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I'm sorry "Mr Beevers." Tbh I'm not really fussed if you are answer or not, I think that case proves it's pretty easy, after all what doctor is going to send a rider off to race motorbikes at high speeds with no brakes if they say they are mentally not up to it?

Nice you consider us pals Starman, that is so sweet. Just an unlucky coincidence I guess then? Just like Hans recovery was a miracle to recover from a season ending injury in one week...

Because everyone has been posting for a fortnight it would happen. Beavers - would you consider the Dakota North example last year as an example of medical certificates being easy to come by?

I imagine he will start 2017 as favourite, ahead of emil, Hancock, Doyle and dudek.

Out of interest,how is he able to use swear words "that he doesn't know"?Surely being able to use in an appropriate context words that you don't even know shows an excellent grasp of the English language.

Harsh on zagar if he makes top 10.

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Excellent post henry. The other thing I would add is that the whole point of an assessed average is it should mirror what the rider is likely to average. 50% chance if scoring higher 50% chance of scoring lower seems right, so average of 8 sounds good. Bearing in mind that your top two riders get an extra ride in heat 15 and therefore if they can hit an average of 8 over rides your team is getting in effect an extra .5 out of them assuming a 42 point limit And again the simple solution is if they ride top flight sweden or Poland, and have not ridden in uk in previous two seasons, they should come in on that average (or midpoint of the two if they ride both).

Emil rather than g laguta. A 6 not a 7 as he is not a GP rider. Poole fans have said lindback should be a 4.15 and Ellis a 3, so would suggest s worrall should also be a 3 and we take lindback on the 4.15 from his time at the aces. So tai,emil, zmarzlik,dudek, g laguta, lindback and s worrall should come in a shade under 40.5. Sorted.

So when you said "just the one" you were lying or ignorant? Or lying pretending to be ignorant to protect matt's privacy?

It would be true though that of a pole was brought in, aj could not ride the 2nd leg. Doubt the pole would have come cheap. Tbh r/r at home and aj/kk away is about as strong as you could realistically hope for. For all the criticism of r/r kk as guest was probably the only stronger option. Unless dudek/zmarzlick/janowski/pawlicki were available and willing to ride for an non extortionate fee.

Where are all these riders going to come from? Basically you are saying you want the bl to be full of journeyman brits, young brits, or young aussies who want to try to make it before they get fixed up in Poland. So not sure you have enough riders for a decent sized top flight, let alone a second tier of brit riders. I presume all will be part time, as I imagine you are going to get crowds of a few hundred. And no sky deal. And likely no promoters.

And you must have been born the year of their previous title win then!

It is often impossible to disprove a negative.

Really? I think the format is about right, other than possibly the issue of host being sees ed to the final.Like it a lot more than the early 80s wtc where you had two rubbish teams in the final. Or the mid 80s 3 match series. Racing at the swc tends to be very good. How would u realistically improve it?

It's not that long ago of course that transfers in football were permitted at any time in the season, and city or united could do exactly that. And I emergency loan facility was removed only this season.

Tbf the local organisers did manage to avoid a fixture clash with women's basketball, so you can't criticise them too much...

So what was the official logic. And was there any critical response from the Star. Did they get Matt Ford to come up with the headline?

That would be a whoosh wouldn't it...

Bump. Because someone asked about text gate and I can't Copy this post to that thread on my phone.

Beauty of pairs is minor countries can put out a half decent (literally) pairing. Likes of Hancock, Vaculik and zagar would be capable of single handedly steering their nation to the final on a good day. And a max in the final plus the odd point chipped in by their partner could be enough for a medal.

Right on cue...

Kenny bjerre isn't any strong my than r/r IMO, and has a reputation for choking in the play offs. Home win by 6-8 I reckon.

The last few years have seen no material change to format. Final I thought always got good crowds. It is generally some of the best speedway of the season. Just wondering why you think they would like rid?

It's a good post arnieg. But worrall and bacon for example are both 23. When you look at the poles that age, there is no comparison. Will we catch up to the danes and aussies. If you measure on swc, who knows, there you need 4 good riders but with a spread of up to 20 years in age. GP series is really just for the exceptional talents, and too early to tell if any will make it, though Im confident lambert will. Not sure any of the brits so far through the edr will. But I think the edr has worked to bring brits on, the NL set up seems good, what I'd suggest is needed is something at pl level. And obviously would be ideal if the EL were strengthened so our riders don't need to be reliant on picking up team places in sweden and Poland to really make it. Is Sweden the new Britain of days gone by? Strong domestic league with lots of foreign talent, but struggling to develop their own. Though I recall in the 80s they had only Jan Anderson of real calibre, then nilsen and Jonsson led a wave of new talent. Maybe Swedish speedway is just very cyclical?