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I think Team GB's 4th place is now cemented with today's team news, unfortunately. Hope I'm wrong.

Absolute speedway heritage. You can't have a simple opinion on the sport without first having been a rider/promoter/organiser/anyone of any self-perceived importance (delete as applicable). The guy makes a perfectly reasonable point. In fact, they don't even criticise the line up, just that they're disappointed it's not better. This is basically a farewell to one of Britain's best ever riders, I don't think it's unreasonable to have expected a better line up - regardless of whether you're running the meeting, the burger van, or nothing at all.

What's the difference between Vatcher and Nicki? Take out the 3x World titles, 4x World Cups and countless individual achievements, there's very little in it.

This is dreadful from GB so far. Even when we gate we don't seem to know where to ride. We shouldn't be having much trouble against Sweden outside of Henriksson.

Is it on TV anywhere other than TapesUp (e.g., Poland)?

Great stuff. I hope the money was worth it for him, what a legacy to leave behind.

Tom Brennan has averaged less than King, Harris, Lawson, Dan Thompson, Rowe & Flint in the Premiership this year. I like him, and he's probably still one of our better riders realistically, but he shouldn't be a shoe-in after this season. I would personally go with Bewley, Lambert, Rushen & Cairns. We're going to finish probably 3rd at best, so it's as close to a free hit as you'll ever get in a World Cup final. If the format stays the same then the youngsters won't get another international chance until the 2029 SWC - what's to lose?

I don't think it makes much difference, certainly not as much as it used to. There aren't many technical tracks in Poland or the GPs now. It appears that being small + lightweight is a big advantage these days.

It sounds like it won't make any difference. Emil and Artem have Polish passports, and won't be allowed into the GPs as Poles, so they'll still be out. Perversely, Grigory Laguta would have more chance of getting to a GP and he was the one downplaying the war...

No different to having a transfer window in football (the world's most popular sport)? I can agree with your point about getting a lesser guest, but having a transfer window seems like a perfectly normal rule. You can't set out rules to account for riders retiring mid-season, we're supposed to be a professional sport.

What's that got to do with anything? If the deadline for declaration was Saturday midnight, fair enough. It doesn't make much sense but whatever. It's just classic speedway rules ambigiuity though.

Lebedevs 10 - 12 - £250 MORE Madsen 7 - 9 - £1000 MORE

Why not just leave it up in the corner, though? Easier than trying to remember 4 different scores when they flash up every so often. Sky Sports had it right as always.

Not sure why Kelvin thinks Timo Lahti used to be Finnish, too? He's only 34.

Anyone know who did the track changes in Riga? If so, can we ensure they can't do any other tracks?