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Not just opposition riders - Mitch Shirra in particular was unhappy about riding with Tim. Yet off track one of the most pleasant riders I've encountered.

I presume that you are also proposing cutting the league programme. 28 weeks, plus three reserved dates for rain-offs would mean the playoffs taking place in November.

You are somewhat confused - a third of Danish matches including most of those King and Harris's teams will participate in are on Fridays. Furthermore looking at the structure of both teams squads it seems unlikely either will get many appearances unless some of the regulars suffer long term injuries. The point about EL and PL not clashing is primarily for riders benefit as it will allow doubling up without clashes (cf Simon Lambert)

As an extensive traveller I have asked for refunds on several ocassions - and always got one. However it some cases it took me several months! Only one promoter appeared happy to give me a refund (step forward Peter Toogood)

Including bonus points inflates the averages of middle order riders - with the current race format it would reduce even further the gap between number ones and number fives making the present farce worse still.

They can basically sign anyone apart from Iversen and Janowski, but they'll probably end up three points below the limit.

Here we are - have also included Gollob as clearly the third most consistent rider over that period. And gollob is clearly third, but Pedersen v Crump is quite tight with Nicki getting the verdict overall Poland .............Pedersen Crump Gollob 2005 ........9.72 ......9.11 ......9.76 2006 ......10.16 ....10.64 ......9.17 2007 ......10.92 ......9.17 ......9.24 2008 ......11.10 ....10.34 ......9.44 2009 ........9.90 ......9.98 ......8.98 2010 ........9.77 ......8.37 ....10.70 Sweden .............Pedersen Crump Gollob 2005 ......10.00 ......7.26 ......8.52 Crump - 5 matches only 2006 ......10.17 ......9.60 ......8.19 Crump - 3 matches only 2007 ......10.74 ......9.96 ......9.39 2008 ......10.89 ....10.11 ......8.93 2009 ........9.51 ....10.65 ......8.11 2010 ........8.00 ......9.12 ......9.25

re the 'Racino' Full Planning Permission was originally granted by Reading Borough Council on 7 December 2005 [planning no 04/01313/FULL]

Was intrigued by this one as I didn't recognise the name. Alternative spelling 'Chaljavin' rode in 1978 European Junior championship as well but was eliminated at Semi Final stage. Appeared in USSR National Championship Finals in 1977 and 1979 and USSR Junior Championship finals 1975 and 1976 (4th). (Also won semi final in 1978 but doesn't appear in Final.) Russian Championship: 1979 3rd, 1980 6th So I think he exists but it looks as if he disappeared from the scene most of this comes from: http://www.historyspeedway.nstrefa.pl/wyniki.php

But true baseball fans ignore batting average - they place much more weight on OBP or slugging percentage. Then if you get into Bill James or Nate Silver territory it's all about the WARP these days.

The difference is merely presentational. What makes a substantive difference is whether they are cumulative or rolling, and if rolling how many matches are included. There is also a debate to be had over what should be included (programmed rides only? reserve races? bonus points?). I'm quite attracted to the formula used by the PZM in Poland a few years ago. Take last twelve matches, discard results of reserve races and remove two lowest and two highest scores, then calculate average on remainder. Would make average manipulation more difficult (Swindon, Eastbourne I'm looking at you).

Nonsense Wolves are over two points below the limit. It is economics that means Wolves do not have a better rider at number one.

Ages at 1 January before season started for their nine regular riders: David Housley 19 Freddie Stephenson. 18 Paul Clews. 17 Ross Brady. 15 Darren Smith 15 Carl Wilkinson 15 Ollie Allen 14 David Howe 14 Simon Stead 14 Peterborough Thundercats 1997 Not surprisingly they won the league... and I think that Birmingham may well emulate them in that respect. I liked what I saw of Hume and Bacon last year and JPB and Smith should be the pick of the league's three pointers.

But it still isn't true.

You do Larsen a disservice. He out averaged Jepsen Jensen by two points a match in Poland and finished above Kildemand, Iversen, Doyle, Zagar and Holder in the Polish Extraliga averages.

Waiting with baited breath for the much discussed 1983. I suggest that you write this up as a series of articles for speedwayplus

Unless you are a Cradley fan, watching them win 60-30 doesn't sound that exciting. Whereas watching the rather indifferent looking Wolves lineup could result in several tight matches and last heat deciders. Deffo Wolves for the better speedway in 2016.

Completely untrue I can name a team that had six yes six riders younger than the entire Birmingham team bar Jack Parkinson Black (and the other three members of their squad were all under 20 - unlike four members of the 2016 Brummies team)

It's a philosophy that predates Matt Ford. On more than one ocassion I bumped in to Mike Golding while watching speedway abroad - never spotted any other British promoter at a foreign meeting.

Yes - I liked falcace's post because it neatly illustrated the racism inherent in the preceding post. It is profoundly depressing that in the 21st century there are people who seem to think that we should market speedway as "the place where it is OK to be a bit racist"

What makes this even more puzzling is that there hasn't been a peep out of any other team. One would have expected some announcements from Poole given their large asset base, and Ricky Wells would seem an obvious addition to a Wolves squad and I'm sure forum members can come up with other suggestions. A simple three paragraph media release from the BSPA would help us make sense of this.

But are Grajczonek and Tungate? There are three DSL matches that night, including Munkebo (Grajczonek) and Slangerup (Tungate)

Seems difficult to imagine, but ignore the Russian League - it only has three teams and Emil has only made three appearances in the last three years.

Think you'll be waiting some time before his average gets near Klindt. It's not a signing to get me excited. There are a lot of better Danish prospects, unfortunately most of them have ridden in the DSL making their assessed average 7.00 whereas Karger comes in at 5.00. At best an OK signing, if it is for the long term.

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