The Cheese Posted 1 hour ago Report Share Posted 1 hour ago Was Melnychuk the Ukrainian rider looking for a place over here last season? Looked like he'd be a solid option for someone if he was available. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyler42 Posted 1 hour ago Report Share Posted 1 hour ago 16 minutes ago, IainB said: It's all very well and good having a professional national team, which has absolutely knocked anything that came before out of the park, but... to what end? How does it benefit British Speedway? It very nearly wasn't even on TV last night and even then behind a £30+ per month pay wall. We don't even get to see the national team in on track action in this country and the only connection it has with fans is through social media. I think you mean in the 2000s. We were the World Champions, plus silver and bronze medallists from the 70's right the way through to the late 80s. That was when it was 5-man teams. We have under the speedway of nations, two golds and two silvers. Fantastic achievements, but all in name, a pair's event. When it comes to the 5 man team event, we've not yet won. As for England's record in the pairs in the past. It's a fantastic record. 70s through to the late 80s, 7 Golds, 5 Silver and 2 Bronze. 👍 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chun Posted 58 minutes ago Report Share Posted 58 minutes ago Danny King is having a good season and is worth consideration if his form continues. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainB Posted 44 minutes ago Report Share Posted 44 minutes ago (edited) 51 minutes ago, tyler42 said: I think you mean in the 2000s. We were the World Champions, plus silver and bronze medallists from the 70's right the way through to the late 80s. That was when it was 5-man teams. We have under the speedway of nations, two golds and two silvers. Fantastic achievements, but all in name, a pair's event. When it comes to the 5 man team event, we've not yet won. As for England's record in the pairs in the past. It's a fantastic record. 70s through to the late 80s, 7 Golds, 5 Silver and 2 Bronze. 👍 Yes, I mean from the point that they took over... but unless you are prepared to travel to Europe you're only going to see our national team ride at home once or twice a year and this year not at all. I'm struggling to understand how this benefits British Speedway, it garner's little to no media interest, they may ride around with Daily Star plastered on their arses but just doing a quick search now on their website and the last Speedway story was about Emma Jones and the one prior to that Linda Lusardi! They'll be shown twice this year on pay-TV if they're lucky and they're just bringing on the youngsters, meaning they often miss British club matches so they can gain international experience and then be poached by Polish clubs leaving us using journeymen guests or rider replacement in their absence! Edited 40 minutes ago by IainB 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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