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Some people just never disappoint, do they?

Oh, for gods sake. This is just ridiculous.

Surely that is what we were led to believe after Ullevi, Gelsenkirchen and Riga, Remember how close to disaster we were with Cardiff 2013. And in this latest case we are not even sure that 'the organisers' even have it within there gift to prevent this happening. If they say none of it is their fault. How can we be sure they have the power to prevent recurrence?

I tend to feel that this was the most important point of the lot. The green light starts worked well, they were fair. But way way TOO fair. They were different from the 'ordinary' for ALL riders. Comfort zones were compromised. The lack of steel (or too much Steele and Lawrence) in the jury. That's not fair. Not fair on us.

Perhaps that was it though. Saint Greg being passed by the lowly Bomber. There MUST be a reason. It has to be the track. Could not possibly be any other reason.

Err, no, not really. Does every comment now need to come with a health warning. Just to avoid A&E being full of Speedway supporters taking posts as being too literal. I would describe Saturday night in Warsaw as an almighty 'Cock Up'. I beg you NOT to take that literally.

I quite agree. I wonder what Philip's views on this incongruity are, from his vantage point.

If all parts of the Speedway world were staffed with persons of exemplary standard then situations like Saturday would not happen. Or when they did the people involved would cope. But we already know that that is not the case, truly don't we? My god, my life following this sport has told me one thing above all others. Do not expect too much of the people involved. Few of them are ever up to it. One of the most glaring things that was clear on Saturday night was the total lack of crisis management. Whatever the right and wrongs of each and every incident or area of dispute. No one was in charge. There was no one, no single person in the whole Stadium who could stop the spiral down the toilet, once it had started Not one. Pygmies. The lot of 'em. .

Obviously Paul Bellamy has just published exactly what he was dictated by IMG's lawyers. It is meant to be a statement that deals with the need for him to say something, whilst actually not saying anything at all. Clearly legal action is likely to follow, in more than one direction I imagine. So that is all he can do at this stage. The two points I would raise are: 1) Does this not highlight the folly of the 'set up' we have with shared, mixed and, indeed interwoven, responsibilities. The mix of PZM, BSI, FIM and SpeedSport could now be a lawyers wet dream. 2) How are subsequent GPs to be run later in the year if the riders have the final say over the track; and yet only Ole is allowed to build it? And even one that is relatively OK gets cancelled just because no one has big enough balls to handle prima donnas. .

There are going to be a lot of recriminations about the unmitigated disaster of last night. Perhaps people will be held to account. More likely they won't. But the biggest challenge right now is to try to work out what happens next. To get through the rest of the year. This year the SGP is due to have more 'Ole tracks' than ever. We are told that it is not an 'exact science'. But the mad professor is just not sufficiently proficient to get it right often enough. What the hell can they do?

Thankfully, according to Phil Rising, they disallowed 185 extra media acreditations. That just leaves 200 journalists to spread the news of this around the world. Phew!

This is 2015 It is 'State of the Art' Speedway. My money is on Buster Frogley and Jim Kempster.

Is there an off duty policeman available. The ref needs breathylizing.

They need not worry. Doubtless, it will have been quarried by Poles, transported to port by Poles, shipped by Poles and laid by Poles. It will be as Polish as anything sourced within a five mile radius of the Stadium. I cannot vouch for the polish-ness of Ole Olsen. That may be where it all goes to pot.

That sounds ominous. It sounds like BSI getting their excuse in - for something. Even earlier than usual.

Tormod Langli broke his arm after crashing hang gliding at Easter 1980. It is totally irrelevant. But seeing as other people are contributing nonsense. I thought I would too.

If they had got within 9 metres of decent coverage on Darcy Ward. No one would have commented. PS Great issue this week. And s0d Tescos. On ipad and PC is so, so much better.

You don't understand, fair enough.

So that would be a 'No' to having any stats, then? So you put forward hypothetical stats. To discuss. How about some real ones?

March is ended. It is my feeling that there have been no more injuries this year in the 'March, start of season period' than any other year in my Speedway watching life. That is 40 years. Despite what other people are saying. And I know other people think differently. But can anyone produce ANY statistics to PROVE me wrong?

It's a bit of a surprise to find the Archbishop of.Sunderland jumping to the defense of certain people who are, themselves, so aggressive and borderline abusive in their postings. I pray that His Grace will look upon the really worthy with more forgiveness. .

So now we know. You choose your team, not to win, but on the basis that someone MIGHT get injured. You postpone meetings when it is dry just in case it MIGHT rain. I suggest we do away with the entire league as Poole MIGHT win. Let's just all give up, altogether, eh?

When it comes to giving presents for the festive season. We are always being told that 'A Puppy is not just for Christmas'. Apparently some people were given just one single brain cell. And it truly did 'only last for xmas'.

Thank you for that clarification. I remain a little confused as surely one of them was married to that Mrs Boswell from Liverpool but still managed to conduct orchestras in his spare time,

To avoid any gustix-type confusion. Am I right in thinking that 'John Davies' is any relation to the peroxide-coiffed burger merchant John Davis?