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iris123

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  1. Certainly seems they have their priorities wrong.I mean what does the country need more,thousands of poorly paid workers to do jobs not many others want to do......or a few Australian speedway riders?crazy eh!!!!
  2. First 3 numbers that came into my head and absolutely nothing to do with marketing. Guess we'll have to revisit the topic in a couple of years to see who has become a millionaire on the back of this decision.I#d imagine it will have made very little if any difference.Good design and quality would make more of an impact i imagine
  3. No surprises.Definitely no positive ones.It is a pity no young western riders can force their way in.Same old faces for years.Would have been nice to see young Svensson in.I thought Holstein had given up?
  4. But by the addition of a number plucked out of the air that tacky gear will be magically changed into the gear evyrone will want to be seen in lol
  5. Nicki has his own little stall at Holsted.We also get a guy from Poland coming to Germany and Denmark(Holsted at least) on occasions.But like someone else has said,it isn't that good and very over priced,imo.Having a special number on anything isn't going to make me buy anything.Having a reasonable price and marketable design probably would
  6. A programme on Landshut in Bavaria,which includes a section on the Bundesliga champs Landshut including current rider martin Smolinski riding against former Landshut star Karl Maier.Also 12 year old daughter of a former ice speedway rider Celina Liebmann.Very impressive stadium and Maier still looks pretty fit.Don't think i have seen him since his time in England Bit about speedway is about half way through from memory of watching the programme yesterday http://www.br.de/mediathek/video/bayerntour-landshut-14januar-104.html
  7. What is the state of the track half way through or dare i ask,at the end?Interesting,because about 10 years ago we used to have a German U21 meeting in the morning and a Bundesliga meeting in the afternoon.40 or so heats.Last winter talking about what changes we would like to see in the Bundesliga etc i mentioned this and said i used to love the day.One rider or ex-rider he might be now,said the morning meeting buggered the track up for the Bundesliga!!!!! I take his expert knowledge on board,but how can riders race after a track has done 50 or 60 heats????Or is it that amateurs have lower standards or the spectators expect less?
  8. Or a Dutch GP.They do have some speedway rider,starting a league again and have hosted a world final,so some previous.Is it worth a topic?
  9. After these 103 races,who won?Or did the curfew come into play before a winner could be found?
  10. Where do i mention regular? I think hosting a GP is at least in my definition,speedway taking off.Not trying to do anything apart from remind you of all those negative posts about spanish speedway Or do you deny numerous negative posts about speedway in Spain?
  11. Not sure what they have to think about.....with something like this i doubt tracks are queing up to hold the meeting.Scandinavian countries aren't generally that interested in hosting FIM or FIM Europe meetings.Berlin have gone the way of a number of dirt track promoters.They can put on a meeting that will attract x amount of fans almost regardless of who is in the line-up and what the title is.So they think why should i host an FIM meeting and have to jump through hoops and pay for the privilege when i can hold my own meeting and be my own boss...... As it is the season is turning into a bit of a desaster after it has been announced St.Johann has been cancelled and the FIM don't have a back up plan......well they do.It is seeding the riders into the GPs rather than having any qualifier(s).....
  12. Find it quite funny that the last time a project to get speedway established in Spain,Gustix or Speedyguy as he was known then couldn't tell us enough about how speedway was tried and failed from the 30s onwards and how it would fail again......Now he is asking if speedway could take off in Spain!!!
  13. Exactly my point.....only weirdo's know such things
  14. That's about it....although no-one is forced to look at a thread about a piffling subject ;-) There are enough proper threads like "Who was the best rider of 2013" or we can always revisit some of the old classics like "have you ever met a rider in a supermarket?"
  15. That is the whole point.....look at other sports.Do any of them play or ride for 3 or 4 different teams?Dalglish had no.7 on his back week in week out.Darcy Ward might have no.1 on his back week in week out for Poole and then have no.354 for the GPs.Now personally if i was a Poole fan i would want Darcy Ward/Poole merchandise rather than just Darcy Ward #354 and the same i would imagine goes for Swedish and Polish fans with their teams.Speedway is a team sport and you tend to see team merchandise.Having said that,you can buy Nicki Pedersen or NKI merchandise and people have done for years without having some number on a cap or t-shirt..... Like you say,look at other sports.It might work for F1,although i just know Schumacher or Vettel and have no idea which number they have on their cars.But speedway isn't "other sports" and doesn't operate like "other sports" and seems to get itself tied in knots trying to be "other sports"....speedway champions league a good example All this talk brings to mind another famous #7.....Patrick McGoohan
  16. For sure,one would normally assume that there was something that indicated the article was about Wimbledon Stadium.Typical nit-picking..... Quite ironic given a previous Wimbledon speedway promoters links to speedway in Dublin that now we have letters to the Irish government being sent to ask them to step in and save the Greyhound(and maybe speedway)stadium plans!!!Doesn't look good though
  17. Let's hope no speedway rider chooses #5 or any other famous number or the occasional viewer might wonder why Vettel is riding speedway.Will all get very confusing if a number synonymous with some Road Racer or MotoX rider is used by a speedway rider Honestly,this just seems to be typical speedway changing things rather than speedway progressing Can't see it making one iota of difference to the entertainment and doubt it will bring one fan into the sport......Nice work guys
  18. On that i'd agree.It does seem a bit strange to have a meeting held in an english speaking country and reported on an english speaking forum have the results posted in polish!!! A bit weird,but not a crime
  19. Yes,big step forward.Hope the next thing on the riders list of things to do is improve the racing/track prep
  20. Bad news,especially after a lot of moans that the world champ quali rounds were slimmed down and riders don't get enough meetings......
  21. Livestream link for this weekends Russian Final meetings in Ufa http://www.tugantel.tv/speedway/ Nice breakfast + racing morning as the meeting is due to start at 8:00
  22. Thought some years back we were being told there would be a mini tour outside of Europe with Gps in one or two Asian countries as well as Aus/NZ + USA?This was at the time when Malaysia was going to be the next big thing in the sport and it was likely to spread to other neighbouring countries as well.......Never mind.Like Humphrey say's,if they can host a GP in that Riga(mortis) stadium then Argentina still has a chance
  23. ^ The one where most people are thinking "Oh no,he didn't post that did he?"........so,take your pick really lol
  24. If you are quick you can still delete that post before he comes back ^^^^^^
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