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The same one who was going to single handedly win the league for Poole but flopped about 14 years ago?

There's usually an option on posts to this forum which contain pasted text to "use standard text size" or something like that. Very useful

U21? Any good?

Didn't look at Polish div 1 results, obviously, but Zengota was a Ekstraliga heat leader before his injury.

Not enough meetings to assess the effects of almost 2 years on the injury list then. Hope Bydgoszcz show him patience.

Zengota, talented rider. When did he last ride though?

Oops Is there a Polish league one team building thread, if there is I can't see it.

Fairly sure I saw NKI had joined Unia Tarnow on Instagram.

Were Doyle & Lindgren stats obscured by Czestochowa's cancelled home fixtures? Did Lublin operate RR for a rider for a lengthy period? If so were Laguta & Mikkelsen used wisely and their RR rides in heats they'd surely win? How teams lineup their 1-5 can also affect this. I don't know. I do know I'd rather have Lindgren & Doyle in my team than G Laguta & Mikkelsen.

Nothing wrong with Grigorij Laguta but I don't think he's quite in the same bracket as the genuinely top class riders - Zmarzlik, Woffinden, A Laguta, Madsen, Janowski, Sayfutdinov, Vaculik, Doyle & Lindgren. At 36 he's unlikely to improve too. So Lublin don't have an out & out #1 they have a very good second heat leader and 4 third heat leaders. With the best tail in the league they should be very competitive. Kasprzak & Berntzon in the GP's will be out classed, but they qualified by rights. I can only assume the Polish riders fall out with the National team boss is how Kasprzak was nominated for the GP challenge ahead of Piotr Pawlicki & a few others

Nit picking. They don't have a GP rider of which there are 15, so all things being equal most teams will have 2 GP riders.

They don't have a top 2! They have 5 better than average 3rd heat leaders.

Is Woryna much of an upgrade on Przedpełski, I'm not convinced he is.

I'm guessing Drabik missing is more of an issue for Wroclaw with him being the second Pole in their 1-5 after Janowski.

Gleb Czugunow is 22, so too old to be at reserve but still qualifies for that spot.

Allot depends on who lines up at reserve, Miskowiak & Lampart are likely to be the best two in the league I'd suggest but don't watch enough so feel free to correct me. As far as 1-5's go Leszno's title again but Gorzow should push them closer. FZG, Grudziądz Torun look weaker than Lublin to me.

No. Even when I've asked in conversation via email. No comment whatsoever from Brummies management.

They've had a great 1-5 on paper the last two years but have completely failed to deliver results.

Jakub Miskowiak still young enough to be at reserve? Might be old news but Woryna leaving Rybnik.

That's next week's depressing announcement.

Ummm. If double up events, do it with one accumalled scoring system Friday (as 2019). Different scoring system Saturday, eliminations (as about 2012). Actually no... That would work but the other way around. Top 16 from Friday, there for Saturday.

Michelsen in fairness to him was a last minute replacement for Smolinski. He didn't have a winter to prepare mentally, financially or mechanically for being a GP rider. He will never be a World Champion but I'm not convinced Thomsen is better.

Blimey, Dudek is in awful form. Drabik & Smektala average less Lambert so without seeing every fixture I'd assume they've not had stellar first years in the Ekstraliga 1-5's. Surely will get picked before Hampel who's the next Pole in the averages after Dudek.

Why? Because he has a Polish license? So does Artem Laguta. Didn't Chuganov ride for Russia in the test match at Bydgoszcz? Haven't checked but sure he did

It was always going to be in Poland, once British Government made it impossible to stage here since that is where all the riders are based & they can get fans in. Lublin is a stupid choice though, its a small venue in Polish Ekstraliga terms and a pretty awful track. Assuming Janowski is still on the Polish team managers blacklist it will be interesting to see who the Poles go with alongside Zmarlzlik. Piotr Pawlicki surely? Kubera will surely be reserve. Woffinden & Lambert (Bewley), Sayfutindov & A Laguta (Chuganov), Lindgren & Berntzon (??), Thomsen & Madsen (??), Doyle & Fricke (Lidsey). Assume Malik, Kvech & a.n.other Czech are finishing last?