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mikebv

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  1. He did ride very narrow down the home straight and Jensen was in front so to keep following that line was, sadly, only going to result in what happened...
  2. They won't need anyone now Jason is back will they?
  3. Several riders have said it is "more fun"... Right up until they Foxtrot Oscar and leave during the season...
  4. I notice in Poland that there isn't much of the opposing riders laughing and joking, stood together, in the pits... Losing seems to p1ss them off.... Edit. Madsen even knew the score in his interview...
  5. Truly brilliant from Pawlicki... Locking up, and not drifting off the line, at that speed, took some real exceptional ability...
  6. Ratajczak starting to deliver what his early potential as a junior suggested he could achieve...
  7. Will be great to see him back.. Hope all goes well for him.. A ridiculous level of resilience...
  8. Makes sense... A poor forecast and TV would have meant an even lower crowd than for a "normal" meeting...
  9. They are fantastic fans though... Will still celebrate every small victory as if it was winning the league...
  10. Or detuned on tracks like this... No chance of an overtake on this "concrete with dust"...
  11. Looks like they are riding on glass...😀 Edit. Obviously a ploy to give Nicki and the other gaters a chance v the racers of Wroclaw... Not working so far is it? 😁
  12. Had it only once... A week in bed... Lost over a stone and a half... Could do with getting it again...
  13. Makes sense to say yes... Two consecutive nights means zero time to get fit should anyone crash on Friday.. Bringing the next in line over in less than 24 hours would be unrealistic I would suggest, so promoting Harris into Saturday would be the easier option.. Edit. And also means competitive racing when, or if, they are needed..
  14. As everyone kniws, pretty much all riders get their overall average based on a home average being higher than their away average... Meaning therefore that "6 point riders" will, for most, deliver around a seven and a five... No surprise when they perform poorly away then is there?
  15. It needs to be a radical plan.. Five rider teams maybe to ensure enough riders fill the spots... You could have 12 teams in the top tier, 2H2A, and then 'x' amount of teams in tier 2 running at NDL level with the same 2H2A... 60 riders needed for tier one, with all clubs racing on the best night for them, and not Poland, Sweden or Denmark... Bringing back the GP stars hasn't, as far as I can see, brought back thousands of fans who have stopped going in the past 15 to 20 years, with the UK's Mickey Mouse operating model, and dozens of play off qualifiers, resulting in many who still follow the sport on TV, and going over to Poland, simply "not bothered" enough to attend the POQ's in the UK.. As for admission charges dropping? Good! So they should given there will be a clear drop in level from the current tier one and tier two. The lowering of admission would more certainly reflect the standing of the sport more accurately, rather than the current numbers which are only in place to try and pay riders who are expected to spend big on their kit.. At the NSS, as great as the racing is, it is £54 for me and my lad to watch essentially 15 mins of action. That simply isn't sustainable for UK Speedway.. Less number of professional riders, spending less on equipment, will mean less admission costs needing to be charged.. Charge me and my lad £40 and you would definitely get us there far more often than is currently.. I can watch the GP stars on TV, and over in Poland when we visit, so them not being at the NSS won't stop me from visiting... The current admission costs in place to pay them ride in some "contrived" competition, on a Monday evening, does...
  16. As it should have been as soon as the GP rider mass exodus started over a decade ago..
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