Chris Brown

This photo taken at 11.50 tonight shows how much work is neededhttps://twitter.com/nickipedersenDK/status/340601624894529536/photo/1

11 points from gate 4 in 20 races. Almost makes it a 3 rider race Racing at Prague feels great if you are there as its fast and you are close to the track but on TV it's dreadful

Savour it, normal service will almost certainly be resumed tomorrow

Tell them you won't pay their £9.99 and you will get it cheaper. I pay £7.99 because I told them it was too expensive. To be honest for the crap they put on £7.99 is a rip off too but hey ho

Crikey I have read some rubbish in my time but this is a bit special. Where so we start 1. The law of the UK says that in order to have a permit to enter our great country you do not behave in the way he has. I could not care if he is a speedway rider, footballer or bricklayer if he does not qualify to be here then tough. Its simple really, behave properly and you will have no problems 2. Saying he did not harm anyone is staggering. Was that because he is a great motorcyclist while on drugs or luck.? I reckon the 2nd one myself. Drink driving is totally unacceptable whether you crash into anyone or not, are you advocating only drink drivers who hurt someone are punished ? For sure he needs help but I think we all know that nothing is going to change. If the recent court case (yes he was found not guilty) which could have had caused untold damage to his future life was not enough to frighten the life out of him then I suspect nothing will. Clearly that taught him nothing and therefore I suspect a bot of drugs and running the police doesn't bother him at all. After all his UK mentor thinks is OK anyway At some point he will self destruct, sadly that is as sure as night following day

While you may be right on that part of the argument and I suspect you are. Do you really beleive that being caught taking drugs was the issue ? That is really not the crime. The crime was riding a motorcycle while under the influence of drugs and trying to outrun the Police while under the influence Why on earth ANYBODY would even consider defending his crime is completely beyond me, for goodness sake he rode a motorcycle on a public road while on drugs and tried to outrun the Police. How bad does it need to get for some to realise that that is NOT normal Now, do you want to tell us that there are others doing that as well ??? Must have been lost in translation. If he didn't say what he is being quoted as saying I suspect we should all wait for the lawsuit and the apology to be printed in the Bournemouth Echo I guess we need to watch this space.................................or maybe the journalist is right and he did indeed say what was printed.

I get a Duh! From the chap that hasnspent the last 24 hours trying to convince us that Middleditch has said nothing wrong ! I think that deserves a great big DUH ! I still wonder if all this 'Ward needs help' stuff will be taken out of his hands when he walks up to the desk at Heathrow. People who were guilty of what he done would not be allowed entry to Australia so I see no reason to accept them here Very sad but unless something radical happens he isn't going to change, why should he, those around him think he is doing just fine. Thanks goodness for Matt Ford actually being the voice of reason here

I am sure it has but why would the Bournemouth Echo do that ? If it was a red top I can understand but the Echo get great mileage out of the speedway down there and therefore it would be a surprise if they have twisted the words It will of course also be interesting to see what view the authorities have of a conviction of this sort and whether entry to the UK is permitted. I suspect if it was the other way round the Australian authorities would be reluctant to let a Brot in. And before anyone comments, it matters not whether he is a speedway rider, politician or a bricklayer, he should be treated the same. He surely must be in last chance saloon though

But this has NOTHING to do with sticking up for your team. Middleditch's comments are not defendable, its got nothing to do with which club. The fact is the Team Manager of a club who is also the Team Manager of our national team has said that in his opinion most kids are getting stoned on drugs, getting pissed and riding their bikes and trying to outrun the cops To quote the normally very pro Echo, “It is what most young people do these days isn't it? He wasn't racing or putting anyone else's life at risk on the track." Its a scandalous thing to say and why anyone would even start to consider defending it is beyond me

Anybody intersted in this ?

Whoops, the R is not even next to the S on the keyboard You get the point though

Not sure about GPs not being televised having an impact, not sure they will. No EL certainly will because the brain dead promoters will simply up the admission price to cover the £100k they lose through TV revenue, therefore making the sport more expensive than it already is People will want something in return and the point made about grotty stadiums, poos presentation et al all contribute to this

The Oxford SOS are sponsoring a race at the Ben Fund Bonanza and with it being so far away will not be using the 2 VIP tickets for this meeting Therefore as we have in the past, the first person to offer the face value of the tickets with the money donated to the Ben Fund can benefit from the tickets The VIP package contains 2 ickets for the meeting as well as a buffet in the VIP area. The cost of normal admission is £16 so for £32 these tickets can be yours and you benefit from a buffet and seats in the VIP area PM me if you are interested

Well you can take it to the extreme if you wish but it is an option. Lets say 500 cars park each week and pay £1, I am sure that Stadia UK would accept lets say £300 a week additional rent and forgoe the car parking hassle. Just making it as a suggestion rather than the excuse for parking charges being that it goes to the stadium owners. There are ways around that. Your bar suggestion is just being stupid and is a completely different scenario Good to hear the season ticket saves ou, Shovvy always said you saved nothing but got your seat in the grandstand...............which costs the promoter nothing. There should be a benefit of a season ticket As a comparison though of saving £1 per meeting by stumping money up for months in advance, my Oxford United season ticket costs me £240, each game is £17, so I get each game for £10.50, for me that is the sort of saving you should be getting for committing money up front rather than a 6% saving, it costs more to borrow the money than 6% Just an opinion of what is good and bad value The point The Know is making is sound though, its simply too expensive for a family to go every week and getting them into a habit of going by stumping up for a season ticket would need more than a £1 saving, miss one meeting due to holiday and you have lost money on the season Exactly when each club loses its SKY money what will its response be. Will it be to go out and find new revenue, will it be to cut its rider costs to fit a budget or will it be to put the price up £2, increase the price of a programme and develop some sort of raffle or 100 club to fleece the fans further I suspect we all know the answer

But that revenue is only been given away to offset a cheaper rent. I say pay the extra rent to compensate the stadiumn owner and givem parking for free Easy for me to say I realise but given the fans something back rather than always charge them more. I am right in thinking that a Poole season ticket saves you not a single penny of normal admission prices ?

Its always disappointing to see clubs simply put up admission prices, in the case of Dudley this is a 10% increase which in todays climate is ridiculous. Rather than just bumping up prices and ensuring their loyal fans supplement their profitability would 'promoters' not be better off PROMOTING and find new revenue fot their club rather than piling any costs they chosen to increase onto their loyal fans. I realise that new revenue is not easy to bring in, and therefore the way to increase profits/reduce losses is to reduce your costs, NOT to put up prices Not having a pop at Dudley here because they are not alone for sure but this is lazy promoting. Speedway is in a strange position where is has a captive audience in that there are some loyal fans that will always go regardless of prices (within reason) but also there is a very competitive side in that its competing with other leisure activities for people's leisure expenditure. Simply sticking 2 fingers up at the loyal captive fans is the wrong way of going about covering additional costs/generateing profit in my opinion Its happened for years though, why should it change And I haven't mentioned charging for parking, that is an even bigger scandal especially at stadiums where the only realistic way of getting to them is by car (Eastbourne and Peterborough are prime examples)

No, still Peterborough

I agree, when oh when will British Speedway start helping British Riders. As you say forget its Bridger, he was a hell of a talent and British Speedway should have helped him to nurture that talent Sadly we help overseas riders over here more than our own

Glad to read someone saying it was NOT 1st bend bunching, so many have suggested that but for me that was NOT a case of 1st bend bunching Not one to show any sympathy generally for referees but what an impossible position for Craig Ackroyd, if we were really honest in his position how many of us would have taken the option he did. Personally I think he got it wrong but I think we all have to understand why he made that decision You can call it bottling it if you wish but I think it was more a case of just getting it wrong. Rather him than me and the title should be decided with ridersd on the track and not by refereeing decisions Somebody needs to get hold of the morons that were all around Holder on the track though, what on earth were they all doing there ? they did him no favours

Probably right, my argument was all the way through that had he qualified then he would have deserved it. Others on here seem to not agree with that view A Pardubice rider getting a Prague wildcard..........not a chance

Had a text from him yesterday. Not sure he is too worried about not qualifying but seems to like the idea that as 1st reserve the chances are he will get to do a few rounds

Its just another example of why this is not a true World Championship but a circus designed to make money for BSI/IMG or whatever they are called these days. I know the Speedway Press will defend them but rules are in place and they are OK to ignore them..............when it suits. Sadly speedway appears to be of secondary importance these days. Sill as long as the Press can travel round the world on jollies I am suire it will be fine

Good to see Ales Dryml crowned European Champion today after the disappointment of missing out last night Reportsa in Czecho suggest that if another rider pulls out of the GP series then it will be Ales that steps in and not No 10, 11 etc in the current series. Not sure if this is the case or not but am sure someone willl know Edit. In fact what they are reporting is that rule 077.8.5 says Should a rider or riders Who Have Qualified Directly, Either by being in the top 8 of the Final Overall Grand Prix Classification or in the top 3 of the FIM Grand Prix Qualification system, Withdraw prior to the start of the Grand Prix season, the first rider or riders available on the official Grand Prix Qualified Substitute sheet Shall replace him or Them. Zdroj: http://www.speedwayfakta.cz/mezinarodni/grand-prix/ales-dryml-prece-jen-v-grand-prix-2013/#ixzz27z0HWshS Does this open up a hornets nest as it was reported earlier that Andreas Jonson would get Crump's place, this seems to contradict that

Won today by Ales Dryml after topping the score charts with 48 points from the 4 rounds Congratulations to Ales Results from the excellent www.speedwayfakta.cz First Aleš Dryml 48 2. Second Robert Miśkowiak 44 3. Third Andrej Karpov 44 4. 4th KjastasPuodžuks 41 5. 5th Tomasz Gapiński 40 6. 6th Andzejs Lebeděvs 40 7. 7th Kenni A. Larsen 33 8. 8th Tobias Busch 27 9. 9th Michal Szcepaniak 26 10. 10th Tomáš Suchánek 23 11. 11th Martin Málek 23 12. 12th Grigorij Laguta 13 13. 13th Matič Voldrih 12 14. 14th Max Dilger 12 15. 15th Vjačelsav Gierusckis 9 16. 16th Szymon Kielbasa 9 17. 17th Grzegorz Zengota 8 18. 18th Maks Gregorič 7 19. 19th Viktor Golubovskij 7 20. 20th Aleksander Čonda 4 21. 21st Fritz Wallner 3 22. 22nd Norbert Magosi 2 23. 23rd József Tabaka 2 24. 24th Daniel Gappamier 1 25. 25th Lukas Simon 1 26. 26th Wojciech Lisiecki 1 27. 27th Johannes Fiala 0 Zdroj: http://www.speedwayfakta.cz/mezinarodni/mistrovstvi-evropy/mistrovstvi-evropy-senioru/ales-dryml-se-stal-mistrem-evropy/#ixzz27yyQHGXy

My opinion and you don't have to agree with it is that every rider should be entitled to fulfill an ambition to ride in the GP series, therefore qualifiers is the only way to do that. You can argue that we should have the top 16 riders but it won't happen, the polictics will decides that there needs to be 4 Poles, 3 Danes and blimey even a token Brit. IMO the politics and the fact that its all about money will determine that its the best ruiders as long as it fits the commercial model of which countries are presented that will prevail. So you will never get the top 16 riders So for me, give every single riders the chance to qualify, use Ales as an example, he has qualfied once for the GP series and didn't qualify, Chris Harris has done what 8 or 9 seasons in the GP's and qualified...........................yep once !!! Are you telling me that Politics of having to have a Brit has not ensured Harris' participation. Its frankly absurd that one rider should get so many wildcard nominations. Your logic is that if you consistently show you are good enough you will get picked, surely failing to qualify over and over again shosw you are NOT consistent enough to get chance after chance and therefore the pick process simply must have other drivers