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HE was the kid on stand-by to replace Hancock at Torun ... looks oike he woukld have done a good job!

SADLY we are in a small pond. More like a puddle these days

I imagine their target audience is somewhat larger.

OF course he made a decision otherwise we would still be there now. He had three choices. Exclude Holder, Exclude Pedersen. Or put all four back. He made the DECISION to put all four back as he was entitled to do. You don't agree but cannot believe you can argue that he didn't make a decision. He never said it was first bend bunching. His opinion, to quote, was that it "50/50."

BUT the referee did make a decision, just not one that you agree with.

WHEN I know who they are will ask the questions ...

GOOD point. When Gollob won he was feted right across Poland, appeared on all the top TV chat shows, etc, and raised the profile of speedway considerably even in a country where it is already upscale. He transcended the boundaries of sport. Contrast that with Greg Hancock whose victory didn't even register on the Richter scale outside of the speedway community in a small pocket of Southern California. Probably a good chance that Chris Holder will get some recognition back home. Motorcycle racing is popular in Oz but doubt that it will be nationwide. Won't cause many waves here, though. Speedway would have to be an Olympic sport and GB to win gold for that to happen. Pinch me, I'm dreaming ...

HUMPHREY ... you are normally brighter than this. Have already said that there won't be a Warsaw GP in 2013 but very much on the cards for 2014. Coincidentally, England's soccer team play in Warsaw next Tuesday and officially open the Friends Arena in Stockholm in November.

GOING round and round again. You saw it with one pair of eyes and the referee with another. Nothing is going to change that. Or the fact that incidents on the first corner can constitute an unsatisfactory start. It's not just about what happens on the starting line.

OR, as Craig says, it was 50/50 end he put both back. That was an option and he took it.

CXAN'T wait! OR even can't...

FAIRLY soon I would guess. Perhaps as early as next week.

NOT a fan then...

WAIT and see

WHY odd? They wouldn't have three GPs in Sweden. Stockholm has become available and has a roof and Gothenburg has a contract for 2013. What's so hard to understand? Perhaps your impression about Warsaw was wrong... DIDN'T know that. Know that he was born in Sweden but presumed he was still racing on a Finnish licence. You live and learn.

MAYBE they could but what's the hurry given that Gothenburg still has a year to run. GP in Warsaw will involve PZM. DON'T get ahead of yourselves. This is not a done deal as I understand. But of course there is a vacancy for a Nordic GP now that Vojens have left the rota. But if you had to choose a wild card now surely the World longtrack champion would have a good shout.

WRONG on both counts G&B Arena in Malilla to undergo some significant spectator upgrades over the next 12 months. True, Ullevi still has a year to run but wouldn't be surprised to see Malilla back on the 2014 calendar.

TOO soon ... not all the ducks in a row. Domestically the PZM have enough on their plate at the moment. Much more realistic in 2014.

AND there were particular problems in Berlin which meant that the track simply couldn't cope with the heavy rain. As SCB says, things have moved on since then. There will be a new temporary track at the Friends Arena in Stockholm next year and, in all probability, in Warsaw in 2014.

NOt sure about Zagar as a winner but I take your point. But, maybe, two years down the line? Tai has potential, huge potential in my mind, and but he has to match what he can on a bike with what he does off it. Incidentally, JT, I'm not sure BSI see having a "sub-par" Brit at Cardiff is a seat-seller but Sky may view that differently. They are in no position to dictate who does or doesn't get a nominated place but would be quite within their rights to determine that without British representation the SGP doesn't warrant as much air time, and that would be detrimental to British speedway as a whole. Which is probably tied in to the view of others I have previously aired that coverage of the SGP series is important in the context of providing some inspiration for young aspiring (that word again) speedway riders in the UK. I have no evidence to suggest that is the case and, probably like you, think Sky must be as tired as the rest of us at the lack of British success but sometimes beggars cannot be choosers. NO, I didn't say it would be anyone's fault but his own but in this country we don't seem to provide the support for our own anywhere near as much as they do elsewhere. It's a British trait.

ASSUMING (and it is no more than that) Hampel, Vaculik and Ward get spots, then I don't think there is a lot to choose between the other candidates. I do believe that Tai has real talent and that in hindsight (what a wonderful thing that is) 2010 was a bit too soon. But if he can build on that experience, mature (as Holder has done and Ward will need to) then Britain could have a genuine GP rider. He also stuck by Jawas for far too long (easy to say if you don't have to pay) like Bjerre. I note that he has been using GMs in Poland and doing much better. Give the kid a chance and maybe if we all got behind him he will come up trumps. His main rival for a place is Michael Jepsen Jensen but despite his achievements this season I think he is a year away too. And don't count Maciej Janowski out in the very near future.

BUT if you read it properly you would realise that I didn't say it was my opinion but a view that is held in certain quarters.

PERSONALLY wouldn't argue with that

I THINK there is a reasonable chance that I know what aspire means. I might just as well ask whether you can read. So, let me try again... There are some people who take the view that having a British rider in the SGP series might help to encourage British kids, some of whom might not even have thought about speedway as a career, to ASPIRE to taking their place on the World stage, racing at venues like the Millennium in Cardiff, Parken in Copenhagen and Torun. It is a point of view but perhaps pandorum you are one of those who cannot and will not respect opinions that are not entirely in tune with your own.