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Mickey Mouse Bollox.... But beautifully apt for the clowns...

Ipswich throttle jockey's.....😁

Tonight's X link.... #prayforippo. 😁

I think a Championship rider who isn't even top 10 in that league,might be a tad below the level of a Polish Top Tier Health Leader ...😁

I think you will be right .. Once again though, nothing has been done to promote this TV meetings locally... Gorzow the other week for one of their matches dropped prices and gave each Season Ticket holder a free ticket to give away to someone... Let's be honest, it's not like there isn't a clear pattern at the NSS for TV matches and poor crowds for the PO Qualifiers is there? You would think with the kids off school more would have been done to attract some of the many tens of thousands of them (and obviously therefore their parents or guardians), who haven't gone away this week.. The last few years Eurosport has been "free" if you already had the Sky package, but this year you now need a separate TNT package to watch the Speedway, so maybe many having paid this monthly subscription feel as if they need VFM by using it.? Especially if the weather could look a bit dodgy, and, obviously now a HL is missing...

Shows how unfit for purpose the RR facility is... And why we end up with so many guests... Whoever is above and below Lydsey in the averages should be allowed to take two rides each (if Mike decided the was what he wanted to do)... Max seven rides each per any rider..... You will now have reserves taking rides... (Even if a TAC SUB takes one of them!!!)

Is he on the RS list?

Finding 12 Mondays or Thursdays between early April to September cannot be easy can it?

A fit for purpose RR would negate guests... Keep it simple... The rider missing can be replaced by the riders above and below twice (if the manager wishes), with a max seven rides each in the meeting... No1 missing? Then any riders can take his place to a max of two of his four rides.. No7 missing? Then a No8 (unattached), comes in and takes two of his rides with the No6 doing the other two... Whatever rider is missing then that is the RR spot... Other riders may get injured in a meeting but that is sport so by all means have an IRR plan to accommodate it... Which includes any rider pulling out missing the next match as a matter of course so as to dissuade any dodgy practice... Ipswich's Tom Brennan making a massive contribution to Leicester winning the KO Cup is nonsense really isn't it? And so many guestfests take place needlessly due to the RR system being so flawed, and are often due to one or other of the teams seeing an opportunity for a few ringers being brought in.. Simply. In 2025 this sport will never be taken seriously by the wider media and public with such a system in place..

Has the Wild Card been published? If its Dudek then he could be a spoiler for both...

Sounds like Leicester's lux ran out... I'll get me coat....

Ahh... Now you've said it the third time I completely agree...

Keep going...

Give your head a wobble.... Without Kurtz this season would have been a write off already.... Possibly the GOAT has so far only managed three points more.... No one wins a world title without being a special talent... And that includes the likes of Szczakiel, Muller and Havelock, amongst others, who won one offs...

Just a Throttle Jockey....

I presume the Captains no longer have to sign the pre match declaration that all riders are paid up to date?

They are the Birmingham of Sweden... Looking at the others, one team seems to get around 1000 but the rest look like they get crowds that UK Speedway would be pleased with... One match that the sponsors pay for is a great idea which hopefully can help generate some wider longer term interest. . Was that the sponsors match last night? Or did two good teams generate the 4000 plus?

Some very good racing... 4000+ crowd too... Seems to still be very decent crowds in Sweden regardless of what some on here seem to comment on about a demise... UK Speedway would certainly like 2000+ (and often many more), at most top league matches....

Completely one sided hammering but some excellent racing... A real advantage Speedway has over many, many other sports is the score doesn't have to be close to keep it worth watching..

Tom Brennan showing the aggression he needs to show more often there if he wants to make it to top international level... Showed Zmarzlik zero respect ..

Matias Nelsen beats Zmarzlik....

Kirky Lane delivered some very good racing until Air Fences came in and took away the wider outside run that the likes of Screen, Ott, Ermolenko, Adams, Hamill, Crump, Nielsen, Trick etc etc all used to great effect... It was designed as a "small track that rode like a big one", with very wide bends for its overall size.. When the Air Fences came in, it then became very much "standard UK fayre", of fill your programme in after bend three, lap one... Monmore went a similar way after they reconfigured the bend two fence to make the entry on to the track.. , As the equipment changed, these tracks of those shapes sadly didn't deliver the same level of entertainment that they once did... Anyone watching on TV would keep far more interested I would think if the racing had plenty of passing, rather than reinforcing the view that so many hold of whoever gets out of the start first always wins, no matter how close the rider is behind for four laps.. The devoted fans may love watching tight technical battles but the vast majority of any Motorsport followers, (and commentators), are very much in it for the passing that takes place, and the excitement it generates... Hence sporting bodies like F1 (a sport whose reputation was 100% "follow the leader"), keep making restrictions and changes to car specs to try and keep racing closer and more competitive, and use "gadgets" like DRS used to increase passing opportunities... Watching Kurtz, Lambert, BZ, Bewley, Doyle, and Emil in particular, all fly around the NSS, passing rivals just inches from the fence at high speed, is surely the ultimate in bravery and skill on a Speedway bike, and why people go to watch the sport?

A tough guy, obviously., wouldn't mess with him......

I much prefer those "technical" tracks where riders can ride sideways into the bends, blocking the track almost completely, meaning the rider behind has to follow exactly the same line... With him then hoping the rider in front gets some extra grip and gets fired "right" towards the fence, meaning a pass may then take place... The anticipation of waiting for some passing after bend two, lap one, for sometimes 15 heats in a row is simply breathtaking... To be honest, I am not sure the promoters of Redcar, Worky, Glasgow, Scunthorpe and the NSS know how boring all the passing that takes place there can be.... Edit. Forgot to mention the blue groove that can also appear on the "technical" tracks. For me, that "Azure Blue" hue adds colour and excitement to the event given all the riders use their throttle skills to constantly ride over it, never moving off it, and all skillfully keeping the same distance apart from each other for the entire race.....

I remember an interview with Hans Nielsen who said he weighed the same at the end of his career as he did at the start .. Vitally important to starting in particular was his view.... He was quite tall for a rider too, so made it his mission to be as light as possible... I also remember an interview where he got asked what advise he would give a particular young up and coming, talented rider to improve his performance.. "Lose 5 kilos" was his answer... Riders openly say they drop kilos in the days before a GP to ensure they minimise any possible disadvantage come race night... I would imagine for young riders today, their size could determine their success level... And, the taller you are, the more you will need to work at it....