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It remains to be seen what the fans will make of it.

 

I think that is the most important thing. If the rest of Europe is anything to go by it won't make a difference but the Poles are by far the most passionate fans in the World regarding speedway and if they don't like it, it won't take long for everyone to know about it.

 

I'm not sure but I think they can still use the 2010 as well as the 2011 silencers. I don't think they've made 2011 compulsory so the difference may not be so noticeable?????

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I think that is the most important thing. If the rest of Europe is anything to go by it won't make a difference but the Poles are by far the most passionate fans in the World regarding speedway and if they don't like it, it won't take long for everyone to know about it.

 

I'm not sure but I think they can still use the 2010 as well as the 2011 silencers. I don't think they've made 2011 compulsory so the difference may not be so noticeable?????

 

It's compulsory and take a look at the comments at the bottom:

 

http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?hl=en&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dsportowefakty%2Bzuzel%26hl%3Den%26rlz%3D1R2SUNC_enGB359%26prmd%3Divns&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=pl&u=http://www.sportowefakty.pl/zuzel/2011/05/16/gksz-wprowadzila-nowe-tlumiki/&usg=ALkJrhjO4Bir1Silrm2yuahtVxVX6cFhuA#Scene_1

 

The Polish riders have, ultimately, made fools of themselves. You can have no sympathy with them.

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YOU could always swallow your pride and admit that my post two weeks ago stating that the FIM were determined to bring Poland into line by May 15 was correct... but I won't hold my breath.

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YOU could always swallow your pride and admit that my post two weeks ago stating that the FIM were determined to bring Poland into line by May 15 was correct... but I won't hold my breath.

 

No, happy to do so, although by my reckoning it's 16 May, but a day is neither here nor there.

Now, will you admit that it is wrong that Przemyslaw Pawlicki is alone among riders who raced between eight and eleven meetings last season not to have been given an average from those eight to eleven meetings?

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my god they are getting over-heated about this!! I really cant tell the difference between last year and this.

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No, happy to do so, although by my reckoning it's 16 May, but a day is neither here nor there.

Now, will you admit that it is wrong that Przemyslaw Pawlicki is alone among riders who raced between eight and eleven meetings last season not to have been given an average from those eight to eleven meetings?

 

YES and there are countless other decisions taken by the BSPA that appear to be out of synch with the actual rules. Which is just one of many reasons why the administration of domestic speedway in the UK needs a radical overhaul.

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YES and there are countless other decisions taken by the BSPA that appear to be out of synch with the actual rules. Which is just one of many reasons why the administration of domestic speedway in the UK needs a radical overhaul.

 

So you would agree with me that the best outcome of the winter dispute would've been for Coventry and Peterborough to have been excluded from the Elite League?

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So you would agree with me that the best outcome of the winter dispute would've been for Coventry and Peterborough to have been excluded from the Elite League?

 

NOT sure this is the right place for this subject, but no I wouldn't. That is where you and I seem to fundamentally disagree. I don't accept it is for the good of speedway anywhere, let alone the UK, for tracks to close. There were rights and wrongs on both sides during the winter. Far better, in my opinion, for the tracks to continue and for the problems that brought about the dispute be resolved. However, I still think that can only be achieved by an outside agency and as far as I know it was the BSPA rather than Coventry and Peterborough who didn't want that to happen.

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starting to look like the speedway world all over has bad managemet decision making!

 

I recall reading a comment on sportowefakty.pl around the time the riders started to crumble (when Janowski et al signed a letter asking to be allowed to ride on the new silencer abroad) to the effect that the PZM and GKSZ were manipulating the riders all along. It begins to look that way. I don't think the PZM and GKSZ ever really wanted to stay with the old silencer.

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I recall reading a comment on sportowefakty.pl around the time the riders started to crumble (when Janowski et al signed a letter asking to be allowed to ride on the new silencer abroad) to the effect that the PZM and GKSZ were manipulating the riders all along. It begins to look that way. I don't think the PZM and GKSZ ever really wanted to stay with the old silencer.

 

THERE was a suggestion at the time that when the Polish riders threatened the PZM regarding the new silencers by stating that they were "dangerous and would cause accidents" the authorities responded by saying that if they were dangerous to ride in Poland they must be everywhere else, hence the threat of withholding their services in the UK, Sweden, Denmark and, of course, FIM events.

 

Once the riders started using them that argument collapsed and there was no need for the PZM to be wary of legal action in the event of any crashes. And, of course, as much as riders may dislike the new silencers, they would prefer to use one type rather than have different engines and set-ups just for the Polish leagues.

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The riders from Lodz seem unimpressed with the new silencer:

 

http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?hl=en&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dsportowefakty%2Bzuzel%26hl%3Den%26rlz%3D1T4SUNC_enGB359GB359%26prmd%3Divns&rurl=translate.google.co.uk&sl=pl&u=http://www.sportowefakty.pl/zuzel/2011/05/19/zawodnicy-orla-o-nowych-tlumikach-one-nie-sa-stworzone-do-zu/&usg=ALkJrhhkWP2Uy1qQKRmCf7-a4C5ABGOrtQ

 

And they're not the only ones from Poland's third largest city upset at the decision of the GKSZ. The Lodz club is funded by Witolda Skrzydlewski and the club's "honourary president" is his daughter Joanna. Joanna Skrzydlewska is also a Civic Platform MEP and Member of the Polish Sejm. Civic Platform is the senior party in Poland's coalition government. Ms Skrzydlewska is so unimpressed with the GKSZ and PZM that she's demanded they explain themselves, while at the same time petitioning the Under Secretary for Tourism and Sports to look into the decision:

 

http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?hl=en&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dsportowefakty%2Bzuzel%26hl%3Den%26rlz%3D1R2SUNC_enGB359%26prmd%3Divns&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=pl&u=http://www.sportowefakty.pl/zuzel/2011/05/17/skrzydlewska-prosi-gksz-o-weryfikacje-stanowiska/&usg=ALkJrhgDWYvXoJ5PnMkYoOYI2Wwng9sjXQ

 

http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?hl=en&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dsportowefakty%2Bzuzel%26hl%3Den%26rlz%3D1R2SUNC_enGB359%26prmd%3Divns&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=pl&u=http://www.sportowefakty.pl/zuzel/2011/05/17/skrzydlewska-interweniuje-u-podsekretarza-stanu-w-ministerst/&usg=ALkJrhjP8617siqsDU6S_qWYlefZlYaMOw

 

Meanwhile, Andrzej Witkowski, the head of the PZM gives his opinions, including, it seems, an undertaking to review the position if the expense involved for riders is too great:

 

http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?hl=en&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dsportowefakty%2Bzuzel%26hl%3Den%26rlz%3D1R2SUNC_enGB359%26prmd%3Divns&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=pl&u=http://www.sportowefakty.pl/zuzel/2011/05/17/zawodnicy-tkwili-w-bledzie-rozmowa-z-prezesem-polskiego-zwia/&usg=ALkJrhg1ple1M66ktN0fRFBaQ0ApvyeZhQ

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