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I'd only have given Cook 20 quid for his efforts today. Shame, he's got the makings of a good rider, but badly needs to work with a sports psychologist to try and improve his mental ability to be a sportsman.

Not really an indication of Wolves financial position. Give it a year or two when Musielak is an established Ekstraliga heat leader and has a Swedish deal and he won't want to / won't be allowed to ride here, so the Robins will have an unusable asset.

See post 270 a few pages back.

I think the point that he and others are making is that the whole league is a complete shambles.

Relax everyone, he's fit to ride in Poland tomorrow.

Danish 5 man format?

Whether Peterborough are happy is irrelevant. The rules clearly state that missing a BSPA shared event results in a ban.

Depends how recent you mean by recent times. In EL era, Bradford 97 Ippo 98 Poole 03 and Coventry 07 would eat this Swindon team for breakfast. It's definitely the best Premiership team of recent times.

They don't have a choice re: banning him. It's mandated in the rule book that the 4s is a compulsory meeting. Missing it for any other reason than injury carries a 28 day ban. If they don't ban him, the rule book is worthless.

Christ, poor old Middlo. Probably having to put up with Holder and mummy's little soldier next year. Still, he's grimaced his way through Andersen being in the side for two years, so it'll probably be like a breath of fresh air to him.

That stuff must all have been in place as he was named in Panthers 4s team 10 days ago and his image used to advertise the event! Classic speedway shambles.

Jack Thomas will give it more of a go than that pair of to$$ers.

I'm sure his parent club in the UK will quickly find a new set of rules that supercede the clearly printed rules which state that missing a BSPA meeting is an automatic 28 day ban.

He's no doubt been pressured into it by the bung from the Poles but made himself look an utter fool. Thing is, the rule book is quite explicit in stating that it has to be a ban for missing a BSPA event. Peterborough don't even have the right to excuse him from a BSPA event. How will they explain away the rules that will have to be circumvented to allow him to carry on riding for Poole?

I reckon they'll let him miss the away fixtures at Newcastle and Scunny and have no facility. Smashing for those two clubs, unless they get a cut of the Torun pay off? Another shambles, handled deplorably by rider, club and the association.

You'd think so. What a god damn shambles of a sport speedway in the UK has become. Still, at least I'll be able to rock up at 5 to 2 tomorrow and get a seat in the grandstand.

They're going to claim he's gone with Panthers blessing. Should be no facility in my opinion. Utter mug Rathbone. All tweets now removed.

Holder has further tweeted that Boro were all for him riding in Poland. Hmmm, not quite the story I've heard, borne out by the Polish press reporting that it took the best part of a week to free him from his British contract. I'm sure the sweetner from Torun has helped! If they get it that is. Polish teams aren't always the best at paying up!

Lambert injured. He has had a few bad ones lately to be fair. At least Jack has finally confirmed what we knew 24 hours ago. Dreadful silence from the club and BSPA over this. Now all we await is the spin over the ban and why he can continue to ride for Poole.

You'd think so. Guess we'll find out soon enough. So who's out tomorrow thus far? Holder Masters Lambert Newman Who will be next?

He won't miss any Poole meetings. His ban will only cover the Championship.

The riders were universally critical of the pay in last years Fours, even threatening not to ride at one point I believe. I'm sure that helped Jack make his decision. Ride for tuppence in the UK or earn a boat load in Poland?

Kennett got 0 in April at Monmore and looked all at sea. Only 5 on his two visits with Lakeside as a second string last year as well.

He'll be riding at 2 in place of RR for Hancock. From another Polish news site: It is already known that Jack Holder will be at the manager's disposal. The 21-year-old originally had a term in the British league, but Torun's activists stood up to retrieve him. Also significant was the opinion of the player himself who decided to perform in Poland. http://www.przegladsportowy.pl/zuzel/pge-ekstraliga,zuzel-torun-zalatwil-jacka-holdera-pojedzie-z-wlokniarzem-,artykul,804222,1,984.html

Jack will be in Poland on Sunday. Panthers will be compensated by Torun, Jack will be banned for a couple of weeks, allowing him to miss the next two Sunday's as well. He won't be prevented from riding for Poole.