Hamish McRaker

Sounds like it's already happenedj

Thank you, I had the impression that Woffinden was not especially looking for Lambert during the finale, but wasn't sure but you've kind of confirmed it. I also have the impression that during day two, Lambert had to fend for himself more than was the case on day one. Once again though, I'd need to re-view the heats. If that is indeed the case, I can only presume there was a change to team strategy on day two in that respect - whatever the reasons for it were...

I wasn't. Anyway, what nobody knows, is what if any orders the riders had been given. Maybe the orders were for them both to just focus on getting the best possible race placing and forget about any jiggery pokery. In which case Tai was just doing what he'd been told to do. Wouldn't mind seeing the race again, but I don't recall Tai looking around to see where Robert was after the first lap - but am far from certain hence need to see it again. Who knows what was said and agreed before the race?

So do you think that a rider who is in the final of a world championship competition, should need assistance to pass someone in front and get into 3rd place? He had done it a few heats previously. And the rider he passed wasn't exactly a slouch, was he?

Well I think that Woffinden will now be mostly concerned about his next riding commitment. However, he will probably not despair for Rossiter not having managed a World title winning team as he eats his cornflakes tomorrow. This does not mean he will be pleased that GB finished second. Hopefully that's clear and simple.

Read it more carefully

No

It is obvious that he (Woffinden) doesn't like Rossiter and returned to the fold despite his continued prescence as team manager. In the end, Woffinden chose to do his own thing and you could say that after what he had done up until then, he was justified in taking that approach. He must have known that Lambert would not get past Emil, and consoled himself with some well deserved personal limelight, and also knowing that Rossiter would not be a World Championship winning manager.

Fight em on the beaches. It may have taken a season to out- muscle the blighters, but they need to be firmly put in their place

Loved Jan O Pedersen. They need someone like him now, to stir up the blandness.

We will see how the Danes get on today and where they finish at the end of day one. The bizarre celebrations after finishing 3rd in Teterow may be nothing compared with how they react to 5th place, the Carlsberg could really be flowing in the streets of Esbjerg.

It's just the way the cookie crumbles I guess. Life's like that.

He was a very accomplished and highly successful rider. No doubt about it

Did they ever have one?

News reaches me in the far north that Police are investigating the mysterious overnight disappearance of a speedway track in Poole, near Cherbourg. Witnesses say they have seen a huge hole in the ground where the track used to be, prompting rumours of a massive sink hole, whilst other rumours are going around that the track may have been stolen. Attempts to contact the track's owner Mr Ford have all failed, prompting fears that he may also have disappeared.

Very annoying. Guaranteed to ensure I don't buy the frigging product

The current team manager used to be a dull rider, I suspect he is the same now. So Denmark has a pair of dull riders in this competition, whose best days are well behind them. And Leon Madsen is not considered, probably because he is a problem child. Nor is Anders Thomsen who on current form is surely better than the current incumbents. Dull, dull, dull. Get Nicki Pedersen in as team manager. I bet he wouldn't be so cautious.

I think he was referring to the green skin and powerful rear legs

I think Murray Walker might be available

Yes that's the last resort scenario if none of the other above models are acceptable to make enough riders available. But some people don't think that most UK based riders would stick with their Polish arrangement if presented with a choice. Only one way the BSPA can find the answer I suppose.....ask them!!

Just supposing the BSPA were to decide to no longer participate in the international leagues schedule. Supposing it then requires any rider signed to a UK team, to agree to a contract which requires their priority availability all season, seven days per week except for international events - how many would sign it? Or from Monday to Saturday - how many would sign it? Or from Monday to Saturday except Tuesdays? Or to include just Mondays, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays? - how many riders would go for that? And would the numbers prepared to sign, be sufficient to form enough teams to enable a credible league to be run?

Two stadia in the south of France, both located close to the sea at Monaco and Toulon, are built over underground car parks and thus the pitches do not suffer from the problems of water table saturation. So perhaps the solution for Poole is to excavate out the ground underneath the stadium, give Glyn a couple of weeks with a digger and I'm sure that will fix things permanently.

Thanks - looks like a use of words thing - obstructive sounds more relevant to the Holder visa problem

Sounds like Gomolski is back in town!

Is this a genuine quote? If so, what does he mean when he says "finding Britain obstructive" ?