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There must be at least 3 Polish riders in an Ekstraliga team since next year. So... no, actually he doesn't have to be Polish to fit the Bydgoszcz line up Why? Can't really say yet (although I wish the new rider was Polish, just in case) As for guys like Wozniak... I can't disagree he's young and talented and he would become much more experienced riding in Ekstraliga. But would Bydgoszcz get any points from him? Maybe a few.. but we need a guy who guarantees a certain score. There are many other tournaments where boys like Wozniak could gain experience but it can't be done at Polonia's expense. Not at this level. But maybe I'm wrong and the boy is good enough? Time will tell, in this case I won't be unhappy proved wrong in the future

If we sign Lindback and Okoniewski stays in, we'll only need one good u-21 rider to fil the line up, which would look as follows: 1. Jonsson 2. Davidsson 3. Lindback 4. Buczkowski 5. Okoniewski 6. (u-21) Sajfutdinov 7. (u-21) ... Our current second junior, Marcin Jedrzejewski, turns 22 next year so it was his last junior season. He'll probably be lent to one od Division 1 clubs. Another Bydgoszcz young boys like Damian Adamczak or Szymon Wozniak are gifted but not ready to ride in Ekstraliga yet, IMHO. So what we would need most is one top u-21 riders. Or one of world top riders instead of Okoniewski...

The correct version is: 25 April - Lonigo 9 May - Leszno 30 May - Göteborg 13 June - Kopenhaga 27 June - Cardiff 1 August - Praga 15 August - Malilla 29 August - Daugavpils 12 September - Krsko 26 September - Bydgoszcz 10 October - Gelsenkirchen 14 November - Melbourne

Wish I knew that... No secret news so far but I do hope they'll get someone else.

Andreas Jonsson, Emil Sajfutdinov, Jonas Davidsson and Krzysztof Buczkowski signed their contracts for 2009 with Polonia Bydgoszcz today. AJ signed for 2 years already. Rafal Okoniewski will probably stay in Bydgoszcz as well The new rider to join the team is going to be... Antonio Lindback! My sources are saying T.Rick is coming back to the game and going to build a pro speedway team with Saifutdinov and Lindback in the line-up I think Lindback is a big unknown but under T.Rick's wings he may be flying very high. Time will tell... At the moment it's all very unofficial, maybe even rumours.

I knew that!!! Well done Emil, the pride of Bydgoszcz!!! :D

Go Emil!!!

I wasn't at that match but on listened to it on the radio and they said AJ had ef in his fourth race, earlier had another serious one at Lonigo, and finally ended up having no working bike Anyway, he's not injured, no worries Congrats to Leszno, if I had had to bet on anyone, I'd have bet on Cz-wa after all. But it all doesn't matter... as after 18 defeats on the battlefields of Division 1, the mighty Rawicz won a match today and scored their first league points!!!!!!

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Anyway, am more than sure that if this had been Bydgoszcz tonight that pathetic guy wouldn't have even thought about making such decision. Otherwise, he would have needed a few SWAT units to leave the stadium

Or pro-Crump section led by biased Belle Vue fans.

Couldn't agree more. It's gonna be a while till I calm down after this semi final, anyway. Roll on Gelsenkirchen!

QUOTE (Rob B @ Sep 27 2008, 11:50 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Do they have different cameras for the Polish feed because there clearly was contact! I'm not saying there wasn't but it was Crump's decision to lie down like a prostitute. Least he had that ef in the final - the only little bit of justice tonight. He should have called the ref after the final and cried a river!

PS. Well done to Scotty in that race against Dryml!

Thank you

It was the same situation.

So happy Crump had ef in the final.

No

Don't know, they didn't mention him. But I guess he may be doing about the same money as Crump.

Big money. Pasted from today's article in one local newspapers: 2008 pays: * Nicki Pedersen - 2 200 000 zl (£ 536 585) * Tomasz Gollob - 1 800 000 zl (£ 439 024) * Jason Crump - 1 500 000 zl (£ 365 853) * Greg Hancock - 1 200 000 zl (£ 292 682) * Andreas Jonsson - 800 000 zl (£ 195 121) * Torun riders - 3 000 zl per point (£ 731 per point) The minimum budget of an Ekstraliga club for 2009 is estimated around 6 000 000 zl (~ £ 1 500 000) but the best ones may spend well over 8 000 000 zl We are the Premiership of speedway.

AJ's statement which I've just put on his website: Me and my team members are tired of all phone calls which we've been answering constantly. Everyone's asking what I'm planning and whether I'm going to be "the second Holta". It's true I'm trying to get Polish citizenship but that's been happening for quite a bit of time, for at least two months. But now it's been linked with that frustrating situation from the Swedish Championships final and the storm has started! I have no intention at all to renounce my Swedish citizenship and my efforts to get a Polish passport have nothing to do with speedway or representing my country. For a few years I've been spending lots of my time in Poland and I lead a normal daily life here. Not only my speedway life. I run a company here as well. Every year I'm more and more tied to this country by my business. Unfortunately, being Swedish I encounter many restrictions when it comes to my business activities in Poland. Some things are forbidden, others are restricted for foreigners here. For example investments. I spend in Poland more time and I'm more involved in some Polish issues than some of Polish emigrants who live in England, Sweden or Germany. So all my efforts to get Polish citizenship are caused strictly by business reasons. I run a company in Poland and I want to lead my business activities in Poland in a more normal and easier way. That's all.

His Polish is better than Holta's so why not lol

The club just needs a man who knows how to speak with riders and sponsors. Who knows how to encourage them to sign their contracts with the club. As the current one is doing nothing. No one expects a dream team here but obviously no one wants the situation like 2 seasons ago, when we had a very weak team and finally dropped down to Division 1... No, it was a different man then. The current chairman came in 2007 and immediately sent us to Division 1

Let's put it this way... Unless the current chairman (the same old c*ck who sank this team to Divison 1 two years ago) resignes, I can't see any bright future for Polonia Bydgoszcz.

I have some news but can only say it doesn't look too good at the moment. But maybe some things will get sorted soon and it will get better. Have been told only one name so far and I'm far from being impressed. Will write more when I'm allowed to.