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Prague and Wroclaw?

LAST SGP of the year should always be at Torun ... and certainly not Australia. Any SGP 'Down Under' should be at the start of the campaign, not the end. True, it is an uninspiring calendar and symptomatic of the problems facing the FIM and BSI in expanding the series beyond its current boundaries.

HAVE always refrained from getting involved with any of the Poole versus The Rest arguments on here. But some of the comments about the refereeing last night are borderline. Decisions are subjective, often a matter of opinion rather than fact. Referees will sometimes make a wrong decision. They are human. But I know Craig Ackroyd. To suggest he is either biased or, far worse, corrupt, is a step too far.

SHOWED in his last ride that he can still do it. Hopefully, with a winter back in the saddle, a more settled domestic life, etc, etc, he might still haul his way back. Too many on here forget what a fantastic and entertaining rider he was in 2012.

LAMBERT would certainly be in my four

WASN'T going solo though!

COOK'S pick on BT Sport

MUCH as I love the high speed racing at Torun how often do riders pass round the inside? One reason why I would actually rate the NSS higher ... more racing lines. Can understand why ref didn't exclude Zmarzlik but, as NP stated, it is all about opinions. Nothing black and white about that one.

IT'S never over until it's over... could have been so much worse.

INTERESTING interview with Chris Louis ... http://www.eadt.co.uk/sport/louis-looks-back-at-difficult-season-for-witches-1-5723216

TRACK sales used to be quite important but were always a small percentage of overall figure. For the past few years, with a lack of continuity of fixtures, etc, our track sales have shrunk to being almost non-existent outside of a couple of tracks.

GOOD point...

THE last race at Poole on Monday and the brace of recent Heat 13s at Belle Vue underlined in my view that speedway CAN be the most exciting and enthralling form of motorsport but there can be a lot of dross as well. F1 is just a borefest especially when Sky Sports replay a whole race to literally fill in air time.

MY own view (nothing more) is that the later date is down to stadium availability with the rugby World Cup taking place in 2019 and possibly the Welsh team requiring the stadium more often.

DREAM but don't hold your breath.

Can only repeat that in Poland these clubs are representatives of their towns, as with soccer in the UK, and draw crowds akin to the Championship in England. That has never been the case here... sadly. The rivalry is between two Polish towns rather than just two speedway clubs.

WE can only look on in envy ...

IT is a fluid situation... think Somerset make it six now.

BUT there are more than four or five ...

WHAT makes you think it is only four clubs? Or that they want to run teams full of superstars. You are right that they won't get a crowd of 4,000 but these days anything around the 1800/2000 mark is considered good. Why would Somerset want to lose Doyle, Kings'Lynn either or both of Lambert and Iversen, Belle Vue release Cook or Fricke? Why wouldn't Wolverhampton want to try and get either Lindgren or Woffinden back. Poole might fancy a rejuvenated Holder. Just questions, not solutions ...

NO one is more frustrated with the state of British speedway than me but, frankly, the cards currently held by the BSPA are not great. Tracks like Poole, King's Lynn, Wolves, Somerset want to at the very least maintain their team strengths ... not dumb down to the level of some CL teams who understandably cannot afford to go in the opposite direction. That doesn't mean that British promoters cannot address many of the problems afflicting the sport here but sadly there isn't a one-fit solution.

THERE are several meetings planned before AGM

NOT quite apparently ...

YES there will be a NL. The debate has been about whether the PL and CL would amalgamate but it would appear not. From what I hear (although there is no real agreement as yet) there is a belief (fear) that a league in which the likes of Berwick, Redcar, and Scunthorpe (no disrespect) for example are expected to compete against the likes of King's Lynn and Poole simply isn't either practical or viable. As far as the current PL tracks are concerned, the hope is that Glasgow will move up, possibly replacing Leicester who seem to prefer the CL. But, as said, everything is still in the air right now with the AGM not schedled until November.

FOR most fans music of the 80s is far too modern