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Spoke to Nicola at BSI ... here is her reply Just called the booking number that is on the website and waited and got through to an operator. Went through the booking process and was fine...will try and do it again when I’ve spoken to Billetlugen

THE SWC yes but the GP, as yet, no ...

ONE necessity at that time of the year is a roof ...

IF you read my earlier reply you will have noted that the Millennium isn't available in October...

WHERE better than Torun especially as most of the major national stadiums (Cardiff, Copenhagen and Stockholm) have limited availability?

NO, not Barney Francis. The top two at Sky Sports have changed since then ...

SO good you posted it four times ... well said, four times SO good you posted it four times ... well said, four times

But if( and it is if) that is the deal the BSPA as a whole agreed with Terry then who do you blame? It is no good thinking it's a good deal when you have nothing and then try and move the goalposts at a later stage.

HE was working on behalf of the BSPA... don't recall speedway on TV (certainly not to the extent that Sky cover it) being a certainty at the time. Several people had tried and failed. Some people here allow their personal prejudices to colour their judgement. Cannot really blame Terry if his fellow promoters have failed to capitalise on the millions that he had brokered for the sport.

HE was (is) working on behalf of the BSPA ...

I IMAGINE that if the BSPA have charged Terry with getting a TV deal then it would be an exclusive arrangement. Wouldn't show the BSPA up in a good light if several promoters went around knocking on the same doors. THE deal still had to be done. You are not being very gracious...

WHICH begs the question: why didn't they? It was Terry, then Chairman or President (cannot remember which) of the BSPA who got off his backside and secured a TV deal when none looked likely. Credit where it is due...

I THINK you under-estimate the contribution of Terry Russell to British speedway. More often that not has put his money where his mouth is and is doing so again at Swindon. It was Terry who secured the original Sky deal and as such he continued to be the negotiator between the BSPA and Sky or others. Of course, he has taken a percentage but without him there probably wouldn't have been a Sky deal in the first place. I can still remember a case many moons ago when the BSPA objected to a sponsorship broker getting 10 per cent of a lucrative deal. Instead of 90 per cent of something they finished up with 100 per cent of nothing. I appreciate Terry has his critics, not least on here, but have said before that if I wanted someone to go into a contract deal for me then TR, shrewd East End boy that he is, would be top of my list. Plus, of course, it is to his own benefit to get the best deal possible.

DON'T think Laguta was asked (could be wrong) but his refusal to take part in the qualifying rounds ("If you want me, call me") allied to his SWC boycott stacked the cards against him. Would still have been my pick but there could be extenuating circumstances that we don't know about. Think Lindback would have had a good chance had he performed well in Torun and five points from his first two rides set him up before rearing and falling at the start of his third. That sunk his hopes but he needs to sort out a few things if he is to recapture the form he showed at the end of 2012. Will miss him in the pits.

WHILE I don't agree with the Lindgren decision (will be officially confirmed tomorrow) the views of a few Brits isn't necessarily widely held throughout the continent and especially Sweden...

PERSONALLY would have preferred Laguta to Lindgren and thought he was likely to get it but always felt his refusal to ride in the SWC would count against him at the FIM, who as much a part of the selection process as BSI.

DON'T think it has taken place yet

ISN'T the owner allegedly the fifth richest man in Poland?

UNLESS MJJ had been in the series!

BUT that would punish the fans and riders who were the innocent victims in this sorry saga. The only man to blame is the owner of the club...

IT seems that Sky have now agreed to meet with Terry Russell but what, if any offer, will ensue remains to be seen.

A LOT of truth in that but had some of the Sky money been used more dynamically some new (or indeed old) fans might have been attracted to watch live speedway.

COULD still be a change ...

WILD cards have been decided and riders will be notified. Announcement early next week.