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OMG, it's finally happened, Subedei has brainwashed the forum :shock::wink:

 

Sub, if you were a Speedway rider (unlikely, I know, even Neil Collins retired at the age of 47 - there aren't any 800-year-old riders AFAIK), and you were offered a GP place by that posh bloke who is trying to ruin Reading Speedway, would you say:

 

(a) Yes

(B) No

 

Just a simple question.

 

All the best

Rob

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Crikey, a Wolves supporter eligible for the New Jerusalem. Whatever next? We'll have Poole supporters getting in next. But not rabbit - not unless she renounces Barclays Bank and all its evil doings.

And what about HSBC in Poole, will only deal with Premier customers, thiose with over £50,000 in the bank!???

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TBH I cannot blame Nichollls for accepting the widcard, more money, sponsorship and such, the problem is BSI.

 

to quote Garth from Wayne's World "they fear change", I believe automatic qualification should be limited to to 4, 6 at a push, the next 4 then seeded into the qualififcation semis.

 

The problem is there just arent enough riders to compete with the likes of Crump, Hancock, Pedersen etc.

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Better than the discredited, shamefully shameless Blair.

 

Just a simple question sub. If Scott had qualified would you still have such a bad opinion of him? Remember though you gave AJ a bad time of it for a while but you came around in the end. Dont jump on me - just askin. :o:D

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Just a simple question sub. If Scott had qualified would you still have such a bad opinion of him? Remember though you gave AJ a bad time of it for a while but you came around in the end. Dont jump on me - just askin.  :o  :D

 

Well, I didn't think he should be in last year. But, you see young Blanchard, what happened to everyone who confidently predicted an easy qualification for the beggar? They don't appear to have any contrition, do they? I was going to be eating my words after his qualification. Trouble is, they didn't eat their words after his usual failure.

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Just a simple question sub. If Scott had qualified would you still have such a bad opinion of him? Remember though you gave AJ a bad time of it for a while but you came around in the end. Dont jump on me - just askin.  :o  :D

 

 

Jim

 

Without a doubt Scott is one of the top sixteen riders in the world, and by far the top Brit, and for him not to be in the Grand Prix would be pathetic. Apart from the moaners on this forum I think you will find a lot of support for Scotty. I could not name another nation that slags their Number 1 off as much as we do. Good luck to him.

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My issue with Jonsson, as you are aware, is his treatment of the British leagues, which was doing no one any favours. Now that he's concentrating on Sweden and Poland, he's made leaps forward and seems more content within himself.

Now, the beggar hasn't made a single stride forward in the last few years. Why not? Could it possibly be that life's too easy for him. His place in the GPs is assured, so why bother seeking to extend and improve? All I'm saying is look at the real strides forward taken by Andersen last season. A journeyman for a couple of seasons, but the shock of removal from the GPs gave him the push needed. Compare that with Lee Richardson, retained in the GPs and had an awful season.

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My issue with Jonsson, as you are aware, is his treatment of the British leagues, which was doing no one any favours. Now that he's concentrating on Sweden and Poland, he's made leaps forward and seems more content within himself.

Now, the beggar hasn't made a single stride forward in the last few years. Why not? Could it possibly be that life's too easy for him. His place in the GPs is assured, so why bother seeking to extend and improve? All I'm saying is look at the real strides forward taken by Andersen last season. A journeyman for a couple of seasons, but the shock of removal from the GPs gave him the push needed. Compare that with Lee Richardson, retained in the GPs and had an awful season.

Can't argue with that.

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My issue with Jonsson, as you are aware, is his treatment of the British leagues, which was doing no one any favours. Now that he's concentrating on Sweden and Poland, he's made leaps forward and seems more content within himself.

Now, the beggar hasn't made a single stride forward in the last few years. Why not? Could it possibly be that life's too easy for him. His place in the GPs is assured, so why bother seeking to extend and improve? All I'm saying is look at the real strides forward taken by Andersen last season. A journeyman for a couple of seasons, but the shock of removal from the GPs gave him the push needed. Compare that with Lee Richardson, retained in the GPs and had an awful season.

 

Agreed. Though I think you also were going along the lines on a regular basis that AJ was not up to doing it anywhere, whatever the circumstances. Maybe its me though, and my memory as bad as it is.

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Agreed. Though I think you also were going along the lines on a regular basis that AJ was not up to doing it anywhere, whatever the circumstances. Maybe its me though, and my memory as bad as it is.

 

No, your memory is fine. However, the root cause was that Jonsson wasn't a happy bunny. Riding in the UK was a chore for Jonsson and it affected his overall performances. Interesting that only since he gave the EL the shove has he truly developed. I fully expect him to be Crump's main challenge this season.

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My issue with Jonsson, as you are aware, is his treatment of the British leagues, which was doing no one any favours. Now that he's concentrating on Sweden and Poland, he's made leaps forward and seems more content within himself.

Now, the beggar hasn't made a single stride forward in the last few years. Why not? Could it possibly be that life's too easy for him. His place in the GPs is assured, so why bother seeking to extend and improve? All I'm saying is look at the real strides forward taken by Andersen last season. A journeyman for a couple of seasons, but the shock of removal from the GPs gave him the push needed. Compare that with Lee Richardson, retained in the GPs and had an awful season.

So.. if Nicholls was given the same treatment as Andersen and pushed aside for a season, Nicholls would have to see if he wants to be in the GPs he has to do more work to earn it, rather than finish outside the top 8 but because he's the top Brit he's put back in?

 

If that's what you mean then I do actually agree with you.

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So.. if Nicholls was given the same treatment as Andersen and pushed aside for a season, Nicholls would have to see if he wants to be in the GPs he has to do more work to earn it, rather than finish outside the top 8 but because he's the top Brit he's put back in?

 

If that's what you mean then I do actually agree with you.

 

Exactly. He turned his nose up at the qualification process for 2007, Andersen didn't. Andersen went through the qualifying process and qualified. He also, thanks to TR's retirement, finished in a qualification position via the GPs. Why wasn't the beggar in Vetlanda along with Wieslaw Jagus, PK, Holta and Harris? Could it be that he feared that failure to qualify via that means would adversely affect his "wild card" nomination chances if he failed to qualify via the GPs?

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