Roger Jacobs

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Vissing is potentially a very good rider, but can be too aggressive on track though - putting himself in places that many riders won't.

Terrible shame for Tully. The team building thread says 7.01 with another 1.14 to spare: so a total of 8.15 Monberg is 7.26. Nedermark 6.20.

Dave Love, also known as "Lovey" (Forum Name: Roger Jacobs - Twitter: @stegglesaurus) 1. Somerset 2. Leicester 3. Scunthorpe 4. Ipswich 5. Newcastle 6. Rye House 7. Workington 8. Plymouth 9. Berwick 10. Edinburgh 11. Redcar 12. Sheffield 13. Glasgow

Not sure what Elvin King has been on ... I thought he had retired . 10 of the reviewers have got the Rabbles first or second. Graham Hambly for Plymouth says 6th (one less bottle than Elvin!), and Somerset's Ian Belcher says 4th . In an idle few mins I have totalled the various PL predictions and found these average reviewer scores: Somerset : 2.46 Leicester : 3.31 Ipswich : 4.38 Scunthorpe : 4.69 Workington : 5.00 Newcastle : 5.46 Edinburgh : 5.92 Berwick : 8.23 Plymouth : 8.38 Redcar : 9.77 Rye House : 10.62 Sheffield : 10.92 Glasgow : 11.85

On the speedway front - not unexpected to see Somerset installed by just about all the Speedway Star pundits as pre-season favourites for the PL. I was shocked to see Ipswich journo Elvin King putting them at 8th!

Compared to most British tracks, Owlerton is pretty much one big corner . Also, this shows how much the Aussie tracks have changed in recent years - with the big, pacey showground-style circuits disappearing, even the Aussies are more used to tighter turns.

Rye House team for Good Friday: 1. Olly Allen 9.62 2. Jason Bunyan © 5.14 3. Anders Mellgren 6.47 4. Jason Garrity 4.67 5. Tyson Nelson 5.33 6. Kasper Lykke 4.28 7. Simon Lambert 4.41 Team manager: John Sampford Nelson at #5 - very interesting.

Good stuff - hope you will publish your results in due course, i.e. after you've got your First .

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You are in a minority of one. The point is that they are subject to the same editorial control.

In what way is he condoning it? Don't you comprehend irony?

[pedant] Silverware. [/pedant] Unless you're planning to buy some glistening underpants

LOL!

I'm sure he could get a place as the #1 at Mildenhall in the NL.

No matter what the rights and wrongs of what the speedwayseries people have tried to do, this whole episode has demonstrated that: Not only is British speedway a BSPA/SCB closed shop - the same authorites also have closed minds. The same promoters who whinge about how much money they are losing every season? The Elite League as we know it is already a wreck of a once great British League that dominated world speedway and offered riders a good living with a consistent, well populated and high quality fixture list.

I have always said that more people physically attend the Cardiff GP than the sum total of one week's fixtures for all EL, PL & NL clubs. I know several former fans who watch speedway on TV who have no intention of going to live racing again - or maybe once a season, e.g. Good Friday at Foxhall. If former fans aren't attracted back, why would new fans want to go - especially when they watch the TV and see largely empty terraces/grass mounds and people in grubby Wulfsport anoraks.

Well, I got an e-mail, from Graham Reeve which shows that he's not even slightly interested. Maybe not slamming the fdoor, but definitely no intention of doing anything positive. The BSPA / SCB attitude to everything about British speedway is: if it ain't broke, break it ... if it is broke, leave it ... and if somone else has a good idea, ignore it. Do you film your own porn, or make money out of what others have created?

The BSPA can hardly be accused of being competent, the way they have fiddled and jiggled with the sport (different formats, cups, rules) year-on-year. Perhaps the speedway series peoples deliberastely wanted to stir something up? Perhaps they simply are naive. I've no idea. Even so, I think the SCB slamming the door is short-sighted and counter-productive. Their own statement says they encourage the sport - but I can't see any evidence of that at all, anywhere (let alone in relation to the speedway series).

I thought that referees were ACU approved? The SCB may have it's name on the rulebook, but it's clearly the BSPA that change the rules around every year. There does seem to be any element of control exerted by the SCB in British speedway whatsoever - a bit like HM The Queen not telling the Government what to do, even though she's in charge. I have e-mailed the SCB with my view that the speedway series can only be of benefit and, using a word from their own statement, the SCB should encourage British speedway. This is a real opportunity to win new fans and sponsorship - when you think of all the naff rubbish that the BSPA has tried over the years (which the SCB has done nothing about), something as simple as a co-ordinated series of meetings really does deserve a try, instead of instant dismissal.

You can be fairly sure there are plenty of people who read the Daily Mail and hold those strong beliefs who would never consider themselves to be working class. Even so, it's unlikely they would consider Australians to be immigrants (illegal or otherwise) ... it's an historical and very much institutionalised view. Politics does have to come into it, but you can also argue that this country isn't run by politicians - certainly none of the current bunch, of any political persuasion, seem capable.

Shrewd is a weird looking word, so I decided to look it up. Thesaurus reckons it's from Old English meaning "wicked". Amazing to think that the youth today have almost got a word correct! Wicked decision, LOL

I think DD meant "shrewd"

I have to admit, I knew nothing about Freddie Williams except he was a British World Champ. His importance was emphasised last weekend when the Daily Telegraph included an obituary. I have taken a scan - so if you would like a copy, please PM me with an e-mail, and I'll send it to you.

The whole point is that they don't get the chances to progress.