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OveFundinFan

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  1. There is a good chance that any league commitments will not be completed due to delays, so I would scrap the league this year and run as many matches as possible as challenge matches. Saves any frustration at the end of the year. Apart from that...... some tracks may not reach the end of the year anyway.
  2. I can see a lot of businesses, even some big ones, struggling through this, some even disappearing. I wonder how this will affect speedway sponsorship, either team or individual riders. Certainly GP riders require a lot of sponsorship to be competitive through a whole season, Emil went awol for 3 years cause he couldn’t raise funds to compete at highest level. we know sponsorship in Poland is crazy high, riders getting £1k per point it is said. What happens to Polish speedway if sponsorship collapses. Interesting times ahead.
  3. Me and the wife are of "the elderly", but we had a call from our son tonight who has just got home from a NHS meeting where obviously coronavirus had been discussed. His message for us was to restrict where we go, who we visit, do a big shop one day a week, not do multiple trips, because "this is serious" and is going to get worse, a lot worse. For sure we each decide to do what we want to do, but it would be foolish to ignore warnings, this is not a scam!
  4. If there is a 500 limit and that includes speedway, it would be quiet novel to see fans being turned away from some tracks.
  5. Lidsey, I think will make it, impressive in the under 21's world championship. If Dan doesn't make big strides this year then I will begin to wonder if he will. My big concern is Lambert. Again, like Dan, this will be a defining year for Lambert.
  6. Youngy105, you know it can rain at anytime anywhere in the uk, especially in these weird times known as climate change. You also know the BV track is still raceable when rain has stopped play at other uk tracks. Chun up though, it’s been blazing hot during June for 2018 and 2019.
  7. If you go into an task with a negative attitude, the likely thing is that you will fail. Have a positive attitude, and surround yourself with others who are positive then you have a better chance of succeeding. Smoli is doing it right, investing in new engines and fresh mechanics. Would be nice if he did what he did in the final of the NZ Gp few years ago..... that would lite up the forum.
  8. MAYBE, he was hoping his wife would recover to such an extent he could confidently ride this year. MAYBE she not responded so well, such he taken the decision to stay home. I do hope his wife is doing well, but if not, there is a lot been said on here that should not have been said - like he thinking of himself, he is selfish etc
  9. Easy, I said “I think the winner is in those three”. I didn’t say here is my top three. So Martin could be in the top 3, as could Freddie, in fact, I like that idea.
  10. I reckon Martin Vaculick will be in top 3 for 2020. And if Freddie Lindgren starts off well then he could be in with a shout come the last GP. Of course, Woffinden, Zmarzlik and Madsen will be very much in the mix, I think the winner is in those three. The rest will be giving everyone a strong chase and well capable of stealing big points on occasions.
  11. Hi Teaboy, the problem I can see with having an early season qualifier for a GP spot is getting sponsorship for a whole GP season at such a late stage. It takes months of planning to arrange/secure major sponsorships, plus a rider with serious intent will probably want to spend winter months for a gruelling GP season on top of riding in 2+or 3 countries every week. What is going to happen is the rider everyone is hoping would liven up a GP season is at a big disadvantage due to lack of funds etc and likely to be like a damp firework.
  12. So you kickin against the current system, that’s ok. I was looking within the current system cause that’s what exists.
  13. Logically I got to think Smolinski would be the next in line for a wild card, that’s why he is no 1 in the official 2020 GP substitute list drawn up by the same as pick the wild cards I presume.
  14. Greg deserved a wild card. Whoever was to replace him was not of his doing.
  15. A great tribute. That race at BV against Chris Harris was a real cracker.
  16. Can’t agree with that. Ok, he was a fast hater, isn’t that what everyone wants to be - better chance of being successful in a race if you can gate, and he was rock steady - nowt wrong with that either. He. was/is a Legend, his feat will be hard to beat, still world class at 49, more world titles after he was 40 then after, he may well have been past his best but he could still show the younger ones the way. Will be interesting to see what he does in the future within speedway. Hope things work out right within his family.
  17. Indoor speedway - Micky mouse type racing, only done to stimulate interest during winter months IMO. Seems to have died a death thankfully. Small amount I watched when televised it was woeful.
  18. For the 3 disciplines identified in Steve’s original post I would put Simon Wigg no 1, with Kelvin Tatum 2, and Peter Collins 3. If Peter had won long track world championship he would have been more of a contender for the top two. Missing from the list is Chris Morton and Chris Harris. Neither top 3 material but worthy of a mention..
  19. Soto Ian, Do you use Opera with VPN activated to watch SGP live? Opera VPN gets very poor reviews, but they testing it for all its properties not necessarily to watch SGP, which we will be interested in. If you do watch SGP on Opera VPN, can you give us a run down on how to connect and whether it is running at an adequate speed.... ie continuous viewing, no lag etc. The review I read about VPN gave it a rating of 2.5/5 (5 out of 10) which is not good, but that is because a VPN is supposed to hide who you are and other details, which it seems to fail miserably at. As someone earlier posted, NordVPN is consistently rated the best VPN.
  20. I think it has taken almost 25 years for Snooker to get where it is in China. Let’s face it, picking up a snooker cue I a lot easier to do compared to crossing a leg over a speedway bike. Maybe I not a pioneer, but lessons from the past reflect what could happen. For example..... USA produced so many great riders, but speedway itself has never caught on in USA. So speedway in Patagonia......mmmm. It’s a NO from me.
  21. Type VPN in a search engine and suppliers of the service pop up, not seen a free service yet, and some are more pricy then others......but there agin, some are easier to setup and more reliable in use, I believe.
  22. VPN has various uses, in this particular case you can choose what country you are in for internet connection, logically you select a country that you can get live action of SGP, as it not available in the UK.
  23. My error.... meant to say if Son is not a sell out it would bad news for British speedway. I was there both nights in 2016, Friday night was not a sell out but Saturday must have been close. Got to be at least same again.
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