Gavan

ha ha i have to laugh at somethnig i read on here earlier. that this was the best gb team in the last 20 years? ok that takes us back to 1992 and since then Loram , Havelock, Tatum, Wigg, Doncaster, Cross, Screen, Norris, Nicholls, Rico, yep this quartet definatly the best lol

no im not happy but it was my choice to put ward in so i will always go by the rules especially when you put a lot of time and effort for a competition fur us lot to enjoy. Mcgowan!!! lol ah my spies tell me its batchelor who on a going day against frankly poor opposition he could get 12 ish so may not lost to much. cheers tnt

so if ward doesnt ride i get his replacement and a predicted total of 13? if thats the rules im happy with that tnt

can somebody update on the injury ruling here please? i has kolodziej who isnt riding. do i score 0 or do i get his replacement which is pepe?

No guarantee that Hampel wont make the top 8 he has time, however whoever drops down to 9th will be in again. The organisers are hoping Vaculik will get through the challenge then we can have the token british rider in lol

Have to ask if there is a facility for a replacement if injured before it starts i.e Ward Event one: SAYFUTDINOV, IVERSEN, HANCOCK, KOLODZIEJ Event two: WARD (if out can it be Holder?), WOLBERT, KUS, CRUMP

ah you got to laugh at some people on here! Bash ive been a speedway fan for 30 years of my 36 year life, i followed mark loram around with my aunt and uncle and always went foxhall as lakeside or arena as it was was not built and we preferred the british league to national league though we did go to rye house a lot as we live in essex. i am not an alter ego of aljack i just happen to agree with what he says sometimes but not in his context always. check where else ive posted on this forum and hopefully you will see we are not the same person. i havent been to foxhall this season as family and work are a hinderence so maybe im not the best person to pass judgement on this years side but im an ipswich fan and want us to do ewell

It must be hard for a lot of you witches fans but i have been a fan for 30 years and can you not see Aljack is right? ok i will agree he goes to far sometimes in condemnation of individuals and im not a louis hater by any means but our club is a laughing stock. the win over glasgow just glossed over how badly our team is put together and the fact that when things go wrong our management do not make changes at all just trundle along to mid table (if we are lucky). look at scunthorpe gone and got morris and now have howe morris and auty as top 3! thats 45 points against our awful top 3 everytime lol. what i am saying is they are struggling and did something about it!

Lol Jepsen Jensen again hey lets give him a permanent wild card!! it should be a young pole most definatly same as when jepson jensen got the danish one and how i would imagine Tai will get our one! just waiting to see what gp they give Ward because chances are he will be the only wildcard that will be capable of actually winning a meeting thus taking points off the top boys. would be interesting when he is in the same race as Holder if he is chasing the world title!!

Lets be brutally honest the only way Kennett or Bridger will ever ride in the gp is as a wildcard at cardiff

3 GREATES RACES FOR ME AND I AM A BIASED MARK LORAM FAN LOL 1. NOT MARK!! JAN O PEDERSEN IN AN 8 RIDER RACE STARTED OFF THE BACK MESSED THE START UP THEN PASSED EVERYONE ITS ON YOU TUBE SOMEWHERE 2. LORAMSKI 1999 GP FINAL IN LINKOPPING SWEDEN - CLASSIC OVERTAKES 3. LORAMSKI BRITISH FINAL RUN OFF WITH LOUIS -HARD BUT FAIR RACING PASSING AND REPASSING

N Pedersen Holder Gollob Sayfutdinov

Very hard to define an order of legends in any sport. Do we go by World Titles or National crowns? Is Scott Nicholls a better rider than Mark Loram as he has won more British titles? Is Havelock a better rider than Wiggy or Tatum as he won a world crown? Look at snooker as 1 example Davis v White who was the best? Davis more world titles but White much more natural. Very hard topic to assess this one. Personally ranking it on my own combination of talent and titles these are the top 3 that i have seen race i.e 1980 onwards. AUSTRALIA - CRUMP, SANDERS, ADAMS DENMARK - NIELSEN, GUNDERSEN, JAN O USA - HANCOCK, PENHALL, ERMOLENKO SWEDEN - RICKARDSSON, PER JONSSON, ? ENGLAND - LEE, LORAM, TATUM

it is hard to nominate who we could have had or who is available now i know that but i did say on here at the start i wasnt happy with the team. Poole was a good addition and yes very unfortunate to lose him. I said Doolan was no longer a number 1 and that is proved. Very unfortunate for Risager with injuries but he is not good enough. Dak Rohan and Heeps emerge with credit and the signing of Lanham smacked of a quick fix. We are weak at the end of a meeting and 13 and 15 are huge worries. The team was poorly built at the start. Ok he is a bit of a wild thing but why didnt we move for Fisher before the start of the season or someone like Seb Alden? these guys were available but yet again we go the easy way out route the cheaper option.

to be fair i would have hoped we wouldnt have built our team to defend the fours but to try and win the league! but when the team has been built so poorly then it wasnt even a concern. i am suprised the majority of fans are happy with mid table

In a way i agree with Aljack just the way he gets his point across is all wrong. Tungate , Heeps , and North are potential and lets not kid ourselves we have badly missed Poole who could have made a big difference. Doolan is on the way down that is obvious, Risager has never lived up to his potential 5 or 6 years ago and needs to go and the signing of Lanham was a panic move. Im sorry it smacks of bad team building. we are weak in the latter stages when it comes to 13 and 15 everytime. Do they still run the pairs? If they did we would be bottom i reckon just look at the top two of other sides. SCREEN & GRIEVES ALDEN & ASHWORTH BARKER & FISHER LEMON & ROBSON AUTY & HOWE LAWSON & BACH COOK & TULLY just to name a few. I would fancy home and away we would concede a 5-1 or 4-2 to most of those everytime in 13 or 15 it needs to be changed

HOLDER GOLLOB HAMPEL HARRIS

Personally i think this is the best gp race for many years so many in the mix. Riders like Gollob and Hampel have not really hit top form at all yet are bang there. Holder had a bad first round but along with Nicki is riding the best at the moment. Hancock is plugging away and like Crump is there or thereabouts every time. In my own mind (and i bloody hate Poole!) im going for Holder as long as he doesnt start to tire like previous years as i think he is riding the best but i still wouldnt rule out Hampel. What does everyone else think?

Is this thread serious i cant believe what some people are writing. I want to see Team GB in the final and that means picking the four best riders that we have yes or no? The top 3 pick themselves HARRIS NICHOLLS WOFFINDEN simple as that. The only position up for grabs is number 4. This should be picked on form and experiance basically. Kennett and Barker have ridden in world cups so to have Stead and i believe King and Bridger. Kennett is out of form and personally i think Stead has had his chances at this level and isnt good enough. I also dont really think King is up to it so i would pick Bridger or Barker. The young blood the worralls and the like are nowhere near up to this level yet. Put Auty in the squad to give him that experiance of being around it all but i want us to do well and see us in the final and no one can tell me that Screeny wouldnt get more points than Stead or King because he is in great form

HAMPEL HOLDER THOMAS H JONASSON JONSSON

The finalists were the old guard with 9 world titles between them and these guys love em or loathe em are proving they are true legends of the sport. but to be fair to me it shows the decline of up and coming riders. We have only Holder and Hampel who can mix it with these boys on a consistent basis. Jonsson proving that last season was a one off. With the exception of Ward who else is there? No wonder these 4 finalists dont want to retire they are still the best out there

HAMPEL SAYFUTDINOV CRUMP BJERRE

Sorry but there is an obvious 4 riders who should be in the team. It all depends on wether we are trying to make the final or just blood youth again. If we want to make the final the 4 should be. WOFFINDEN, HARRIS, NICHOLLS, KENNETT. The 5th place is BARKER or BRIDGER. If RICHARDSON wants to he should be 4 with KENNETT dropping to 5. Of the rest HOWE - Yes riding well but would be a backward step. Cant really cut it at top level so wouldnt entertain him. Its nothing personal as he is a fine ambassador for the sport. STEAD - Again had chances and not really good enough but in my mind would be 1 of 2 reserves if injury happened for one of the others. AUTY - Talented but to soon. Cant gate very well which is not ideal at this or any level but would take him along to soak up the experiance. KING - basically see HOWE. One rider who could do a half decent job in a qualifier maybe but only if we had lots of injuries and yes its a backward step but what about SCREENY!!

Gollob Hancock Harris Lindback

Maybe not in his first season but after that Ward would be above Bjerre every time. Can Bjerre be world champion or even on the rostrum.......NO! Could Ward be world champion or on the rostrum one day ......YES! At this stage Bjerre has achieved more due to his age lets see where these two are at in the next 2 years and who has the most success in their career. Only a fool would say Bjerre