Wouldn't be surprised if it was a health a safety issue with the crowd being much larger than normal. Did the bar staff pour soft drinks out of the bottle into them cardboard cups? Most stadiums have the do same policy although I see no reason why you can't bring food in.
I think Stead will do ok especially early on. I think I'm right in say the outside gate was decent early on and Stead is on that. I'm also a bit concerned about Bomber at Bydgoszcz (sp) but he always performs for GB. We have picked the best 4 for a big track and although we are likely to be 4th I think we will certainly be competitive. If Tai does a Hancock then who knows?
Danes will have too much for Sweden I think but this will certainly be competitive with Latvia and Czech Rep involved. Nigel Pearson will be touting Oliver Berntzon tonight im still hoping the Bees sign him up!
The racing was poor because the difference of standard of riders in each heat, not necessarily because of the track. It's no surprise the best heats were the ones where Covatti was racing as he was at least competitive unlike the other Italians.
If Holder rides for Poole it would make the meeting a joke in my opinion. What's wrong with Poole having Ward, Janowski, Pawlicki, and Milik they will surely be competitive.
They would be crazy to not have a round in the UK, we constantly have big crowds for these events unlike other nations who supposedly have a bigger fan base. The meeting on Saturday was the biggest crowd I've seen for a SWC at King's Lynn.
Did he get much flak for the that? Personally I'd have kept him in but can see why he dropped him. The fact he picked Kennett was baffling especially when King was on form at the time. He then bought in Barker and Bridger with King nowhere to be seen, I thought that was poor. Still its a tough job!
Squads are also ideal for the way the EL is now. I don't see why we can't have reduced fixtures and each club has one fixture a week without changing clubs race nights.
Why would BSI hire Wembley and build a track at a ridiculous price when there would be a chance of a rain off? No organisation would risk that when you have a stadium like Cardiff in the country.