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Someone who can't even spell the name of his own nation. Are you related to Greg?

To be honest, who bl**dy cares? Excellent magazine BTW.

Norway - Rolf Gramstad

Actually I can't argue with any of that Chris. I admit it's great for the Reading supporters, but for the sport of speedway it's a massive step back on all of what BSI have been preaching the past few years.

ZAGAR SIXTH?????? You've obviously let PL speedway cloud your judgement the past few years. Most of the field will blow Zagar away with their speed from the gate alone.

Arena Essex would be my choice. Such a perfect shaped track for a meeting of this magnitude.

Surely even a biased Oxford fan like yourself Rob, must admit that Andersen should have got in ahead of Iversen. Even as a Reading fan I'm honest enough to admit that Andersen should have got in ahead of Zagar. I'm no fan of Hans Andersen, but he has definately got a rough deal from this.

Must admit it's crazy to see a rider like Zagar getting in ahead of Hans Andersen. The GPs need to have some sort of proper qualification.

Not so sure he does ahead of some of those left out.

LOL.

I meant all the leagues combined, not just one set of league averages.

Cardiff is the biggest event on the GP calendar - they have to sell some tickets. You may not like it, but those are the facts. Regardless of that, it you fill the line-up with Slovenians and Czechs in preference to superior British riders, then the GP series will be poorer for it. Our two Brits may have missed out on the top eight, but they've hardly been failures - they are both still within the top 16 riders in the world on all tracks around the world. That's good enough for me.

To all those people who think Lee Richardson doesn't deserve to be in the GP's. WHO WOULD YOU REPLACE HIM WITH? Loram - had his best days. Stead - Not good enough Harris - Not good enough. That's about it for British riders. I do think there should be some sort of qualifying rounds to get in if you miss out on the top eight, but under the current rules then Nicholls and Richardson have to be in.

Andy You've been watching far too much PL speedway the past few years - I don't think you realise how good and fast the EL guys really are. I'm one of those that thinks Zagar will struggle in the EL next season (and there are many others). His gating is poor in the PL, so how that will translate to EL racing is anyone's guess. He won't get the chance to blast around the outside of the EL and GP guys like he does at Smallmead each and every Monday. No doubting that Zagar is an imense talent, but until his gating improves he'll be an GP also ran. Lee Richardson is one of the fastest starters in the world - and whether that makes him a 'gating tart' as some like to describe it, he will always return a big average and will be well placed in the GP standings with that weapon in his armoury. He would have finished higher in the GP standings if he hadn't had all those problems at the start of the season, e.g. tuner falling ill etc. I still fancy Lee to win a GP before Scott Nicholls does.

Do you really think Zagar, Kolodziej, Stead are BETTER than Richardson? You really don't have a clue do you?

Strange signing - think Stone would be far better off trying to find a replacement for the absent Michael Coles.

So how does holding the event in England mean that USA are hosting it?

Just a harmless slip of the mind - nothing to get out your pram about

I would agree. There is no doubt he is an awesome motorcyclist, and at PL level he can make up for his poor starts, but will have to change things to be a top EL & GP rider.

Sullivan is still an 8-9 point EL rider. I doubt Zagar could do that at the moment, due to his lack of gating ability - just look at his Swedish EL form. Some Reading fans think Matej is Mr wonderful because he wins with ease in the PL, but I don't think these same fans realise how quick and a top gater you have to be to suceed at EL level. I know Zagar did well in the Slovenian GP, but that was his own track.

Zagar is a top rider, but if you think he's better than Sullivan and Gollob then you are even more miss guided than usual.

Listening to his interview he does seem a lot more at piece with himself after tonight. He must have been extremely angry after Cardiff, but at least he only can blame himself tonight. At the end of the he can at least say he's won it once, and is still young enough and good enough to have a few more championships before he retires.

Agreed

But I would guess that there are about 200 times more speedway races a week than moto cross - so hardly a good comparison.

And what if that failed?