The White Knight

You were doing soooooooooo well too. :sad: First Paragraph is excellent. You let it fall to pieces after that. :sad:

First out of the Gate usually wins in Formula 1 too. He won't watch Speedway because of that. VERY odd. Talking about BORING - you can't beat Formula One for that. :rolleyes: zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Ironic really - a bit like the SGP!!!

I agree about Skidmore boz - he was very consistent at Newcastle.

I couldn't agree more. Any advice on where to drop an e-mail would be welcome. Yes - there are those, like me, who honestly believe that Briggo won it - but the Sport was not fashionable enough for the BBC. :mad:

I'm beginning to think you could be right. I think he is a great advertisement for British Speedway. :approve:

Thank you for Posting the 'Link' topaz325. I thought Tai did very well in his Interview. I am more impressed each time I see him. :approve:

A great shame. Glasgow Speedway has a great History. Let's just hope it can continue.

Blimey gustix - you are older than me. :shock: We have to give Tai a chance - as I said earlier he seems a nice young chap and he will mature with age and experience, as will his charisma.

Whilst I agree with most of your Post - I would argue that there may be some increase in Attendances. Perhaps some of those, to whom televised Speedway has become a way of life, will return to a Track near them to watch their favourite Sport. Perhaps I am wrong - I sincerely hope not. Whether they return in enough numbers to cover the amount of money lost by losing the Television money - I don't know. We must wait and see.

Thank you Philip. :)

It needn't BE the best line up. It should be for those who have fought their way in to the GP. That is what Sport is about - not giving Riders a place for the fun of it. OF COURSE picking the BEST Riders gives you the best line up - I have never said that it doesn't. I always believed and STILL believe that in Sport you strive to be the very best that you can be by matching yourself against those with, sometimes, superior ability. Now and again, and yes - Woofinden is a case in point here - someone will win against all odds against the Giants of the Sport. My WHOLE argument is that EVERYBODY deserves a chance to upset the odds, not just the selected few. To those who say that the old World Finals had a certain amount of selection about them too - you are correct - BUT - I stick to my position - THAT was not RIGHT either. All I want from Speedway is a level Playing Field for ALL. I DON'T SEE WHAT IS SO VERY WRONG ABOUT THAT - AND NEVER WILL!!! You are right Niamh - I don't. Places in the GP should be earned NOT given on grounds of good business, nationality, BSI Favourites or for any other reason than that they have EARNED their right to be there. If I had my way - at the end on one GP year the World Champion would be proclaimed - that would be the end of it. The following Season ALL Riders would start from scratch INCLUDING THE TOP EIGHT!! THEN WE COULD TRULY CALL SPEEDWAY A SPORT!!!

I must say that I am not keen on his Tattoos and Piercings ( his choice - I'm from a different generation I think) - but apart from that he seems to be a very pleasant and personable young man. I think he did very well in his interviews considering his age and experience. His Mum, Girl Friend and his Dad too, if he was looking down on him, should be extremely PROUD of him.

Speedway needs this like a hole in the head. IF true - he MUST be crackers.

When BSI can be ar**d to tell us.

The problem with Talk Sport is that the Presenters are there purely to 'wind up' the Listeners. They make outrageous statements which get up people's nose and that is what makes them ring in. Obviously, by having a go at Speedway they were hoping to get Speedway Supporters to ring them up and try to put the record straight. That is their BUSINESS, their raison d'etre if you like. I don't believe for one minute that the Presenters BELIEVE in what they say, that it is their TRUE opinion. If they said what they REALLY thought - there would be no Show. Winding folk up is their BUISNESS!!!

He'll be on whilst I am eating my Porage gustix.

That is NOT the point. The point is that the current System of nominating Riders is robbing Riders who MAY have qualified for a Grand Prix place. No I don't - BUT crucially I think it would have been morally CORRECT. I don't see how you can call Riders who have qualified in front of other, perhaps more gifted Riders as DROSS. :mad: Anyway - let's just carry on picking who BSI want in the GP - it's matterless what anybody else thinks anyway. :sad: THEY pay the MONEY - THEY can PICK the Riders I suppose. Doesn't make it RIGHT though. SPEEDWAY - SOLD FOR A SONG!!!!!

OH YES THEY ARE!!! By any reasonable standpoint - Logic, Season overall, Morality and Fairness. Who cares about all that though - this IS Speedway after all. :sad:

Chris Holder is ALL the PROOF that I need. Had he not slid under the Air Fence and hit the fence behind he would NOT be in the state he is in now. How the Air Fence is anchored though is a different argument which needs to be looked at. The Air Fence WOULD have saved Chris a lot of trouble had his Bike not 'lifted' the fence so that he came in contact with, as I say, the Fence behind.

No matter WHO wins the 'Play Offs' - Somerset will STILL be League Champions though. :approve:

VERY well put Sir. There should be NO compromise on Rider Safety. The Sport is very dangerous and anything that can reasonably reduce the chances of serious injury to Riders, or for that matter Spectators should be considered.

And is not this the problem with the SELECTION System? :mad: Crazy System.

Well???

Not with Wilkinson. Used to like him but not consistent enough for me. :sad: