OveFundinFan

Could be TripleH was using a mobile or tablet to type the original post. I assume predictive text has more to do with using mobiles/tablets then pc's. Best way of typing using a mobile is with the 2 thumbs, and can be very slow (unless you an 8 year old growing up with mobiles), so to speed the process up there is predictive text. This is where the software predicts a word, shows it, and you select if you want it, thus saving what can be huge amounts of time. There is usually a choice of words predicted, very often one of the predictions is correct so can be very useful. The software also learns what the person typing has said in the past and sometimes surprises me in what it has chosen. Can be a real pain at times when it gets the word incorrect but puts it in anyway.

Should be thankful that someone agreed to pickup after Sky went out.

Arne Pander (Andy Pandy as I used to call him) was a good rider, but riding at the time when Fundin, Moore, Craven and Briggs ruled the roost, he didnt match up to them. With the class of the Danish riders since, Arne would come well down my list. Morian Hansen I have heard of, but he never won the Danish championship (2nd once, third once) never mind doing anything in the world championship. Never heard of Baltzar hansen, and he doesnt even appear in the top three in any Danish championship. Olsen and Nielsen were awesome, but apart from Nicki I never got to see much of Gundersen and nothing of the other great Danes.

Apologies, TWK, I took it the wrong way

With reference to 1978 when Peter Collins fuel was tampered with. That was at Coventry if I remember right, and was it sugar they found in the fuel? Yep, I remember that. Did they ever find out who done it??? I took that to read that it was "tmc" top five.

If you not seen Emil - Miedzinski crash August 2013 take a look. Finished Emils year whe he was in with a strong chance of being world champ, and who knows if its still affecting him now. Certainly as he gets older he will suffer with his heath because of it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=da-5O8wY_RA and Emil was excluded!

Touch the tapes and your excluded - no exclusions so no one excluded. Move and the referee has the choice of judging an unfair start so all riders called back Discussion on here seems to imply the ref can give a moving rider a warning - which it seems he did during Mondays meeting.

So its heat 14, restarted after first bend incident between Doyle and Medzinski, in rerun Medzinski goes from the fence straight to inside but Doyle already there. Medzinski goes into fence but persime thats where Doyle got injury to right foot. Medzinskis move was similar to what Nicki Pedersen did in one of his two GPs this year - took someone to the fence then wants to go to the inside all in one move - not on .

If speedway bounces from one contractor to another then that could kill the sport as much as what else is going on. I am prepared to pay to watch speedway on TV but would find it very difficult having to change say from BT one tear to Sky the next and whoever else for the third year. Different lengths of contract, different equipment etc all add to the costs for a viewer and I can easily imagine the situation when enough is enough. What I need is continuity, football has fixed term contracts, so will other sports - Moto GP has a 3 year contract and so on. For speedway to start jumping from one to the other each year is a no from me. Its now took me 4 months of a year to change from Sky to BT, and its not complete yet. I for one could be lost to speedway for good.

To be fair and balance the situation, I was with TalkTalk for 2 consecutive contracts and didnt have any problem with them. Waiting to transfer to BT and having loads of problems - which may be more down to Openreach rather then BT

Russia were in the world cup qualifiers last year. They turned up at Belle Vue on the Friday night - Emil plus the two Lagutas and disappointed massively. Shame

He seriously need looking into even if this report is half right. He did more then enough damage to Emil - I never forget that crash. Its one thing being a danger to yourself, but when others are put at risk its time to protect others.

Well, I am supporting BT as much as I can in as much I signed up to have BT Infinity fast fibre and tv package in 2 rooms. Trouble is, I ordered that off BT 9th March, given a start date of 29th March, well in time for the first Speedway GP at end of April, and I am still waiting for Openreach to complete the job of getting the fibre cable from literally across the road (on a "private" estate) to a connection box behind my garden shed, then into the house (partly done). Excuse after excuse given by the poor bloke working for BT who faithfully rings me every week to report the progress. Informed last Friday that today, Tues 19th, an engineer from Openreach would be coming to sign off the job so the final connection can be made next week. I told him last Friday no engineers have been to dig up the road/my drive to get the fibre cable across the road up my drive to the box behind my shed. He assured me it had been done, I assured him there is no digging visible in the road nor my drive. Today he rings to say the connection is going ahead next week. I told him no inspection was made today. Poor guy, he just reading a computer screen no doubt. Meanwhile I'm still waiting to start paying BT in return for their investment.

The commentators picked up in the heat when two riders caused a rerun that the two innocent riders went straight back to the tapes, the two guilty ones stopped at the pit gate to be attended to by pit crew. Keep the pit gates closed for straightforward tape infringements. Easy decision to make. Whose call is it to open the pit gates??? Gag him. I too have missed on a recording the a final because the meeting had run over schedule. Very annoying.

Peter Collins could well have had 3 on the trot. 1975 could well have been a win had someone irresponsibly not watered the track. and in 1977 in Sweden was just a week after smashing his leg on a grid cover - I was there that night at BV and unusually I was stood on the bend where it happened. Sickening

If I remember correctly it was Midzinski that put Emil into the fence that incurred those terrible injuries in 2013

Whats happened to JD ???????????

I remember Troy Batchelor ALMOST doing it was it 3 years ago - got 20 points.

I would definitely think Laguta is in with a wild card. Looks like he started slow last night but his last ride could have took him through. Sadly he was injured and the other rider excluded, so that was his wc picked, and doubly so cause the final is in Russia. Not really on top form this year judging by results I seen so would really have to improve if he was to be a worthy entrant in to the 2018 GP series.

Cookie doing really well. Save that engine for next Monday

What, no Soren Sjosten - not even a mention

I understand they paid a LOT of money to Dorna to get MotoGP, and no doubt lots for the football.

I agree with no1 - but there again I would, would'nt I.

Doesnt sound too good for Nickis future, perhaps after the crash last year at Pardubice and this years crash has taken its toll and Nicki would be better retiring for the sake of his "good" health whilst he still has it. Will be a tough decision for him, but common sense has to rule the day of decision. SO Kildemand is in. He likes that track, so I put him as a major spoiler, possible winner and even stronger then for a top 3. Me thinks time for Emil to do a Hancock as at Prague. Be nice if Emils was a 21 pointer. How many times has a 21 point GP been accomplished??? Anyone know??

Interesting that, martin Mauger, Craven Park being the same size as Wembley 378 yards (yards-pre decimalisation). Wembley was a tricky track to ride, and most foreigners (particularly eastern europeans) could'nt get the hang of it. Exceptions were Igor Plechanov and Boris Samarodov - pity Igor never became world champ and Boris never got the top three. Both deserved that. Igor, I would think, loved Wembley, and became the thorn in the side for Ove Fundin.