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Reasonably content with team, think Steve Worrall unlucky to miss out. King would be a better captain but I'll be hpoing they do well on Sat and that the weather doesn't intervene.

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Try Alan Belham at http://www.speedwayserviceltd.co.uk/

Surely the whole point is not that he chose to swear, we can all judge why that might be, but that it was at the flagship event of the Speedway World Championship and witnessed by, albeit a small bunch, the sporting media from across the interested world. In that context, if one person is offended then I think that is damaging (people can argue what real impact it may have) and not how a World Champion should conduct himself in that situation.

No problem, glad to be of service. Just for clarity, have also added in the missing text from your note. I also don't want to start another long debate about the British Semi's but the reason he gave for pulling out wasn't simply to concentrate on the Individual World Championship.

Perhaps this is difficult for you to understand, but it's not in pursuit of individual glory, it's for Team GB. He could not do it if he wasn't selected by Team GB. It's not a hard concept. Wimbledon, the US Open etc. etc. are all in pursuit of individual glory, but not the Olympics. Oh and yes, you really did need that explained to you.

How is that a parallel - both events are for Team GB? Djokovic has also pulled out of the Davis cup tie and if GB really needed him he would have played. We should win without him.

I agree in that I don't think he is the right character to be captain. King has been a club captain and comes across as supportive and conciliatory. Would have King, Harris and Nicholls ahead of Woffinden for captain.

Absolutely agree. For the sport's current World Champion he is a role model and ambassador. He knows that swearing live on TV at the sports biggest media event is just very poor behaviour. Completely different to a heat of the moment incident during racing when a camera is thrust in someone's face. It doesn't matter how many people are offended, one is too many. Low class, portraying it as a low class sport.

Rider of the night award from me goes to Joe Jacobs, looked fast and in control. Well done boy. Wally of the night goes to GP star Zagar, hopeless.

I'd stick steve worrall in. Doing the business and fast out of the traps.

Did he ride his own equipment? Might have been sensible to have left a bike in the UK then in anticipation of the British Semis, as the dates were announced before he appeared at Lynn

Always interesting when you look at who's beaten who - he had a great GP in Prague say many, but only beat 6 of the 15 other riders and none of the top 5. Horses for courses for me, results can be unpredictable - look at the GP qualifier in Lonigo, how many people assess Covatti to be better than Zmarslik? Cook was poor in that one as well although some have said handily placed as the meeting progressed but not as handily placed as the 8 riders ahead of him

i see the british champ didnt do so well today in the pl, 5 points. the gp challenge qualifier covatti only got 4 as well. justproves what i've always said, anyone is beatable and every dog has his day.

Coventry often perform better when on the telly - King and Harris will want to influence Rosco as well.

fairly sure nicholls is riding for rzeszow. that'll be 5 meetings in 6vdays over 3 countries. busy boy.

Competition too tough

They don't recognise the SEC and do not make allowances for it. This is the same reason they prevented Nicholls from riding in it the first year (threatened to ban him entirely).

OK meeting last night and right from Heat1 could see it would be difficult for the Aces. Zagar did his usual last place but Worrall looked on the pace. The Aces were simply too slow off the start. A few things I picked out were Heat 3 where Nicholls jumped a little early but ref let it go as he was at the back, then in Heat 10 I think it was, Batchelor did exactly the same but the ref called it back, curious. Iversen looked very quick, as did Zagar at the end. For the Aces, simply too slow off the start but Steve Worrall impressed. For Lynn, Batch was Batch - make the start and win, don't make it, last. R Lambert was also tardy off the gate but took advantage of Aces' mistakes/lack of speed but the stand out for Lynn was Rose. Loked very quick and made some quality passes, best I've seen him ride. Meeting was closer at the end than it felt like, which seems odd to say. Lemon made a big mistake not using the TR when he could have in Heat 6 and Fricke was complete road block in 14, if he'd have looked he could have let Scott just get ahead on the outside as Lambert was buzzing around - it could've been a 3-3 and a point for the Aces but he didn't and once Lambert got under him he passed Fricke easily. Good result for Lynn and Rory will make then stronger.

I am not saying who is a better rider, I am saying that this is the evidence in 2016 - that's it. You are using conjecture by assuming that because a rider is not in a competition, that they are not "anywhere near" that level. Evidence I've see this year: Harris - Doing ok in BEL, Poor in Poland Nice Liga, Poor in GP qualifier, Poor in 3 GPs, Good in one GP (directly beat 6 of the 15 riders), Poor at Belle Vue Nicholls - Doing ok in BEL, doing ok in Swedish Elite, doing ok in Poland Nice Liga, doing ok at Belle Vue, incl. British Final King - Doing ok recently in BEL/PL, Poor in GP qualifiers, doing ok at Belle Vue - British Champion That's it, no bias or assumption.

Ok, I'll bite. If you don't be selective over a post and the parts within, how can you debate because all you'd do is say "I think he should" and you'd respond "I think he shouldn't" - wouldn't question time be even duller! So, your first poitn about Harris doing better in the BEL this year - I counter that with the opinion that there are more top stars riding in the Swedish Elite league, whom Nicholls is beating and that is a greater "indicator of pace" to me, using your criterion. It is of course impossible to say how King or Nicholls would have fared in the GPs over the last 3 years because they haven't been in them - that's what evidence is all about!! I am using the evidence of their competition with "top stars" and at the track they'll be racing on. Simple really.

Just goes to show how people see things differently I suppose. How riding in the EL can be a "better indicator of pace" than winning races on the big Polish tracks I have no idea. Also, if Nicholls "isn't really that great" at the NSS then Harris, being worse, could be described as being hopeless there. Also had to smile at point about not having raced in a GP for 3 years - apart from Prague 2016, has Harris?!! One swallow doesn't make a summer and I don't think his results this year earns him a pick. We'll beg to differ, but whoever Rosco goes for, I will be cheering for them on 30th.

The things I listed were not criteria to include, but evidence to use in judging whether Harris deserves a pick, in response to an earlier post. Lambert will be in as he's flavour of the moment with BSPA & FIM and Nicholls has a case given his regular competition in Poland and Sweden. Whoever is picked, I will be there hoping they put up a good fight.

Hard to include him based on his results in Poland, British Final, GP qualifiers and all GPs bar one (can't include Sweden as he's not good enough to get a ride there). Rosco will pick his favourites and if they do well, their supporters will feel chuffed, if they don't, their knockers will be seething

Disagree entirely and I'm not sure what criterion you're basing that on from this year? Rosco should pick 5 riders who he think will score the most points - if he believes in objective analysis then he'll look at all kinds of indicators, or he may just pick his favourites again, a bit like Brucie