KEITH M Posted June 28, 2008 Report Share Posted June 28, 2008 If you go to the top of this General Discussions thread you will see a section for injured riders where all fans send their best wishes to injured riders, yet in the final of the Grand Prix tonight a rider crashes on the home straight does a couple of somersaults and the majority of fans can't wait to show their delight by cheering before they know if this rider is injured or not( and I bet a few of them who cheered have sent best wishes on the afore mentioned thread) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dekker Posted June 28, 2008 Report Share Posted June 28, 2008 Thats what nicki P gets for what he does on track.... his choice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trees Posted June 28, 2008 Report Share Posted June 28, 2008 (edited) If speedway still had the 30 yard marker people wouldn't be booing him, it's the rules that need changing and sack that ref of course!!!! Edited June 29, 2008 by Trees Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schumi Posted June 29, 2008 Report Share Posted June 29, 2008 Agree with everything you said, Keith, though had you asked me a few hours ago my words would have been much stronger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobC Posted June 29, 2008 Report Share Posted June 29, 2008 I dont think it was a cheer for him falling.I personally dont cheer for any rider falling,World Champ or complete novice.However,I do understand the irony of it all.Cheating his way to the Final and then falling. To me it was for his 'professional fouls' in getting Leigh and Bjarne excluded. Yes,I honestly believe he knew what he was doing in those races. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave69 Posted June 29, 2008 Report Share Posted June 29, 2008 A lot of Poles by me cheered when Nicki hit the deck and booed when he got up,no-one else by me seemed to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dietbowers Posted June 29, 2008 Report Share Posted June 29, 2008 I dont think it was a cheer for him falling.I personally dont cheer for any rider falling,World Champ or complete novice.However,I do understand the irony of it all.Cheating his way to the Final and then falling. To me it was for his 'professional fouls' in getting Leigh and Bjarne excluded. Yes,I honestly believe he knew what he was doing in those races. That`s the way I saw it as well. All to often,Niki P seems to go down quicker than a prostitute short of a few bob. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen JIM Owens Posted June 29, 2008 Report Share Posted June 29, 2008 (edited) I dont think it was a cheer for him falling.I personally dont cheer for any rider falling,World Champ or complete novice.However,I do understand the irony of it all.Cheating his way to the Final and then falling. To me it was for his 'professional fouls' in getting Leigh and Bjarne excluded. Yes,I honestly believe he knew what he was doing in those races. Your all idiots if you think he is to blame! The ref decided to excluded Liegh for that first bend incident, and it was the ref who decided to exclude Bjarne! Just becuse a rider may have been very lucky on more than on occasion, you cant say he cheated! I seem to remember in a GP last year Mr Steele was referee, Nicholls was involved in an incident with Matej Zagar! Zagar was controversially excluded! DID YOU CALL NICHOLLS A CHEAT THEN! It happens everyday someone gets excluded wrongly and fans naturally slag the rider who may have been or was at fault off! Its Wrong! Edited June 29, 2008 by Stephen JIM Owens Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catalan Posted June 29, 2008 Report Share Posted June 29, 2008 Nicki does tend to glide across the deck rather easily. Not moaning because if it works fair play Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cpbyles Posted June 29, 2008 Report Share Posted June 29, 2008 Your all idiots if you think he is to blame! It happens everyday someone gets excluded wrongly and fans naturally slag the rider who may have been or was at fault off! Its Wrong! Oh Dear Mr Owens, you've let me down badly on this one !! I was in total agreement on this issue and agree it's wrong to brand Pedersen as a "Cheat", but for you to blast everyone for being wrong, can I remind you of a post you made on the 25th May ..... forgotten ? - well it went like this ..... "Just watching the repeat of the Speedway Grand Prix and just wanted to know what other peoples thoughts are on the incident between AJ and Gollob! Personally Im not a fan of Gollob anyway so therfore my view might be a tad bias but... what a dirty b*****d! The sport is dangerous enough without having to worry about people doing stupid things in front of somone. And to top it off I think the ref excluded the wrong rider! You could clearly see in the replays that Gollob was turning left too early." Yeah I agree .... it's wrong - but only when it suits some people !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyM Posted June 29, 2008 Report Share Posted June 29, 2008 If you go to the top of this General Discussions thread you will see a section for injured riders where all fans send their best wishes to injured riders, yet in the final of the Grand Prix tonight a rider crashes on the home straight does a couple of somersaults and the majority of fans can't wait to show their delight by cheering before they know if this rider is injured or not( and I bet a few of them who cheered have sent best wishes on the afore mentioned thread) A very small minority, Keith. Most of us are sickened by the crashes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newbieoldboy Posted June 29, 2008 Report Share Posted June 29, 2008 I cannot ever be accused of being Nicki P's biggest fan but come on its not his fault if the ref has bet his house on Nicki winning the GP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lupus Posted June 29, 2008 Report Share Posted June 29, 2008 If speedway still had the 30 yard marker people wouldn't be booing him, it's the rules that need changing and sack that ref of course!!!! Oh please Trees- I've always had you down as one of the more intelligent forum members...please don't say you think the 30 yard marker was for where a rider could move off his line?! This never WAS it's purpose and is one of the great speedway urban myths! The 30 yard marker was the last point where a rider could get outside assistance to get his bike going. It never had any link with riders moving off the line!!! Or were you joking?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCB Posted June 29, 2008 Report Share Posted June 29, 2008 Can't stand they guy, I happily booed him all night but when he was climbing on the podium I thought the booing was poor. The guy had a massive crash yet dragged his bike off the track and it's not the first time he's done it. He plays the system, good for him, it his job to do that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Leslie Posted June 29, 2008 Report Share Posted June 29, 2008 If you go to the top of this General Discussions thread you will see a section for injured riders where all fans send their best wishes to injured riders, yet in the final of the Grand Prix tonight a rider crashes on the home straight does a couple of somersaults and the majority of fans can't wait to show their delight by cheering before they know if this rider is injured or not( and I bet a few of them who cheered have sent best wishes on the afore mentioned thread) You must be an idiot, and as blind as the referee, if you think people were cheering because they want to see a rider being hurt or injured. People were cheering the sense of great poetic justice which had been done thereby stopping the GP turning into a bigger farce than that which they had already seen through the actions of that rider, his buddy referee, and Danish godfather. It was a cheer for Leigh Adams, for Bjarne Pedersen, and justice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortoi Posted June 29, 2008 Report Share Posted June 29, 2008 Reading down the thread I was forming the same post in my mind, JL. Nail On The Head. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lupus Posted June 29, 2008 Report Share Posted June 29, 2008 Spot on JL...I'm glad there are still SOME sensible people out there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i hate skybet Posted June 29, 2008 Report Share Posted June 29, 2008 The morons booing Nikki obviously know very little about the sport, a more fickle bunch iv never witnessed, The poor bloke was wiped out 3 times and all he got was a chorus of boos, i doubt his previous had anything to do with what went on last night. Felt very sorry for Adams and Bjarnne neither should have been excluded, but that was not Nikkis fault, the way the crowd behaved you would have thought he had commited a murder. To me the stereo typical englishman was in full voice last night, this country hates WINNERS, and thats what Pedersen is , a worthy world champion and seris leader. Nikki Pedersen done NOTHING wrong last night All the booing should have been aimed solely at one man ..... THE FEKKIN MORON IN THE REFEREES BOX!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortoi Posted June 29, 2008 Report Share Posted June 29, 2008 Now go and repost that on one of the other three threads dedicated to the did he / didn't he? debate. We don't need ANOTHER Nicki and the ref vs the World thread! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrisB Posted June 29, 2008 Report Share Posted June 29, 2008 The morons booing Nikki obviously know very little about the sport, a more fickle bunch iv never witnessed, The poor bloke was wiped out 3 times and all he got was a chorus of boos, i doubt his previous had anything to do with what went on last night. Felt very sorry for Adams and Bjarnne neither should have been excluded, but that was not Nikkis fault, the way the crowd behaved you would have thought he had commited a murder. To me the stereo typical englishman was in full voice last night, this country hates WINNERS, and thats what Pedersen is , a worthy world champion and seris leader. Nikki Pedersen done NOTHING wrong last night All the booing should have been aimed solely at one man ..... THE FEKKIN MORON IN THE REFEREES BOX!!!!! The country hates CHEATS more and the well-informed majority of the crowd understood that Nicki knew exactly what he was doing in both heats ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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