The White Knight

My Sainsburys always has a copy or two - EVERY week.

It is an important topic - I agree. It also shows how unfair (I nearly said corrupt - but I can't prove it) things are in the SGP - they just pick who they like. I'm sorry but I hate dodgy practices - it seems, reading Max Dilger's contribution, that something very odd has gone on, very odd indeed. I apportion NO blame at all to Chris Harris for all of this. He is a professional Speedway Rider who took the chance offered to him. Which one of us would not have done the same? Good luck to him - I hope he does well.

As I said Oldace - I was only guessing. I tried to answer Humphrey's point.

I'm only guessing - but possibly for a bigger Gate at Cardiff. Another Brit = more Punters through the door. As I say - possibly?

This is what happens when you have a Selection System. BSI/FIM etc. are just putting in who they wish. It's the Grand Prix - but it ain't SPORT!! I wonder about that. There is very little that seems to go on in SGP that BSI/FIM don't seem to influence. You are closer to things than me - but - I still wonder??? I totally agree - but this is the way Speedway seems to be going at the moment. He's had some new 'Tats' since then - that must have done it. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Finally - I don't agree with the way 'Bomber' got in BUT he cannot be criticised for taking an opportunity when it presented itself. The way he has been inserted in to the GP for next year is disgraceful. We should all get behind him and give him our BEST support. It can't be pleasant if he comes on this Forum and reads some of the comments on here. The Rider has done NOTHING wrong. The Administrators of our Sport - well - that is a totally different matter.

Usually is/has been done right when Premier League Meetings have been shown. :approve:

Doesn't change the facts though. Without the Tactical Rides - Sheffield would have won. How many Tactical Rides did Sheffield have -, by the way? None - thought not and THAT is why the Tactical Ride is so UNFAIR!! I know that folk don't like me saying this - BUT - it IS true.

So, because of the Tactical Ride - Sheffield Lost. The loss was because of the Tactical Ride and NOT because of competition. Proves my point really doesn't it? If you are using this to support your argument HT - you are on a loser. The Result was manufactured by the Rule and NOT by sporting competition. If you can't see that - well................................................................ Why am I not surprised. I didn't know you were Argentinian by the way. ...................................... and as regards people moaning - I doubt if myself and a lot of other people would be moaning. I suspect we would be extremely happy. As above. The Tactical Points gained won the Meeting - not those actually scored by the Riders on the Track. Tactical Rides and Tactical Substitutes should be consigned to the dustbin of history. It is where they belong.

It will. Patience. :)

OHHHH!!!! - YES HE CAN!! Sorry - it's that time of year. :rofl:

Would that be 'arms' or 'ar$e'? :rofl: Genuine question.

Now THAT could cause a prickly problem. :rofl:

Me too - I just don't like the idea of 'picking' by BSI. :mad:

You really are a charmer.

HERE WE GO AGAIN!!!

I really MUST take issue with this word. Is THIS what the World Championship has come down to? Obviously it IS.

Nothing personal from me Parsloes. I asked you a simple question that requires a single word answer - YES or NO. I will repeat the question in case you have forgotten it. WILL you be prepared to collate the Stats that YOU are so upset about and supply them to the Website in question? If the answer is NO - fair enough - no need for any further debate on the subject. The ONLY reason I asked the question is because you were getting so worked up about the omission of the National League Statistics - my solution seemed to satisfy BOTH sides of the argument. ........................................or - are you really as bothered as you make out? I think if you were that concerned you would just do them.

Really. :shock:

You may run - but - you can't hide.

Are you being deliberately obtuse oldace? I thought I explained my point reasonably well. It is the Rules themselves that are intrinsically UNFAIR!!! ..........................................THAT is the whole point of my argument.

Thank you BW. That is the whole crux of my argument.

As regards this 'FAIR'/'UNFAIR' argument. Most people on here know that I am against any form of Tactical Ride/Tactical Substitute. They are BOTH, in my opinion UNFAIR. I argue this not from the difference between them, but, from the point of view that these Tactical Substitute/Tactical Rides BOTH have a detrimental effect on the Result of the Meeting. It is the Result at the end of the Meeting that counts. If ONE Team has a TR/TS and the other Team doesn't, I ask you, how can THAT be FAIR? A poor Team gets in to a good position at Home against a top Team and all their hard work can be written off in ONE Heat and the Top Team goes on to win the Meeting - again I ask you - how can THAT be FAIR. Sport, as I have said many times, is about FAIR competition - and that is the way it SHOULD be. At present Speedway 'contrives' Results - that is not only WRONG - it destroys our beloved Sport's CREDIBILITY in the eyes of the General Public as well.

I wonder, as SKY seem to be back, whether we will see more Premier League Speedway on our screens. I certainly hope so. :approve:

Well said midland red. If Harris is offered a place - I, for one, don't blame him for taking it. I wish him the very best of luck too - he IS BRITISH and I hope he does well. The fact that the FIM and BSI can offer 'free passes' is an altogether different issue. One with which I am in total disagreement.

As long as the 'Dance to BSI's Rules. See what I did there. I'll get me coat.