Gavan

lets be fair anyone would have been better than the train wreck of a job Middlo did.

ok so you are rubbishing everyones suggestions yet coming up with nothing yourself! come on add something decent to the debate and we can mock you ok put in the Garritys and the Kerrs and watch them be thrashed. its no good for there development at all. let them get better at elite league by moving up and getting in the main body or even a heat leader role first. by all means have them around but not in the 4! People moan about a lot of the draft riders being out of their depth and not helping their careers yet are quite happy for our World Cup team to be the same

Lambert possibly on a par but Lawson isnt in my eyes. Just think Barker is a better option than Stead good reasoning! 90% of people on here are saying it shouldnt be Stead at Lynn. Barker is my choice as the 4th rider and i agree there is a case for Cook but his form has dipped at the moment, and possibly Lambert. Nobody else should even get a sniff of being in the 4

no thats why i suggested Barker! yes me. Did he top score in the British Final on a track he hates...............Yes Did he finish ahead of Harris in the final and but for an error would have been 2nd................Yes Did he do well at Lynn in the World Cup a few years back............Yes Has he experianced this level................Yes Will he give 110% ..........................Yes Please come up with any reason why you think he shouldnt be in the 4? ok so who do you suggest? I cant believe some fans? Is the idea to do the best we can or put the kids in and get stuffed? The strongest 3 are Tai , Harris , and King and if Scott was available he would be in and that would be the best 4 we have who could make the final. What rubbish to put a Kerr or Garrity in the 4! By all means i want them round the squad to get experiance but they should be miles away from the team. Same goes for Lambert at this stage of his career. He will be ready and more accomplished next year. The only bone of contention is the 4th rider. Stead,Cook, Barker are about the same level but round Lynn i would have Barker. Do we want something to shout about with the possibility of making a final or get beat by the usa again? Come on people get behind your country!

Cook isnt good enough at this level proved time and again. I agree that Stead is a backward step but apart from Stead and Barker who else is there? Do we want to do as good as we can or put the kids in and get humiliated? That will do them wonders! Not bitterness he is just stating the facts

I agree should have Ben Barker round Lynn

ive read some daft stuff on here but do yourself a favour mate and get off the forum if you are going to make daft statements. you obviously are not a fan of the sport if you think Hancock is a cause of the sport not being popular.

Anybody you admire that doesnt ride for Poole lol In all seriousness Holder 'grew up' and now maybe Darcy might slowly do the same. It was good to see him ride with his head at Cardiff for a change as usually he would be winding it all on hitting ruts and coming down. Maybe his earlier fall made him realise he had to respect the track for a change.

you would know all about gating tarts being a Monarchs fan! How anyone can begrudge Greg his win is beyond me. If you are going to moan bout Greg being a gating tart then how many races did Tai win from the back then? Getting out of the second bend in front is 95% of a speedway race and both Greg and Tai do that more than anyone hence they are pulling clear in the championship. Oh and did you not see Greg go past Darcy a couple of gp's ago? He can pass when the track allows. As for Cook he will never get to this level

Well done Greg! All the Hancock moaners that he is boring really don't know there sport the man is a legend. Tai done us proud again. What was also good to see was Darcy using his head more as the track rutted up. If he keeps doing that he could become a challenger but he needs Tai and Greg to have bad ones. The racing was poor but atmosphere electric

Is Blacksmith KKS?

nothing to do with a sense of humour just that its adding nothing to the debate to write sarcasm and try to be clever

if you havent got anything of value worth saying then keep quiet. Your posts are bordering on pathetic and tiresome

Ive been watching Speedway since 1976 and it can only be those who watch through rose tinted specs that think this Edinburgh side is better than the Newcastle side of 1982. They had 6 heat leaders in that side

How much experiance have Kerr and Blackbird had at pl not much! Garrity isnt going to get much better and i doubt Blackbird will at his age. Lets put the Rookies in and see them half a lap behind!! By all means have the likes of Lambert and Kerr around the pits but they should not be in our top 4 by a long chalk. I will be stunned if Garrity or Blackbird ever make a team gb top 4 riders.

Wheres Kennett???????? Lol good old Middlo Anyways i would have picked the same squad bar 2. Tai, Harris and Cook are 3 certaintys to start with by some way in my opinion King and Barker are the next 2. I then think Stead is fully deserving of being next in line on form this season. Bridger would then possibly be next. That leaves 3 spaces. Kerr deserves to be in there. Then for the last 2 i would have had Lambert and Garrity. It shows how bleak the future is when we have 3 fast track riders in Kerr, Blackbird and Garrity fighting out for a place in the top 10 brits. The problems of British speedway run very deep. I remember British Finals in the 90's where if a National League rider got there they were either a supreme young talent. (Loram and Louis spring to mind) or simply having a good semi final (Martin Goodwin for example) Now we are talking about a GB squad where we have to go to riders like Garrity ( premier league reserve earlier in the season) and Blackbird (not even a heat leader in the premier and not the future either) to make a squad up! Its a poor state of affairs

WOFFINDEN HANCOCK KASPRZAK BATCHELOR WOFFY TO SCORE MORE THAN THE OTHER 2 BRITS COMBINED

we are not talking bout the past we are discussing now and MJJ has not gone on from that win. He had falling down the pecking order bit like Janowski. 2 years ago both were on the verge of gp wild cards now they have dropped back behind riders like Kildemand the 2 pawlickis and Dudek to name 4. By your reckoning Harris deserves a place as he has been national champion and won a Grand Prix. Right now forget what he has won riders have improved past MJJ

yep i called someone a numpty and he reported me and i got banned! suffice to say that person has left the forum to the joy of the vast majority on here. He was like a one armed butler. He could dish it out but couldnt take it back at the same time!

The forum now is a much better place. A certain individual has hung up his boots on here and now the threads he used to post on are actually readable and credible again. People used to say i was anti-poole and only posted on poole threads. Now that the one person has left look how many times im on there? hardly any because it now has genuine fans not wind up merchants. Would be good if the mods actually banned the antagonisers and especially the multi aliased one JepsenJensen whatever it is now yet they go unpunished but if you use the word numpty or idiot you are banned! other than that the forum is now all the better than it used to be

For those people who say Ward hasnt got a semi final phobia the stats are: 2013: 9 GP'S - 8 Semi-Finals - 2 Finals 2014: 6 GP'S - 3 Semi-Finals - 1 Final In 15 GP's Darcy has had 11 Semi Finals yet only reached 3 finals - 27% strike rate. Compere that with Tai 2013: 12 GP'S - 10 Semi-Finals - 6 Finals 2014: 6 GP'S - 4 Semi -Finals - 3 Finals In 18 GP's Tai has had 14 Semi Finals and reached 9 Finals. - 65% strike rate They both reached on average the same number of semi finals yet Tai converts into finals hence why he is World Champion. Until Darcy handles the pressure better then he may never get to be champion.

needs to learn not to over ride when in scoring positions and to stop flunking out in the semis

I agree with what you say about Ward needing a wise head. Unforunatly the way the gp system is he hasnt learnt to ride with his head yet. Got passed in his last ride rather than settle for the point. And yet again he bombed out in the semi finals not sure wether its the pressure or not but he does have trouble getting further. His gating and inability to get out of the semis will in my view stop him from being world champion. As for lack of passing i thought the racing was ok. Wards pass on Lindgren was sublime. Tai passed people and so did Batchelor. Ina gp series you are going to encounter hard tracks to pass on. Ward needs to learn how to ride all types of tracks. Its no coincedence that Tai and Iversen are in the top 3 again and Hancock as well. These guys do it on all size tracks. Just because Ward is the most excitig rider in the world it doesnt make him the best rider in the world

Dear me some people. Its pretty darn obvious the top 3 will be Tai, Harris and Cook. Those saying Harris shouldnt be there are seriously deluded. After that its one from King or Barker. Everyone else (bar Nicholls) isnt good enough

WARD HAMPEL MJJ JONSSON 2 Danes in final