RobMcCaffery

Following the recent articles on nitro-methane use in Poland this meeting is being staged using GP-style technical controls designed to prevent any fuel adulteration. On as separate note it's notbeen a good night for riders that have been having superb league seasons, like the Lagutas and Madsen, but then it is a very strong field.

They have the rights to Ekstraliga matches. This isn't one.

Chaotic end. Quite a place to get your first away win of the season.

Quiet afternoon for Tungate. Tarnow proving they're even better at throwing away a match.

Something going on off-track between them?

Lodz reinventing team riding. Andersen did seem over-keen to get round him on the previous lap.

Former Rye House Rocket. Can do no wrong

I thought you were going to fall out of your cherry picker at one point.....

Rawicz 56 Wittstock 34.

"Busted by the feds". In other words, Motowijza found it and had it shut down. Hopefully the channel will survive. There was another one that streamed Krosno last night. Hopefully they can fill the gap in the future. It's probably the same guy. 53-31 with one to go. Anders Rowe scored 5. Lidsey and Smektala both unbeaten by a Wolf so far. Quelle surprise!

Hard to believe Rawicz only scored 26 in their opening match at Krosno. Okay, they didn't have Smektala but they did have Lidsey, Szlauderbach and Balinski.

There has been in the past. Like watching at Berwick or Exeter., or Quibell Park, Scunthorpe if you go far back enough...

It's a shame. I've watched a few from Krosno in the past and while often spread out it wasn't this poor. Reminds me of Berwick. They used to track Stanislaw Burza which added to that.

This You Tube channel is also carrying it.

Another very impressive performance was from young Dane Jonas Seifert-Salk who not only rode at number one for Piraterna at Dackarna but put in a heat leader's performance with 11 from 6, including two heat wins, scoring almost a third of the Pirates' total. He rides for Slangerup at home and Opole in Poland's League 2 and was runner-up in the 2018 European under-19 championship. Definitely an energing talent, he scored a full maximum in Slangerup's league opener last month. Hellstrom-Bangs i certainly on his way, but just needs a little more stability. Perhaps the format this year might help develop some Swedish talent even if the balance is very awkward. I agree with r&r regarding racing. Malilla and Vastervik were good fun this week but racing was at a premium at too any tracks. Obviously this year's a compromise. Hopefully Bauhaus and CMore will respect this. The comments about CMore's graphics are very accurate. For the main match to have even fewer graphics than the one camera productions was unacceptable. The picture quality from Avesta was very poor, especially in comparison to Malilla. In all four matches the majority of the nominated heats had no graphics. Only on the televised matches is it possible to watch the nominations so for the others you do have to rely on the Swedish commentators. You soon have to learn rod, bla, hvit and gul....... It's expected though for the three support matches to be 'on the cheap', but not the main match. I've not been able to watch the Premier Sports version so I don't know how Dave coped but I can only recall a couple of races at best having a proper line up graphic. Earlier in the week when Adam Ellis stood in for Andrey Karpov for Piraterna on Tuesday, all graphics carried Karpov's name. These aren't complaints for whingeing's sake, just concerns, even if I am a payimg customer of ESS {Play. It's clear that graphics are being given up when matters become complicated. The whole production of the main match is way below the standard shown by CMore before their previous contract ended in 2018. As for the league, after the first week you are painfully aware that it is a compromise, with star riders coming and going, with bigger names in the squads not riding at all. It's a brave attempt to produce a season, and after all, it's speedway - better than most things you can do on a Tuesday or Thursday.

Should be adopted internationally, if Britain could afford it....

To use an old British saying "It's enough to send you up the pole", implying it's enough to send you crazy.

Any idea why Indianerna aren't using Fricke? Is it a case of sending a cheaper team in view of Masarna's weakness?

The more money at stake the less of a team sport speedway is.

We only get the Ekstraliga matches.

He's got that substance abuse case hanging over him. Must weigh heavily.

I thought we'd see something from Latvia ;-)

I just edited my post to cover him. I'm not so impressed by Drabik yet. Both haven't reached full consistency as yet and Smektala had a bad one at Wroclaw. Drabik started brightly with four wins in the opener and has posted some good scores along the way but seems rather more inconsistent. I'm sure both will rise to full star level. It's probably me but Drabik just hasn't caught my attention so much yet.

Bear in mind Smektala is in his first season in the seniors. The last riders to make such an impact in their debut season were the Pawlicki brothers and some guy called Zmarzlik....

Quite. That race for third when they're on the wrong end of a 5-1 is lucrative. Also, suppose a pair is holding second and third on a 3-3. If all four finish the third-placed gets the bonus. But, should the fourth-placed rider not finish the bonus isn't given, so it's best even on a 3-3 to make sure you get second, just in case. This is what happens when the points money becomes so large as in Poland. The ruthlessness adds edge to the racing but kills team riding.