IainB Posted 5 hours ago Report Share Posted 5 hours ago 53 minutes ago, ShanoXtra said: Can’t see Dan having the same mentality as Ben White. Or Brady Kurtz 😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
szkocjasid Posted 4 hours ago Report Share Posted 4 hours ago Reading this comment from Ollie Allen "I have picked the best team that is available to me" makes me think, one heck of a lot of riders must have turned down the opportunity to represent GB, which is pretty disappointing. Either that or Allen has overrated Cairns & he was quite high up on the list of "next best riders"? Makes me feel the 2 reserves for the British GP should be Leon Flint & William Cairns, if they're willing to travel to rave for GB when others aren't, they should be rewarded with the GP reserve berth slot! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flagrag Posted 1 hour ago Report Share Posted 1 hour ago Think maybe this is a result of cost cutting measures as well, Like SGP the money available to each team is significantly lower than what has previously been offered hence why the qualifying has been tagged onto GP weekends to keep costs down. My understanding is that Will Cairns offered to attend for experience and cover the costs himself where as riders like Dan T would have to miss meetings in UK along with high travel costs especially with cost of diesel at present Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Blobby Posted 1 hour ago Report Share Posted 1 hour ago 24 minutes ago, flagrag said: Think maybe this is a result of cost cutting measures as well, Like SGP the money available to each team is significantly lower than what has previously been offered hence why the qualifying has been tagged onto GP weekends to keep costs down. My understanding is that Will Cairns offered to attend for experience and cover the costs himself where as riders like Dan T would have to miss meetings in UK along with high travel costs especially with cost of diesel at present You mean mummy and daddy are covering the costs like they have his whole career. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebv Posted 1 hour ago Report Share Posted 1 hour ago 38 minutes ago, flagrag said: Think maybe this is a result of cost cutting measures as well, Like SGP the money available to each team is significantly lower than what has previously been offered hence why the qualifying has been tagged onto GP weekends to keep costs down. My understanding is that Will Cairns offered to attend for experience and cover the costs himself where as riders like Dan T would have to miss meetings in UK along with high travel costs especially with cost of diesel at present If true... (And I dont doubt it given your links to the sport).. It is ridiculous... Any sport needs a successful national team to get publicity for its domestic product, so needs its best competitors there.. Hence Cricket and Rugby Union ensured they had exclusive central contracts for players so they could dictate when they played the domestic game, meaning they were always ready for International matches.. In "minority" sports, national success sells it to a wider audience, and media, not any domestic success... There must be over a dozen riders (currently), better than the young man, not including Woffy and Ellis who have injury issues... It would be like England taking my lad to the World Cup because he plays semi pro level football.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neila Posted 49 minutes ago Report Share Posted 49 minutes ago 38 minutes ago, Mr Blobby said: You mean mummy and daddy are covering the costs like they have his whole career. 11 hours ago, Neila said: Maybe the cairns family are sponsoring team GB 🤔 so son gets a team place !! Happens for a certain team manager 😜 Said the same earlier on 😉 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainB Posted 43 minutes ago Report Share Posted 43 minutes ago 21 minutes ago, mikebv said: If true... (And I dont doubt it given your links to the sport).. It is ridiculous... Any sport needs a successful national team to get publicity for its domestic product, so needs its best competitors there.. Hence Cricket and Rugby Union ensured they had exclusive central contracts for players so they could dictate when they played the domestic game, meaning they were always ready for International matches.. In "minority" sports, national success sells it to a wider audience, and media, not any domestic success... There must be over a dozen riders (currently), better than the young man, not including Woffy and Ellis who have injury issues... It would be like England taking my lad to the World Cup because he plays semi pro level football.. Think it lucky that GB Speedway Team has been subbed out or the team could very well have been Simon Lambert (c) Bomber Mark Lemon Peter Shocker & Middlo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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