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What have I said that was a lie?

In what way?

Please copy and paste the items where I said: 1) He was a novice 2) He hadn't achieved anything of note 3) He wouldn't have reached the top level from 1976/84

So, you now think that I don't know anything about speedway? Oh well...

Not once did I say that he hadn't achieved anything of note. Please stop making this up as you go along.

Quick question, John... Is there any reason that the team squads are missing from the site? I'm pretty sure that they would have been on there in the past (seems that the last activity was in 2009), but are they missing completely, or are they in the database but not actually published?

Please stop telling lies. All I said was that we don't know; it is all conjecture. I certainly did NOT say he wouldn't have been a threat, and in fact, I actually stated that I believed he WOULD have been. So, why lie, and accused me of saying things I didn't?

You called me a prick. That isn't name calling? Now you called me a complete tool. That isn't name calling? How have I not been an adult? You are lying when you claim that I thought Tommy was a novice. I stated that he WAS world-class, and you can go back and check. All I said was that he was not yet at the World Champion level, a fact substantiated by statistics and results.

Oh, it was so much better when Zygfried Friedek, Christoph Betzl, and Pete Ondrasik were around....

There you go, name-calling and attacking again. Why?

Ah, I get it - I think - but I can't be sure! Just strange how we think every rider now is capable of winning on the night, and Sid doesn't.

I don't want to hear anything! I just wish you would stop accusing me of things, and I wish you would stop attacking me for no reason. Again, I have no real issue with you (well, I am having a problem with what you are posting now, as I can't follow what you are trying to say), but you seem to have an issue with EVERYTHING I say.

Sorry, I'm having trouble following what is being said here!

What the f*ck are you on about? Are you being an adult here? Again, this is not a war; this is just you attacking every thing I say.

You really aren't making any sense at all. Can you please explain why you consider my statement pathetic?

And??? You were talking about riders being world champion, and now you are talking about an individual semi-final! EVERY rider in the GP is MORE than capable of making semi-finals.

Who's crying? What a bizarre statement to make...

It is different, because the old system was never intended to get best riders in the world to the world final, and it was never close to doing that. The GP system IS designed to include the best riders in the world, and you have - at the very least - 13 of the best 15.

Please read - and try to understand - what I write! There is no need for a truce, because we are not at war. You are just offended by every post I make that offers an opinion that differs from yours, and you get insulting. Virtually every post I make on here is based on logic, reason, and fact, from Woffinden vs Lee, to Jansson not being one of the top five or six riders in the world at the time of his death. You need to accept that your opinion is NOT gospel, and you are not being an adult by calling me a Muppet, and accusing me of saying things that I didn't.

Yeah, some World Champions won the title after one or two meetings, whereas others had to ride in three or four times that. Now, everybody starts out on an equal footing.

It's got nothing to do anything except having different opinions, and as such, there is no need for a "truce". As long as you don't get rude and aggressive, and you can stop making false accusations, there should no problems. You just have to accept that I am allowed to have opinions that differ from yours, and that I base them on logic, reason, and fact, rather than personal bias.

Riders all had different qualifying systems, and it was possible to scrape through a couple of meetings, put in one good night, and you were World Champ! Now, you have to perform over a whole season.

I know we were devastated when we realized we were going National League, but it really was a breath of fresh air. Having that heat-leader trio of Johnsy, Mike, and Jamie, was great. Having all those tracks within an hour of home was wonderful, and it is so depressing that we have lost nearly all of them...

1) But if it is easier for one rider, it easier for everyone. It is the equivalent of 11 riders qualifying from the I-C Final, and the top riders struggled there too at times. 2) That may be true, but just because a rider is past his peak, it doesn't mean that he doesn't deserve to be there, and it doesn't mean that they are worse than younger riders who aren't there. If you trying to have a true world championship, then fresh blood doesn't matter; the goal is to have the BEST riders on the world. Again, it was no different in the old days. Olsen, Davis, Michanek, and even Collins were well past their peak, and were still qualifying for world finals. If they are still good enough, then good luck to them...

IF, IF, IF!!! It means absolutely nothing, because it didn't happen...