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And hopefully it will be the same on friday when they meet

No,got it all wrong.I saw a thread here last night congratulating Nicki.Just wondered what happened to it And although i was happy Nicki won,i was as critical of the track as the next man or woman if you see my posts.Wondering why nothing other than a tractor going round shifting the loose material,was done to the track

Also,what happened to the well done Nicki thread? Or are we only allowed "Boo hiss,accident waiting to happen" threads for Nicki?

The thing was,they didn't seem to do anything about the ruts apart from go round in their tractors.Surely a bit more work than that can be done?

Well the German team manager Robert Barth had to buy his own admission ticket for the SWC quali in Germany earlier this season!

Dennis Andersson doing well i see.Was impressed with him last year in the YGT.Has a very good home average(was at reserve for a bit i think?)and ahead of some good riders in the average list.

Line-ups for tomorrow Danish U21/U19 semi finals in Grindsted SEMI 1 1. Patrick Hougaard. 2. 3. Steffen B. Jespersen 4. Krister Jakobsen 5. Peter Juul Larsen 6. 7. Tommy Pedersen 8. Kenni Arendt Larsen 9. Simon Frahm Hansen 10. 11. Casper Wortmann 12. Jan Graversen 13. Simon Nielsen 14. Mads Skov 15. Leon Madsen 16. Jesper Kristiansen SEMI 2 1. Claus Vissing 2. Peter Kildemann 3. Morten Frahm Hansen 4. Dannie Søderholm 5. Jonas Raun 6. Anders Andersen 7. Patrick Nørgaard 8. 9. Klaus Jakobsen 10. Kenneth Hansen 11. Lars Hansen 12. Mike Bjørn 13. Morten Risager 14. 15. Mike Ebæk 16. Nicolai Klindt is seeded into the final and there will be one wildcard so it is 7+1 through to the final.Pity a few of the youngsters are missing.René Bach,last years 80cc WC Michael Palm Toft(what has happened to him?)and Johannes Kikkenborg(strange,although he has been out injured he is lined up for the Esbjerg DSL meeting on wednesday)

results from inspeed.de 1.Sitera 14+3 2. Rymel 14+2 3. Gomolski 14+1 4. Vaculik 12 5. Malek 11 6. T. Rempala 9 7.Topinka 8 8. Piekarski 7 9. M. Hadek 6 10. J. Petrak 6 11. Wolff 5 12. H. v. Steen 4 13. Rozenberg 4 14. Visvader 4 15. j . Otruba 1 16. Ondrasik 1 17. Szatmari 0

This doesn't really belong here,but............is there any news on the Swedish selection for the Euro Semi final in Esbjerg.As it is only just over a week away.Waiting until after the Swedish semis on wednesday perhaps?

Thanks guys.Hopefully Kevin will be there Any news on the weather for sunday or a site to keep myself updated on the weather? Edit:looking on the zielonagora.pl site it predicts rain from 15:00 onwards

Seriously thinking of going to ZG v Rzeszow Any team news for Zielona Gora?I know the Rzeszow team as long as Scott and Nicki get through the GP ok

Also not sure,but maybe Berlin will be holding the German Championships next year.So there might be 3 days of speedway there as well as Assen.That would be on the thursday and would be a meeting well worth seeing.But like i say,i am not sure on that.At Assen you also get the added bonus of seeing one or two of the british guys in action on the friday

Well two great meetings will be Assen(Netherlands)07/08/09.03.The first night will be an individual meeting with some of the best of the rest and the next two days will be the Ice Speedway GP meetings. Then the next weekend in Berlin will see the climax of the GPs and the World Champ crowned.Both are great meetings and not reliant on the weather.That is the problem you might have if you go to Scandinavia.The warm weather last winter played havoc with the Ice Speedway season in Scandinavia. There is also the GP quali in Inzell(Southern Germany)09-10.02.The meeting isn't reliant on the weather,but i guess all the other things like skiing or snowboarding will be.Although i did see a programme that they had an artificial snow machine there that could make the pistes skiable at +40 degrees!!!(i think) I am sure Russia would be worth a visit but someone else will have to give you advice on that trip

Gollob,hackney,Boycey????This year? Or is this another entry into the wrong end of the stick grabbing comp?You win by miles Shazzy.No need for any more

Thanks As you hopefully know i was trying to defend both sites.We will all look and think "No way can he be higher than the guy in my team/favourite".But like i said that is largely based on prejudiced views of where and when we see certain riders.

No Delgado,maybe you misunderstood my post.I tend to agree with you.Like i said you can't put Kevin or Kyle on a par with riders they have only beaten once when they lose to inferior riders.I said it isn't easy.Just to look at the other rankings and Joonas is up there and Zetters is just out of the top 100.I would have to say that(and that is only my opinion)you have to take into account the fact that Joonas has been injured a fair bit and riding with his injuries which gives him a false average.Keep up the work

Obviously never seen you then Henning And you are now unemployed?

I saw Ludvig along with Freddie and the Davidsson bros early this season in Germany.Hard to really tell from one meeting but i think Simon Gustafsson looks better.Seems to overshadow Ludvig at Indianerna as well which limits his chances And what a comeback from the blacksmiths!!!!

Isn't that proper speedway though or does Brighton count as that months meeting?Only i thought a couple of meetings were called grass track and they get through.So if you had some other surface other than shale would that not be outside of the ruling?

It certainly isn't easy to rank so many ridrs as Delgado has.I mean most wouldn't have ridden against each other once you get below a certain level.We can all pick holes.I wouldn't take it that seriously.It is just interesting to an extent.I wouldn't have Zetterström above Kylmäkorpi.You could also point out that Tobi Kroner is 136th and he also qualified for Vojens.It is only one place but i can't see Rune Sola being better than Simon Gustafsson either.But can you suddenly go and place Legault or Kroner right up there just because they have done well in a couple of meetings.How do you work out what meetings are worth what ranking?. Look at Kevin Wölbert.Rides in the Ekstraliga for Zielona Gora.Unfortunately for Kevin in his first year they got promotion so he has struggled a bit.But,he has qualified for the last 3 European U19 Finals.Has now qualified for his first World U21 Final,just days after his 18th birthday but is still only ranked at 253rd place.But he did beat Pavlic,Gustafsson and Risager in his U21 semi.And this season he has beaten Holder,Iversen and Andreas Jonsson for instance.Can you then put him on a level with those riders?Like i say,the task isn't easy.Each person that does such a thing would get riders in totally different places according to who they see more often,where they see them or who they like

Well here in North Germany we almost have the basis for such a series.In the winter we have i think 4 venues.Neustadt(Dosse),Schwerin,Rostock+ Kiel.Just the promoters are working independant at the moment

Surely he would be taking on too much with this as well.I thought he was doing another job as well as Coventry and the GB youngsters.Did he join Oxford as well?

You could predict the answers on this and who would post them in the main. Personally i couldn't give a whatever who does the Aussie job.Let Boycie keep it as he is obviously a good bloke,liked by the riders and thats all the credentials you need so it seems

Surely you're not suggesting Bertola?

Knowing how much they would like another Individual World Champ i wonder why they haven't shelled out for one or two of their riders to have such equipment in the GPs.Or do they only supply machines for Polish meetings? That sounds about right