Najjer

I think there is a number of reasons. He’s no longer classed as a junior rider so would need to ride in the main 1-5 of the team, otherwise I can’t imagine Leszno would be letting him go. They already have Lidsey as their U24 rider and whilst they are being linked with riders like Jason Doyle, it would be a straight toss up between him and Kubera. Kubera himself said after the play off final that he wanted to ‘spread his wings’ and go somewhere else to learn more and become a better rider. He said aswell he would want to return to Leszno in years to come further down the line.

If they have Woffinden, Laguta, Fricke, Chugonov (U24) and Janowski, they have only got 1 Polish senior rider in the team... unless they pull another dodgy one and get Laguta to turn into a Pole too!

The original Speedway World Cup was always one of the highlights of the year. There used to be some epic meetings using the 4 teams of 5 format. Ironically, even with that format I think Russia would probably take some stopping... unless you hold a few rounds at Lakeside or Eastbourne again

Presumably Max Fricke whose birthday is the end of March next year, where he turns 25, could be frozen out also. He will be too old to qualify for one of the under-24 team positions and looks unlikely to fit in at Wroclaw if they sign Artem Laguta as expected and keep Tai Woffinden. Not really much room left for him to go anywhere else other than Zielona Gora or into Division 1. Not ideal for a Grand Prix rider! Wroclaw I would also presume are likely to end up with Laguta and Woffinden as their overseas riders, Janowski with options to declare Chugonov as the other Pole or the under 24 rider along with Dan Bewley.

Rumblings of Torun choosing between Tobiasz Musielak and Adrian Miedzinski for one of their senior Polish riders in their team, with others suggesting they take a punt on Gregorz Zengota. Personally speaking I wouldn't have Miedzinski anywhere near my team but he's obviously been at Torun in the past for a number of years. I have also updated the post on the first page to now include teams 'outgoing riders' so that it's easy to track who has left and where they have gone to.

To an extent - but using your example of football, isn't this just the same as a team winning every game in the group stages, beating everybody 5-0 in the knockout stages and then losing to a team whose scraped into the final? My personal view is that a 'final race' is always needed as it mantains excitement and unpredictability right until the final heat of the night. Otherwise the meeting could be over by the half way point and it creates abit of a non event and anti climax.

Quoted this one across from the other thread - Is Karczmarz now confirmed? Hadn't seen that anywhere but will add it to the list.

Russia each way now seems a good bet already!

Kulakov ruined it for me throwing away heat 14, but I still end the night in profit thanks to Miedzinski! I think this weekend has to be my biggest profit of the whole season across a weekend! What an end to the season

I took Toruń on the +1.5 too, could be a good’un!

Miedzinski subbed out

Good odds on +1.5 handicap too!

I’d break even exactly, which I’d settle for after he reeled off two wins making it look like a lost cause

Forget that, tactical sub out of the question now

Not for me, Miedzinski had to back out of it but just kept on and ploughed in Fajfer. Certainly abit of luck that I needed after it all went south with his two wins! Just need to hope he doesn’t get a tactical sub ride now aswell

Every time I’ve seen Miedzinski this season, I think he’s crashed at least once. He looks absolutely Wreckless at times

He was anyway

That’s you nearly home after 2 rides!

Other than being frozen out, I think it's about the only option that's left on the table for Matej Zagar. I can't see how he can be accomodated anywhere else

I'd take a punt on Zielona Gora lining up with Dudek, Tungate, Jeppeson, Zagar and Protasiewicz... assuming their bid to hang onto Vaculik isn't successful

I have edited post no.3 and will update this as and when more signings are made

I've gone for Miedzinski exactly and under 9. Will keep an eye on when the in play betting opens as they might offer him at a decent price for under 8.5 or 9.5 instead

Frederik Jakobsen stays with Gnieszno

All depends who bombs out of Heat 14 and 15 for any of the juniors if the match is over. If the track is wet again then I'd write Miedzinski off straight away.

If that's how it pans out, I don't hold out much hope for Grudziadz!