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Oh come on now. He saw the guy he just knocked off running directly at him, you really think he was expecting a kiss and a cuddle? Do be serious. He had 20/30 seconds knowing it was about to get lively! Not justifying it but it was not as previously said 'cowardly'

pandorum Hancock went mental and committed one of the most cowardly acts I have seen on a speedway track and you do not even criticise as he seems to have every right to do that. How was it cowardly? Cowardly would be a sneak attack. Greg ran straight up to him, Nicky knew what was coming a long way off!

Hahaha very true SCB

Yes Yes Yes. That really is point

Im saying if it was to be one or the other I know whats better. And if you think people should/would never react - especially in such a high adrenalin sport & after such an incident, then you arent living in the real world. That is all. I am not for one moment saying I want riders to go and chin someone everytime they think they are knocked off. If that is how I came across then apologies.

Violence and Thuggery? Come on I've seen people react to a whole lot less then that. All the Pedersan fans on here got such long fuses that if something like that happened to them they'd say oh no that was bad but never mind, I won't react... Come on that's not real life.

Phil Rising said it was better that riders to seek revenge off the track rather then on it. And I'm agreeing. Apologies that I didn't get the terminology or speed of the accident spot on but I think you know where I'm coming from. Getting revenge on a rider during a race and deliberately knocking them off whether it be 40/50/60 or 100mp is not ideal. Would you agree on that?

How? Would you rather a be hit by someone or be stuck in the fence at 70+ MPH? If ever you seen someone fence another rider on purpose it literally makes you sick to your stomach

Nailed it E I Addio

And yes even though I fully understand why he did what he did, Greg should receive a more severe punishment for this btw..

I'm amazed at some of the peoples defense for NP on here. I haven't attacked him personally just stated fact about what he's done to others. Justifying what he's done previously to others with 'well they've all done it too' is ridiculous & doesn't make it right. And none of them have anywhere near the amount of incidents NPs had. I mean thats just obvious lol!

Im English and live in NY... And Erik Gundersen was my hero as a kid..

The pattern is there will always be incidents in Speedway. But not repeated time after time the same person. Can you genuinely not see that? I have no personal vendetta against Nicki I'm just saying it as I see.

For those who are still defending NP, to my knowledge the riders in GP's alone he's knocked off and/or had visible arguments with are Hancock AJ Emil Hans Andersan Holder Zagar Ward THJ Gollob Woffy Im sure there are more thats just top of my head. Are they ALL in the wrong?

No you've missed the point. No rider just lets someone else win, especially in the GPs. You obviously just dont like Hancock.

Let him win 2 world titles? Lol that is classic

NP has had this coming a long time. I would imagine this was still in Greg's memory.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tB4GjqZk6DM Nicki is a great rider and from what I'm told a decent bloke off the track but the fact of the matter is he causes crashes time after time. Even if you are a fan of his you have to realize that every other rider dislikes him for a reason. I remember in the Cardiff program years ago David Norris admitting that even though NP was his team mate there were times he couldn't defend some of the stuff he did. Also, I used to sponsor an ex team mate of Nicki's and he simply described him as a lunatic who'd rather fence him then get a 5-1. For those of you who don't know me you may think that is made up bull****, but I swear it's true. As for Greg's reaction, don't know what everyone is up in arms about. He just got knocked off his bike at 70mph, by a guy who's don't it multiple times before & he saw red mist. Not the first or last person who's done that. The only real surprise was that it was Greg that finally stepped up and did what loads of others had wanted to do for years. Roll on Cardiff...

The worst thing is it's not lack of effort he's just not good enough

stand corrected looks like we're gonna get our rses handed to us!

Well I cant believe there isnt a single Russian rider that could make up a team of 4!

Seem like such decent people (Emil and the Laguta's) when interviewed but they really are a let down. Also, they could easily get a medal if those 3 are riding, don't they care about that?!!

I'm not too worried about the Pols when riding outside of Poland. If the Russians had both Laguta's and Emil I think they would walk Thursday, but as it stands I honestly give GB as good a chance as any. I certainly don't think the Danish track staff will do the Pols any favors.

Read numerous times that Morris said he contemplated riding for GB but said his mind was made up as he's always lived in Aus and as he had to listen to the Aus national anthem every day at school it would be weird standing on the podium with the British national anthem playing... All Pearson was saying that he COULD have ridden for GB because his parents were British.

AH good point Sir.

Wouldnt have a clue but I would also find that very unlikely..