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Are you for real? so every NL, premier,League and EL rider can enter is that right? TECHNICALLY you are right but in the real world this does not happen where are the qualifiers Croatia,Italy, all at the riders expense.Where are OUR qualifiers Oldace? where nearly every rider got a chance one thing's for certain Oldace you would not be getting a Jack Young winning a WC now would you.? So the series had no affect on British Speedway yes or No?

My opinion and you have yours,and if you believe everybody has a chance to enter the WC then you are deluded the first EIGHT pick themselves everyear anyway don't they.?And answer this are you seriously telling me the GP series has had no affect on the crowds since the series began.The crowds were going down up until the series started but British speedway then was still in better shape than it is now tracks then were not dictated to then.( ie on which night they could run also Wembley's one/off crowds were only something Cardiff could ever dream of getting.

The World Championship is DIFFERENT,and in this day/age why couldn't we have both? the series and a one off final the reason is money and looking in just a few people creaming it in taking everything out and no money spiralling down for speedway to develop.Funny thing is when the series came in why didn't the public get a say? odvious really just a few greedy people bulldozed the idea through therefore destroying speedway certainly in England.Look i like the series it has modernised speedway,but it has not been GOOD for speedway it has killed England as a serious league also people can say what they want the series is a closed shop for just few. You are kidding right?

Would love that Custom, a bit of variation different tracks it could work if everybody pulled in the right direction but we all know in speedway that never happens.

I wondered how others felt should the play/offs stay or should they be scrapped.For me they have run there cause are past there sell buy date i thought the main reason for them were the revenue created by the semi/final meeting's and Final.At Swindon for the second leg i thought the crowd was pretty average compared to other years, i would like to go back to the top of the league team being Champions.Then have a FA cup type top four drawn out of a hat for opponents semi finals leading to a grand Final therefore creating a chance for a team to get the Double.

Great post Beckford great we remember these blokes whatever level they rode at Reg was well liked at Eastie RIP Reg.

ER i have always liked him as a rider like you i think,i first watched him as a sixteen year old first time i think he rode in the EL maybe for Peterborough at the Abbey.We all know he has ability but he is an enigma, bloody frustrating and we all guess what version turns up everyweek he is so hard to fathom out to be honest.Even on a nice average he has to go,and he will get a club no doubt a shame really the bloke has ability.

Doyley,Charlie,( if he isn't made to ride in the top five?) Nick,Zengi i would love those four back i am not that bothered to be honest i just hope i have speedway to go and watch worrying to be honest.

Well the beer up north is certainly better than in the south,at the Shay the Halifax clubhouse served a great pint of bitter.

Worrying ORLOV bigtime,fingers crossed i suppose something not quite right here is somebody hiding something.?

Are you drunk Oldace bit early in the day for you en it ?nah i would buy you half a shandy Oldace no problem then kick your head in.!!! only joking.

Totally right Steve with no Emil/Darcy why would Greg quit the series,he is still a viable contender Pawlicki for me is Tai's biggest challenger over the next few years. With Greg still there with a squeak,next year surely Tai has to be 1/3 to get his third world title.?

TOTALLY wrong do you know the guy personally a big NO? i believe when Tai won his first title Emil was very UNLUCKY surely Oldace you would acknowledge that.Now Emil has put his happiness/ family first is that so WRONG, i think not i really want him in the series because if he was he would be a world champion.Tai i like and admire and if he wins endless titles i will be happy for him,but without Emil the shine is dimmer.Emil is not to blame the speedway authorities could not give a monkeys those two at the moment without Darcy are a fair bit ahead of the field and most of the speedway world want to see a head to head and my money would be on Emil.( only my opinion!! )

Are you telling me he does not have what it takes? surely not Oldace? if you watch anough speedway surely you would agree Emil is at a MINIMUM on the same level as Tai.He has a family and maybe speedway is not on the top of his agenda 99per cent of the time in his lfe but please DON'T say he does not have what it takes to be WC i bet Tai is loving it when he does not enter the series.

Next March if there is no new stadium? which i think is impossible to build anyway by then(health/safety crap)speedway will start at the Abbey?.That means unless a new stadium is built the old one stays in place is that right? no one has a clear inclination.

Well done to the Aces great for there fans,and good luck to them in the Final.This meeting i did not enjoy at all not because of the result but it did did not take off for me.The Play/offs for me now have reached there sell buy date i would rather have a deserving overall winner of the league then with four teams riding for a two legged consolation Final.It It has been a rough season this year i just hope the October 11th send off meeting is a great occasion will Briggo be there?.

Oldace your opinion is certainly in the minority,it makes no sense at all Tai winning the WC is like Chelsea winning the Premiership without Man Utd in it.We all know how good Emil is for me he is the BEST rider in the world for me it just shows how poorly speedway is run.Why is a solution not found? without Emil,and Darcy in the series it takes the shine off Tai winning it.I like Tai and he deserves everything he gets but he knows he is lucky that Emil is not about and as usual the speedway supporter misses out.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HSQCZzsF6_Y Just for you Norbold, on the Ove/Barry early rivalry was it a tense and prickly one Norbold.?I can remember Barry saying that Ove would often run over his foot,in the end though they ended up great mates total respect for each other and Ove often ended up staying at Barry's after meeting's.

Better than Ove Norbold,Ove was a whiteliner a siting duck,a dirty sod as well.No only joking Norbold,a great rider i think going by my programmes i see him ride only once for Wembley in 1970 scoring eight points Briggo stuffed him twice.

Great book great rider.

I agree RP i really want both riders to progress, and add Holder junior he will improve also.Kurtz i think will be a GP rider in the next five years a big ask i suppose Fricke i think has a great style his temperament is really good for me he is a safe rider reminds me of the great Leigh Adams.!!

Its ok going full time EL if you have another regular league to ride in,otherwise it is not realistic.Also just riding EL do you really progress as a rider? i don't think so i think you would often struggle on the larger circuits abroad.I rate Fricke has a great style he has made real progress.I myself would give Kurtz the nod but i WORRY that he would overide and the occasion would get to him.. Fricke and Kurtz are now better than all of those you named and i actually like all of them Fricke/Kurtz have big futures.

RIPDavid, thought's go out to the family.

Kurtz or Fricke what do you think RP.?

Why have a qualifier? Przedpelski i think is the wildcard at Torun in October ?he is a real talent also Dudek he is real class on a speedway bike.