Daniel Smith

Rob Lyon was the best man for the job too. He also had a 5 year plan. The BSPA wasn't interested so he quit as their way didn't interest him. I can only see the same happening with Rosco under the current BSPA management dinosaur's.

Steady will have his special AshTech underneath him so I'm not too worried about him. Good gater & I believe a very good rider. Woffy will will be Woffy. I'm more concerned about the standards of King & Harris. Harris especially who on big tracks in the GP's has looked like a snail. Let's hope that riding for our Nation gives them something extra. A medal is up for grabs and we're good enough to take it but everyone has to be on it. No passengers.

You can tell

Hancock isn't boring. He's just a very good gater, an accomplished racer and a clean overtaker. I use to think he was a little boring but this season I've watched him a little cloder and he certainly is not. What he is, is the ultimate polished professional, with all the vast years experience he's very calculated. And to think that a lot of us people's thought he should have retired at the end of last season. I genuinely think he's aiming to race to his 50th birthday. I'm convinced I have to say I'm confused regarding comments about the exclusion of Nilsson. ___________________________________________________________________________________ I remember a Sky meeting between Peterborough and King's Lynn. Pedersen (identical to last night) rode Bjerre up the fence and every man and his dog said Pedersen should have been excluded (apart from Peterborough fans obviously ). Racer's are racers. And during a race nobody should have to shut off. Nilsson knew where Krcmar was, came from an inside line and drove right across the front of him. Time and time again we here fans scream a rider shouldn't need to fall to call an exclusion yet we get one and now everyone is up in arms. It was a blatant obstruction from Nilsson and I applaud Jim Lawrence for making the call. I would have done the same as a referee

It seems BSI are struggling to shift tickets for the race off yet again. This time offering all Bydgoszcz season ticket holders free admission This is why the host nation should be in the race-off and not direct to the final. Then 2 from the race-off in the final

I think you'll be wrong but for sure hope you're right and GB have a night of their lives. Who's in and out of the opposition teams is neither here nor there. Fingers crossed Gollob is in for Poland too as they have a better 4 without him. Would be awesome if we can hit the podium. Being in the final was great but a podium would tip me over the edge

Right call as I said on the Danish SWC team thread

With you there. Considering Andersen was on his home Swedish track he wasn't awfully quick, often holding people up. Mads and Kildermand had more pace and would be more suited to Bydgoszcz as a throttle ringing race track.

Ok, your opinion is wrong, that's my opinion but other opinions welcome

That really was a meeting that should be shouted from the roof tops but right now I couldn't give a s#!¥te. All thoughts are with Andre

Hope Compton is ok, that is the worst thing the ever watch. Pleased Sky didn't replay that

So love to see Sheffield in the EL. Love this track

Virtually empty? I thought it looks quite a healthy crowd. Sheffield's back straight is closed to spectators by the way for health and safety of I remember correctly.

Since when has Alan Pardew been riding speedway?

The loss of Huggy was huge. Buster is an excellent track curator with pre-meeting preparation, i.e. blading, laying etc but Huggys use of the tractor was amazing. He created racing lines with a slick inside gradually getting deeper the closer to the fence you got. We don't see that anymore with the dirt consistent inside to out. The most evident to that has been the lack of riders being able to gain ground with an outside blasts. That certainly has been the case since our return to the Elite League.

Not sure that's true. More likely BSI don't approve of the rent fee's for hiring the grounds + the extra cost that would be required to introduce grandstands on the back straights. But you have to admit, for pure racing there's no better place in the UK

Peterborough is an ideal venue, and not just for the action on track but off it. Acres of space to allow BSI / Monster to have other things going on pre meeting and could make it a mini Cardiff type event. I like the meeting at my home track King's Lynn but it is restrictive to having other things going on during the day. I'd like to see these events have that bit extra about them, especially when held on a weekend

Someone using a camera while team GB were going round on the parade truck is hardly evidence as clearly the meeting is finished. Many people take pictures then. It may not be the same person during and after the meeting. All I said was, that I hadn't seen anyone use a red light camera during the meeting. There also wasn't any evidence of it on the TV either. There's been no photo evidence of this red light on social media during racing, only a photo at the end of the event, that's not evidence.

Regarding the red light on the camera. They may not have been aware that red lights are a distraction to the rider's but the 100's around them would. Why did nobody say anything to them?? Have to say from where I was I didn't even see the red light and it certainly never showed up on the TV either. Agree with what was said earlier, I think Darcy used it as an excuse to call a rerun as Harris had the beating of him

I was under the impression that the UK won't get the race-off and final until Belle Vue s National Stadium was completed.

Yes but he didn't hope over the gate, remained stood on track as the rider's came over the start finish at full speed. Its unacceptable and dangerous. The reaction would have been silence due to the rider being GB and in his home country, exactly the same as any other sport but doesn't mean people would approve. Silently would have been criticised and also lambasted on here & other social media I have no doubt.

He certainly didn't park up in the centre. He parked himself on track just past the start line gesturing to the referee while the other riders were down the back straight forcing the referee to put the red lights on. His retirement before that he parked his bike on the centre and as the rider's came past for lap 4 he walked across the track to the pit gate gesturing while the race continued. 2 very dangerous acts not just for himself but fellow rider's. I have never seen Pedersen, Woffinden, Crump etc attempt to be as stupid as that ever. Darcy was an absolute fool last night and almost the whole stadium let him know what they thought. A professional sportsman acting totally unprofessional and a huge Darcy Ward's a banker song was sung and boos every time he was seen or mentioned.

It's a situation that will never be eradicated with modern technology. Speedway needs to find a new solution to stop a race. Maybe red strobing strip lights across the airfences or similar.

Darcy is a brat and I hope he never wins the individual World title. His attitude was inexcusable last night. Twitter was absolutely hilarious last night too. Poole fans supporting Australia, Poole fans defending Ward, Poole fans banging their stupid PiratePride, PiratesForLife etc hashtag drum It really p!$$es me off in speedway when joker Brits support other national teams. It's not about the individuals, it's about National pride for our Nation. Woffinden gets battered and called an "Aussie" yet we have our own supporting other Nations, very sad. Agree with Blacksmith too, it is Great Britian, not England. The racing wasn't great last night by any stretch, but the atmosphere really did make up for the poor racing. So wish tracks up and down the country could replicate it and see it week in week out