Steve Shovlar

Fantastic Lindback!

So we have Denmark, Australia, Russia and USA for the run off. Denmark v Aus in reality. Too close to call.

The track shape doesn't change, does it? The Belle Vue riders have ridden in it and still lack home advantage. So spending a day practicing will certainly help learn some of the racing lines, where to use banking, where to cut back, how to enter a corner to gain the maximum drive leaving it, where to position hourself entering the corner to leave at maximum speed up the inside etc. Woffinden has placed a new a tattoo above practice and helping the lesser riders in the team. Couldn't this have been done on the 1st November? And Lambert frankly should be shown the door ala Nicki.

Friday tickets are now the same price as Saturday tickets by the look of it.

Good news on the extention and pleased my visit there a couple of weeks ago was not my last.

Could you imagine what the papers would say if Rooney said he was going to have a tattoo and not practice with the team just before an important WC match? Or Vardy saying he was going on holiday but hold his space in the team? Woffinden may be our best rider and current World Champion, but with his attitude it is very difficult to warm to him and support him. On another note tickets for any area are now available on the tickets site for the Friday. Maybe a lot of people had no choice but to purchase tickets for both days with no intention of attending the Friday night.

Pathetic but totally expected from Woffinden. However nonexcuse for Lambert. A holiday? Bloody hell they have 5 months off a year! Rosco should drop him and bring in Ellis or Worrall for him. The guy is taking the p*ss.

https://youtu.be/YwvQg0t9I9A

Magic has been suffering with slow bikes the last three weeks at least. Just doesn't have any pace at the mo.

Would never happen due to cost. EL riders won't put their leg over a bike for £163 a day.

I havent received them yet but expect them tomorrow. Just googled the school and its next door. Perfect.

With the SWC following Cardiff by a short period of time, wouldn't it be great if the SWC final was held at Cardiff the day after the GP? What A Weekend! The track would be in place, the fans would already be in town and could be treated to two fantastic meetings in the space of 24 hours. BSI would save a fortune in stadium hire, and the attendance for the SWC would be three times the size of Belle Vue. Plus It has a roof so no rain off. The race off could take place a week earlier at another track, therefore not giving any advantage to the team making the final. With the SWC rotating between GB, Poland, Sweden and Denmark this could only happen every four years but surely it could work and be a massive success. Thoughts?

I phoned the stadium on Thursday and got a cark park space at £10 for two days at the school. Wherever that is. Very close by of course but there were still spaces available.

With 66 tickets left its a sell out. You would get a lot more than that turning up in the hope of getting in on the night. But surely there's a lot more Friday only tickets available as some fans will only come for the Final?

That is fantastic news. There are going to be a lot of people who will turn up on the day thinking they can just pay and walk in, such is the mentality of the average speedway fan and the fact that they are not used to buying tickets in advance. The touts will be out in force!

i don't think you are in the minority at all. Quite a few on here now agreeing it was the correct call. Think the ref was spot on. Not only did Zmarzlik elbow but he was turning right on Iversen at the same time. He was the primary cause of the stoppage.

Now on youtube. https://youtu.be/1VnOu-Ujp1M

I said I think He will never be world champion. Of course he is a good rider and the opposition tonight was certainly not GP standard. A top 8 GP rider, but not WC.

I could see exactly where she was coming from. Unlike league meetings where it would have been all four back, fim referees look for a reason for the stoppage and if they decided a rider caused the stoppage he is out. Zmarzlik was not subtle. He turned right and thrust out an elbow. Even smashy and nicey on tv were wondering along those lines before the light came on. I thought the ref was brave to exclude Zmarzlik but it wasn't a wrong call or bad call. Just her interpretation of what she saw. Poland were never going to lose tonight regardless of this talking point.

So someone with a different opinion on here is now a fool?

That would have been the usual call but it looked to me that there was intent there from Zmarzlik. No harm done though.

Disagree. Thought the ref was excellent. Zmarzlik turned right then gave Iversen and big elbow, causing Iversen to crash. Zmarzlik cause of the race stoppage. A brave call but the correct one. Certainly a talking point.

Ref was excellent there. Clear the cause of the stoppage was zmarzlik. He knew what he was doing and Iversen was sent sprawling. Poland will still go through. Edit. And they just have. Quite enjoyable meeting in the end.

Well Emil did sweet fa in his second. Poland through, Denmark second, Russia third. Track is slick and not enough lines to pass at the mo.

Ellis was riding with a broken collarbone in the World u21's at Lynn. Bates had home track advantage at Sheffield and only won, fairly it must be said, because Ellis had gated and was blocking the outside run of Lambert alowing Bates to go up the inside. Doubt there would be a late change of mind. That would make Rosco look weak and indecisive. As has been said, Ellis broke his collarbone a couple of weeks before Lynn and really should not have ridden. So if they are not allowed to practice in the seven days leading up to the event, what is the point of having a nss which is not being used? The squad should have been up there doing hundreds of laps by now. As has been said, Ellis was carrying a broken collar bone. Ellis saw off Bates at Brandon last week and beat him easily on Wednesday. Ellis the right man if called upon. Think that's a given but as long as we are not tailed off last we can't expect more. Come on Team GB we can do what the Danes did a few years ago...........