mikebv

Surely with so few meetings, a Championship side could run on a Monday. ? Double uppers could be worked around with Guests if needed... Plenty of meetings will run with them so a few more wouldn't make any difference..

Poland are not doing "anyone over"... The UK had Thursday as their priority night... And they gave it up so Poland could use it... No point complaining now...

Oxford maybe making a stronger go of it if they get one of Sheffields HL's to add to two of their current top three..

100℅ agree, a bargain average, especially at home... I just think some believe that this kind of rider "should" be beating much higher level opponents more regularly, away from home in particular..... They don't, simply because the level of rider in the top tier is that much higher than ever it was over the past decade.. King, Ellis, Wright, Worrall, Lawson and Nichols, all seem to do better at "four or two," than when riding at "three"... Meaning their default position is as a second string.. With Brennan being an exception this season as he has started to establish himself in a HL position...

Many of today's riders in the number three and four berths were riding in higher positions in the teams until the GP riders came back... Creating almost a false expectation of their true capability... Some were "one and fives" only in a severely watered down top league.. Sheffield for example, had pretty much "3 top HL's" which can only dilute tbe scoring of their opposite numbers, four times a year.. Some perspective needed as to expectation levels I would suggest... Scoring points against Polish top tier riders is somewhat different than scoring points against other GB riders second tier HL's... Which, until the those top tier Polish riders came back, many riders had built their averages on... Riding against the same lads in both divisions several times a week... And to the likes of Bewley, Doyle, Emil, Fricke, Woffy, Jack Holder, Lidsey, Lindgren, Cook, and Janowski, you can add Chris Holder, Musielak, and Kurtz who are top tier level in all but name in Poland (Kurtz now riding their next season, plus being a GP rider).. As I say, perspective needed...

Puncture repair kit needed.... He will have let her down in more ways than one...

Many of us watch Polish Speedway similar to the way we watch UK Speedway... ie. More "sports entertainment" than a bone fide sporting contest.. However. In Poland, it is very much "winning matters" as financially there are big rewards, and tonights result will be lead news in the national written and TV news coverage this evening and tomorrow... We might want to be "entertained" but Lublin and Wroclaw fans only want to see their team win.. And if they get entertained too, then that is a bonus..

For me, the top six go through to next year, the next 8 go through to the GP challenge,with the 15th being "relegated"... That 8 race against 8 qualifiers and the top 8 qualify... With the SEC Champ getting the last place..

I think the phrase... "FOR F***S SAKE!!!!".. Was actually designed for this level of decision making.... 😁

Birmingham just isn't interested in Speedway... Fair play to those who have tried to make it something that the local populace would embrace and attend.. I went approx 8 years ago and felt "young" given the demographic of the place, and I was fifty.. If Phil Morris wants the top league to be clearly better than the next one down, then Birmingham will struggle to meet that criteria without "made up" averages to make their team look competitive... The Aces at Leicester on Thursday must have had an amount of fans that Brum have been "ok" with for a home match... You cannot expect that "true equality" that UK Speedway craves, when such a huge disparity exists between teams .

A mid summer rest... Like European football does... But they do it in winter...... PS... As Elsa sang in Frozen... Let it go, Let it go.... You wouldn't have beaten us anyway..

Always a subjective discussion, but... He did nail six world titles in the "golden era" when competition was truly at its fiercest... Fundin, Briggs, Moore, Collins, Olsen, Michanek, Jessup, Simmons, Louis, Crump, Jancarz, Plech, and so many many more truly World Class riders, raced at the top level against him... To win it six times in that era was trruly staggering...

For the first couple of seasons at the NSS, Brady had an unfortunate knack of not scoring in Ht 1 when on gate four... Now he has developed onto such a level that you are surprised when he doesn't pick up a win in heat one, regardless of home or away, off gate four. Surely the UK rider of the year given the Ipswich lads got injured.. Great to watch him "howling" around the boards, and a bit of a throwback to the days gone by when it comes to leading from the front, and not taking any prisoners when racing... Back next year as Captain without a doubt...

100%... The Aces were just 8 points up with three races to go at the NSS.. A 10 - 2 in heats 13 and 15 made a huge difference to how the 2ng leg got set up.. That's also why 'strength in depth'... "Peterborough won with Dad's Army"... In a league choc full of Div 2 Heat Leaders at the time, no longer would happen again.....

When the season STARTS in September...

Dudek not making it.. Cynical old me but him getting two Wild Cards's this year looked like an attempt by the organisers for him to show his capability... Be interesting to see who gets the permanent Wild Cards next year now.. 😉

Well Done Brady!! Developing well into the world class level. And Max sneaks in again, as he seems to do...😁

Your finishing position did get you your starting number in the next round, at least on one occasion I remember.. Hence Ivan would try and deliver his preferred position, two inside gates..

He doesn't seem to have that "fire in his belly" that Kurtz has... That said, I can see him qualifying for the GP again later today... He seems to always come through these kind of meetings, but domestically in the UK rides below his potential...

Pawlicki and Milik will be available next season..

The track could deliver decent racing if the outside worked.. Last night, especially on bends one and two, the riders taking the wider radius went backwards, even though they hit the bends faster than the rider in front, who took the tighter inside line.. Just making that outside work and losing their version of "Karlsson's corridor" would help the racing no end..

They spent 30 mins on the first bend with all the fans... And Mark Lemon walked amongst them all with the trophy... Must have been a good 400 or so from BV.. I suggest the BSP seed them to the final every year as they seem to be the only club that takes a decent following away from home... Kurtz and Bewley majestic, on a track that is sadly woeful, they turned their bikes inside out to get traction and get by their opponents... The track staff must have done a sterling job to get the meeting on, just a shame that the bloody shape renders the racing so processional... All the Aces "did their job" and beat their direct numbers or packed in comfortably for second and third... Great atmosphere on the first bend, a bit like "the old days" when more attended the sport... Edit. How about a European Final v Lublin to start next season...

Three!!!!

Are you watching Simon Stead?

Need to be 2nd tier... (At best)..