Must agree with you Paulco. Leigh is an absolute legend, but his performances at both Slovenia ans Sweden show why he is very unlikely to go the final step.
As soon as conditions have got less than ideal, his self preservation kicks in. He looked one of the least confident riders on Saturday - with perhaps on Kasprzak looking as timid.
For what it's worth - I though Tomasz was a lucky lad to stay in the re-run and had blatantly turned left on AJ.
Reserves in Poland must be u-21 riders, they stay there for the season. There is no minimum ride rule in Poland, in fact it's quite common for riders to not even get a race.
I must agree, watcing this stuff just shows how poor British Speedway really is. Although having said that, the ELiga teams look less evenly balanced than normal this year, with Tarnow particularly gash!
Riders like Bjarne Pedersen, Andreas Jonsson and Chris Harris in the 2nd division shows how Promotion and Relegation can work if the infrastructure is in place.
To bring my database of every rider to appear in league (top 2 div's) racing since 1965, could anyone shed some light on the place and date of birth (and death where applicable) of the following please??
ALAN FERROW
BARRY FITZGERALD
BILL FINCH
CHRIS FELGATE
CYRIL FRANCIS
DANNY FAIRBURN
DARIUSZ FLIEGERT (place only)
DARREN FITCH
DEAN FELTON
DEREK FELL
DICK FISHER (Date of Death too pls)
GARY FLINT
GARY FORD (place of birth and Date of Death)
GARY FORSCUTT
GARY FRANKUM
GIANNI FAMARI
GIL FARMER
IAN FARNHAM
JOHANNES FRANSDEN
JONATHAN FORSGREN
JONNY FAAFENG (Date of Death too pls)
LEX FIELDING
MARK FRY
PAUL FUDGE
PAUL FURNISS
RICHARD FORD
ROBERT FISHER
TIM FEY
WAYNE FORREST
Chuznee!