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There are?! Oh go on then, there must be one...somewhere

oooh 'Brummie' - now that's low

Ha ha wrong on two points - and the third point is relative and subjective

What one of those cock-sure, cheating, glory-hunting, smug, fackin' saverners? Might be, but then again Darcy Ward might be a reformed character...

The Archbishop of Banterbury himself

Yeah it turns out I was the victim of identity theft for a while until you started your own account... the fackin' liberty

Ah - those two years must have been the glory days then...

Don't you think 'glory days' and 'amazing' in relation to the BSF is 'slightly' over-egging things a bit...?

Definitely walked through plenty of thick tw@ts and a few thin skinny runts on the terraces over the last 40 years or so - if that's what you mean...

Maybe all the singing has been due to all the winning over the last few years - intensely annoying, but not unjustified. All about to change this season, though...

Not better than Coventry, though

Nothing like a bit of added 'fuel' to the Harris - Nicholls feud teehee... From Speedway GP site: Nicholls was pleased to see Woffinden rewarded for his impressive progress at home and abroad. But he admits he was surprised to see Harris receive another chance in the SGP series, after the Coventry man finished 14th last season. He said: “Personally, I think Tai and Lee Richardson should have been given wild cards. “Lee hasn’t been in it for a while and he has been in pretty good form everywhere. His scores in Sweden and Poland are better than mine and Chris’ and his British form is good. “I was surprised Bomber got the nod over Lee. That’s just my personal opinion – I was surprised Lee didn’t get a wild card and he deserved one most out of all the British riders.”

Thank gawd for that - someone else who refuses to be blinded by the sun that seems to shine from a certain location other than in the sky. Quite frankly I've not been impressed by this alleged ongoing spat between the pair of them, but I was SERIOUSLY unimpressed with the childish umprofessional 'playground-like' almost name-calling on a public radio programme by one Mr Harris. Time to grow up now. I'm not party to what happens or is said in the pits or who does or does not get on with who. However, I will ask one question. If Nicholls was so roundly disliked at Coventry by his team mates, how did they manage to 'put asside their differences' so well to allow them to pull together so completely to wipe the floor with all opposition in 2007? I may be completely wrong, but that's not the behaviour of a team that hates their skipper so vehemently as has been alleged. However, this is not a Coventry or Harris v Nicholls thread, so back to the subject at hand... I agree with what has been said about Rico not being worthy of a place in the GPs. Equally, reinforcing the delusion that Harris is so wonderful by giving him another go in the GPs when he was so far off the pace helps neither him, the credibility of the GPs or British speedway in general. Until Harris gets a wake up call from not being in the GPs and moved out of his cosy Coventry comfort zone he won't be given the incentive or test of his determination needed to make the changes necessary to progress any further. The GP organisers were derided for continually giving Nicholls a wildcard, but he was never that far down the previous season's scoresheet when they did - so surely now Harris should receive the same 'beggar' status that was harshly bestowed on Nicholls. I also don't believe Tai was either ready for or justified a place either - just yet. There are plenty of other non-Brits ahead in the pecking order. So no Brits in the GPs would be my vote for next year - at least that way we wouldn't give other countries justifiable cause to complain about the special treatment we receive or, worse, to take pity on us for needing a leg up every year. Lets see the Brits get there by rights and restore some credibility.

Here's my highly scientifically 'randomly' chosen selection: 2 Jason CRUMP AUSTRALIA £50,000 3 Tomasz GOLLOB POLAND £45,000 - Captain for Prague 5 Hans ANDERSEN DENMARK £45,000 10 Fredrik LINDGREN SWEDEN £30,000 14 Sebastian ULAMEK POLAND £20,000

Wembley 1981 - if only for two awesome races - Olsen vs Penhall and Knudsen vs Penhall