Steve Shovlar

OK I am asking a lot, especially after Mondays pathetic efforts. But it's the semi final of the WTC and we need a decent performance out of them. The chances of qualifying for Saturdays final are negligable, but you never know. Kennett and Tai might ride way above their capabilities, and Harris and Nicholls might just try and ride a bit better than Monday. Whatever happens TeamGB can't ride as badly as Monday, can they? Come on TeamGB, get your fingers out of your backside and show some national pride!!! I would like nothing better than to come on here this time tomorrow and start a thread saying well done on a fine effort.

The difference would have been noticable though. Sure we would probably not have won tonight as Denmark are too strong, but the team wpould have been together for a week bonding and getting strong. There would be team spirit in the pits as well, and it's worth points. When Middlo left the job the riders were gutted because they knew what he was worth to the post. Tonight proves it.

Also blaming down a watered down EL doesn't hold water. Denmark has an almost non existant league but produces top riders.

Actually if you wait for it to go off, then use the back of a spoon........

???? Poole is a far better track than Coventry with more racing lines. But all that would have done would be to create more opportunities for Denmark and Sweden to come whizzing past on the rare occassion we might make a gate.

And people on here call Bjarne Pedersen - Byawny. God could we have done with a rider of his stature tonight. He showed how a rider of ability and talent, yet who is a rider who will never be world champion, can ride to his ability and score a sackload. I was praying for the Brits to go out and beat him tonight, but he was a clear class above.

Think the Sky presenter at the end summed it up perfectly. He said you look at the Danish and Swedish pits and there's a clear team spirit going on. You look at the GB pits and it's 7 individuals sitting there looking forlorn.

Farcical. If TeamGB was Japan Lynch would be given a dagger and asked to commit Harikiri on the centre green.

And Kennet and Tai are on form. Stead is worse than King, Howe and a host of others. Stead knows he is not on form and should have declared himself not available. But he shouldn't have been picked in the first place. You mean Cov fans did?

Buut he is the manager, and everyone could have told him it was a mistake. I take no joy out of watching GB struggle, but it was obvious that Kennett and Woffinden would do a better job than Stead and Allen.

Bwwwaahahahahaha!!! Oakes you are having a laugh. " Now boys lets all get together and have a cup of Earl Grey while we discuss what we are going to do. Scott, could you please go out and win this one for us? Thank you."

But I doubt he is laughing.

There's little to no motivation in TeamGB, or the England football team for that matter. Different story for the other countries though. This is a British disease.

Totally correct Shazzy. Middlo is a motivator who got more out of TeamGB than was in the tank. Now Jim Lynch is finding out just how tough it is. At the moment we won't even be riding on Thursday! Hone, Vega, and a load of others called for Middlo's head. Truth is he was our 6th rider and the reason we papered over the cracks for so long, which are now clearly evident.

Lynch should never, ever have picked Stead. Rubbish, rubbish effort. Kennett should have been in, anyone could have told him that.

Totally agree.

Perhaps and I hope so. First shots looked dreadful and a normal league gate.

Looks like a small crowd to me. That could be because team GB is more or less only Coventry riders, and Cov fans have vanished this season. Oh dear should have been at Poole or somewhere else other than Coventry.

Thought it was an entertaining meeting tonight leading all the way to the race off. Started very slowly but there were some very good heats.

Toby Jug is Sweden team manager????????? Suprised Lindback hasn't been picked/ not made himself available. Better than a couple of the Swedish team even with his current problems.

Or do what I do and wait until a week before the GP, then buy spares off Ebay for really cheap. I got two front row middle tier directly above the pits in M5 for £90. Ticket price was £76 each! Now THAT'S a saving!

I put a few through the Poltran.com translator and a few words kept popping up. Spectacles. Coins and change disgrace. One Pole we talk about at cardiff. etc etc etc. Seems his actions have crossed all speedway borders.

Agree completely. Why have no hopers tead and Allen? Makes no sense. get in Eddie and Tai and if we fail to qualify at least we have blooded two talents. With all the good will in the world Allen is not good enough. And on current for neither is Stead. BRING BACK MIDDLO.

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A shame though he didn't come up against his main rival on Saturday, Bjarne, who had already seen off Crump with relative ease when they met in the heats. Chances are if the ref hadn't intervened we would be celebrating Bjarne's first GP win of the season. Bjarne was leading his semi final and would have had pick of the gates in the final.