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With 4 wildcards BSI still invite over 25% of the riders in the "world Championship"

Szczakiel had more than one good day,he won the World Pairs Championship in 1971 with A. Wyglenda. On that day he outscored Mauger,Briggs and Michanek, no mean feat in the 70's.

Hope Chris Holder enjoys his permanent wild card in the GP's next year team Australia worked hard for it tonight.

Three weeks holiday enjoying the rest but still doing my own tyres.

If that information's right and there's no practice, then the Poles must be favourites.

Team GB under 21's Bridger Barker Lawson Lambert Woffinden Full result is on www.speedway.org.

Quite interesting to note, how well Andrew Appleton is going in the longtrack and grasstrack events in europe since he quit the British racing scene. I must agree the British lads get poor rewards for their efforts in league racing. Maybe the way forward is to emigrate then return on a foreign licence, less pressure, better facillities.

Don't disagree about Chris Louis, but as a rider Nicholls should have known about gate 1 and advised Lynch, if he was unaware. The fault cannot be Lynch's alone, the rider, chasing head lines in the press should also take some criticism. Lynch's biggest fault was to have a captain with an ego problem. For his first two meetings under pressure, like he was, with the riders he has at he's disposal IMO he did quite well.

Look at the Peterborough thread. A British speedway track is dying and the vultures are deciding which riders can go where.

Before I moved to Sweden I was heavily involved in junior grasstrack, but over the years the attitude of the parents changed dramatically. It changed from being a pleasure to absolute chore to help. You can read on other threads what type of kids came through spoilt brats, mostly. Now I've lost touch sadly but a few good lads still ride two were in the EM this year. The help to set up and run this aren't there anymore, every one wants instant success speedway traing schools seem to provide it without the effort of learning to race, all you do is ride in circles as fast as you can no competition no learning to race it shows in meetings like tonight, there's no fight.

All that matters to British fans is how their home team is riding. Anything out of the country doesn't exist. If theres a new rising star he's to be knocked on the forum if he signs for another team. Im allright Jack f--- you. The football supporter mentality.

The Russians and the "lesser" Poles in the Elitserien do regularly beat the British riders. Having changed from watching British to watching Swedish speedway, my opinion of these "ex eastern block" riders has changed they are good entertainment, good riders and always improving. The young Germans coming through are also riding well, Hefenbrock at Kumla was drafted in to replace Kennett. From what I have seen in the leagues here, the British have fallen way behind with developing their young talent. The big problem with Britain is it's no longer needed to develop a rider, only as a place to earn money between continental bookings.

All of the British riders do, having watched them all except Woffinden in Sweden this season, they were all better.

The boy did really well, I hope he continues to improve. I look forward to seeing him ride in Sweden.

Which one of the thriving cash swamped British clubs could afford to run it.

Good racing on a slick track, better presentation than Coventry the flag was the right way up. The right teams progressed to the final, all the British riders rode to their potential, more so in the case of Tai Woffinden very impressive debut. If Lynch remains in the job he needs to be aware of the strengths of his riders, Nicholls and pressure don't mix.

No Richardson got 6, Allen got 5. But the two to drop were Nicholls and Stead IMO.

SVT24 in Sweden.

answering the post that is writing off the Poles as one track ponies based on Britsh form.

Swedish averages for team GB and Poland Team GB Nicholls 7.01 Richardson 6.75 Harris 5.83 Stead 4.95 Allen 4,47 Woffinden, allsvensken (div 2) one match only 9.42 Kennett no average released by Kumla, due to poor scores. Poland Hampel 7.84 Holta 9.04 Walasek 6.03 Jagus 8.32 Kasprzak 6.84 Gollob 8.56 These averages are not from big flat eastern european tracks. The British elite league is a poor indicator of form with international meetings due to it's poor quality.

The Danish riders earn their money racing as do the other riders. Point is they will be paid more than the British riders by promoters because they perform better, not only in Britain but also abroad. This allows then the advantage of better equipment. If you ran a team and could pay a rider 4,000 quid a meeting would you employ Bjarne Pederson or Simon Stead. How riders spend their earnings is up to them and are not dictated by federations or promoters. But in sport as in life you can only reap what you sow.

We live in hope

But does Lynch have the fortitude to drop the riders to do it.

Believing the Sky sports and other media hype more like. Turn up, home track, poor Swedish team, only need to come second to get to the playoff. Complacency, the low standard of the elite league doesn't help either, all the GB riders look good in their teams, but at international level they are average at best.

that must be the reversing overtake then, do you get more points for that. Seems the British team have perfected the move, years of practise I guess