Daniel Smith

What exactly are the other options available to the BSI??

I wouldn't say a 3.75 average in the 3rd tier is "doing very well". Fingers crossed he does come good though, we desperately need some quality.

That's the thing, they're getting development opportunities more than ever. The numbers in the Championship is full of youth. But being there they're getting found out quickly and stall. Current crop of 16-18yo is not better than years gone by. In fact, I'd say they're worse, no future GP rider's in the making at all, none of them. After Lambert we really have nothing to look forward to imo.

To be fair to the BSPA, they had put that pathway in place. We'd had NL rider's at reserve for a few years & lets be brutally honest, it was a flop. The racing was more awful than normal & they even tried protected heats. Again, you could only find 1 or 2 good riders out of 14. Another fault with our top league is using it for development, that shouldn't be happening. Yes there are dross foreigners, but quite frankly, many many Brits are far far worse. Just go through the list of Brits in our top league & 2nd tier. 5-10 years ago there was great hope for many & they're now all just also-rans. Many of them too got shots in the Polish 2nd & 3rd tier & couldn't deliver. Opportunities are there & arise for our Brits. In fact Poland have been very open to us over the last 10 years, we've just not had anyone of any 'real' talent stand out. We've now got Woffy & Lambert but our next biggest hope was Bewley but he's struggling to make that next step. We have a big problem over here of over hyping a rider at National League levels.

Or we could just have the radical idea of you're only exclude if you touch the tapes?!? Speedway doesn't & has no real need for transponder technology. With regards to Madsen, he just has exceptional gating ability. What needs to be worked on is the slack in the tapes. Noticed many times that riders were accused of jumping when in fact the outside of the tapes are released. Theres a split second where the centre of the tapes are still in a stationery position & if you're on gate 2 or 3 & make a perfect start it looks far worse than on gate 1 & 4.

It's incredible when you think that possibly the 2 most boring sports in the public eye are the ones that give you the biggest buzz throughout the whole game / meeting. England's T20 & Speedway offer so much. Unfortunately for speedway, especially up & down the UK finding those thrilling race meetings are very few & far between. Would be lucky if it's 1 in 5 meetings of any significant quality I'd say. How that could be improved on though really is the impossible question except for turning every track into Belle Vue, which also is impossible.

A phrase repeated for the last 20 years. We'll be lucky to get 1 or 2 come through & actually be top class.

This all kicked off a few years ago when nearly the whole line-up withdrew from the meeting over the pay structure. Unfortunately, national pride hasn't existed for this competition for at least 10 years. The big guns don't get paid enough so don't show

The same under the other system too

Is the weather playing ball in Prague??

Why's it weird, many of us are still big fans hence why we still appear on this forum but only watch "big time" Speedway, Exstraliga, Elitserien, SGP, SEC, World Cups etc. We've just lost interest in the dross served in the UK. Only watch (quite often briefly as the meetings are so bad) UK Speedway on BT.

After barely missing a Stars home meeting & a few away for 20+ years I haven't missed it at all. Been living just outside Wolverhampton for the past 3 years & only been once when Lynn were there, 3 years ago. I'm happy with just watching BT's Speedway coverage, a few Exstraliga & Elitserien meetings that's it. British Speedway is dead to me

That is exactly my point. The moaning regarding Lindgren is ridiculous. The rider's know the rules & if they're willing to put it all on the line in the qualifying heats & flop under pressure that's not Lindgren's fault. I'd love Woffy to win it again but I can't see it but I wouldn't mind Lindgren doing it. He knows how to be consistent.

For the record, does anyone think Mark Loram wasn't a deserving World Champion?

Enjoyed both meetings but nothing is more enjoyable than watching a homer chocking

Are there any other Motorsports where the GP winner never earns the most points?

Those calling for the double headers to continue when the crowds hopefully return, just imagine the hotel costs for Cardiff weekend?? Yep, the moaning would proper kick off.

I understand what Bellamy was saying though last night. Under the old system there was no pressure on the final for the highest scoring riders. I wasn't a fan before last night of the scoring. After though I didn't mind and actually added a bit more enjoyment. Zmarzlik, Madsen & Emil getting knocked out was good viewing & Freddie scraping through on 7 & bagging 16 points was great. It's about dealing with pressure and the 3 of them didn't.

No foreign teams in the Exstraliga, you sure about that or just opinion?

Think this & next season are well out the window for obvious reasons

Love Adam Ellis to do it. Woffinden, Lambert, Ellis in the GP's for 2021 would be something us British fans should want.

I think Zmarzlik is one of the reasons they've changed the scoring system, simply because he's so fast & wins most of his heats. Hate the new scoring system but what it does do is see which riders handle being under pressure the best in the semi & final.

In this order for me: 1. Sayfutdinov 2. Zmarzlik 3. Woffinden 4. Madsen 5. Lindgren

I know age has no bearing in general but between these two it does. Holder has been around the Polish league longer + having his brother beside him, plus Monster backing all at Torun so should be more experienced & ahead of Lambert.

I think it's difficult to assess between J.Holder & Lambert in the Exstraliga. Jack has a consistent position in the team whereas Lambert being No8 gets dumped into all the tougher heats because Rybnik are so so bad as a team. Next season should be a good comparison as I can't see Lambert & Holder not getting in an Exstraliga team's 7. For the record, Jack is 2 years older at 24 so should actually be a bit further on than he is in his career.