Steve Shovlar

True he has treated British fans with utter distain and contempt and there will always be apologists, but he could still right the wrongs by showing some remorse and accept that showing a lack of respect to Britain is not the way to garner the following of a countrys fans. The whole British speedway nation should be 100% behind him. A real pity so many no longer cheer him on.

Your opinion. Even someone who was at the Warsaw GP found that many no longer support the guy. You can continue to beat the Woffinden drum but he has lost the support of a large majority of British fans. I myself am not anti Woffinden. If he came back to British speedway league, rode for TeamGb and rode in the national championships he would get support back. But certainly not with the way he has treated British fans currently as mugs. But I guess some would support him even if he said it to their face.

Theres tens of thousands to dispose of. They will cost the football club money to dispose of so they should be free to a good home and if would be good PR. If you dont ask you dont get.

There will be thousands left. Coventry should contact the football club.

Has anyone from Coventry speedway contacted Tottenham football club about the thousands of plastic seats they are going to dispose of? Surely worth a phone call to replace the ripped out ones.

I called that Freddie could win tonight but wc? I really don't believe he can do it. Over a season of gps he will go missing. If he wins it i will eat my cap at Wolverhampton at the end of the season in front of everyone (well an edible version) Tonight he deserved the win. A worthy winner.

Well Lindgren deserved that. Thought once Doyle hit the front it was game over but got beaten up by Lindgren and Magic. So glad to see Magic put 2016 behind him. Looks fast and aggressive. Very good gp.

Lucky boy Emil. Could have been nasty.

Good ride from Woffinden. Looked fast that time.

Perhaps next year the organisers could start the gp series here rather than lose tens of thousands of armchair fans after that dirge two weeks ago.

Thought that could end in carnage but just brilliant racing from both.

Zagar rightly excluded. Well done to Lindback though Nicki don't like it up him! Heat 12 wow! Great race!

Lindgren no chance of being wc. Doyle imo.

Size of the track lends itself to Lindgren. Be interesting to see how he does. What a race!

Trick had a similar effect on Swedish speedway. The crowds in Sweden a decade ago were far bigger than today. Gollob in his prime had a whole nation behind him, not just die hard speedway fans.

Give it a chance first week! It will catch on when people realise its easy to do and saves money.

The sad thing is we should be all cheering him on tonight in the gp but for a large majority that is no longer the case. He has lost so much support in this country. Sure, as Stevebrum puts it, he will get the biggest cheer at Cardiff. There are a lot of people who attend this one meeting. At grass roots club fan level he has lost a ton of support for his snub of anything British. Refuses to ride for his country, the British championship or his own countries league. To be honest I couln't care less if he wins tonight or scores zero. And that is a shame. People on here saying it his his choice as the British league is rubbish. Well perhaps if he said I am riding in it, the league would be more enticing? I said it before and I say again. The most unpopular British world champion we have ever had. A real shame but the lislike for him is totally self inflicted.

Your loss, as we get very good racing at Poole. Take a look at the heats on Youtube. I have said on several occassions this season the dust has been bad. Its not a case of not enough dirt, theres plenty down. Its the lack of watering that has been the issue. At least on Wednessday they got it much better with dust only noticeable in the final few heats. I still think they should get the bowser out during the meeting and not just accept what the riders are dictating. But then we risk losing our home advantage so its a balancing act.

Gomolski has disappointed and Garrity is a far cheaper option. Sensible move.

Like I said a nit picker. How come you haven't quoted Skidders post? Because he agreed with me? Oh dear doesn't fit your agenda? Lol! You are one very strange person. Clearly you haven't been to Wimborne Road before this week. Everyone, myself included, has been moaning about the dust in previous meetings. But this week the problem was virtually eradicated until the last few heats.

I have watched thousands of heats of racing. And I know without ever ridden a single lap of speedway, that if your arms are locked out completely one way, they cannot go any further. If you are driving a car and your steering wheel is locked over to the right, you can't turn any further right, only left. This is the point I was making and its Noticeable with Shanes style. Not critisising just pointing out what I see. IMO he needs to change his arm positions to enable him to go inside or out. Needs advice from more experienced riders.

Don't think Shanes should be dropped. Tries all the way to the finish line and is already popular with the Poole fans. I do believe his style is more suited to grass track than speedway though. His left arm position when entering the bends is extreme and doesn't seem to give him the flexibility to make the decision of whether to cut back or go wide. More the place he is on the track when entering the bend dictating his exit point.

Lol! Where we sit in recent weeks the dust has been bad, even in the grandstand. Last night the dust was not noticeable until the final heats. Whilst no dust at all is preferable, if someone is foolish enough to stand on a bend where there is dust billowing towards them and stinging their eyes, they are either idiots or foolish. Or both.

Milik is excellent. Would say there's not much to chose between the two, plus it gives us more points to play with lower down the order. In the last few seasons he has developed into a very good rider in Poland. His showing in the SEC shows how he has come on.

Dear oh dear. I am now of the opinion that when you don't like someone you go searching for tiny bits of posts to disagree with to expand so you can slag someone off. "I don't like that person so lets forensically go through every word of his posts to see if I can find something to disagree with". All very very sad. The dust was far far less than recent weeks. Fact! It got worse in the last few heats. Fact! Morris did his job as a number one. Fact! Harris did well. Fact! Yes it was a longer than usual meeting. There was a bad smash in heat two which punctured the air fence and took over 20 minutes to repair. There were also several gate infringements which also added to the length of the meeting. There was no interval to make up for it. Stop trying to nit pick my posts you are coming across as a bit patheticlike that Gavan to be honest.