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I was dismissing 45 of those years as being irrelevant to this discussion lol

Seems like the only person Phil has criticized in the sport is Charlie Webster and the NZ promoter.And it was funny that he only criticized him once he pulled out of promoting a GP!!!!Before that,he was a great bloke lol

Not when it is a team competition.That can’t be too hard to understand?

Yes,i agree.Sports journalists would be used to that because I think both Cycling team and Cross country athletics etc all have to have a certain amount of team members finish in front of the other countries 4 or 5 and the winner of the race doesn't matter...that part isn't unique .In fact they would probably find the idea of one of the team going off on his own to win the race and leaving his team mate(s) to fend for him/themselves, stranger

This is what I suggested some years ago on here.The Business Plan of league speedway is good for some,but I fear not for all.Instead of forcing clubs to fit one plan it would be better to maybe,like you say,let one or two just do a few open meetings.Better than having clubs close,but I think the other clubs fear having too few clubs in their league and not enough meetings.Catch 22

Well the good news is the Danish league goes on holiday for the summer at the end of the month or beginning of July! Funny that the person with the most to say is someone who doesn’t go,no matter what night of the week !!’

There have been various categories of games for years now.ManU,Liverpool etc would be the top category with high priced tickets,due to high demand and downwards to the likes of Crystal Palace where prices will be cheaper

I think riders at the very top think they are Superman,Anything is possible and they will stay out of trouble.Doubt many top riders go to the tapes thinking this heat they might get injured. I am actually convinced that Nicki used that 'out of control' wheelie across the entrance to the bend,to frighten off his opponents.It was risky,but he never I bet thought he would get hurt and I doubt he wanted to hurt anyone else.But it was a tick up his sleeve he was willing to use to get the points

I just think I saw something asking for donations.Never saw any follow up as to how much was raised though.Wasn't King from a rich family like Penhall?

As I said elsewhere some of these teams could only just afford two riders,so not sure how they will cope if it compulsory 3 next year...I thought this would be the last time we see the US anyway Not sure,but thought there was some campaign to pay expenses in the US with donations and sponsors asked for....might be mistaken though

Lots of moves are very dangerous if they go wrong.The riders know that,but still put people in the fence etc.....they even admit they have done it on purpose on occasions,but it still doesn't stop them.In the heat of the moment and desperation to win riders will chance almost anything.....sometimes

It's a bit like Celine Dion representing Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest

Not disputing it.I know she is with Austrian ice speedway rider Charly Ebner snr.I was just pointing out he was representing Austria,just as Laguta was representing Latvia without being Latvian when he was the wild card and it caused a bit of trouble between the Latvians and the MFR.Just at the time of posting I didn't know the line up was copied from the FIM,as it doesn't mention it.Plus I didn't know the FIM put Federation and then Nationality.I always thought it was an explanation of which federation it was as even I can't remember all the abbreviations and R&R usually posts some polish line-up which is even harder to figure out sometimes

Does seem strange that he felt going for and holding on to a 5-1 was a strategy,but trying to get a 3-3 and hold it wasn’t on the cards

Late May???? http://metalspeedwayleague.dk/loebskalender.aspx

I wonder if it is more the case that some nations couldn't afford the cost of an extra rider,rather than not having an extra rider.Change the rule next season by all means,but unless the finances are changed then it might make no difference at all.Costs were one of the reasons nations dropped out of the SWC quails and we ended up with just the one instead of two

Thought maybe he has dual nationality?But surely as I said he is representing Austria in this,even if he couldn’t ride for the Austrian team.Same as Simon Wigg was representing the Netherlands in longtrack.I never mentioned what nationality he was,just who he was representing

Russia won.They done what was needed and we didn't.Simple as that Before the meeting I said on here I didn't think we would win this year,but our future looks bright.Well I was wrong a pleasantly surprised to put it mildly.But when you get that close to actually winning the thing,i was and still am amazed that we didn't try our best in the final,but rather tamely handed it to the Russians

Because you have made a fool of yourself once too often?It is like being in the final,you can go off and make a fool of yourself or you can have a bit of patience,think things through and be like the rest.You choose......fool!

He is in with the AMF,Not DMSB,plus he does have the Austrian flag on his kevlars Probably means nothing though

Totally redundant counter argument,because we aren't any worse off......but at least we had a better chance if he tried and failed.Not trying at all,was a no brainer,Even financially Tai wouldn't have been better off winning the heat.......

Isn't Jacopetti representing Austria?

See Flint got a 2nd place from his 1st ride,the other two a 4th Flint 2,1,1,2 Ablitt 0,3,2,0 Palin 0,1,1,1 Birkemose from Denmark is the new champ Results 1. Marcus Birkemose - 15 (3,3,3,3,3) 2. Philip Hellström-Bängs - 14 (2,3,3,3,3) 3. Esben Hjerrild - 13 (3,2,3,2,3) 4. Noel Wahlqvist - 11 (3,2,3,1,2) 5. Ben Ernst - 8 (3,X,2,0,3) 6. Rasmus Pedersen - 8 (1,3,0,3,1) 7. Sebastian Kössler - 8 (2,2,2,1,1) 8. Espen Sola - 7 (1,0,1,3,2) 9. Leon Flint - 7 (2,1,1,2,1) 10. Lukas Wegner - 6 (0,0,2,2,2) 11. Andreas Christensen - 6 (1,1,0,2,2) 12. Nathan Ablitt - 5 (0,3,2,0,0) 13. Maximilian Troidl - 3 (2,1,0,0,0) 14. Viljam Lappi - 3 (0,0,1,1,1) 15. Casper Henriksson - 2 (2) 16. Erik Bachhuber - 2 (1,0,0,1,0) 17. Jordan Palin - 2 (0,1,1,R,0)

Hated trying to fill out a programme on glossy paper.Old style programme was much easier to fill out.GP programme is basically a magazine and no idea what one costs nowadays,but probably neigh on an admission price for a meeting(at least a german one) As an add on to the opening post,the football programme/magazine for my local club Hamburg are handed out free of charge around the stadium.Could well be at most or all Bundesliga games.I remember being p'd off when I came over to see Celtic play Dortmund back in the 80s and there were no programme sellers to be seen......

See,you are getting there....just another step and you will be with us