mikebv

Becomes very much riding the berm, follow my leader like... Might close up the scores somewhat?...

The track will be nice and grippy if the recent deluge that just hit Stockport lands at the NSS.. Inside line, like riding on rails, and very fast....

It has gone on for "ever", however, given the ever dwindling amount of teams over the past couple of decades it has just become more prevelent and therefore significantly more noticeable... And obviously Social Media now gets the information out there well before the meetings take place, which then gets discussed (and often deservedly ridiculed), by a much larger number of people... I am actually surprised that both meetings are not having the situation hyped up by the two hosting clubs .. Eg. "Will the two Kings Lynn riders sabotage their own teams season by scoring well for Sheffield, or will they be double agents and help condemn Sheffield to two defeats?. Come and watch the intrigue unfold! Don't miss out!!".. It would pack out both the venues I am sure ..😉😁

So... Does Max score well for Sheffield to pretty much guarantee Sheffield qualify for the Play Offs at the expense of his KL team mates, the KL management and the KL fans, many of whom will have paid out plenty to watch him ride for them at KL this season..?... (The upside of course meaning he can then ride for Sheffield in those Play Offs and earn a fair few quid)... Or? Does he not ride well for Sheffield as there is still an outside chance his own team could make the Play Offs, whereby he could then still earn a fair few quid riding for Kings Lynn in the Play Offs, but not let down his own KL team mates, the KL management, and the KL fans...? Decisions, Decisions... Maybe he should ask Ben Cook what to do?..

If he only did U24 he could... Maybe? I think! Possibly???.. You would think that the rules would have been confirmed and announced by now wouldn't you?.. The UK were getting next season sorted "early" weren't they?.. Although, they were also going to get the Cups completed "early" too...

As everyone knows, Guests are a "necessary evil", and Speedway simply couldn't run within a team framework without the Guest Rider system... It would clearly be absolutely impossible to run Speedway as a team sport if they didn't share around each others riders every week on a horses for courses adhoc basis... The top tier in the UK only has six teams, compared to Poland, Sweden and Denmark who have eight teams in theirs... And the UK's top tier will use not far off 100 guests, once more, this season, to ensure the season gets completed.. The other three leagues, with two more teams in each, must use well over 100 I would think to complete theirs... Put simply, there is absolutely, 100%, no other way of running Speedway as a team sport..

A perfectly acceptable situation....

Yes. And Mickey Mouse rules as usual....

Riders have more than one team, and some also hold down a full time job away from Speedway, so they won't be "unemployed" unless they choose to be.. And several riders this season, like all other seasons, got brought in to replace injured riders or when team changes got made.... Therefore, five rider teams will be the same as now in the way riders get brought in as the season goes along, however, the difference will be that there will be a bigger supply of them..

I thought the GB lads all rode to their respective levels last night... Nothing too much was expected of them given the level of their opponents, and they delivered that expectation, and certainly didn't embarrass themselves... All were competitive, with Lambert showing that his World Class status is well deserved... With Bewley in the team they would have definitely been in the mix for Silver. Overall, I think they can all be satisfied in what they delivered, and, particularly effort wise, they didn't leave anything back in the pits...

The Poles always do feel as if they are shoehorned into a team concept.. Riding for themselves does appear to interest them more...

Two...

I get the feeling that ABP was the plan tonight. "Anyone But Poland"...

Brilliant first bend by Doyle....

A perfect time to run an Ashes series next season... Six v Six...

The Danes telling Doyle to let the Danes win...

Brady.......

Best team in the world... By a fair distance on any type of track... Team GB not embarrassed ..

You can only presume that, like in F1, someone pays for his place...

BZ doing a dive bomb block pass?.. Who would have thought?...

Bailed out... Dick head....

You can see the difference in how riding in the UK can be "easy", for a certain level of rider, which can lead to these riders gaining a false opinion of their true level... Wright, for me, has been "the best of the rest", behind the top GP lads, for a good while, and that is, in the main for me, down to his "aggression" level which the top lads need to compete... Too many of our lads don't get tested enough at the very top level, which then becomes too much of a gap to bridge when they come up against that level of rider... The team have at least been competitive...

I believe the team who did Bradford are doing it...

13,000 at Wroclaw would have delivered a great atmosphere and racing... But many, many thousands more in Warsaw delivers much, much more money...

Woryna didn't get touched... Wright did... That was what the ref watched...