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To be fair to everyone, As JUNE01 hasn't declared which PEDERSEN she is backing, the one that picks up the LOWEST score will count only DONE IN ADVANCE OF MEETING

Will look into it further after the GP and hopefully get it updated in one go. C'Mon Artem !!

Artem is a lot better than what he has shown so far and on a track that he has shown his true potential .... who knows PLUS .... I like his style and I need the points ! PS; .... EVERYONE The final round will be very different ...... so scores could change BIG time !!

MY PREDICTION FOR VOJENS ..... 6 Janusz Kolodiej ....... was very fast there in the GP Challenge last year 6 Fredrik Lindgren ...... As above .... Needs the points ..... Wolves !! 8 Emil Sayfutdinov ...... Capable of a big score .... please ! 3 Artem Laguta ...... Won the GP Challenge here last year .... has to shine once !

Stilton Panther - I gave you 20 points ..... it should have been 26 8 for Hampel 8 for Ward 13 for AJ -3 for Crump You are now on 108 not 102

JUNE01 - You have posted Pedersen as a selection ...... Nicki or Bjarne please ! STILTON PANTHER - Will do .... you did score well in Torun

VOJENS PREDICTOR 10 Greg Hancock 117 13 Jaroslaw Hampel 100 13 Andreas Jonsson 92 9 Tomasz Gollob 88 8 Jason Crump 79 8 Emil Sayfutdinov 79 8 Chris Holder 77 8 Kenneth Bjerre 72 8 Nicki Pedersen 65 6 Fredrik Lindgren 60 7 Antonio Lindback 60 2 Chris Harris 43 4 Rune Holta 41 6 Janusz Kolodziej 39 Magnus Zetterstrom (RES) 19 3 Artem Laguta 12 7 WILD CARD #16: Bjarne Pedersen RESERVE #17: Michael Jepsen Jensen RESERVE #18: Mikkel Michelsen PREVIOUS 5 VOJENS GP's 2010: Tomasz Gollob, Kenneth Bjerre, Jason Crump, Nicki Pedersen 2009: Andreas Jonsson, Rune Holta, Kenneth Bjerre, Emil Sayfutdinov 2002: Tony Rickardsson, Tomasz Gollob, Billy Hamill, Jason Crump 2001: Tony Rickardsson, Jason Crump, Tomasz Gollob, Niklas Klingberg 2000: Greg Hancock, Jason Crump, Stefan Danno, Nicki Pedersen NOTE; Artem Laguta won the GP Challenge here ahead of Antonio Lindback, Fredrik Lindgren and Janusz Kolodiej !!

TORUN - Best score was from SMILES who picked all four finalists in Jonsson, Hampel, Ward WC and Lindback to score a massive 36 points. ..... Worst score was by SPOOK who scored minus eleven with Holder, Crump, Gollob and Harris LEADERBOARD AFTER TORUN 114 refereerick 102 home straight 93 Stiltonpanther 91 noggin 84 smiles 84 June01 84 Dukey Boy 77 Impartial One 73 beercellar 71 T.N.T 61 Andy Lebedevs 61 Gray 59 broniagigolo 54 Rico 49 Beesboybert 45 Phillips11 36 Cornishman 34 spook 31 scotcj101 30 Lingo 27 Robbie B 24 racers and royals 20 William Fisher Jones 19 keef 16 waihekeaces 16 I hate the rain 15 drakey 11 pensilva 7 screm 6 Crazy Machine 3 Adzy -1 Matt K -5 superguest -5 future -11 Wadey -12 Lis

Bomber qualified for this series through his results from the 2010 series, so any past nominations should be forgotten about really. This season he hasn't really troubled the big guns and should only get a nomination for 2012 if there is not a better rider from any country not included in the series. With riders like Pedersen and Lindgren looking possible non qualifiers, I would say they should get picked before him. With Lindback, Bjarne and Pepe already assured of a place and it being odds on that Darcy Ward will be given a place, then I would say the top TEN will be back along with these four, leaving just ONE place available !! 1 #5 Greg Hancock 117 2 #2 Jaroslaw Hampel 100 3 #9 Andreas Jonsson 92 4 #1 Tomasz Gollob 88 5 #3 Jason Crump 79 6 #12 Emil Sayfutdinov 79 7 #8 Chris Holder 77 8 #7 Kenneth Bjerre 72 9 #10 Nicki Pedersen 65 10 #11 Fredrik Lindgren 60 11 #14 Antonio Lindback 60 12 #6 Chris Harris 43 13 #4 Rune Holta 41 14 #15 Janusz Kolodziej 39 With Bomber, Holta, Kolodiej and Laguta being so far behind, these are the four places I would think are up for grabs. So the current top 11, Pepe replacing Kolodiej and Bjarne replacing Holta, Bombers place has to be at risk especially if Holta or Kolodiej get above him in the standings. As much as I like Tai Woffinden and Scott Nicholls, I cant see either doing anymore that Bomber has been doing so the question is ...... Is there a better rider other than those listed better than Bomber ? Zagar ? ...... Questionable Andersen ? ...... Debatable due to injuries in recent times

I wont be at the computer for a week, so this wont be updated by me until Sept 4th at earliest My selections are Fredrik Lindgren Emil Sayfutdinov Jarek Hampel Rune Holta

Bjarne Pedersen replaces Artem Laguta Piotr Protasiewicz replaces Rune Holta Darcy Ward replaces Janusz Kolodiej Chris Harris ? ..... will he be replaced or be the lone Brit again ? .... Do England deserve a permanent GP rider ? Zagar, Batchelor, Vaculik, Kasprzak ..... all could be considered as could the WU21 Champion ( if not Darcy)

ANTONIO - FINE BJARNE - PLEASED PEPE - !!! .... The same rider that turned down rides because he kept not scoring ! ... Pepe, Vaculik, KK and Ljung should have been in a shoot out for 3rd place in my opinion

PREDICTED SCORES FOR TORUN 12 Tomasz Gollob 11 Greg Hancock 10 Jarek Hampel 10 Jason Crump 10 EmilSayfutdinov 10 Chris Holder 8 Nicki Pedersen 7 Andreas Jonsson 7 Kenneth Bjerre 7 Wild Card 6 Fredrik Lindgren 5 Antonio Lindback 5 Janusz Kolodziej 5 Chris Harris 5 Rune Holta 2 Artem Laguta

'ImpartialOne' .... Jonsson, Lindback, Hampel, Hancock ..... 16 'T.N.T.' .... Gollob, Jonsson, Hancock, Lindgren ..... 0 'home straight' .... Jarek Hampel, Wild Card, Andreas Jonsson, Antonio Lindback ..... 23 'scotcj101' .... Wild Card (Jonasson), Janusz Kolodziej, Rune Holta, Chris Holder ..... - 3 'beercellar' .... tomasz gollob, andreas jonsson, jarek hampel, greg hancock ..... 6 'William Fisher-Jones' .... Crump, Lindgren, Hampel, Wild Card (THJ) ..... 19 'DUKEYBOY' .... Andreas Jonsson, Freddie Lindgren, Antonio Lindback, Wild Card - THJ ..... 15 'June01' .... Hampel, Pedersen, Harris, Lindback ..... 10 'waihekeaces1' .... Jonsson, Gollob, Holder, Lindback ..... 0 'spook' .... Lindback, Holder, Hancock, Hampel ..... 4 'Stiltonpanther' .... AJ, Kenneth Bjerre, Antonio Lindback, Jarek Hampel. ..... 26 'racers and royals' .... Gollob, Hancock, Lindgren, wild card ..... - 6 'broniagigolo' .... Nicki Pedersen, Jason Crump, Chris Holder, Chris Harris ..... 6 'noggin' .... Hancock, Gollob, Lindback, Wildcard ..... - 7 'Gray' .... Wild Card, Fredrik Lindgren , Emil Sayfutdinov, Artem Laguta ..... 8 'Rico' .... Tomasz Gollob, Emil Sayfutdinov, Jason Crump, Andreas Jonsson ..... 12 'refereerick' .... Crump, AJ, Lindback, wild card (THJ) ..... 23 'screm' .... Jonsson, Crump, Holder, Hancock ..... 12 STILTON PANTHER was the best scorer in this round while former leader, NOGGIN had a nightmare LEADERBOARD AFTER MALILLA 97 refereerick 82 Stiltonpanther 76 home straight 74 June01 66 noggin 64 T.N.T 57 Dukey Boy 53 beercellar 52 Impartial One 51 broniagigolo 49 Beesboybert 48 smiles 47 Andy Lebedevs 45 spook 43 Gray 36 Rico 27 Robbie B 23 racers and royals 20 William Fisher Jones 20 scotcj101 19 keef 17 Phillips11 16 waihekeaces 16 I hate the rain 15 drakey 11 pensilva 9 Cornishman 8 screm 6 Crazy Machine 3 Adzy -1 Matt K -5 superguest -5 future -11 Wadey -12 Lis

WHAT THEY SCORED IN MALILA 12 Greg Hancock ............ 9 ....... -3 12 Tomasz Gollob ........... 3 ....... -9 9 Jarek Hampel ............. 17 ...... +8 9 Chris Holder ............. 7 ....... -2 9 Emil Sayfutdinov ......... 13 ...... +4 9 Jason Crump .............. 16 ....... +7 8 Nicki Pedersen ........... 3 ........ -5 9 Andreas Jonsson .......... 19 ....... +10 9 Kenneth Bjerre ........... 16 ....... +7 6 Fredrik Lindgren ......... 8 ........ +2 6 Antonio Lindback ......... 7 ........ +1 6 Janusz Kolodziej ......... 1 ........ -5 4 Chris Harris ............. 10 ....... +6 4 Rune Holta ............... 4 ........ 0 3 Artem Laguta ............. 1 ........ -2 5 Wild Card ................ 9 ........ +4

Sticking with Freddie despite his short practice yesterday Should be a good one

As we approaoach the run in towards the play offs for this season, I think that LOGICAL and COMMON SENSE ideas about how the sport should look next season can be discussed sensibly by fans. Who is likely to stay ? Who is likely to leave and Where too ? When are fixtures to be set and will they be equal to other teams ? How will teams line up under the points limit (hopefully 42.00) ? What rule changes would actually work and benefit the sport ? RULE CHANGES; The biggest change that I would like to see is one that I have posted before as I believe it would dramatically help not only the sport, but the British riders coming through the ranks. ASSESSED AVERAGES; Each season there are new riders to the shores, each carrying an assessed average. While some like Martin Vaculik, Piotr Pawlicki, Patryk Dudek etc bring their reputation with them, there are also those that head over here unable to do anything more than a reserve berth in the Premier League and season after season hold down number seven race jackets while young British riders are left with just National League places. Therefore the one big change I would like to see is foreign riders given an assessed average. Australians ; 3.50 EL ~ 5.00 PL EU Countries ; 4.00 EL ~ 7.00 PL Non EU Countries ; 5.00 EL ~ 8.00 PL Selected Nominations ; (France, Belgium, Holland etc) 3.00 EL ~ 4.50 PL Once these riders get an assessed average, they keep that average until they reach that level. So for example, Newport sign Dutch Star, Hans Dat Dodishes on a 4.50 average and Swedish youngster, Ulrik Kaka on a 7.00 average. ... Come the end of the season, Hans has averaged 3.13 and Ulrik 5.78. If Newport (or any other team) want them for the following season (or mid season), then they must still hold their starting assessed average. ... This would mean EVERY rider in the Premier League with an average under 4.50 would be British and there would be no German, Hungarian or Latvian riders taking up the reserve berths that are needed for British youngsters to develop. ... This does not affect their EU rights on finding employment, it simply sets them qualifications needed to do the job asked of them. AVERAGE CONVERSION; This season has seen averages between the two leagues a bit more realistic having previously been half / double the other league. ... However I propose that this is now set at 1.5 to enable a couple of this. Firstly, when an EL track needs a 3.00 rider as a guest, the riders they can choose from at present are riders that more than not are simply left trailing at the back for three races before being replaced. ... Also it enables any rider doubling up a fair and effective average using both his EL and PL rides to have one overall average We have all seen riders averaging six points a match in the PL but gaining 5+ averages in the EL from a handful of matches and then lumbered with that average should they wish to move up. .. This way a rider doubling up would simply (for averages only) have his PL points adjusted by 1.5, so a rider like Ludvig Lindgren could score 150 for Berwick from 75 rides. ... For Wolves he ends up with 150 points from 150 rides. ... Overall this would give him 250 points from 225 rides giving him an EL average of 4.44 and a converted PL average of 6.66 GUESTS; One idea with guests for top riders, which isnt required too much any way. Instead of seeing Bomber, Scott or Watt for the 3rd, 4th or 5th time in a season, why not allow teams bring in riders that are not riding over here ? .... Would it not be a better deal for fans and the clubs if riders like Greg Hancock, Jason Crump, Andreas Jonsson etc etc being allowed to cover as guests for the likes of Lindgren, Holder, Ward wtc ... or even Magnus Zetterstrom or Janusz Kolodiej as cover for the likes of Davey Watt or Lewis Bridger ? R/R works better than a guest in some ways, but if teams could use this Special Guest facuility instead, it should add more interest to the spectators and may even get a few thinking of coming back .... even in a doubling out option where Greg Hancock and Andreas Jonsson may start as the #1 at Coventry and get selected when required. 14 meetings each ? POINTS LIMIT; For me it has to be 42.00 at least as virtually all teams are at that now any way, even Wolves down in 9th place are over the starting limit and when the season finishes be around 42 as PK moves closer to his true 8.5 average. NOTE; Its a waste of time posting SCRAP THE PLAY OFFS ..... BRING BACK TAC SUB RIDES .... SCRAP DOUBLE POINTS ..... There are not even going to be considered and talk as much as you want, this is about things that MAY ... even remotley be considered or looked at as new?, not something that has been done in the past and isnt wanted back by clubs, riders and Sky ! IDEAS ? ------------------------------------------------------- Looking ahead for Wolves next season, I can only Fredrik Lindgren as a nailed on certainty for 2012 while Ty Proctor (4.60) and Ludvig Lindgren (3.90) may have attractive averages for next season with LL starting at reserve instead of struggling in the main body of the season. ... Wolves would like both PK (8.50) and Tai (8) back next season, but a strong top three hasnt worked this season and with higher averages, I cant see it working next season either, so it would be a suprise if one isnt left out. Looking ahead I would think Wolves will be looking at possible 4.00 riders, possibly at the Olympique in October (if not sooner) to provide them with more strength in the tail end. Patryk Dudek may be one name considered while a young Dane has been seen at Monmore recently after meetings !!. The one rider I would love to see here is 19 year old Pole, Emil Pulczynski .... certainly one for the future. .

With 28 matches counting towards the averages for next season, at Wolves all but Ty Proctor will start next season still using results from 2010 due to missed matches. Freddie will have 25 pts from 12 rides, Ludvig at least 21pts from 15 rides, PK has 20pts from 14 rides while Tai however has 55 pts from 24 rides as he finished the 2010 season with four big scores, including a maximum in the final match, so it is unlikely his average will drop that much now from his 7.72. The thing is that at the start of the 2012 season, should Tai start off poorly with say 16 points from his first five meetings, his GSA will then suddenly drop to around 7.10 where as the same scores for PK would result in his GSA staying around his final average which looks to be around 8+ points a match. So if a team has a few riders like Tai in their starting line up next season with a 3.00 reserve, within a few matches they would be able to release that 3.00 rider for a rider carrying a 4-5 point average. Those with riders lke PK in their team wouldn't be able to strengthen much as poor scores will be replacing poor scores any way and their average wont really change.

Gollob Jonsson Hancock Lindgren edited Wednesday ..... taken out Emil for Greg

Whatever his last 28 meetings will be his average If however the fixtures are 2 home and 2 away next season, thats 36 matches .... so 28 may be changed at the EGM ?

SCANDANAVIAN PREDICTED SCORES 12 Greg Hancock 12 Tomasz Gollob 9 Jarek Hampel 9 Chris Holder 9 Emil Sayfutdinov 9 Jason Crump 8 Nicki Pedersen 9 Andreas Jonsson 9 Kenneth Bjerre 6 Fredrik Lindgren 6 Antonio Lindback 6 Janusz Kolodziej 4 Chris Harris 4 Rune Holta 3 Artem Laguta 5 Wild Card Magnus Zetterstrom will take that riders score if he is called up NOTE; Ludvig Lindgren seems confident Freddie WILL be riding .

WHAT RIDERS SCORED IN ITALY 13 Andreas Jonsson 12 Antonio Lindback 5 Janusz Kolodiej 4 Greg Hancock 3 Kenneth Bjerre 3 Matej Zagar (Wild Card) 2 Emil Sayfutdinov 2 Jarek Hampel 1 Chris Harris 1 Magnus Zetterstrom (Laguta) 0 Fredrik Lindgren 0 Rune Holta -4 Chris Holder -5 Nicki Pedersen -6 Jason Crump -7 Tomasz Gollob WHAT YOU SCORED 24 Home Straight (AJ, Hancock, Lindback, Pedersen) 21 smiles 17 scotcj101 16 TNT 16 beesboybert 15 Stilton Panther 13 June01 12 Impartial One 12 Rico 9 Gray 9 bronigigilo 4 Dukey Boy 3 beercellar 3 William Fisher Jones 2 noggin 1 Andy Lebedevs 1 racers and royals 1 Phillips01 -5 keef -7 waihekeaces -7 sppok -7 refereerick -11 Screm refereerick stays in the lead despite scoring minus seven as noggin could only close the gap with a score of just 2 points as Gollob did him damage as it did a fair few others. LEADERBOARD AFTER ITALY 74 refereerick 73 noggin 64 June01 64 T.N.T 56 Stiltonpanther 53 home straight 49 Beesboybert 48 smiles 47 Andy Lebedevs 47 beercellar 45 broniagigolo 42 Dukey Boy 41 spook 36 Impartial One 35 Gray 29 racers and royals 27 Robbie B 24 Rico 19 keef 17 Phillips11 17 scotcj101 (new entry) 16 waihekeaces 16 I hate the rain 15 drakey 11 pensilva 9 Cornishman 6 Crazy Machine 3 Adzy -1 Matt K 1 William Fisher Jones -4 screm -5 superguest -5 future -11 Wadey -12 Lis .

MY PREDICTIONS 7 Fredrik Lindgren 2 Artem Laguta 4 Andreas Jonsson 9 Emil Sayfutdinov Gone for an adventurous line up of racers even though it looks to be a gaters paradise NOTE; No Entries or edits once the Sky coverage starts !!!

Artem Laguta ..... As he is not riding, Magnus Zetterstrom takes his place and DOES carry the 2 point predictive score ...