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These clowns don't know the rules either do they? Nice to see Poland do..

Indeed..... Strange...

The Comedy Channel may be interested?

Bottom line is we have just two riders who can compete at the top level... One of which is arguably the best in the World.. The rest are miles away from being that level.. Beating even worse riders domestically each week doesn't prepare you for meetings like this... Being a Big fish in a tiny, tiny pond is really not an achievement of any note..

Someone tell Craig he is riding too wide.... He mustn't have been told this the several other times that he has been passed up the inside...

Pairs racing can be pretty rubbish can't it? The SWC had four riders all racing for every point.. This format however has riders not racing each other if they are consolidating a position, be it a 5-1 or a 3-3, and even if on a 1-5 the last place rider will be loathe to put their own partner under pressure.. Not a patch on the SWC for racing is it?

21 behind but we do we have a race in hand...

What about hair stylists? Do any of them have them?

Not sure why the debate about which heat to run with one rider.. As we have already ran most of them with just one, then surely one more wont make much difference...

His boss? Tai knows GB need him far more than they need Rosco.. I would suggest Tai sees Rosco as anything but 'his boss'...

Especially if someone buys him some 'gating gloves' as a present..!

Or even better, watch Poland's leagues... Great racing, great crowds, great atmosphere..

A truly ludicrous race to the bottom isn't it? Promoters demanding riders have the best kit to win competitions that by the way they run them have absolutely zero worth.. Meaning. Riders spending fortunes on gaining the best kit they can find and paying for expensive tuning, just to remain at the same level as their rivals because they are all doing exactly the same thing.. Meaning. Promoters paying out unaffordable and unsustainable levels to riders to pay for the best kit and tuning they demand of them... Meaning. Fans having to pay admission costs far in excess of what the Sports standing actually is, and far in excess of what actual entertainment value is put on offer to them.. Meaning. A reduction year on year of fans due to the higher admission costs needed to fund the racing.. All to compete in, try to win, and watch competitions that Mickey Mouse would be embarrassed to have organised... If you tried to put together this as a business or operating model to launch a new venture you would be laughed at out loud by any potential investors wouldn't you? Yet this is the model British Speedway uses year in year out... Amazing really...

The best thing you can say about 'Bomber' is he finished his race before the next one started... Can't knock his heart and desire but he shouldn't be anywhere near a truly World Class Speedway event.. The kindest thing is to not let him compete at this level as it's far and away higher than he can do.. Cant do him much good personally watching riders clear off into the distance with absolutely no chance of catching them... A track that everyone knows has long straights and tighter bends is always going to be pretty much a gater's paradise so why take Bomber? Setting the man up to fail... Britain basically has Woffy and Lambert who can compete consistenly at this level.. The rest are proper average at best..

And that he didn't bring his 'gating gloves'...

Should have stayed on his bike... A nudge like that might have put you offline but wouldn't have put you off your bike unless you decided to try it on with the ref to give you another chance of a better gate,.

and then said why not go the whole hog and replace Lambert with Scott...

I believe to appease the traditional British fanbase, he has a tartan blanket keeping his knees warm under the table... (A non tasseled one though which is a bit 'controversial')..

I like playground stuff.. But I don't like playgrounds..

1. Lion Madsen 2. Antonio Lindor Back 3. Toffee Chrisp Harris 4. Freddie Lindtgren 5. Matej Starbar 6. Black Magic Janowski 7. Vaclav Milik Tray A team that would have been superbly led by Neil Quality Street as Team Manager I am sure..

Not so much "Thank u Buster"... More like "Thank u Debbs" for me... Yet another fantastic thread started for us all to enjoy..

It's nice, she has done it up really well... She has really made it her own... Put her own stamp on it, that kind of thing.. Hopefully as this thread develops I will be able to suggest to her some of the ideas put forward on here..

Just got back from the Trafford Centre,... Going to pick my lad up from pre season training in a few minutes... Going to Nike Outlet to get him a couple of pairs of new Football Boots Then drop my daughter off at her new flat.... Any suggestions on the new boots? He needs a firm ground pair and heavy ground ones for winter.. Most games are on 4G but some will be on grass, however Academy pitches at Prem League teams so very good standard of playing surface... Looking to spend around £90 a pair..

Speedway riders ride for our entertainment don't forget? Cannot criticise a Speedway rider... No matter how constructive or factual.. You know the rules...

And some people can also see that the person who directed and produced this 'epic' is also the director and producer of the sport in Britain as a whole... It's not looking too good overall is it? Watching it tonight was like watching a small, cute furry animal dodging fast flowing traffic across a busy eight lane motorway... There is an inevitable conclusion to what you are seeing, but you simply have to keep watching in the vain belief that all will miraculously turn out to be ok.. A new low for me tonight with regards to how the Sport is presented to a wider potential audience.. Its almost as if they have all but given up on the TV contract such is the garbage so regularly getting beamed into people's living rooms.. Kelvin, Nigel and Natalie must wonder how they can keep sounding enthusiastic when deep down they know it's nothing more than a pretence to be maintained. The pretence being that Speedway in the UK still has some level of credibility or relevance.. The racing tonight was appalling, the crowd level watching it was appalling, and the entertainment factor on view was even worse than the racing and the crowd level.. It came across as something just waiting to be put out of its misery.. Something so desperately needing to be grabbed by the scruff of its neck and violently shaken into action.. Passed the point of saving in the UK I would now suggest in its current guise.. Therefore. What is next?