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I am glad to hear that Andreas is not as badly injuried as first feared, it looked like a terrible accident, and I am amazed that no bones were broken. Is it now not time for somebody to bring Ole Olsen to book, the track was an absolute disgrace, and if the reporta that they have had months to prepare the track then I am afraid Mr Olsen has a lot to answer for, how we did not see a nore serious accident I will never know.

Thanks for that Whippy.

To be honest, I seem to remember reading in the old speedway yearbook that he retired from speedway to take up a post with the Newcastle Social Services and then returned to Aussie. I could be wrong though.

Sorry a bow to your better knowledge.

Did he not retire from speedway to become a Social Worker.

Okay that was Poland where the sport is massive, but the end of the day I think that something needs to be done, people come to see racing, but we are not getting it at the moment, maybe it is the likes of Ole Olsen who should step aside and let someone else in to do the job, can really get excited about a person who talks about a synthetic surface for speedway.

Is it me or does anyone else think that Ole Olsen should step aside and let someone else have a go at running the Grand Prix's, soon or later he is going to get found out .

Join the queue. :lol:

Makes you wonder if the Grand Prix system is no longer the big event that it was, for me it is getting like Formula 1 where only a handful of riders really stand a chance to win the event or stand a chance, the rest are also rans, not stop me going to Cardiff again this year, but does make me wonder whether the series needs a good looking at.

I think that you might find that both Chris and Neil have already been featured.

Possibly you might be right in saying that he is not good enough, still would like to see how many semi's he has made, if you reach a semi final then you have the potential to make a final. I do think that if he does not qualify for the Grand Prix next season, then I think he should maybe consider stepping aside and giving someone else a chance.

Cheers a long time anyone called me young fellow.

Don't have the answer just interest in your comments, and got me wondering, I still think that semi's and finals, would be an interesting stat, I will say though that Scott has been very disappointing so far this series and in this Grand Prix he looked absolutely awful. Also did he not qualify for this series outright finishing 8th in the last series.

I think that a better stat would be to look at how many semi's and final he has reached in those 59 Grand Prix.

I was not sure at first on the Crumpie and Pedersen crash, at the time it happened I thought Nicki had fell on his own, when I looked at the replay I thought Crumpie was at fault as he appeared to have clipped Nicki, but when you look carefully you see Crumpie is clearly in front and that Nicki runs into him. I would also like to say how disappointred I was with Scott Nicholls, he looked awful.

Twice in the space of 24 hours and agree with you on something again, not quite sure that I would agree with how you feel the same way about Olsen and syphilis but I do think it is about time that Mr Olsen retired.

Missed that one and there was me thinking he had got through a full meeting without a mistake.

A real shame that he does not want to share his stories.

I don't think that he has.

I knew I had read it somewhere.

Me too to be honest.

I can understand people get the name mixed up with Daz Sumner, not Deon Prinsloo.

Must admit I have not heard of the guy, but then again I had stopped going to speedway at that time.

Sounds very Brazilian to me.

I seem to remember reading somewhere that Sheffield were called The Tars for one season.