BWitcher

Adonis, take a moment to actually read and you will see we are in agreement.

The same thing to which you said "the only connection is in the minds of people who go looking for things to be offended about , pathetic really" i.e. we are in agreement. There was nothing offensive posted for ArnieG to get worked up about.

He didn't apologise as there was no need to. He simply stated there was no offence intended.. which of course there wasn't.. neither 'intended' or 'caused'. What is offensive is you bringing paedophilia into a conversation about a speedway team. What is wrong with your mind to even begin to go there?

You're the one with the issue and it's your sick mind that has tried to connect two perfectly innocent comments and turn them into something they quite clearly are not.

You call yourself a speedway fan? That has been a fun part of the sport ever since I've been following it (1984).

It's not funny at all, it's perfect sense. Many fans are tired of paying the same, or increased prices for a product that is being consistently lowered in standard. No business can expect to survive in that fashion.

Legally.. but it's all a game of favors..

He was suggesting a Wolves team

Thorssell hasn't been poor, he did exactly what realistically could have been expected, actually slightly better in my opinion. He doesn't have an inflated average from riding at No 4 as he did the previous year, or as Schlein and Masters do from this season. As for Howarth, he had an injury blighted season that sees him on a much lower average. Basically, Thorssell and Howarth have to be the first two names on the sheet along with Morris if he wishes to join.

No, not like that at all. Two riders have a crash and get injured. One is mentally strong enough to overcome it and resume his career at a higher level, the other isn't.

Would be a very good signing whatever level the league is at.

If you read his post he clearly states which. I guess this is another of your 'I know something' posts.

That's the whole point, some riders over the years have been able to cope with such things better, meaning they go on to achieve more success in their career. It's an important ingredient to the longevity and success of a career as I mentioned earlier. Take Ermolenko and his injuries in 89. For many riders that would have been the end or they would have come back a shell of the rider they once were, yet he came back even better. He then had a further smash at the end of 93 and broke his leg again and was never quite the same again.

Another ingredient is luck. Someone like Greg Hancock for instance has been able to ride for as long as he has because he has managed, for the most part, to avoid serious injury. Now much of that is down to the way he rides, but even the safest of riders can be wiped out by others.

I meant nobody paid to watch him ride on Monday. As for Cradley, completely agree.

You didn't pay to watch him.

Of course it is. The ability to recover mentally from a crash, the ability to recover mentally from seeing others in a crash, these are ingredients that can make one rider more successful than another. There are many riders over the years who were 'never the same' after a crash, not always a major injury either. Sam Ermolenko for instance came back better than ever from his horror smash in 89, whereas someone like Joe Screen was never quite the same after his bad leg break. With regards to Wolves riders, Mikael Max had a crash in Australia at the end of the GP, he was never close to being the same rider again, whereas Freddie Lindgren had similar crashes and came back even better. So no, it's far from 'ridiculous', it's a major ingredient.

From comments across social media many were attending solely because of Tai being there.

Yep, I can remember the final.

Is that when he beat Hans Nielsen?

I don't think anyone has said that. What has been said is there are more professional riders now than in the 70's. PC would, if he was riding now, be one of the most professional as he was in the 70's.

More time to work out the handicaps? That doesn't take any time at all, it's already done at the conclusion of the previous races.. takes about 30 seconds.

Can't agree with Peter Collins ranking alongside Mark Loram, he is head and shoulders above him in my opinion.

As opposed to made up nonsense which you continually post. Some of your posts could land you in hot water legally too with your accusations of race fixing and cheating. It's already been explained to you the scoring system by both myself and Grachan so it's rendered your point (yet again) irrelevant. As for the final, when the system is used... Its a TEAM event so quite logically the first TEAM to finish wins.

No, only in the Grand Final or a tie.