RobMcCaffery

Lublin have clearly put a D1 budget in place for this year. In some ways it might have been healthier for the revival of D2 to have put them straight into D1. Now, no knocking Krosno, I'm quite enjoying the regular visits there by their local TV.

Thanks very much for that. For those who haven't followed the link it's a series of podcasts made by BBC Radio Norfolk which really should have been promoted to the wider speedway public by all involved, rather like BBC WM's regular speedway commentaries which are probably listened to by more people outside their area than in! Looks like there's been four so far, starting with Edwin who has worked for both BBC Radio Norfolk and BBC Radio Cambridgeshire for many years, He's a great football commentator as well. We used to share football commentary duties for KM Video - he got Cambridge and I think Norwich as well, while I had Colchester, Enfield and Crystal Palace. I had the good fortune to work with Edwin many times in the past and he is a true gentleman and a pleasure to know. It's been a long time though....

Piraterna v Masarna, Speedway For All, all 15 heats (short) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_p1VZzMxnc&t=11s

Looks optimistic then. Sorry, been 'bitten' once too often by their scheduling, going back over many years, long before they started showing speedway.

Excellent. Many thanks - I had begun to lose hope for that one.

Live football on E1 with diving followed by recordings of car racing from Argentina on E2, the channel they would normally use. Good to know how important we are to them Hopefully they won't start halfway through the meeting as in previous instances. When BT are going overboard we're still getting shabby treatment from Eurosport

Of course the Polish troll is an alien from planet Zog, I mean it's obvious to anyone as brill-yant as me. Can't work out why you can't see it. Thought I'd call back in to see why this thread was still going. Degenerated into "I know something you don't", as usual. How anyone can claim that something is absolutely true without offering any evidence or justification other than "his English is too good" is quite baffling, but then par for the course here. Still, it at least makes them feel like experts, or indeed someone who has a clue. Of course one test would be for someone to ask a question in Polish that can't be easily translated by Google Translate and see whether they can answer it, or is that too much like logic rather than bull?

Surely typing 'King's Lynn v Poole 13th July 2017' isn't that hard to do. Look, even I could do it!

Forgot to mention that Swedish averages are per race, not a CMA (Calculated Match Average) based on four rides as here.

Tarnow v Gdansk, full version, 1hr 46 mins. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUR06KyZYgs

Czestochowa v Leszno - all 15 heats: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2BnW5buXUk Awaiting Tarnow v Gdansk. The basic 15 heats of Wroclaw v Rybnik are on Nsport on Monday so we may see it uploaded late Monday night/early Tuesday. I'm looking for Lublin v Krosno which was transmitted by Lubelska.Tv. A repeat may appear on their website. It seems though that they charged for the live feed on Sunday, unlike previous matches so it may not appear.

Lodz v Daugavpils - all 15 heats, short version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ve_hJCM_QxY

Teams like Torun, Zielona Gora, Gorzow and in Sweden Vetlanda have all followed a course pretty close to this in recent years, with varying results. You can sign five GP riders but it doesn't mean they'll all perform. If you have a race with 4 GP riders someone has to come last.

It's irrelevant. It's on the banned list and every licenced speedway rider is obliged to adhere to it.

You do forget TWK that in the eyes of the shallower end of the age spectrum we have committed a huge sin by not giving up speedway, or breathing....

One race away from a bronze medal and denied by a Emil Sayfutdinov. Yes, how embarrassing and humiliating - if you want it to be. I'm sure the Aussies, Danes, Latvians, Czechs, Americans, Germans, Italians and French are all laughing at us. With the exception of Harris that GB team was crucially lacking in experience of riding on Polish Ekstraliga tracks like Leszno.. The difference to Britain is now enormous - the need for sheer speed rather than technical skills is a huge difference. Again, except for Harris who fought his heart out that is internationally a very inexperienced team which, given Woffinden's betrayal did damn well to get so close to the rostrum. Of course a view like that doesn't suit the 'sky is falling in' mentality of too many on the BSF. Well done to the Poles, but I was surprised it took them so long to confirm the win. They come across as a great bunch of guys and deserve success, which to be fair if they hadn't achieved there would have been hell to pay. I saw the great years of British speedway. It's the Poles' turn now, but nothing lasts forever in sport. Let's get on with our domestic rebuilding, bring through the promising young riders and....be patient!

Yes, and that's the reason I love it. By making it the sole focus of riders for up to a week it seems to create its own world apart. Riders seem focussed on the job in hand and often seem inspired by the responsibility. Others though just seem to think it'll all just happen, mentioning no names... We see Russia and Latvia rise, (maybe GB too?), Denmark and Australia fall.

Evidence or blind assumption? Easy to make such a comment. The other Poles seem to think they're real. There have been suggestions that they are coming from someone working as a waiter, possibly over here, and with a severe attitude problem as a result. Either way it's irrelevant, they should have been removed from the forum months ago. Form seems to have been totally irrelevant in this year's SWC. Good isn't it?

Agreed, the timing is highly suspect. Four weeks since testing and the PZM make it public in the middle of the SWC? Don't expect to have a reasoned discussion with the Polish troll though, ridicule is far more appropriate since all he ever does is goad, boast and gloat. He/she/it seems to think that's appropriate behaviour when talking to the British supporters. We have our faults but even our worst is far better than his/her/its best There are powerful commercial interests in Polish speedway and money breeds questionable behaviour. It also sadly attracts the same kind of yobs that still pollute football.

No, nothing wrong at all. I was just explaining the close relationship between the two countries. Thank you for the additional information.

Tested 11 June, suspended July 7th. Interesting use of the word 'Instantly' which I believe is a mistranslation from the original Polish which correctly translates a\s "at the perfect time to wreck the Russians SWC campaign".

Bear in mind that for fifty years Latvia was part of the Soviet Union who shipped in a heck of a lot of ethnic Russians who now form over a quarter of the population. When Emil was interviewed after the Daugavpils GP he said it was effectively a home GP for him. As for the joker rule, it invites corruption.

My first thoughts entirely on hearing the news. I believe Troy Batchelor had a a genuine bike problem tonight more than the timing of this was just a coincidence.

I agree with your principles of putting your team first but isn't it possible to record the televised speedway and watch as well, albeit later? I really don't know why we have to choose when it's so easy to do both.

Just because you do not like or understand stock car racing or football there is no need to be insulting about those who do,, which is what your comments do. I remember a football magazine once describing speedway as "four scandinavians following each other round a track". Just accept that not everyone likes what you like - and it's easy to take cheap shots about anything. - Drama - just a load of people talking, music, just a load of people making a noise, a speedway forum, just a load of ............... maybe not.... Oh, and by the way I WAS paid to watch stock car racing...and football.....and ice hockey.....and basketball..... It is possible to enjoy more than one sport, you know.