The Pedaler

It's a BSI / FIM event, so I don't thing that the BSPA are financially responsible. What the BSPA are at fault for though is their total mismanagement of the sport that has led to this parlous lack of talent in Britain at a world level. For that, they can't compensate anyone highly enough.

£500 is a lot of money to someone on a state pension. It's the same as 2 years winter heating allowance. Is Philips expecting his fans to freeze over the winter for two years to pay for this VIP malarkey? And it's a lot to ask for, if Philips is hoping that the elderly fans that Birmingham have, dig into their life savings for this expensive luxury. What if Birmingham Speedway folds? Is there a refund clause? And if Philips packs in? What then? Will a new promoter be obliged to honour the terms and conditions?

Why not blood FOUR youngsters and have Tai as reserve? Tai is not riding any better than anyone else in the Tame GB camp at the moment, why should he get an automatic pick? No point having the World Champion in the team if he's not going to score for you. A matter done to death in the International section. Suffice to say that it's not something that the BSPA think that they would get any money from, it's done by an independent promotions company, which is Polish, and the BSPA are far too ignorant and xenophobic to want to pander to any "foreign muck"! As for the poor British riders who won't stand a chance of earning any of that substantial prize money, I'm sure that they are thanking the BSPA from the bottom of their hearts for that aren't they? What's the point of becoming World Champion if you can't take advantage of your "added value" in your title year. Maybe Tai's poor form is a reflection of being hacked off with the situation as much as anything else?

The SWC isn't far off in the distance now. Rosco has been beating his chest about GB having the World Champion (like it was any of his doing) and other "excellent riders" like Chris Harris Danny King and Craig Cook, and how he "expected" them to beat Australia at Kings Lynn and go straight through to the Finals at Bydgoszcz, where he expected them to be very competitive. So, where are we now? Anyone impressed with Chris Harris this year? Apart from a one-off maximum yesterday, is Danny King the answer? Ben Barker and Edward Kennett are not cutting the mustard beyond PL level any more. Scott Nicholls has retired from the international scene. Craig Cook is a rolling gating tart that if he misses the start ends up nowhere. So who else is there? Is the nations fate going to rest on the shoulders of Lewis Bridger? Are the Worralls up to it yet? And the biggest question is left to last. Our World Champion - Tai Woffinden. What the fish'n'chips is going on there? The man that Rosco was pinning his hopes on to get 12 points out of the teams overall total is a pale shadow of his former self. Can anything be done to rescue his season? So who should Rosco pick, and what do you think are Tame GB's realistic prospects this year?

They are using the Brummies Twitter as their source of information. Ironic that there is a big notice on the Updates site that what is on their site is copyrighted to THEM. I wonder if they got permission off the Brummies to allow ownership of the information coming off the Brummies Twitter?

Much as I'd like to see the Brummies win, it's a great concern to see Tai Woffinden struggling so much. The SWC isn't so far away, and "Tame GB" was always going to be Tai plus 3 make-weights. NOW, it just looks like 4 make-weights are going to represent our country. Still, as long as Rosco and the BSPA are confident that Tame GB are the best thing since sliced bread then all must indeed be rosy in the garden.

Asking the top and "on the up" Polish riders to ride in the EL would be like asking Wayne Rooney and Steven Gerard to play parks football in Poland. Look at what they have got over there, the stadiums, the fans, the money, the adulation, and a sport that's taken seriously and competes on the world stage. Then look at what we have in this country. Let's get real eh? There might be a chance with a journeyman rider who needs a bit more money, but they would not be the solution to Birmingham's problems.

More frantic activity from the Drury Retirement Home eh? More top quality fare from the Minster of Crap. As a cost-cutting economy measure it's probably very astute. No loan fee to continue with as Covatti is a Brummies asset. What he'll score in the top 1-5 will be anyone's guess, maybe if he gets a point a meeting more than what Kennett, it's job done.

So what? This is an event where pairs of riders represent their country. (or NOT in the case ot Lame GB) Just like in the SWC, if the composition of the team changes from round to round, then so be it. It could never have been a case of two riders being chosen and that paring being unchangeable, else what would have happened in the event of injuries etc. Yet again, an event pioneered abroad gets poo-poo'd. And of course in Britain we have something much better don't we? We have REAL competitions don't we? Organised by "proper" promoters in the guise of the BSPA, eh? Like the ERC perhaps?

And presumably when the fans shout for their rider to "go under him" - "Mr Sensitive" on the Brum forum will throw his hands up in the air and express shock and outrage at the sexual innuendo as well.

And he's probably taken them all to his retirement home with him...so no good to the Brummies now are they? Anyway, haven't you got end of year SATS to revise for? If your general knowledge is this bad, the sooner you start the better!

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The difference between conceding more than or less than 60 points per meeting?

One way traffic, and it's all going south!

Now that Adam Roynon has been dropped by Sheffield, what's the betting that Poole find a way to get him a NL team place, just so that they can then find a way to engineer a way to get him into the "FastTrack" team place instead of Lee Smart?

We already have an online presence. Bet365 web streaming brings speedway to the masses on a regular basis, and earns Terry Russell t/a GoSport International Ltd a small fortune in to the bargain. Being as ALL speedway media has to be approved by Terry Russell t/a GoSport International Ltd, would you think that anything else that could detract from his little earner will ever get to see the light of day?

‘UK should look abroad to get better’ http://www.edp24.co.uk/sport/kings-lynn-stars/inside_track_2014_world_number_three_niels_kristian_iversen_s_weekly_look_inside_the_norfolk_arena_1_3565427 But of course, we are British and we know best. Bah humbug to everyone the other side of the North Sea!

Mathematics indeed. The perfect subject to create the statistics to go with the lies and damned lies then!

When KKB grows up, he wants to become a presenter on Jackanory. And kiddies, you can watch Jackanory through the Arched Window along with KKB's other cuddly toys!

Sounds like you are more desperate for him to ride here than he is. Simple solution, you pay him out of your pocket money, and MJJ rides for the Brummies. You'll be happy, MJJ will be happy, and the Brummies get a replacement for Kennett, and apart from the thought of you supporting our team by default, maybe the fans will be happy too. Ha ha ha ha ha...who else do you speak to? Jesus? Allah? The fairy godmother? The dead? I bet your address book is bigger than Philip Rising's and Nigel Pearson's put together isn't it? The other one's got bells on, by the way.

Wouldn't Dakota North have been a better bet than Kennett? Problem is that because Swindon have a man who knows his speedway there (OK, you may not like him but that's a different issue) they have signed him to replace Nikolai Klindt. Brummies no longer have anyone with a finger on the pulse of the sport to spot these opportunities now, and to get in first. Interesting to read the justification for making the signing in the Swindon press release. They are trying to address all the problems that also manifest themselves at Birmingham. Will the Brummies follow suit? So what's the betting that now that Nikolai Klindt is a cast-off, the Brummies try to sign him?

Cue: "you-know-who"

Has this thread been started so early just so that the suffering of the Brummies fans can be perpetuated? Is there really nothing else happening in Dorset over the Easter break that you could have been doing instead, or when fans have had barely hours to get over the last humiliation is that the time when the big brave mouth of the south has to start putting the boot in, adding to the pain and agony and spitting in the faces of the afflicted? Tell me that this thread couldn't have waited until Sunday or Monday. You'll be kicking the Brummies supporters in the balls and gloating about the Pirates greatness for a fortnight after this anyway, bearing in mind that the next fixture is the return at Poole the following week. You just couldn't wait to get started could you. Why don't you bugger off to Syria where they could use a sadist like you to torture enemy captives. Now there's a job that would suit you.

Who gave the job of posting official Tweets to the world, to someone who can't even spell his own team's rider's names properly? So far we have had "Newmark", "Scornicki" "Scorkicki" - and the official announcement that TWO is a confusing number. This is embarrassing for the club.

You sue for damages...i.e. what the breach of contract is worth in cash terms...any guesses what that should be? Mr Matousek was a busy man wasn't he?