SteveLyric2

Andersen and Harris have to come through the 'Blunsdon heat leader injury curse' tonight first!!

Just a thought on the length of time to lay a temporary track - if more time is required it means hiring the venue for more days!! They don't give the venue free!! So any extra hire cost will be passed onto the fans in even more expensive ticket prices!

Emil is back on a bike this weekend - but not in the World Speedway League meeting apparently!!

Well Jason Doyle had to decline the last round due to a Leicester meeting and Dakota North was 'offered' with Rohan Tungate as reserve!

I wonder how many 'young' people were watching/listening??

Now that Team GB are allowed in the Best Pairs Cup, maybe the National Stadium could host the British leg in 2016 - or even a round of the European Championships?

Why are people saying there has been no apology? BSI have apologised to fans in their statement on www.speedwaygp.com and are 'understanding of the FIM Jury's decision to declare the meeting'. It seems clear that further investigations are taking place - but whether fans will ever get the full story, rather than whatever the different players decide to give the media - will remain to be seen.

One or two rider comments beginning to filter through.............!!!

Great result for the Bees!!

PR - your earlier comment appears to be at odds with what the Polish authorities are saying about Warsaw?! Or is it a different situation depending on the contract for each venue/country?

Have they not said that before??!

Are you sure that's correct. The official scoreline shows a 6 ride /18 point max in a 52-38 win for the Poles!!

Sorry, I read it differently - 'given all are available' usually means its a statement of fact rather than asking a question?! eg 'it's a given!'.

Has Nicholls given up his commentating/studio expert role then?!

Don't worry - everything's fine in Speedway in Poland. Where Poland leads others follow......................or maybe, hopefully not!?

Maybe he has just gone back to Aus whilst waiting for the FIM explanation!!

Yet if this had been a Pole and/or a Poole rider, the forum would have gone into meltdown!!

I didn't think the Swedish league started til May??

I guess the post-dated medical certificate is already in JC's hands?!

To be fair though, Spurs are a second string outfit, so the comparison is valid!!!

Attendance was well down at Torun without him!!!

I doubt the BBC would pay for the footage!!!

Dave Rowe and Sam Ermolenko - The Commentary 'dream team'!!!? Not!

Agree its very different watching a meeting live vs TV, but I found the meeting on Eurosport a bit of a borefest if I'm honest - and not for the first time!! I'm sure the crowd in Germany were delighted to see some of the world's top stars as they are usually starved of top riders but as for a decent Pairs meeting - whats the point when the scoring doesn't favour team riding. I can see 'gate and go speedway' anywhere and its usually better when there is something tangible at stake other than just money for those taking part. Riders dropping out mid-meeting for whatever reason didn't surprise me - Smolinski probably because he couldn't do anything riding the inside line; Pedersen because he was ill (why start then? Money?) and others when the track worsened.

So, was it a decent enough crowd at Leicester this evening?