OveFundinFan

other than being an American I am surprised to see Luke Beckers name. I like him as a rider but dont rate him that well.

One thing that stood out to me this year and has to stop........over watering of the track. And it appears to me no one is allowed to talk about it.... not the riders, not the commentators, not those that interview or are interviewed. Over watering spoilt more than a few races this year....some of them "key" races.

Thats a shame. I wanted Parnitskyi to win it but much rather him win with the main opposition riding. I well know "you have to be in it to win it", but still leaves a question "would he have won it if Przyjemski had have been riding.

and of course the powers that be may want a German/Czech/Slovak in, that's where can go all wrong.

As you state, bronze for Vaculik less than 2 years ago. This year has been a disaster for him in the GPs. How is he doing in Poland?

He had a bad fall in the last GP remember.....still struggling. Same with Lebedev, fall last GP, he winced in the pits last night with pain.

Great race track and seemingly get good crowd.

Maybe..... In the UK money is tighter due to our government increases taxes they said they wouldn't. Nuff said.

Basically thas what they did through the 60's.and 70"s. Go on Wikipedia and search out speedway world championships. It's interesting to how the development of the eastern block countries developed ie USSR with Plechanov and Samaradov, and Poland with Wyglenda and Woryna, Germany with Josef Hofmeister, with an occasional East German and Czechoslovakian.

By due diligence the Manchester Arena bombing could easily have been averted, but they took their eye off the guy and a dozen of more precious family members lost loved ones. Statistics are just numbers, no feeling in numbers, there are feelings when someone loses a life or suffer life changing injuries.

and apart from "what happened to Bewley last night", what happened to Holder and Lambert both nights? And what happened to gate 3, why was it giving such bad results? It's not usually that bad if I recall correctly. Was the track prepared differently last night? Same riders, but the racing didn't seem quite as good as Friday.

It is relevant. Flares, amongst other things, are not allowed, but they got in. Bag searches were being done, perhaps hapazordly. So if flares didn't get picked up what other things could have sneaked in. If you recall a few years ago someone got past security at the Manchester Arena, left a bag with a bomb in it and a large number mostly kids got killed. If security is lax anything could go on, not only bombs....machetes, you name it, it could happen.

Thanks for figures....I would class that as fairly close.

Didn't know flares were making a comeback... reckon I might still have a pair in my wardrobe.

"way up", how. much up do you reckon....in numbers? To my eyes, Friday looked almost full, agree not full, but not far off.