Brummie Kev

Thought it was a decent meeting, what I expected from Team GB really. I dont think we were ever going finish ahead of the Poles and in the second half of the meeting at least we did much better than the first half. A bit disapointed with the first half as I felt we threw some silly points away especially the Nicholls Joker. In the end Im pleased with effort the team showed, I dont think theres any doubt about that. The Poles are head and shoulders above us, and will probably be over everyone else on Home Shale. The Race-Off will be tough especially if the Laguta Brothers and Emil come into the side. Realistically Im expecting the Swedes and Aussies to march into the final. I hope Team GB at least go to Gorzow and give it everthing and under Middlo I am sure they will. One last thing, surely there are two Krzysztof Kasprzak's around, that cant be the same rider that has been riding for us this season. On this evidence why are Elite League reserves beating him. He showed when hes in the mood and his bikes are right, just what he can do. Hopefully the Kasprzak we saw tonight can do it in Brummies colours after the World Cup.

Clown Barker WTF?, Barker scored 6 from 3 rides on World Cup debut and beat a GP rider, that is terrible is it. Its good to see riders that want to ride their bollocks off for Team GB unlike Rico.

So it looks like No Emil Sayfutdinov for Russia!!! :o http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?hl=en&prev=/search%3Fq%3DZuzel%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26biw%3D1280%26bih%3D804%26prmd%3Divns&rurl=translate.google.co.uk&sl=pl&u=http://www.sportowefakty.pl/zuzel/2011/07/04/emil-sajfutdinow-dla-sportowefaktypl-nie-pojade-w-druzynowym/&usg=ALkJrhjX8FqQzTQLkP40Q2fEkpFOidU-Rw

Kasprzak in Polands team, are they mad!

Excellent Heat 14, to make it 42 all going into last heat. This last heat should be a cracker!

Massive Heathens win, would imagine it will be a bit tricky for the Islanders to adapt to the tight and technical Monmore Green track. Its only slighty different to Smallbrook.

A good place to park is on Tyndall Street, near the Etap. We parked there last year, theres meters but its free after 6pm so you only have pay upto then. Its not much and its on a main road so easy to get out after the meeting.

Totally agree with you, I like Janusz Kolodziej as a rider and its its good seeing him doing well. Certaintly been a tough season for him so far. Decent showing from Edward Kennett so far aswell. Who's that women doing the interviews, she's well fit. Get her on Sky Sports.

Whos replacing Ales Dryml.

I watched last nights meeting, not the greatest but Ive seen worse. The Hammerby track I thought was a disgrace, there was one part that was bordering on dangerous. The inside of Bend 4 seemed to be heavily rutted, with riders lifting violently in most heats. We saw THJ almost wipe Gollob out in Heat 12, he managed to correct himself and prevented a serious crash but most riders in pratyically every heat were having trouble with that part of the track.

God that was an awful crash in Heat 14 and the crash in Heat 11 looked pretty bad too.

Watched it on Premier Sports, the commentator was much better this week and I enjoyed the coverage. The racing later was terrfic especially with Nicki P and AJ. Glad to see Eric Andersson was okay and able to continue, thaty looked quite a nasty fall on the backstraight. Just how good do Dackarna look, Freddie, AJ, Rune Holta and the very impressive Pavlic as their top 4 plus not forgetting Arthur Mroczka. Vargarna look a shocking side to me, Pedersen and Miedzinski apart. KK was in the mix and involed in a cracking battle with AJ in one heat (cant remember which one) but only scored 4 points. I see he was wearing his Brummies racesuit, I wonder if we will see him wearing it for the Brummies again.

Well Done Krzysztof Kasprzak

Good Signing for the Heathens, Kyle is a top rider at this level and a rider that the Heathens fans should love watching. He never knows when hes beaten and gives 100% out on the track.

I think Premier Sports are thinking about getting rights to Polish Speedway. Ive been following the discussion about it on their facebook page. Their concerns are because there is so much sport they show on Sunday, they might have to show delayed coverage of it. They say people wont subsribe to watch delayed coveage and instead will just watch it on internet streams. They are probably right, however many people will subscribe for Swedish Speedway alone and even delayed coverage of Polish Speedway will tempt people to sign up. The disscussion page has been going on for a few months, but Premier Sports posted as late as last friday about it. So its clearly in their thoughts, I would URGE everyone to comment on the discussion on their facebook site.

I see KK scored 12 for Tarnow, So do Tarnow now play nice . Hes down to race in Sweden On Tuesday, so how long before his UK ban is lifted.

Are you sure Krzysztof Kasprzak is riding for Vargarna, hes been banned by his Polish Club from riding in the UK, so surely that includes Sweden too.

FANTASTIC NEWS, Cant Wait !!!!!

Well done to the Bulls on a good win, now lets beat them Heathens on Sunday.

Good luck to the Bulls on the Island tomorrow, I think we have quite a decent side certaintly at reserve anyway. I'm glad we have sone riders that were involved in the USA Match, Hargreaves and Webster. Webster was excellent then so hoping for more of the same tomorrow. I do think we will win. Jamie Pickard has been in excellent form for Stoke and hes at reserve for us tomorrow aswell. Aaron Baseby has started the season pretty well for Mildenhall and scored solidly in their opening two meetings. So we could be strong at reserve which is good. Good Luck Bulls!

Both deserved it, Ive seen Ben Reade before when Plymouth were at Perry Barr last season and looked decent then too. He looks better then a 3 point rider and whilst Garrity should increase his average hugely, I can also see Ben doing similar. He doesnt seem to have been around for long but looks good.

Well I was looking forward to this, and it sure didnt disapoint. Despite the margin of victory for the Bulls, the USA team cant be disapointed with their effort and performance. The level of racing was superb tonight, especially when Castro and McConnell were in them, alot of Castros wins came from the back too with win quite briliant passing. I was impressed with the crowd, decent considering its a meeting of NL standard. Saw alot of kids in and not surprising considering it was FREE for under 11s. The crowds for the Bulls meeting should go up against Dudley and Stoke too. Bulls Ratings (my opinion) Jack - Did pretty well with 9 from 4 rides, although he was no match for Castro. 7.5/10 Tom- Only the one race win but cant complain with 7+2 from 4 rides. 6.5/10 Tim- Outstanding, looked very quick all night. 13+1 from 5 rides. 9.5/10 Brendan- Was okay but suffered from engine trouble after one race. 4 points from 4 rides 5/10 Paul- The only Bulls rider to beat Castro, and rode very well. 13 from 5 rides. 8.5/10 Ben- Very impressed with this kid, looks to have a bit about him. Is he really a 3 point rider , can only see at least 2 points on this average this season. 9+2 from 4 rides. 9/10 Darryl- Decent performance, 5+2 from 4 rides. 6/10 The American team can take alot of credit for the entertainment they provided the crowd tonight, especially Castro and Mad Dog. Castro was sensational and I actually wanted him to win Heat 15 and get his 18 point max which he totally deserved, 10/10 for me. Shawn McConnell scored 5+1 from 4 rides but deserved double that. He was no where near as quick as Castro but bloody entertaining. He made sure he used the wide Perry Barr bends to his advantage and at times it was edge of your seat stuff, fantastic. Doug Nicol always did pretty fairly well, a good second place on the tactical in Heat 14. Joey Holt looked okay with 4 from 3 but the Americans badly struggled. I guess this was there first time riding together after the practice was rained off at Buxton. I can only see the American team getting better as the tour advances for them. So a good opening first Bulls win, Congratulations to Phil Morris. Lets hope the Brummies get a similar type win next Thursday against Lakeside.

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I was wondering what the riding order of the Bulls will be tomorrow night, my guess is: 1. Jack Hargreaves 2. Brendan Johnson 3. Tim Webster 4. Tom Perry 5. Paul Starke 6. Ben Reade 7. Darryl Richings Anyone know the riding order for the US team. Hope we get another good meeting at Perry Barr, as this is a NL standard meeting I presume the old silencers will be used. I have yet to see a poor meeting on the new ones (despite what the so called 'experts' say on them ), so will be interesting to see if the racing is better, about the same or worse tomorrow. Good Luck the Bulls

Good Luck in your opening meeting as Team Manager of the Bulls Phil. Looking forward to this, it will be good to get away from the Elite League for one week and watch the kids in action. Delighted to see Jack Hargreaves back in Birmingham Colours Before he took a break, he did a great job for us in the Premier League, didnt he average around 5.5. Looks a good Bulls team, good to see 'Fred' Perry in the Bulls line-up. If he misses the gate, we are all in for a treat . Looking at the Dream Team, we all know about 'Mad Dog' but looking forward to watching Eddie Castro once again. A shame Austin Novratil isnt here this year as he was so impressive here last year. I'm sure there will be someone from the Dream Team that will step up to the mantle this year. So I'm hoping to see a Birmingham win on Thursday, 'The Brummies' have lost two out 3 home meetings, so it would be nice to see the 'Bulls' hopefully get off to a good start.