superguest Posted March 18, 2011 Report Share Posted March 18, 2011 Like I said, he's a Swedish version of Nicholls. For years people were saying Nicholls was only ever a "click" away from starting to make things stick. It take a special type of rider to be WC. Belittle Nicholls and Lindgren all you like, they are both v.good riders. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCookie Posted March 18, 2011 Report Share Posted March 18, 2011 It take a special type of rider to be WC. Belittle Nicholls and Lindgren all you like, they are both v.good riders. They are yes. Sadly Lindgren has not shown anything at GP level to suggest he will become a WC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spook Posted March 21, 2011 Report Share Posted March 21, 2011 Like I said, he's a Swedish version of Nicholls. For years people were saying Nicholls was only ever a "click" away from starting to make things stick. I dont see anything similar about the two riders at all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bavarian Posted March 26, 2011 Report Share Posted March 26, 2011 I'd put my money on a Polish rider being World Individual Speedway Champion in 2011. Or a Norwegian! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mothorsen Posted March 27, 2011 Report Share Posted March 27, 2011 Or a Norwegian! One can always hope Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T.N.T. Posted March 29, 2011 Report Share Posted March 29, 2011 Keep your money in your pocket. On what grounds could Hampel be world champion. A very fast starter ,if not one of the fastest of the GP riders but how many times does he ever come from the back. Hampel has had quite a few good races from the back, would not put him down as a gater like Kasprzak, Richardson etc Give it up, fellow. Lindgren is a Swedish version of Nicholls. Hancock and Harris are much more likely to be in the top ten than Lindgren. He's a non-event in Poland and three rounds are staged in Poland. You can point to his EL dominance all you like, but in the altogether more serious Ekstraliga his average was 6.54. That's less than Sebastian Ułamek. Hell, it's less than Leon Madsen. 2010 8 PTS - LESZNO, POLAND ...... Same as Harris, more than AJ, Hancock and Gollob 6 PTS - TORUN, POLAND ...... More than Harris, Bjerre, AJ and above Hancock 11 PTS - BYDGOSZCZ, POLAND ...... more than Crump, Holder, Hampel, Bjerre and Gollob May not be World Champion class results but 1.5/3 same as Harris while 2/3 in Poland were better than AJ, Bjerre, Hancock ..... and even Gollob ... and he did ok last season Gating is one problem for Freddie and he did ride too tight but now does let the bike go more and I firmly believe he will be much better this year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BongoBrian Posted March 29, 2011 Report Share Posted March 29, 2011 Keep your money in your pocket. On what grounds could Hampel be world champion. A very fast starter ,if not one of the fastest of the GP riders but how many times does he ever come from the back. Hampel now being the number 1 at Leszno in place of Leigh Adams I believe will put him in a very good place to build a strong Challenge this year. I think Crumpie will be there or there abouts, but don't think Gollob can keep up the intensity of his work rate for a second year running... from reports, he put so much of himself into last year, I just feel that this will take its' toll. Emil is still an unknown quantity to a great degree, he could be incredible or average! Bomber could again be a dark horse and has the potential to be top 3 or 4. I'll predict the top 15 as... 1 J. Hampel 2 J. Crump 3 C. Holder 4 T. Gollob 5 C. Harris 6 E. Sayfutdinov 7 J. Kolodziej 8 N. Pedersen 9 K. Bjerre 10 R. Holta 11 G. Hancock 12 F. Lindgren 13 A. Jonsson 14 A. Lindback 15 A. Laguta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCookie Posted March 29, 2011 Report Share Posted March 29, 2011 In what way is Sajfutdinov an unknown quantity? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladyluck Posted March 29, 2011 Report Share Posted March 29, 2011 Gating is one problem for Freddie and he did ride too tight but now does let the bike go more and I firmly believe he will be much better this year But didn't you also think he would be much better in 2010 than he was in 2009? And didn't you, in common with many Lindgrenites confidently predict that once he'd made it through the qualifiers in 2010 (the principal difference between him and Nicholls - Lindgren generally does the qualifiers) that he'd easily make it into the top eight? Why do you set yourself up for such a fall? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T.N.T. Posted March 30, 2011 Report Share Posted March 30, 2011 I'll predict the top 15 as... 12 F. Lindgren 15 A. Laguta Oh ye of little faith ..... As for Artem, I cant see him troubling the top boys that much, but wouldn't be suprised to see him have a few very good rounds too ! But didn't you also think he would be much better in 2010 than he was in 2009? And didn't you, in common with many Lindgrenites confidently predict that once he'd made it through the qualifiers in 2010 (the principal difference between him and Nicholls - Lindgren generally does the qualifiers) that he'd easily make it into the top eight? Why do you set yourself up for such a fall? I will admit Freddie was disappointing in 2010 GP's considering his true form, but for me he made too many vital mistakes at the wrong times. Trying to cut back, trying to get the win and losing second place .... all dropped points which on a few occasions was the difference between getting in the semi finals or not. .... I did think he would either win or come very close to getting a GP round win last year .... but I have every faith in him getting much higher up this year and less mistakes .... Remember he is just 25 still so has plenty of years to progress Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DukesGreg Posted March 31, 2011 Report Share Posted March 31, 2011 I personally think Lindgren will have a very decent GP season this year.. and would sooner put my money on him rather than say Bierre. Think Hampel is a decent price too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ImpartialOne Posted April 1, 2011 Report Share Posted April 1, 2011 Lindgren will barely scrape qualifying. To be honest he doesn't deserve to be there after failing both attempts to qualify last year. I think Crump will win with Gollob pushing him hard, Pedersen will be 3rd or 4th. Hancock will tail off this year and retire from GPs, finishing just below the cut. Harris 7th. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladyluck Posted April 1, 2011 Report Share Posted April 1, 2011 Lindgren will barely scrape qualifying. To be honest he doesn't deserve to be there after failing both attempts to qualify last year. Lindgren did qualify. Was third in the GP Challenge after beating Kolodziej in a race-off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ImpartialOne Posted April 1, 2011 Report Share Posted April 1, 2011 Lindgren did qualify. Was third in the GP Challenge after beating Kolodziej in a race-off. Hang on, am i thinking of 2009? Ok he deserves to be there this year, but I still don't see him being a danger, other than to the riders on the brink of qualification. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladyluck Posted April 1, 2011 Report Share Posted April 1, 2011 Hang on, am i thinking of 2009? Who knows? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superguest Posted April 1, 2011 Report Share Posted April 1, 2011 (edited) Hang on, am i thinking of 2009? Ok he deserves to be there this year, but I still don't see him being a danger, other than to the riders on the brink of qualification. skip to 2.55 to see the race This race shows how far Freddie has to go IMO. He rides smart, but he just doesnt have the speed to compete with the big track riders. Edited April 2, 2011 by superguest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bavarian Posted April 17, 2011 Report Share Posted April 17, 2011 Just You wait and see, this is going to be the Norwegian's year - Rune Holta - 2011 world speedway champion! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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