THE DEAN MACHINE

you would be surprised what some of the poles are like away from the track , yes they do train and they are all fit but they understand the mental side is more important , speedway is a head game not a fitness one, I have mentioned this before , you have the right bikes and the right head and desire you will win , you have the right bikes, the fitness the team, everything but you haven't got the head you will win nothing , this has been proven time and time again , kasprazak is the obvious example , he has everything bikes, team , fitness , money , sponsors and is a world class rider but he has days when his head isn't there and he struggles to beat his own shadow and it doesn't matter how many times he goes to the gym or whatever food he eats , it's the mind that wins races, riders might talk the fitness healthy lifestyle but they eat crap like the rest of us and they spend more time on a plane than they do in a gym and most of the training they do is riding motox

To say certain members from the trust and the current 3 promotors are not the best of friends is a massive understatement , what is put out in press releases is just spin as is the crap which is put out in the local papers every year about finding land , this is a genuine chance but to get somewhere but imo personalities on both sides need to change to get anywhere , yes they need work together but will they ?

One thing the World Cup did show is all this healthy crap does nothing , get the right engines and a shrink and you may get an improvement , speedway is all about what's in the head of the engine and the head of the rider , not what's in the crank cases or the belllly

its amazing how seemingly open doors can slam shut when a word from the right person in the right ear takes place , everyone wants Cradley back but not everyone has the same agender and a clash will be and already is in exsistance , as I've said before the trust needs to use its fan power to stand a chance , although I do believe the trust also needs to look at its own personality and who is fronting it but that's just my personal opinion

yes it would for all Cradley fans but do not underestimate the power of some people within the sport who may have a more selfish agenda

Opposition will come from within the sport rather than outside it . The one thing you have is fan backing you need to use it , good luck

don't underestimate how gullible riders can be when it comes to speedway engines

Wow that was a hard commited ride from Harris just for 1 point

Worral didn't deserve last place there

Is it possible to finish 5th in a 4 team meeting?cause we are having a good go to achieve it

We are ridiculously off the pace , strangely so are the Russians

Got to love the passion of the polish fans during their national anthem

if you judge them in extraleague the Leon madsen and max fricke are 2 of the best riders in the world cause in Poland they are exceptional

gate like we did Saturday , get off to a good start and we have a chance , start poor and we will get crushed , come on GB , I will be screaming at the tv for you

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the poles have practiced lap after Lap this week in perfect conditions , if it's wet tomorrow we must use that as advantage to us and a disadvantage to them

What went wrong is the sport is being run for the riders not the fans and the gap between the two is wider than ever , it's trying to be something it isn't like a poor mans F1 and it's roots are in the garden shed and as TWK said on another post it has lost its soul

while that might be true in general the British public who may be watching will get sucked into the" we are winning , come on " nothing happens in any other sport but when Brits are winning we latch on to it

while I agree Poland are favourites , they have in pawlicki and janowski two riders who are unpredictable scorers with pawlicki been unpredictable as to if he will finish the race as seen in the last gp where he crashed while leading comfortably and he is the same for leszno , both him and janowski both had poor meetings in the polish championships on Friday , throw in the massive pressure that they will have and well you never know , I expect nothing but it's not as clear cut as people think, we might benifit by Australia going through because Russia or Latvia are both potential winners in Poland , I know Poland have been practicing at leszno this week and if they start convincingly they will take some stoping but if they have their cages rattled early on I think we will see a diiferent poland fro what everyone expects from them

While I hope Saturdays final has great racing and is a tense meeting I would rather see Britain win with no passing at all , a British win with amazing racing would be a bonus but a British win is the thing that will get me cheering and shouting at the tv and it will make me a £1000 better off as I had a bet on them

In speedway terms that is an earthquake , can't remember the last time Denmark we not at the top of world speedway

with all the issues the sport has and there are many , until the admission price ,the social side and the team aspect of the sport are addressed you will never tempt the armchair viewers to the sport , the lessons are there for us to learn in all sports , even in speedway but we just bury our heads in the sand and blame everybody and everything without looking at ourselves

One decision I don't understand is why gerhard made them twin cam instead of single cam , history tells you twin cams are very hit and miss on speedway , I believe if he had made it single cam you would see a lot more use of them but either waty can speedway afford the GTR to fail ?and I'm talking about the sport in general not what the bspa has riding on it

this i believe is so true ,

I don't get it either , I don't like him but just ignore him , he didn't deserve the abuse he got , I understand people feel let down by him but we had a great result and that should of been what the tweets were aboutbut some folk are very confrontational especially on social media Having watched the polish championships last night are the poles that strong even at home ? Only one of the team made the final and 2 of them didn't even make the semi final , they are all good riders but they are vulnerable especially with the weight of the country on their shoulders , , we are gaurenteed 4th , if we have an average meeting we will get 3rd , if we have a excellent meeting 2nd , if we have an excellent meeting , luck is on our side and the poles do crumble under pressure well who knows