MattB

I've been there a couple couple of times in the last 2 years. Track might not be the best, but the setup there is very good and have enjoyed both trips and been made very welcome. Fingers crossed they get the funds, but watching that video with Phillips, he didn't seem very confident they'd run next year.

Very noticeable on his interview with Speedway 360 that Coleman was blunt enough to dismiss Speedway Futures LTD and what they have brought to the party

Freddie's injury last season might save him given his level of consistency over the last 4-5 years. Its a poor indictment of speedway in Sweden though

One thing Tatum and his sidekick overlooked (perhaps not surprisingly) is that last night was probably Freddie Lindgren's last ever GP. With Kim Nilsson in next year and no round scheduled for Sweden, little chance of Freddie getting picked.

"We saw some spectacular racing last time out in Riga". Tatum going early with the BS this week

Not good to see loads of empty seats

Promoters attitude towards fans who stop attending seems to "Well they're no great loss". When the sport is hemorrhaging clubs and fans at an ever increasing rate of knots, the last they should be is half-soaked about lapsed fans. Instead of having slopy-shoulders or even worse, criticising fans for not coming, FIND OUT why they don't come anymore

Promoters attitude towards fans who stop attending seems to "Well they're no great loss". When the sport is hemorrhaging clubs and fans at an ever increasing rate of knots, the last they should be is half-soaked about lapsed fans. Instead of having slopy-shoulders or even worse, criticising fans for not coming, FIND OUT why they don't come anymore

There were signs in Woffindens last championship that Zmarzlik was going to raise the bar - another couple of rounds that year and I think Zmarzlik would have caught him. After that, Tai never really laid a glove on him in the GP.

Wasn't Smith a Coventry rider when he won his three titles at Brandon? Collins and Morton were before my time. Havelock was good in 92, but as you say benefited from a wet track, Jonsson messing up his first ride, Ermolenko losing his head because of the delay and conditions, and Nielsen being injured and subsequently not getting to Wroclaw. Havelock deserved the title, but was also in the right place at the right time. Loram was probably the same. He was excellent in 99 and 2000, but helped by Rickardsson having two poor refereeing decisions go against him and Hamill being inconsistent. Loram and Havelock were both riders who were never likely to scale that peak again. Screen I would say was as talented as Tai and on his day was brilliant to watch, but was always handicapped by his poor gating and never got over the leg break he had in 2001. Tatum was a top rider, but tended to jump out of the way when someone showed him their back wheel. Also amuses me when he insists riders should just get on with it in wet conditions, when he was the first one putting his gear back in the van if he didn't fancy it.

Always divided opinion off the track, but an outstanding speedway rider. Was thrilled when he became a Wolves asset in 2006 and one of my favourite memories will always be the 2009 play off final win against Swindon, which both Tai and his dad (despite being seriously ill by that time) played a huge role in. Absolutely the right decision though. Tai had nothing left to prove.

If he's given the chance and not hounded out by the small-minded promoters around him

Or perhaps even some privacy

Or perhaps even some privacy

Is it really necessary to point a camera at Doyle when he's having a neck brace fitted? Give the guy a bit of dignity at least