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Yes, he is Danish team manager... I understood that each rider was only allowed 2 other individuals to be in their "team" though

I saw that Hans Nielsen was in the pits at Gorzow, does anybody know who's corner he was in?

Nobody's surprised really though are they? We know they're amateurs

I like your National League quality post But for me personally I do agree with you. I was eagerly awaiting the opportunity to watch some NL action last year at Leicester as part of a double header, but due to Leicester's inability to run a meeting at a reasonable pace it was rained off, so I never got to see it. But I have watched NL standard racing over the years and it's never really been "proper speedway" for me. I do know that the racing at Leicester (for me) was generally better when they were in the top league with the better standard of rider. With the exception of watching Scott Nicholls last year who really mastered the track, a lot of experience there though. As for what fans want, in reality different fans want different things. Some fans lap up their team winning by 30 points every week, the floaters probably want a close match with good racing, a new fan probably wants a value for money night out, doesn't care about the "stars" is not going to know former world champ Jason Doyle from the Jason Doyle plumber who lives down the road at 22 Arcacia Avenue

Anybody hiring a cherry picker?

Peter Craven was British

British Champions: 1961 Barry Briggs 1964 Barry Briggs 1965 Barry Briggs 1966 Barry Briggs 1967 Barry Briggs 1968 Ivan Mauger 1969 Barry Briggs 1970 Ivan Mauger 1971 Ivan Mauger 1972 Ivan Mauger

I think everybody that's a Russian speedway rider is a "rocket" aren't they... except of course when Emil Sayfutidnov used to be "The Jose Mourinho of Speedway" as nobody ever referred to him (except for one person)

I think Woffy will win a round at Prague and go on to take the title with the rest of the series being held on "neutral" tracks. Although I understand he took a knock last night, I haven't watched it yet.

Disney are charging £20 to watch Mulan and that's on top of the subscription for the Disney channel, I suppose the going rate is what people will pay to watch it, personally I wouldn't pay that much to watch as a one off... Fortunately I've had my ticket confirmation through though

I care... You don't, a few others will and a few others won't. I'm just comparing as it's an obvious topic of discussion

Zmarzlik would be 6 pts clear of Janowski under the old system 1 2 3 4 Total Pts +/- % Old Rank New Rank Rank Diff Freddie Lindgren 10 11 14 17 52 66 14 27% 3 1 2 Bartosz Zmarzlik 11 14 20 14 59 59 0 0% 1 2 -1 Maciej Janowski 17 19 8 9 53 57 4 8% 2 3 -1 Tai Woffinden 12 15 12 11 50 53 3 6% 4 4 0 Leon Madsen 13 7 12 15 47 50 3 6% 5 5 0 Artem Laguta 20 13 7 3 43 45 2 5% 6 6 0 Jason Doyle 5 3 12 16 36 42 6 17% 8 7 1 Emil Sayfutdinov 11 6 6 13 36 36 0 0% 8 8 0 Martin Vaculik 11 4 13 12 40 35 -5 -13% 7 9 -2 Matej Zagar 6 4 8 5 23 27 4 17% 10 10 0 Max Fricke 2 8 4 8 22 24 2 9% 12 11 1 Niels-Kristian Iversen 3 11 6 3 23 24 1 4% 10 11 -1 Mikkel Michelsen 5 7 5 2 19 18 -1 -5% 13 13 0 Gleb Chugunov 6 8 14 16 2 14% 15 14 1 Patryk Dudek 5 7 3 1 16 16 0 0% 14 14 0 Anders Thomsen 4 6 10 10 0 0% 16 16 0 Antonio Lindback 1 1 2 3 7 6 -1 -14% 17 17 0

Personally I think he's got a really good chance of winning it now, Laguta and Janowski are up and down as usual, Zmarlik has not been doing a great deal away from Gorzow this season, Emil is out of it, I think it'll be between Woffy, Madsen & Freddie... maybe Zmarzlik

I disagree, Lindgren is now 14 points and 2 places in the rankings better off than he would have been under the old system and has only won 1 GP. It places more emphasis on just making the final, if you wanted to place the emphasis on the win they should award 25 or 30 pts for a win. Perhaps breaking his neck last year has had an effect on him?

You could argue that Ermolenko was "lucky" to win the 93 final with 12 points... he was clearly the best rider in the world that year though imo

Winners & Losers after round 4: 1 2 3 4 Total Pts +/- % Old Rank New Rank Rank Diff Freddie Lindgren 10 11 14 17 52 66 14 27% 3 1 2 Bartosz Zmarzlik 11 14 20 14 59 59 0 0% 1 2 -1 Maciej Janowski 17 19 8 9 53 57 4 8% 2 3 -1 Tai Woffinden 12 15 12 11 50 53 3 6% 4 4 0 Leon Madsen 13 7 12 15 47 50 3 6% 5 5 0 Artem Laguta 20 13 7 3 43 45 2 5% 6 6 0 Jason Doyle 5 3 12 16 36 42 6 17% 8 7 1 Emil Sayfutdinov 11 6 6 13 36 36 0 0% 8 8 0 Martin Vaculik 11 4 13 12 40 35 -5 -13% 7 9 -2 Matej Zagar 6 4 8 5 23 27 4 17% 10 10 0 Max Fricke 2 8 4 8 22 24 2 9% 12 11 1 Niels-Kristian Iversen 3 11 6 3 23 24 1 4% 10 11 -1 Mikkel Michelsen 5 7 5 2 19 18 -1 -5% 13 13 0 Gleb Chugunov 6 8 14 16 2 14% 15 14 1 Patryk Dudek 5 7 3 1 16 16 0 0% 14 14 0 Anders Thomsen 4 6 10 10 0 0% 16 16 0 Antonio Lindback 1 1 2 3 7 6 -1 -14% 17 17 0

I think what it does show, so far anyway, is that consistency (some may call it mediocrity) is paying off big time over the series... it's saying to me cruise home for a 3rd or 4th in a final and don't risk the win, ironically the new points system was brought in to encourage the winner of an individual event getting the most points, all well and good for a one day event, over a series it's being shown to fail

Vaculik has been the big loser so far with the new points scoring and is at -4... the reason for this is because I had an e/w bet on him

sound like you need a full hazmat suit

Winners & Losers after Round 3: 1 2 3 Total Pts +/- % Freddie Lindgren 10 11 14 35 46 11 31% Jason Doyle 5 3 12 20 26 6 30% Tai Woffinden 12 15 12 39 43 4 10% Maciej Janowski 17 19 8 44 48 4 9% Matej Zagar 6 4 8 18 21 3 17% Bartosz Zmarzlik 11 14 20 45 47 2 4% Gleb Chugunov 6 8 14 16 2 14% Max Fricke 2 8 4 14 16 2 14% Patryk Dudek 5 7 3 15 15 0 0% Niels-Kristian Iversen 3 11 6 20 20 0 0% Artem Laguta 20 13 7 40 40 0 0% Leon Madsen 13 7 12 32 32 0 0% Antonio Lindback 1 1 2 4 3 -1 -25% Mikkel Michelsen 5 7 5 17 16 -1 -6% Emil Sayfutdinov 11 6 6 23 22 -1 -4% Anders Thomsen 4 4 3 -1 -25% Martin Vaculik 11 4 13 28 24 -4 -14%

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Big Mac is understood in any language

Why? What's happening in 2021?

I think you'll find they're not interested in listening to any ideas other than their own. If I were you I wouldn't waste my time and just choose another sport to follow

That explains a lot