RobMcCaffery

It appears there were problems with the local internet connection. EMTV have apologised and were obviously as frustrated as we were. You only have to look at the rewind meetings to know their normal high standards. It was unfortunate it him them on their big day. There will be more with hopefully better luck with matters outside their control. All you can do in this situation is to apologise and learn how to prevent the problems recurring. I'm sure they will.

Football wins every time. This problem was inevitable once they signed the Polish deal and had to start showing speedway on Sundays. It was okay June-August when the football leagues they cover were quiet or indeed silent. There's far too much football available now for them to show. Chasing the largest audience is scarcely amateurism, sadly.

I once worked at a track where the starting marshal came up to the box after a few after match junior races to complain about one of the kids using nitro. He claimed you could tell because his exhaust stank of pig manure.

Someone once suggested he was lacking an 'off' switch.

Apologies, I dodn't realise you were referring to Talking Dirt. No, it's not listed. Slow start today :-(

BT Sport 2 17.45 Saturday on Virgin media's guide and Digiuide (an online schedule service). Both GP 1 & 2 were shown by BT Sport.

Sportowe Fakty report Lyager took part in the track test at 4.02 (Polish time), 3.02 UK.

The scores may have varied but not by substantial amounts. I don't have time to go through the variances in detail. Could you let me have some example of cases similar to Lindgren please?

Very kind. If you think I have such a problem then perhaps you do qualify for a 'lesser mortal' tag. Anyway, life is far too short to deal with such an attitude. I write what I believe, not out of arrogance but out of a deep love and concern for the sport. I can find people's views ridiculous without considering them inferior. Perhaps in your case I should make an exception. Another one for the block list ;-( Now can we talk about speedway rather than petty vendettas? By the way, have you ever dealt with the FIM? I remember reading one of their reports on a major event in Britain. First point covered was "The FIM delegates were treated in accordance with their status and their needs met". Now there's a case of 'lesser mortals..... Bye. Oh, I've made a few postings trying to help newcomers understand what's going on i Poland. I've deleted them since they obviously just result in rubbish from people like you. I've also tried to help out with links to TV coverage, often behind the scenes. Clearly it's better if I don't. Congratulations. This part if the forum used to be a really good place to talk about speedway and help others. Clearly those days have gone. Best if I just revert to 'read only status and let you get on with it. As I said, life's too short and I have enough health problems to deal with without taking rubbish from the likes of you, not lesser mortals, just unpleasant ones.

Works fine when you're racing on a superb track like Wroclaw, but what about one of the processional tracks where the scorecard is often more interesting than the 'racing' after thesecond bend. The test could come in Prague although the Czechs really produced good racing at the Marketa last time out. Apart from the Freddie Lindgren situation there weren't too many variances between points scored under the new system and wuld have been earned under the old. Anyway, there's little chance of the FIM listening to lesser mortals so best to celebrate the fact that we've got the World Championship back after ten months and enjoy the racing which was marvellous at the weekend. That far bigger bonus for the sport massively outweighs a flawed scoring system.

This was probably in retaliation for a local radio DJ in Somerset, Steve Yabsley saying on air his version of the claim of how close we are to rats in daily life with "In Weston-super-Mare you're never more than ten yards away from a Brummie"....

There is an argument for a 'free use' clause, where the music is an incidental part of the recording, just background noise, and not a core part of the video otherwise in the long term we'll face a pretty silent You Tube. It's a case of the law being behind technology. Even a video of someone being presented with a birthday cake with those present singing Happy Birthday falls foul of performing rights law. You do often wonder how much that is collected ever gets near an artist or writer.....

Glad to hear it.

That copyright comment re pa music could be a massive wider problem if You Tube start getting too strict. It would see all speedway meetings blocked from You Tube if music from the pa system can be heard. That's very worrying and probably a greater worry than the TV stations trying to block "little rivers".

Bring a bed and don't believe the captions ;-)

Well, the programme finally staggered over the finish line.....

Next the co-presenter's haircut. The vision mixer's having one of those days too.

Their ability to recover (as in Sweden), IS a lesson to British tracks.

Yes, shows either the riders' commitment, .........................or fear of the organisers.

You know the feeling r&r, after several hours battling with ESS Play's graphics to now have a further battle....

Should be there all the time or not at all. Even allowing for Polish skills this surely can't last.

Looks like it's going to be academic anyway.

SF Pawliczak at 15, Sabmar Turowski. Looks like it's only the graphics. They had Turowski in heat 7, SF and commentary had Pawliczak. What with the early start it's difficult to settle into this. Going to ignore the graphics. We seem to be getting random loud engine noise as well.

Sabmar have Turowski riding at 10 in heat 3. SF at 12 in heat 4. SF have Orwat at reserve, Sabmar have him in the main line-up and riding in heat 4.

Sabmar and Sportowe Fakty are at variance over the line-up.