mikebv

Replace the word "club" in your final paragraph with "sport"...

I am sure Phil will sort it... This may be the sixth or seventh time so far I have used this response so going to copy and then paste it to save time in future ..

Which season of the past (insert your own number) years hasn't been? Edit: Fair play. The Covid season was ran quite well... A gift that keeps on giving...

Only one on here seems to think that. .. And they are probably not the most accurate of sources... About half of that will be the "going rate" for a top GP rider in the UK... Easy extra money without having to do too much for their level of capability... Do 10 matches and £50k... Tops up their "big contracts" (with all the reflective pressure to deliver that this brings), nicely.. £10k a night to find for "home and away" from your home meeting though is still a hell of an ask I would say, especially without a sponsor to bank roll it...

As in... "I could travel but I can't be arsed"?

And to encourage a crowd to go along, I believe one of those watching will get to ride in it....

I believe someone has absent mindedly left a bar of soap on the floor in the showers....

We often say on here how this country should adopt much of what Poland does, to at least try and make the sport credible over here... However.. The cost implications will prevent much of that... But.. Maybe a very cost effective improvement for the sport in the UK could be to employ Polish doctors? Over here the doctors are striking for only getting paid fourteen quid an hour, yet I am sure there would be quite a few Polish medics more than happy to come over for that.. Think about it... Each year we seem to have riders having to miss meetings over here due to being injured.. But as soon as "Healing Hands Henryk" gets his mitts on them, sometimes only a day later, they not only ride but can go through the card unbeaten... Hell.. Let's go crazy and play them fifteen quid an hour.. It would be worth it to get these "miracle workers" over here to ensure no one misses a meeting...

It is still £10k to find from your home crowd income though... If he rides away you pay him £5k from no income... If he only rides at home you can probably afford to keep him.. Anyhow... Get well soon Artem....

The standard of rider is fine. .. The tracks are the problem. .. Artem and Emil would enhance the series without a doubt, but all riders need a track that can showcase their unique talents.. How is Phil Morris still being allowed to produce such dire tracks, ,? Even on tracks that deliver great racing each weekend in Poland?

His signature move... If the riders move over and allow it, then fair play to him for keeping doing it... Edit A few weeks ago I watched Nicki P change his line and rode about four yards from the kerb down the straight when Bartek was doing his usual "nail them on the apex"... On this occasion Bartek had to bail out or hit Nicki's back wheel as he cut across him... Nicki obviously watches him race, maybe one or two of the GP lads could do the same,, ...

I think that the several hundred thousand of pounds they earn in Poland means it is far better to be available each weekend for their Polish team, than take a "high risk" move on the Saturday at the GP.. Winning the World Championship doesnt bring huge reward, but it might enhance your sponsorship opportunities, but let's be honest, for most of the lads who ride at HL in Polands top league, their sponsorship is pretty damn good already... Why risk the "real big pay days"?..

Fair play to Doyle and Freddie.. Old heads... But they ride each race like "winning is everything".. And take risks that others simply wont take... Bartek is undoubtedly the most talented rider, but he is also one of the most brave and committed too.. Several of the other "talents" should reflect on how they do the "hard part of the job" if they ever want to compete with him...

All seem happy to be on the gravy train.. Winning is a "nice to do, optional extra". Bartek is a generational talent but having it made so easy with riders quite content to play second fiddle...

Tracks that deliver great racing each week in Poland... From many of exactly the same riders.. Become crap when the GP team get involved..

Doyley seemed to do exactly that... Dave Norris too was another example who seemed to have a "lightbulb moment" and "suddenly" become a top class rider.. But, riders like that are very, very few far and between, I agree.. Dan has all the talent needed, not sure he has that attitude that means someone needs to get upset with him to win... Woffy had it, but seems to have lost it, which is quite natural given to stay at that Elite level of any sport for so many years is huge.. But when he had that hunger, he was a very tough, single minded competitor.. Dan needs to find that "edge".. Even more so given his unique talent..

You can imagine that the rest of the riders really like Dan...

In Speedway, as everyone knows, age doesn't really matter... Bartek could win 10 titles given he won it so young... Dan needs to get himself "an edge"... His gating has improved considerably, so he now needs to maximise that by dominating first turns.. Even if "not quite there".. Too many lasts where he needs to deliver some damage limitation.. The race with Lambert was a classic example of not being ruthless enough.. Lambert would have done it to him..

Hope you are right, but not sure to be honest.. Seems "too nice".. Lambert doesnt have Dan's level of World Champ potential for me, (still extremely good though), but what he does seem to have is that "I will ride over your granny to win this race" attitude... And not many World Champs have ever gained that accolade without that attitude..

Tai not getting into those first bend "clutch" situations anymore... Dan wont ever deliver what his talent should deliver if he doesnt start to do the same.. When all four hit the same space, Bartek takes no prisoners.. Hence he wins...

Just put on an auto repeat loop for every other rider.. "Watch out! Bartek is just about to nail you up the inside going into turn 3, FFS, move over".

"Interesting" selection for the Pairs... Must have been a close call... Personally, I think Emil and Doyley probably would have just shaded it for me..... Edit: A bit surprised also that Artem didn't make the KL selection... Shows just what a high quality meeting it must be when those three riders cannot get chosen...

I think any team with crowds over 1200 are the "natural" top league teams.. Seven clubs is probably the number that means the TV money is worth having to support the cost of running in Div 1.. Teams with crowds of 600 or so need to be NDL unless the many Div 1 HL's stop doubling down.. Maybe "Championship Lite/NDL Plus" is the call for Div 2?

You would think that this would be the "natural" thing to do... However... History does suggest that "another way" will be found...

No, I was thinking. .. Could you narrow it down a bit more....