stevehone

i say leave Hans Andersen alone... i got him in my Speedway Star fantasy team

thanks for that.... and by the way, don't let Tabby3 see you have an Australian avatar and said about 'us' needing a scapegoat... Tabby3 seems to expect every UK resident to support Team GB and therefore have a GB avatar

no i don't think Hans is innocent...i watched the meeting too, but then do you also think Nicholls should have been excluded earlier in the meeting, or do you think Nicholls made a mistake with the 'red lights' or do you even think the race should have been stopped when Richardson was 3rd in a race and someone in front went out of shape causing his chain to come off... how often do you see that in a league match and at the fans just look at it as an unfortunate incident, after all, no-one came off. basically what i'm saying is that these things balance themselves out... and Sweden won.

ok, here we go.... this is something i posted last night on the King's Lynn forum in reply to someone else that didn't like my point of view.. FROM KING'S LYNN FORUM POSTED BY STEVE HONE sorry you feel this way and i'll point something out... there was someone in this house tonight supporting the Danes and it wasn't me or Sarah. the best team on the night was quite obviously the Swedes as they won the meeting. i wanted the Brits to win tonight.. i like Loram but not any of the others, but thats still one more than any of the other teams had that i like. i am a speedway fan first and foremost and will say it as i see it...not what other people are telling me i should be saying or thinking. i used to support Wimbledon FC and would sit front row behind the goal at Selhurst and slag off Shearer, Cole, Beckham, Owen etc for 9 months of the year.... there was no way come an international match i was then going to start cheering for them... yes, i want my nation to win, but i'm not going overboard with flags and high hopes of something that is a waste of time (it's why i don't support Lynn ).. i will sit and watch and tell it as it is WHEN they lose. mentioned tonight that the last world cup win at speedway was 1989... for the 'big speedway nation' that's kinda worrying don't you think? END OF QUOTE watch the personal comments, they might come back and bite you one day ho hum

might have something to do with the same old crap from British fans that can't accept that their team has been beaten... i.e Euro Championships.. 'that ref was to blame' 'rooney got hurt' 'owen was off form' 'the ball was different' 'the grass was too green' 'leaves on track' 'wrong kind of snow' etc etc etc ad infinitum for any sporting event.... oh well, soon be the olympics... more excuses filtering out

and restock the shelves with good old British Sour Grapes

nuff said... if Nicholls had beaten PK we wouldn't be seeing all this drivel

pity he couldn't buy Hans Andersen before heat 25 then

back on the fags since heat 25 too i bet

i'm not missing the point (Nicholls has already done that tonight )... but the point i'm trying to make is that there are 3 others that didn't see the red light... just what was Nicholls seeing? i have a powerful auto-focus flash that produces the short bursts of red light, and i know what he says he saw, but the other 3 kept going Yes Steve, because perhaps they didn't see it. The 2 riders in front had perhaps passed where the light came from & NP was shielded by being behind Scotty. The fact is YOU don't know what he saw, he did. And I think it is reasonable to assume that no speedway rider would stop racing in that situation just because it seemed like a good idea. You have ridden a speedway bike, obviously not at this level, but riders have it ingrained into their racing psyche that if a red light is shown, they stop. If you honestly believe that he saw nothing & in a similar situation you would have acted differently, then good for you, that makes you a better man than him. well i didn't see the red light mate, and obviously Nicholls saw something, but he didn't see the red lights switched on by the ref, and that's my point... there are red lights all round the bend and on the straights, and yes you are correct that i have ridden and obviously not at this level and i will say when the red lights come on you do actually see considerably more than just the one little flash

whoever she wanted to i suppose... not really anyone else's business

i'm not missing the point (Nicholls has already done that tonight )... but the point i'm trying to make is that there are 3 others that didn't see the red light... just what was Nicholls seeing? i have a powerful auto-focus flash that produces the short bursts of red light, and i know what he says he saw, but the other 3 kept going

and it was apparent to me GB should have made the most of the outside gates in the early stages then

what are you trying to say about Honest Hans?

Because he saw a red light & the others didn't. Scott is a racer & wouldn't shut off & put his hand up for no reason. If you can't say anything sensible don't say anything. as posted by Shooting Star earlier.... etc etc greengrocers selling a lot of those sour grapes tonight basically.... so it's not a sensible mention that one rider sees a light but three others don't?? so Nicki Pedersen and whoever was in front of Nicholls aren't racers?? maybe they were racers that are not seeing things

Groundhog Day on the forum (again)

well they had the luck but still didn't win...says it all really... maybe the Hans Andersen thing was just cancelling out heat 23?

well people need someone to blame.... personal thoughts are.... there are 4 riders in every race, why does one stop and three keep going? answers on a postcard to Neil Middleditch c/o Poole Speedway

well at least people haven't laid into Nicki Pedersen yet

seem to recall the Aussies doing something very similar at the World Cup Final at Coventry... was that 1999?? think it was Crump that 'threw' the meeting so ENGLAND didn't win that night... good to see he was blackballed by all the UK promoters

well no-one will be going to Brandon next season will they??

or just go to your local Jessops camera shop...

did Tabby have to pay to get you out too?

nobody even mentioned that due to his injuries he might be on medication but then again, everyone quick to slate him on here