IainB

see you next Tuesday

Don't mention the war... I mentioned it once but I think I got away with it

Why so aggressive? Calm down dear

You could always up sticks and move to the US, Brazil, Mexico or India

Agreed, possibly shows a lack of really wanting it which may explain why he's challenging Leigh Adams for title of best rider never to win.

But then he was riding mostly in the Tony Rick Jason Crump era, throw in Nicki P and Mr G in Poland and it's more understandable

I think Leigh just edges it still for me... but that could change at the end of the season

GP Finals: Leigh Emil Finals 26 23 1st 8 7 2nd 3 4 3rd 5 7 4th 10 5

As I've little else to do with my time at the moment I did some analysis between Leigh vs Emil and although it's difficult to compare the 2 because of Emil's sabbatical here are the stats: Best Finish: Leigh Emil 15 10 11 7 3 6 15 5 6 4 5 4 6 4 1 SEC 3 1 SEC 5 7 SEC 2 6 6 8 11 3

Looks like he's been talent spotted already then, they're not in the Ekstaliga are they? Has he ridden for them yet?

I can't remember being so impressed by a rider I've seen for the first time for a long time... be interesting to see how he goes away from Masarna

Wow! What a prospect Philip Hellström Bängs looks... what do we know about him? How old is he, how long has he been riding, is he normally that good or was it just a flash in the pan. He seemed all action and was very animated in the pits also... and, erm, I'm not sure how to put this these days, but erm... is he a "rider of colour"? Just asking that's all

I wonder when Greg Hancock peaked?

Oh... I get it now, the rider from Somerset is going from left to right, White City right to left. And it looks like the rider is dressed as a confederate soldier... http://www.defunctspeedway.co.uk/London White City.htm

A Golden Gauntlets featuring last years team and this years team and Kim Nilsson, Martin Vaculik, Przedpelski plus others With match races after every 4 heats featuring Les Collins, Neil Collins and 2 other ex Lions "legends"... who I can't think of at the moment (how old are those guys these days?)

I can't comment directly as I've never been to the Speedway on the IOW, but I would suggest, with respect, that running a track on a "holiday" Island is quite a bit different than running a track elsewhere in the country. I would suggest the crowd are looking for different things at IOW, yes a great fun night out but when they return home and go to their local track and look to continue they will soon be looking into the performance of the team and the results on track as they become a "fan" of the team. That's not to say that for one minute the IOW are doing anything wrong and there's no reason to suggest that there couldn't be some overlap between what the IOW are doing and the rest as IOW certainly seem to be getting the basics right and a lot of other clubs should listen to the comments you have made above and further on. I suppose the question is are you running a fun entertainment night out or a professional team sport competition and there's absolutely no reason why it shouldn't be both

I can't see it... doesn't it matter which side of the rider you are standing? My brain can't take it

Was GB planning on running a full complete league season from August does anybody know?

Isn't this what Sweden have done? I believe not everybody is riding against everybody else... Not sure what the setup is but they are on track

Makes you wonder how good the Eurosport TV deal actually is if GB can't afford to run behind closed doors where Sweden can run to crowds of 50... Of course we'll never know but it can't be that good of a deal

Agreed

Looking at his GP record all his bad rounds tend to have been in Poland... I think I'll leave this one alone

I suppose it's like most things in life "teamwork makes the dream work"... until it comes to payday

... and his SoN wins. The thing is I suppose I saw a lot more of Leigh in this country than I have of Emil, and with the SGP series it's not just about the wins it's more about the consistency, not helped by the fact that Emil hid away from the GP's for a few years, for whatever reasons. Certainly during one of those season's he wasn't in the GP's he appeared to be better than Woffy who won the title. One thing's for sure the longer he goes without winning it the more he'll become the definitive number 1 in this league table

Surely with the setup of this years series it's going to be more akin to Polish League racing than ever before, Madsen doesn't look fit at the moment, Zmarzlik hasn't really been that convincing away from Gorzow, Woffy's carrying a knock... that's what I keep telling myself anyway Was tempted by Janowski also at 25/1 for an e/w