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Let's hope we start getting some "Monster" crowds back in British Speedway ..............

I think Holder has conducted his career pretty well so far, with a slight glitch or two along the way of course, he's calculated and I hope he makes it to the pinnacle, he, like Ward, has plenty of years ahead, I think and hope you are proved wrong ............

No it's not, there's a few early in their thread that have not posted on this subject before afaik.

Darcy has proved again and again he has what it takes on the big stage. He's a victim of Poland's GP rider rule this season, he needs to race in Poland to be able to race in the GP circus. He hasn't cemented himself as a number 1 in Poland but when he does no doubt he'll give the GPs a good go. He has potentially got 20 years ahead of him, he can afford to do it his way

Interesting to read how people are changing their views about the GPs from positive to negative for various reasons ........

What a hero Bill Buckley must be in IMG's eyes!!

Oh dear I hope this doesn't turn into another GP like Australia!!

How many darts comps do we see on tv each year? 2 perhaps? Qualifiers and World Championship in the same season, old way, best way

How much did it cost to get into Gorzow as opposed to King's Lynn? I'd never be surprised if more money was made on the gate at Lynn than at Gorzow. Unforgiving calendar, so cut down on the number of GPs

Surely what Humphrey is saying is that BSI thought it was fine at one time for riders to go to GPs and only have a couple of races UNTIL they changed the format!! BSI clearly didn't worry then about the rider's prep and lack of media coverage, did they think the riders were factory sponsored perhaps, did they not care then about the programmes, the tv graphics, the signage ....... But that's all in the past, they've messed the riders around, used and abused them as the old saying goes and decided the old tried and tested format is best, fancy that!

The involvement of BSI/IMG in speedway is what I object to. Having said that I do think there are too many GPs, I'd rather see qualifying and a small World Final Series each year.

Next they'll just pick the four teams for the final and that'll be it

No because there are too bloody many of them!!

It's all about making money, attracting the punters, convincing the tv companies, forget anything else!!

Oh dear.

That's different from being asked to be interested by BSI as has happened .............

Why, because it's midweek?

Surely the World Pairs is a separate, new competition, why would BSI be able to claim them, they bought the rights to the WTC .....

Or giving the GP Series too much priority ......

Only because of the satellite tv monies!

Is this because you don't have a local team to support, if you felt an affiliation with a team then you'd probably feel different ......

Have a look at, http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/speedway/messages makes surprising reading jeeeez Darcy may be damned if he does, damned if he doesn't ........ how unfair!!

It would be wrong to say I'm not Never mind eh

I'm really surprised that he has felt the need to come on here and say how unhappy he is though, I'd have thought an international promoting company like IMG would have allayed his disappointment in some way by now? This GP series has brought more negatives than positives though! I don't think it has brought any positives in fact!