RedOx69

Oxford can think bigger than just swapping Kerr for Cook. If and a big If, there are heat leaders out there willing to ride in the UK, then swapping Cook or any of the second strings is an option.

Oxford and the team are an enigma. The entertainment value is high but you never know what is going to happen next. With the exception of Tungate, no consistency, even within a meeting. Who would have bet on a 5-1 in 13 and 15 and a 1-5 in 14 last night. Oxford have points to play with and need to add another consistent heat leader if they want to challenge. The difficulty is who do you drop? You already have 8 riders for 7 places and every week someone different has an off night. You can not just win home meetings by a few points, especially in the play offs.

Potential for a big home loss. Oxford struggled against Birmingham and the Tigers are significantly stronger. Early days but Oxford can’t match their top end and the middle order and tail end ride Oxford well.

Unfortunate to all of us in the rest of the world, Speedway wouldn't have a future if it wasn't for Poland. The sport has been in free fall for years until Poland reminded us what we had been missing. Arguably the NSS in Manchester is the best track in the UK and in reality it is a carbon copy of a successful formula in Poland. I would love to see the sport thrive and have GPs all over the world but lets be honest, at the moment only Poland can sustain multiple GPs at a profit. The racing this year has been, at times, excellent and a credit to the sport. We need to use such events to re=engage public interest in the sport.

Yes the majority of the meetings have been in Poland but as a result we got racing. The rest of the speedway word take note; crappy little tracks with one line and no dirt kills the sport. Bartosz, not unlike last year, would have won this year whatever tracks the meetings were on. He is, as the moment, the best rider in the world.

In all of those remarkable Nielsen seasons it has to be remembered that he never just chased the win and would team rider whenever he had the opportunity. Not only a the best no.1 in the 80s but also the best team man. He made very average riders look like world beaters.

Over the years you see so many you would consider hard but not necessarily dirty. The worst bit of sportsmanship I have ever seen however was from the talentless Rosco . Rosco had little ability but occassionally could gate. On one particular night at Oxford he made the start in front of the recovering from a serious injury Andy Hackett. Hackett, after taking a year out from injury, was just starting to find his feet again. Rosco leading coming out of the fourth bend was struggling to hold Hackett off. As Hackett tried to over take going down the straight, Rosco turned right into the fence. Hackett never had a chance and never rode again, career over. Ironically, Rosco later signed for Oxford but was never accepted and never seemed to understand why.