mikebv

Got to like Magic ..😎

You can only beat who is in front of you.. Time to let Laguta go up against him next year... The "lineal" World Champ...😎

Well Done Robert . Well deserved... More likely to challenge Bartek than Dan.... But six times next year I would imagine... A generational talent and in the GOAT discussion..

I agree.. But, the days of being World Champion and getting you "made for life" are long gone.. I am, sadly, old enough to remember the mid 70's when winning the World Title was quoted by Dave Lanning as "guaranteeing" you £250k as a minimum the following year. In 1978 PC got a months ban for arriving back late for the start of the season due a flight issue in the US, and, in his book, he said that the month cost him over £20k 😯 in lost earnings here and in Germany riding long track on a Sunday... Poland pay you the "life changing" money these days, not the World Championships..

Ten years of riding as a HL in Poland can earn you £5m and more... Why risk (literally sometimes sadly), "all" to win a World Championship that hardly anyone in the 7 billion on the planet, will know about.. Bartek is Nicki P, Gollob, Crump, Trick, Mauger, Olsen Fundin, Penhall and Briggs level of intensity and "ruthless" will to win... The rest of the lads can earn a "fortune" without having to take such risks..

Way too deep for me mate.. Halfway down a bottle of Jameson's.........😁

He certainly ain't no Pythagoras... But, to be fair.. I never saw Pythagoras ride a speedway bike...😁

To a certain extent I do agree Dean.. However . In such a tiny global sport, if I could guarantee circa £500k a year (and maybe more), riding in Poland, Sweden and the UK, for ten years or more, and never see my name as the World Champ... I am not sure I would be fussed . Edit.. If Dan became World Champ, he would arrive at the NSS on a Monday night with barely 1800 there to celebrate with him... If Robert became World Champ, he wouldn't even have a UK track to celebrate at..

Lads now earn "hundreds of thousands" in Poland.. Maybe "self preservation" is now a larger priority than putting everything on the line to win a World Title? You win one World Title you earn "x".. You ride ten years at the top in Poland and earn many, many times more..

There doesn't seem to be that "win at all costs" mentality that Trick, Crump, Gollob and Pedersen in particular ran with... Just one generation of riders ago.. Five or six riders went to the tapes at the start of the GP"s each year with a chance of winning.. Now there is one, without Laguta and Emil..

A tremendous rider .. But, let's be honest.. Riding in an era of relative mediocrity based on previous eras.... A perfect storm... The Russians the only ones who could taint his legacy...

Could be a great race track if they just put some more grip into it... When it rains it often delivers some very good racing.. Racers will go out to find the grip, and those less capable will stay on the slick...

Amazing that he continued so long...

Justin Elkins 0 ef.... To give him his full name....

Poor decision... Just because you rear up and straighten, and wipe out an opponent, you no longer get excluded I believe...😁

A brave call... Not too much experience of play offs has Bomber.... A left field appointment if ever there was one.... 😁 Bomber could be eligible for his 27th winners medal.... 😜

I agree... They should have let Torun cherry pick riders from other teams to keep things close......

The way it was going, if Brennan had gone down, he might have been awarded the win..😁

Maybe they should do a "Guest Of The Week" feature.. Covering all the riders who score points for other teams apart from their own..? That would fill a few pages for the UK coverage... Personally, it is still excellent value for money and a superb window into the sport for anyone outside looking in.. They truly do make a silk purse out of a sows ear at times..

Who is the ref? 😁

Nowhere near enough contact, and he was already "straight" and lifting... And, as already decided by Rew's exclusion, any contact doesn't mean you shouldn't get excluded anyway....

Not a chance for me that anything "dodgy" went on.. As there were simply too many things clearly wrong.... Just a lack of capability rather than anything else..

Max Fricke will be sorted....

No idea she was in charge of either meeting.. I never look at the refs name as they don't ride...... But she was obviously great those nights....

A commercial reason?