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At least the Danes have a bit of backbone and spirit; alas the Brits are really struggling, Bomber seems a nice kid but not with the killer instinct needed to get to the top of the tree...Nichols is just a bag of excuses really to roll out every time.....perhaps his biggest fan is right about him, begger?

you've all missed out Lee Richardson.

I was reading somewhere that if either of the Brits get injured then Lee Richardson is next in line to replace them

Andersen N. Pedersen Hancock Crump Hampel Zagar Holta Adams Jonsson Gollob Lindback B. Pedersen Nicholls Jagus Harris A tough year for the brits and a 'new' World Champion

What would cause a stir for 2008 would be if Bomber manages to score more 'GP points' than Nicholls but neither of them qualify in the top 8. Will Nicholls give up his demand for a place in favour of the future of British speedway? Will he buggery.. Here's to 2008 with Simon Stead and Chris Harris representing GB and the likes of Nicholls, Loramski and Richardson a mere distant memory....

Can see Team GB sticking Richardson at reserve for that reason, not

Well interesting debate reading the thread.... seems to me... 1. Nichols is very lucky to get a wild card 2. Sub seems not too keen on his talent 3. The scoring is a bit flawed, but so was the previous system however it occured to me if Nicholls was Finnish, then this whole debate wouldn't have happened....Nicholls is geting favoured as he's a Brit no doubt about it and whether he's be there on merit is well open to interpretation. Anyhow, its livened up the last hour reading this thread, so cheers Sub and cheers to the people who feel the 'need' to protect Scott's reputation....does he really need it?

Speedway at the seaside is a total non-starter. Look how successful Skeggie was recently...

He always used to scrap the fence on bend 4 as well.....not unlike a lot of our foreign inports in the period....Johnno was a nightmare when he first started although he preferred to get close to the fence on the second bend, usually on lap 1 too

Didn't George Stancl's dad ride for Coventry in the 70s? Jiri Stancl....

The whole argument will be solved when 'eddie' gets the nomination and leaves Scott to sit it out for the season does anyone know when the nominations are to be made?

I fully agree with you, there's something a amiss in the world of speedway, how the sport is wrestled back is another matter

If Nichol's did miss the series (07) then would Sky still be pushing the sport as they have been? No GB representative in the GP would have quite a few viewers turning elsewhere and thats the last thing Sky want and as they seem to call the tune. Expect him in, no doubt and possibly a second GB rep too.

No great shocks in that list, except perhaps Lee Richardson being so high? It occured to me that the US will disappear off the world stage once Greg hangs up his helmet

Back to the riders roster, as Scott seems to have the British nomination stitched up, its unlikely we'll get a second rep (unless of course Eddie gets it) so there's not much hope for the future of British riders in it is there? I'd love to see us go back to the old style, one off final as the current system is set up to maintain the 'few' at the expense of the 'many', and is what is wrong with speedway generally, all TV driven as per football but without the money pumped in.