A bit of perspective is badly needed here i think.
Yep, they won comfortably and rode well, but the Swedes were severely weakened.
Keep it for Saturday
Another shocking performance from Stead on the World Stage, to finish behind the likes of Judas D and Nieminen is embarrassing.
Vastly overrated, just isn't going to cut it at the top level. EL 2nd Heat Leader at best.
As Orion says, "The worst Number 1 since Mistletoe And Wine!"
I was thinking the same about Chris Harris.
The bloke wins his first National Title and a large majority of the crowd are more bothered about congratulating the bloke who came second!
All this squabbling, when it was quite clear that Lee Richardson should have been given the Wildcard slot.
Quite a reasonable meeting tonight, refreshing to see the old fogeys struggling (Screen, Louis, Havelock) and some good performances from the new brigade, Kennett really does seem to have the world at his feet if he continues to develop as he is.
One last observation, how poor is Simon Stead??!!, why is he constantly lauded as a big hope for England??
Definitely not Ian Gledhill.
I can think of Craig Hodgson, Kevin Price, David Smart and Ingar Hvamstad who also took their own lives in addition to those already mentioned.