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Can't say I thought of Zagar as a potential world champ.I mean who was he going to beat? I'd say Emil,Ward and even Lindbäck could have been and it is possible Emil still might,but I think his chances have likely passed.Jankowski and Zmarzlik I think have much better stats and still might never win a title

Cardiff,England??? Oh my.... Otherwise like the thinking,but not too sure on some of those venues

Dream season and ‘Teterow’ is part of someone’s dream!!!As well as Terenzano....I am almost speechless lol

Went to the New Zealand v Australia meeting at Plough Lane.Bit of a thrashing for the Aussies(Crump was out for the season and Airey wasn't really the rider of old) with a few Plough Lane experts in the line-up.Sadly now Ivan and Ronnie are no longer with us and neither is the stadium.NZ will never see their likes again and neither will London

Just saw his van passing through the Hamburg traffic jams!!!

Another sign that the Danish youth system is not working so well.Think this is the first year that a Dane hadn’t taken at least one of the 85cc World or European titles.First Germany took the world title and at the weekend a Norwegian took the Euro title in Denmark of all places(Skærbæk) and the German world champ took the silver!!! Maybe Erik Gundersen will travel to one of the other countries to see what they are doing right? lol

Although I agree in principle that a wild card shouldn't be awarded to the same rider two years in a row,there is a big difference between Greg and Nicki,Firstly,Nicki is a GP winner this season and that should count for a bit.Secondly and possibly more importanty Nicki has major popularity in Denmark.No other Danish rider comes near him and basically Greg has very little importance,especially in his homeland. So I could imagine Nicki is in line for a wc if he fails to make it.Iversen will probably be a flop yet again and a not too popular flop at that,so Denmark and BSI need Nicki

Bob was riding alongside Olle Nygren when I first went to Plough Lane.A speedway man through and through from one of the great speedway families.Involved in South Coast speedway almost from the very beginning I think RIP

Still called Danzig round here Thorn for Torun,Breslau for Wroclaw,Bromberg and Grünberg are other speedway clubs ......

Ice hockey I think use the league places to decide the play-off games and the winner of the play-offs are the champs.This seems to be the universal system in ice hockey,as far as I have seen

Promotional stuff produced and delivered for these dates,so must be sure baring some surprise

Personally I love Glasgow,so that is not relevant for me.And I thought it had been stated elsewhere Holder can ride in open meetings,just not sign to ride in the league?

It is a hastily arranged meeting.Basically an unofficial challenge.Polish clubs pay the dough,so call the shots.It is a problem the Bundesliga have had for years

I do remember Phil Morris doing this at Stralsund.trying to break an existing lap record.It is actually very very boring watching one rider going round on his ownsome.It is all down to time,and as that is down to some guy or gal with a stopwatch,not even accurate.....

Maybe it is the other way around and Batch doesn’t want to deal with the guy,like one or two Danes don’t want to deal with Nielsen?

They can’t.But obviously if he does ride beforehand he and probably his club will face the consequences.If his club are sanctioned you can imagine what will happen to him.Guess he can always stick a good old Aussie two fingers up to them though lol

I am not sure it would make much sense to the Pardu people.Wouldn’t they basically have to hand over their track to BSI for a couple of days?And pay for the privilege

Yeah,but does a frantically arranged friendly in Glasgow count?He could maybe ride as Sean O’Malley or something so they don’t know

Probably good old English tripe.The sort you come out with

Two weeks in a row now????This time even less heats run I think and no refund

As I am saying Phil there is major money behind the effort to crack the market.This time it looks like it has gained a stabile base.Speedway doesn't have the money or the power.Even the Polish attempt some years ago(Chicago area I think) with the local polish immigrant population failed,so it seems.And as I said there was an article on a US motorbike/sport website about the world champion who was unknown in his own country.That was Greg Hancock

Phil,try following the convo.Nobody is saying it is wrong.Some are saying that is how he got the breaks.That is all.If he was Joe Smith with no history in the sport and was on a 5 pt average,would he have got the breaks and the Faberge sponsorship?That is what is being debated.Nothing about right or wrong.There is no moral judgement being dished out,just a sporting debate.

Think your right to stay schtumm are respected........constantly.I expect you to respect my right,just this once

Therein lies one of the big problems here and why we go round in circles.......no names mentioned

Which is exactly the point being made.Without his father he wouldn’t have got the breaks he did.A 5 point rider wouldn’t be signing deals that Keegan and Cooper were.Keegan at Scunthorpe wouldn’t be signing those deals either....., Only recently watched a programme about Faberge and how the company went downhill and were selling all sorts of cheap and cheerful products i.e aftershave etc and a few years ago a consortium of rich buggers brought all the rights up and are now trying to get the name back to what it was 100 years ago