The White Knight

I reckon the Russians are already on the List.

Would you not be better off staying and supporting your Club until a new Promoter comes along? If everyone stops going like yourself - the Track will close and there will be no Speedway Track for a prospective Promoter to take over. You can be a long time closed. Sunderland - Thirty Eight years - and STILL waiting. :sad: :cry:

Thank you very much Team Man. :)

Any Scores please Dave??

Have you got one? Genuine question,

That is precisely why the Riders that you mention should have been picked. The eventual Result of this Meeting is matterless, apart from bragging rights.

Roynon, particularly, should have been selected in the first place. Probably Auty and Cook too. Sadly - we do seem to stick with the same old faces - even if they are out of form or passed their 'sell by' date.

Who will they replace him with - Peter Collins or 'Simmo'. :rofl:

I agree - we need to be more forward looking. I would have given Auty and Roynon a place - as much as anything for the experience. Personally - I don't think TeamGB will win this Meeting. It would have been a great chance for the above mentioned Riders to get sight and feel of the International level that they are aspiring to achieve. Missed opportunity - I think.

Just ignore him.

Ooops - sorry - I forgot about that. I Posted on impulse - never a good idea. Apologies.

What - no Crump.

Don't be too sure.........................................

Ouch!! That's definitely not right. The Rider should be paid his dues if this is the case. :shock:

......................it sounds, to me, that the Team has distanced itself from Ryan. :sad: I can't say that he would have done better than Watt - I can only say I think he would have been an improvement. Just my opinion.

Canny Team that sidney. :approve:

T I do agree up to a point with that statement Philip. However I think a far greater reason for the dislike for the 'Joker' in this Country is that it simply is not FAIR. Poland won the World Cup a couple of years ago having played their 'Joker', Australia lost because they never got the chance to play their's. Even though the 'Aussies' were the best Team - they LOST because of the 'Joker'. How can that be right? I think it is because of the innate British sense of 'Fair Play' that the 'Joker' is deemed UNFAIR, and I would suggest that as long as the Rule exists it will be subject to manipulation by Team Managers and Riders. The 'Joker' should be dropped as soon as possible in the interests of having a Level Playing Field for all - and - allowing the best Team to win.

I'm sorry Dave - I can't agree with you. The 'Joker' should be scrapped altogether - it cheapens our Sport. :mad:

No I don't believe he had an Engine Failure - BUT - the precedence had been set by Pedersen. The 'Joker' is a Joke - it should be laughed out of our Sport. It ruins the Credibility and the Integrity of Speedway - it also encourages dishonesty and gamesmanship as we saw last night.

I would sincerely hope not. No-one will ever know for sure. But once Nicki Pedersen had done the evil deed, who could blame the Riders in the following Heats for trying to do the same to improve their positions in the Meeting. I'm afraid it left a nasty taste in my mouth.

...............................possibly one of the best comments so far on this Thread. :approve:

I'm sure they will have some input. He who pays the Piper calls the Tune.

............................and there's the rub Grachan. If SKY like it - then that is all that matters to those in Authority. It is very much a case of them saying s*d the Riders, s*d the Supporters - we need SKY's thirty pieces of silver - so - s*d them ALL!! :mad:

Ahhh - but in the context of the Race - which is what everyone is actually watching??? What about that??? Well I must say I feel vindicated. As I said earlier - I have been raving about this stupid 'Joker' Rule for years. Perhaps now the 'Powers that be' will listen to the Riders and Supporters about this pathetic attempt at manipulation and scrap the damned thing altogether. :mad:

I think that is a gross assumption. :angry: Call what Nicki Pedersen did last night Cheating, Manipulation, Gamesmanship or whatever - I would still be unhappy had it been Holder, Ward or even my favourite Rider Greg Hancock. :angry: