain close enough to maintain interest even if the racing doesn't ... Add in a couple of decent crowds, with plenty of away fans in attendance, and hopefully we will get two events that actually resemble a professional team sport , and prick some wider interest.

Ay arrrm a Spoodway reader, oo all so reads in Pooland...

Best of Luck to The Lions tonight... Of the three managers left in, I would suggest most neutrals would be rooting for Stewart Dickson... Always gives an honest balanced appraisal even in defeat... Whilst naturally disappointed he was exceptionally sportsmanlike last year when hammered by the Aces, and magnanimous in defeat... Unlike some who appear to be about to burst into tears and just seems to moan about referees, when they fail, (again)...😁 Come on Max!!!!!

He would have, but as he said all those years ago, he can't use a "compooter" can he?😉😁

Magic (from Oxford), is riding for Sheffield in the semi final of the flagship competition over here .. Tells you everything about the status of winning the competition.. Wroclaw got battered by Lublin a few years ago when injuries decimated them... That's sport...

Make it worth watching, like the Polish do, and maybe similar full stadiums would exist over here?

Top 5 in the world currently...

Can see him on the podium a few times...

Watching it in Polish... Presume Dudek has won...? Probably top five in the world this year so fair play to him...

My initial thoughts were exactly the same.... No wide angle shots....😁

Now that was a flyer ...😁

It certainly hasn't brought much of a crowd in... Unless they are still in the bars....!

Imagine the meltdown in Poland if he doesn't win it, and then doesn't get a Wild Card. 😁

Nowhere near fully fit... Basically where he gated, he sat, very unlike him... Looked in a lot of pain before his fifth ride...

Riders seem to have a four to five year progression to pretty much where they end up... Not many do a "Jason Doyle" and leap from a reserve in the UK to being World Champ not too long later in his career. David Norris was another I remember being 3rd HL/Best Second String for a few years then one season becoming very much an international level rider, a level which he maintained... We do seem to hype up any young GB lad who seems to have even a modicum of talent, which must put extra pressure that isn't required on them... Riders who are actually often miles away from the level that the likes of Bewley, Lambert, Woffinden, Loram, Screen and Louis etc etc were at at a similar age ...

I hope Steady is one of them... "Cry on the telly, we saw you cry on the telly"..

He might be focusing on the Industry Hills Harley Night ?...

#winitforwoffy....

#cough....

Both tracks will be "interestingly prepared" I am sure..

Hopefully two decent race tracks get delivered for both meetings... Two evenly matched teams should deliver a close semi final result overall... Max Fricke is key for Leicester and just seems to have gone off the boil a bit recently from his level a couple of months ago.. Hope he has two good meetings....

Maybe need some grading? Eg If you cannot get an 'A' grade you get 2 x 'B's'.. With a mean average so no team can get the best rider in every grade? Scrap the RS system as, even in a five rider team, the No5 rider will be pretty much "development" level I would think... There will need to be lots of "greater good" compromise I would suggest for it to work...

A chance to do the radical reset that should have taken place post Covid... Let's hope they have learned from the mistakes they made the last time they made "one big league", and every team gets to be competitive this time...

Having all 3 teams "viable" must have been a huge challenge, and would, no doubt,impact who they could bring in for the top tier team.. Especially given the very few "top riders" willing to ride over here at an "affordable price"...