IainB

Happy to debate... Surely the only definition of best is winning the world championship, it means you are the complete rider, these days more than ever with the GP series, yes you can have your favourites and prefer to watch them, you may think others are better passers or gaters or have done whatever. You can only beat what is in front of you. Who was better TRick or Crumpy? The record books say TRick, but Crumpy medaled for 10 consecutive years, an amazing achievement, not equalled, not the best ever but the most consistent ever.

My only opinion was that this great achievement deserves its own thread, what remains fact is he will become Britain's best ever speedway rider: finest, greatest, top, foremost, leading, pre-eminent, premier, prime, first, chief, principal, supreme, of the highest quality, superlative, unrivalled, second to none, without equal, nonpareil, unsurpassed, unsurpassable, peerless, matchless, unparalleled, unbeaten, unbeatable, unexcelled, optimum, optimal, ultimate, surpassing, incomparable, ideal, perfect A stupid reply to a stupid post And despite all that will prove himself to be the best Brit ever tomorrow

KL town centre is a lovely place, well worth a visit... I enjoyed it more than my trip to KL speedway (abandoned Vs Leicester)

You're sounding a bit like a horrible racist

I'd ask on the unofficial thread of I were you... More chance of a reply

He could just buy Poole then and run the sport

Ok... I can't see what the big deal is then. But congratulations to the guy

I'd say yes it does... It's not a matter of opinion. A matter of opinion would be that he is or isn't your favourite. He'll be the best British Speedway racer ever, that's a fact... Otherwise somebody could say Rob Shuttleworth is the best ever!

Just thought, that if Jim Lawrence had his own thread then so should Tai

I refer you to my previous reply... The man is about to become 3 times BRITISH World Champion!!!

He'll do it... He's done it twice before and he's already said he's going to do it tomorrow. Bartek has already shown himself to be a bit of a choker when he should have cut Tai's lead to 4 or 5 points, there's no way he'll do it in front of his own fans. I think to win his first title he needs to start the season well and hang on

Yes, he gets a mention, there's posts about him in the SoN section, I just think he deserves his own section on the verge of such a massive achievement.

It reads as if that's exactly what they do to me... So the BSPA make the rules up and the SCB enforce them?

The members of the board... Blimey you have to be Columbo to piece all this together. Am I right in thinking that the SCB are like arbitrators in BSPA petty squabbles?

I can't believe that the day before Tai proves himself to be the best British Speedway racer ever there is barely any mention of it on here. On the verge of his 3rd world title he's been head and shoulders above his rivals this year with only a very slight wobble a couple of GP's ago. Number 3 will see him join the greats of the sport and at 28 if he can stay injury free surely TRicks record must be in danger. Ah but I hear you cry... He talks with an Australian accent, he's turned his back on British Speedway, he's got tattoos! I think he's grown up a lot in the last few years and now comes across really well on TV, articulate and arrogant... Which is ok when you can back it up. Woffy! Woffy! Woffy!

How? I still don't get it. Who appointed him?

Speaking as somebody who has been fortunate enough to attend Belle Vue and unfortunate enough to attend Leicester regularly over the last few years, given the choice I'd take the NSS every day of the week for the sheer unpredictability of the racing, you know it's going to be good but nobody is in a safe position on that track, where as the only unpredictability at Leicester is who is going to make the gate. I used to think that making a pass should be something that is difficult (although perhaps not as difficult as at Leicester) and requires skill to complete but having witnessed Speedway at the NSS my opinion on that has changed.

Officially or unofficially?

So he (they) basically do as he's told by the BSPA? Could they have stopped FRN or doubling up or any of the other disasters over the years that has nearly killed the sport in this country?

What "things" I still don't get it... What "things" did his predecessor deal with... I'm not being funny here, I genuinely just don't know

At least with Fraud selling up this will hopefully see the end of that kind of behaviour and the continual bending of the rules

Why? I'm not sure what impact this position has on Speedway in the UK... Can somebody educate me

I speak as a fan of both sports and I watch and like them both for very different reasons, for me Speedway is purely about the racing at it's rawest. F1 is much more layered, there's the money, glamour, politics, technology and probably a long way down the list the racing. If I watched F1 for the racing, I wouldn't watch it. There's probably even 2 fan bases that watch F1 also, those that go live and those that follow it on TV. I've been to Silverstone a couple of times and both times never stopped for the race preferring to watch it at home on the TV. I got the experience of hearing the old high revving engines and seeing the impossible cornering speeds but couldn't get into it as a sporting event live, effectively just watching a car go by every few seconds. I don't feel you can compare them... It's like comparing Speedway to Horse Racing or Greyhounds or 1500m Atheletcs... All racing but attracting very different audiences.

I watched the match last night and then read this thread this morning and it's almost as entertaining as the speedway last night... Thanks everybody

Why the paramedic has to go to hospital with a rider with a broken collarbone seems strange but I'm sure he/she knows best. I suppose it's only right that BT Sport are treated the same way us fans are