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Why does speedway continually make things difficult for itself by over complicating things ? It's not a national tournament , not every team gets to compete . The so called qualifying procedure is based on the accumulative totals of the averages of four riders , who for whatever reason might not even be riding on the day .

What it is , is a prestigious invitational competition between the hosts , Peterborough , and seven invited clubs .

Does it really matter therefore if a rider is signed for one of those clubs one week or two weeks before the event , or another rider is injured for a month and decides to make his comeback in the same event ?

If a rider is in one of the eight club's one to seven on the morning of the event , then he should be eligible to ride for his club . Makes things much simpler .

This is exactly how it should be, stupid rules destroy most sports and speedway does have its fair share of poxy rules thats for sure.

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Shawn

 

They could put MPT at reserve and give him all Grondal,s rides, what difference would it make.

You're right they can. And in so we ways it's pretty irrelevant here as Grondal is not a trump card in reserve but what if other teams out there 3rd or 4th rider in reserve they could gain from it. It should be teams 5th rider in reserve.
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I take it then that Glasgow's latest signing will be able to replace Morris in the line up now they have only 3 other top 5 riders available?

 

Peterborough were beyond their top 5 though, and were looking at numbers 6 & 7, and one of those is injured

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Peterborough were beyond their top 5 though, and were looking at numbers 6 & 7, and one of those is injured

As are Glasgow if we cant use Nieminen

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You need to let it go..we are the hosts and our team of 4 have rode for us for most of the season...OK Grondal hasn't but he's at reserve anyway and isn't really gonna impact anything..as I've already said I haven't got a problem with Glasgow using Niemo..the more competition and quality the better.

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Irrespective of the rights or wrongs of their deliberations, it is very disappointing that the BSPA have not announced revisions to the team line-ups for the PL Fours with only 3 days to go before the event. My decision to attend or not will be based on which 4 riders represent the Weegie Tigers, If Nemo is not included, it is a hell of a long way to travel to watch a team with little chance of competing.... and I need to book accommodation.

 

Do they understand about marketing this event to potential spectators or are they just avoiding the runpus when different teams are unfairly treated ?

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You need to let it go..we are the hosts and our team of 4 have rode for us for most of the season...OK Grondal hasn't but he's at reserve anyway and isn't really gonna impact anything..as I've already said I haven't got a problem with Glasgow using Niemo..the more competition and quality the better.

We always just let things go though, you should have qualify in the same way as others have or havent... There are teams missing out altogether... Now i know your very biased but it has to be a level playing field for all teams and its blatantly not, surely its not to much to ask for a professional sport? I quite like the panthers but they simply shouldnt be in it at the end of the day.
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Glasgow should be allowed to use Niemenen, but with an Edinburgh influence on the committee who knows .. which is why I'm still gobsmacked Lambert is allowed to ride

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Glasgow should be allowed to use Niemenen, but with an Edinburgh influence on the committee who knows .. which is why I'm still gobsmacked Lambert is allowed to ride

 

Silly uninformed little man :nono:

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Irrespective of the rights or wrongs of their deliberations, it is very disappointing that the BSPA have not announced revisions to the team line-ups for the PL Fours with only 3 days to go before the event. My decision to attend or not will be based on which 4 riders represent the Weegie Tigers, If Nemo is not included, it is a hell of a long way to travel to watch a team with little chance of competing.... and I need to book accommodation.

 

Do they understand about marketing this event to potential spectators or are they just avoiding the runpus when different teams are unfairly treated ?

 

Line ups here:

 

http://www.newcastlediamonds.co/news/article.asp?id=100435

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GROUP A:
EDINBURGH: Craig Cook, Kevin Wolbert, Justin Sedgmen, Erik Riss, Robert Branford (res).
WORKINGTON: Rene Bach, Rusty Harrison, Kyle Howarth, Ricky Wells, Kenneth Hansen (res).
IPSWICH: Gino Manzares, Danny King, Cameron Heeps, Nico Covatti, Stefan Nielsen (res).
PETERBOROUGH: Robert Lambert, Ulrich Ostergaard, Lewis Blackbird, Michael Palm Toft, Emil Grondal (res).

GROUP B:
SOMERSET: Josh Grajczonek, Brady Kurtz, Richie Worrall, Charles Wright, Leigh Lanham (res).
GLASGOW: Victor Palovaara, James Sarjeant, Aaron Summers, Richard Lawson, TBC (res).
RYE HOUSE: Anders Mellgren, Kasper Lykke, Edward Kennett, Nikolaj B Jakobsen, Luke Bowen (res).
NEWCASTLE: Steve Worrall, Ludvig Lindgren, Lewis Kerr, Anton Rosen, Simon Nielsen (res).

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