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Thorsell hasn't ridden in UK for years and is way past his best. Hellstrom-Bangs is a pipe dream, he'd have ridden in UK by now if he was going to. At a guess... Lindgren, Z Cook, Harris, Ellis, Musielak, Lampart, RS

Lublin, Wroclaw certainly. Grudziądz & whichever team is promoted won't. Torun & Zielona Góra most likely will, momentum wise.

Who turned up least often Basso, Klindt or Musielak? Rowe, NKi & Kvech are the only ones worth retaining. Kings Lynn most consistent team for 2025.. R/R Harris (G) Iversen Kvech Lawson (G) Rowe RS

Bold statement but... Ipswich, Belle Vue & Sheffield will. Kings Lynn & Birmingham won't. Take your pick Oxford or Leicester! Every Polish team will make the playoffs except Grudziądz & whichever team is promoted. Pounds matter just much as Zloty to riders.

Assuming Dudek is staying with Torun who is their second senior Pole next year? Who is replacing Woffinden at Wroclaw? Woffinden replacing who at Zielona Góra. Hampel?

Not comparing like with like - Torun couldn't replace Przepelski with Lindgren. Suspect Przepelski will be dropping to Ekstaliga 2 next season, be a big(gish) fish in a small pond. Is Janusz Kołodziej staying with Leszno following their relegation?

Let's hope Bydgoszcz get promoted then, else Lublin will walk the league again. To back up what I said earlier about the bottom 3 being where Lublin are miles in front of the other teams... The Torun top 3 are stronger average wise than the 3 Lublin heat leaders... but the bottom 3 of Lublin are in a different stratosphere to their Torun counterparts Lublin. Zmarzlik 2,420 Kubera 2,074 Holder 1,960 Przyjemski 2,089 Cierniak 1,694 Banbor 1,019 Torun. Lambert 2,269 Sayfutdinov 2,269 Dudek 2,088 Lampart 1,115 Lewandowski 1,000 Kawczynski 0.576

There are restrictions. 2 Polish seniors, 2 Polish juniors, 1 U24.. It's the junior recruitment where Lublin are so much stronger than the other teams, surely that should be applauded!

Yep.. 25 points after heat 12, Lambert has scored over half of them.

Heat 10 was the penultimate nail in the Torun title coffin. I'd suggest heat 11 will be the final one

The conditions for Leicester v Ipswich are a far cry from those in Lublin tonight. Enjoying this more already. Lambert is on fire. Someone suggested Przedpełski needed to score 6. It'd be a miracle if he did. I assume Lampart is injured? Heiselberg is out of his depth, was Rowe unavailable. He'd be better.

Orlean sponsorship is recent. Lublin have been able to attract riders above the level they operate at for the last 5-6 years.

Great race heat 7, not sure Lindgren will be keen to follow Kubera's pointed instructions again.

Must be. It's not exactly a track you'd think riders relish riding. It's also probably the smallest stadium in the Ekstaliga so I can't imagine the atmosphere is on a par with some of the others.

Utterly futile until the final averages & team building limit are known. I guess almost everyone will be fitting Janowski into their team considering his low average! If I were Lemon I'd not be retaining Lidsey at the Belle Vue, he doesn't offer much away from home. Would try to get Brennan back. Is Milik on 4.11 for team building?

Woffinden to Falubaz Zielona Góra in 2025 I've seen somewhere.

Whenever the meetings occur, Aces won't take enough of a lead to Owlerton to progress!

Shame the weather affected track conditions. Shame the referees decisions influenced the outcome. Couple of very questionable calls. Both which went against Witches. But let's be honest Leicester are going to give the Tigers of Owlerton more of a contest in the final than 5 Witches & 2 guests.

It wasn't a great spectacle but was kept interesting by the score. Leicester should progress to the final but can't be that lackluster at Owlerton in the final.

Can't find a working stream for Gorzow. Glad Torun have a lead, don't think it'll be enough but ... second leg should be a good watch for aggregate. Interesting team riding from Lambert & Sayfutdinov in heat 15. And to think some fool on here was tipping Torun for relegation.

Just watching Torun v Lublin - who is Hiesleberg? What happened to Rowe? Lampart injured?

Result of this was never in doubt unless Ipswich made a significant signing to replace Doyle. Add Sayfutdinov injury to that, forget it as a contest. Booking Lidsey as guest @#1? His scores away from NSS are generally lackluster. Hopefully Lindgren is booked for the playoff, guest wise for the Witches? Janowski too?

Woffinden out for the rest of the season.

Are Sayfutdinov or Woffinden likely to ride again this Ekstraliga season?

Seems so, Torun finished higher in the league and they're in the semi according to https://sportowefakty.wp.pl/