Deano4265 Posted July 17, 2008 Report Share Posted July 17, 2008 [swc] CAPTAIN Scott Nicholls says Great Britain have to quickly put their disastrous Coventry showing behind them as they go back into World Cup action on Thursday. Britain were 25 points behind Sweden when they finished third at Brandon, but all teams start equal in Vojens when Poland and Russia are also involved. A close meeting is expected with two more places in the Final up for grabs, but Britain will need to be much improved on their Brandon performance when they managed just one race won, courtesy of Chris Harris - whilst Nicholls was reduced to four points on his old home track. Edward Kennett and teenage hope Tai Woffinden join the British team for the meeting, replacing Simon Stead and Olly Allen who have not travelled to Denmark. Nicholls said: "We've got to brush Monday's meeting under the comment, and that's not a lame way of looking at it because it was a dismal night. We were very poor and nobody had a good night. "I had a some bike problems in my first few rides and changed bikes, but it's very hard in competition like this to change bikes late on, and we never got to grips with it - it's simple. "We should have done a lot better, some people might talk about the track but we all know how to ride Coventry, so there are no excuses whatsoever. We need to make sure we put it right on Thursday." We all know that Scott, tell us something we don't know Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Posted July 17, 2008 Report Share Posted July 17, 2008 Did Russia know about this other FIM meeting when they were putting their team together before the World Cup? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subedei Posted July 17, 2008 Report Share Posted July 17, 2008 Did Russia know about this other FIM meeting when they were putting their team together before the World Cup? You would have to think so. It was still worth selecting Sajfutdinov, since teams making the play-offs don't have to qualify for 2009. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schumi Posted July 17, 2008 Report Share Posted July 17, 2008 Did Russia know about this other FIM meeting when they were putting their team together before the World Cup? Yes, they must have done. I knew about the U21 meeting very early on in the year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Posted July 17, 2008 Report Share Posted July 17, 2008 In that case, they should have named replacements for the missing riders when they were putting their squad together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acef Posted July 17, 2008 Report Share Posted July 17, 2008 Any streams on this one tonight? If we ride like we did on Monday we have no chance. Hope Im wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hazzman Posted July 17, 2008 Report Share Posted July 17, 2008 (edited) In that case, they should have named replacements for the missing riders when they were putting their squad together. There's more Russians than just King Emil at Gorican and I know a couple of Russians were having visa issues. I suspect with them being something of a reborn nation at his level, they didn't have the depth to announce a 12-man squad. Edited July 17, 2008 by Hazzman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subedei Posted July 17, 2008 Report Share Posted July 17, 2008 In that case, they should have named replacements for the missing riders when they were putting their squad together. But the FIM only allows a certain number of riders for the squad. And the Russians also named Artiom Laguta, who had visa problems on Saturday. The FIM really should be arranging and organising visas to ensure that all competitors are there. Can you imagine a team turning up for the European Championships in Austria and Switzerland, only to discover a couple of players were stopped due to visa issues? The Russians sorted out visas in double-quick time for the Champions League final in May. All rather a shambles, really. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subedei Posted July 17, 2008 Report Share Posted July 17, 2008 There's more Russians than just King Emil at Gorican and I know a couple of Russians were having visa issues. I suspect with them being something of a reborn nation at his level, they didn't have the depth to announce a 12-man squad. But that twelve man squad had to be whittled down to seven for the actual event. Poland - hardly a nation pressed for depth of talent when it comes to speedway - only named a six man squad for the event, Britain named seven. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barmywolf Posted July 17, 2008 Report Share Posted July 17, 2008 I never thought i'd slag off a GB rider but i'm chuffed he's dropped Ollie...he looked out of his depth the other night...looking forward to seeing 'our' wonder kid(apparently!?) Tai tonight...should hopefully be more enjoyable than the shower we witnessed at Brandon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
London Witch Posted July 17, 2008 Report Share Posted July 17, 2008 I never thought i'd slag off a GB rider but i'm chuffed he's dropped Ollie...he looked out of his depth the other night... I thought Olly was the only Brit who could even consider holding his head up high after Mondays shambles. As for Stead he was no worse than Nicholls. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenkie Posted July 17, 2008 Report Share Posted July 17, 2008 Any streams on this one tonight? If we ride like we did on Monday we have no chance. Hope Im wrong. Try here acef:- http://www.soccer-live.pl/transmisje.php?id=motorsport Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kickboard Posted July 17, 2008 Report Share Posted July 17, 2008 apart from sky does anyone know of any other satellite channels showing the match tonight. i know that canal+ is showing it in poland, but can't get that channel. denmark ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MARK246 Posted July 17, 2008 Report Share Posted July 17, 2008 apart from sky does anyone know of any other satellite channels showing the match tonight. i know that canal+ is showing it in poland, but can't get that channel. denmark ? SVT24 in Sweden. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gaptooth Posted July 17, 2008 Report Share Posted July 17, 2008 I never thought i'd slag off a GB rider but i'm chuffed he's dropped Ollie...he looked out of his depth the other night...looking forward to seeing 'our' wonder kid(apparently!?) Tai tonight...should hopefully be more enjoyable than the shower we witnessed at Brandon. I thought Ollie was second highest scorer behind Harris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zetters Posted July 17, 2008 Report Share Posted July 17, 2008 apart from sky does anyone know of any other satellite channels showing the match tonight. i know that canal+ is showing it in poland, but can't get that channel. denmark ? Danish channel DK4 will send it LIVE from 18 uk-time and Swedish channel SVT24 will send it from 18.30 uk-time!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MARK246 Posted July 17, 2008 Report Share Posted July 17, 2008 I thought Ollie was second highest scorer behind Harris No Richardson got 6, Allen got 5. But the two to drop were Nicholls and Stead IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acef Posted July 17, 2008 Report Share Posted July 17, 2008 Thanks Jenkie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KEITH M Posted July 17, 2008 Report Share Posted July 17, 2008 YELLOW: RUSSIA 1. Denis Gizatullin (Capt) 2. Sergey Darkin (DNR) 3. Danil Ivanov 4. Renat Gafurov 5. Grigory Laguta The Russian number 2 has a similar look to the Great Britain side on Monday as all 5 of their riders (DNR) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kickboard Posted July 17, 2008 Report Share Posted July 17, 2008 Danish channel DK4 will send it LIVE from 18 uk-time and Swedish channel SVT24 will send it from 18.30 uk-time!! thankyou Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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