barrow boy

Yes it was a tremendous meeting. Only a Fin might think otherwise but seriously I do truly feel that all teams should be allowed the opportunity to use their joker. Poland could have won this by being the only one of those in contention to gain 3 extra points which I feel is unfair on the others. By all means let it be used to, as John P of BSI keeps telling me, to keep the racing interesting, but teams not having been allowed to use it should in the last race. Racing will still be interesting but the result will at least be fairer. I don't think it would have mattered last night but it might have done.

Who said at least once every race 'If it stays like this the position will be.........!'

Crump got moved over by yhe rider on his outside and he accidently crowded Reima. Nobody's fault. Should have been all 4 again but as it was entering the straight it wasn't considered to be first bend bunching. Unfortunate but an accident.

Now it's my turn. As they say in Mastermind, Ive started so I'll finish (this thread) but I have not submitted my team yet. Well here goes. Scott Nicholls Mark Loram Simon Stead Chris Louis Dean Barker Good luck to whoever rides and congratulations to those who have in fact been chosen by NM Thanks also to everyone who participated in this thread.

Assuming either Poland or Australia win the first one and Denmark win the second then Team GB will probably face Poland or Australia, Sweden and either USA or Czech in the race off. Can we finish in the top 2?

Something on these lines was also talked about on Saturday also.

Did you catch Keith Hewden and Sam Ermolenko calling for the losing semi finalists to get some bonus points for their efforts on Saturday. Somebody should tell them we thought about it first.

Exactly. This is what I have been saying all along. It does not matter how good or how badly a rider performs if he gets there on merit in the first place. This year 2 of the 3 new free entries were not considered good enough by most people and to date they are in fact occupying the bottom 2 places and only one of the 4 regulars picked is currently in the top 10. Of the current top 8, 7 are the same as in 2005. Yes I agree the top 10 should requalify but would suggest that only 3 should come from the GP Qualifiers. 1 place should be left for the promotor's pick to allow for injury to a regular and the 16th place be reserved for the host country wild card choice. Why were 2 top internationals picked as the track reserves by Denmark, I thought it was practice to invite 2 up and coming youngsters to be blooded.

Totally agree

He sure took retribution on Niki P once didn't he?

Bo he didn't but he said "Disappointing" at least a hundred times. Well it seemed like it.

But he finished ahead of Lee Richardson and he was invited back in. That's the point.

I agree. Any standard of speedway at any new venue should be encouraged.

I like your last comment. Everytime I go to America you only read or hear about anything in the news if it involves an American doing well.

Noticed the Luxo Stars team printed at the bottom of a Captain marvel post.as Peter Karlsson(10.21) Michael Max(6.71) Hans Andersen(10.12) Charlie Gjedde(6.80) Andreas Jonsson(7.78) Ulrich Ostergaard(5.91) Ricky Ashworth(3.99) The averages are those currently being shown by Steve Turner in our Elite League. Do they have rider control in Sweden and if so what is the maximum team average? Can anyone help?

Should the 5 riders selected be those that did best at BV yesterday?

Why is he unfair and dishonest then?

Doesn't look as if I will be around when a GB rider again becomes World Champion.

15 posts only slagging Bonnie Tyler off isn't many is it out of all those who will be going to Cardiff. There must be a hell of a lot then that will join in the spirit of things and enjoy the show whatever it is.

I agree only if SS is doing a wind up but everytime he mentions JC it is to belittle him and to give him no credit for anything he does. He did make me smile though when he got paranoid because Bjarne P was not able to ride against P/Boro. He claimed that the only rider capable of covering him was guess who.

What's the difference between someone slagging TR and someone else slagging JC?

Provisionally it's at Reading for the race off and final. We've got to have a team for the first match first.

But Andy Smith kept qualifying through the GP Challenge for those that did not automatically qualify plus those that successfully battled through from the old World Championship Qualifying system. He earned his place unlike Lee Richardson.

Not when I asked the question but I have now thank you. We still don't know the whole truth though do we? Yes I know Tabby is adamant that he has been ignored and I have no reason to doubt that this is what she believes but if this is truly so I can only say that I am flabergasted(don't know how to spell this word) to say the least.