orion Posted July 4, 2017 Report Share Posted July 4, 2017 Can I borrow your crystal ball? I assume you took a bet on Denmark going out tonight? Not sure I get your point..my point is the Danes are much better than us and we are crap away from home ..so just common sense needed rather than any crystal ball Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starman2006 Posted July 4, 2017 Report Share Posted July 4, 2017 As I keep saying how are these matches worked out ..Team Gb v Aus and two no hopers each year while The other semi is the group of death .Lets be honest if we were in tonights semi we would be out . Would we. Thats your opinion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Smith Posted July 4, 2017 Report Share Posted July 4, 2017 4 Teams closely matched on the night and really wanting it.Swap the meetings around and you would get similar. Have you been to King's Lynn this season or you just turning a blind eye to the obvious? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedibee Posted July 4, 2017 Report Share Posted July 4, 2017 Brilliant meeting on a superb track, really flowed too with all heats done & dusted within roughly 2 & quarter hours. Can't wait for Friday's raceoff, expect the Russians & Latvians to push the Aussies close round Leszno. What price another raceoff, this time between Saifutdinov & Doyle for a place in the Final - here's hoping!! Hope not . I hope it's all over at race 20 and the Aussies have been thrashed , 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bald Bloke Posted July 4, 2017 Report Share Posted July 4, 2017 Have you been to King's Lynn this season or you just turning a blind eye to the obvious? I don't know but was this evenings track been ridden by most of the line up.Just wondered Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scaramanga Posted July 4, 2017 Report Share Posted July 4, 2017 (edited) well i dont mind saying tonights meeting was 100% more entertaining than saturdays all the "fans" who only enjoy meetings when there team wins easily dont know what entertainment is looking forward to friday but not so sure saturdays meeting will be much more than a polish exhbition after watching tonight im sorry to say dont hold much hope for uk getting on the podium Edited July 4, 2017 by scarra 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stoke Potter Posted July 4, 2017 Report Share Posted July 4, 2017 4 Teams closely matched on the night and really wanting it.Swap the meetings around and you would get similar. You're seriously comparing King's Lynn to Vastervik? May I recommend Specsavers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racers and royals Posted July 4, 2017 Author Report Share Posted July 4, 2017 I have had to read the rules again because a couple of years ago they stopped "jokers in heats 17-20. This year they have also stopped "tactical substitutes " as well in Heats 17-20- I didn`t realise that !!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OGT Posted July 4, 2017 Report Share Posted July 4, 2017 Wow, what an incredible speedway meeting. That heat 15 ride from Lindback will live long in the memory. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ytsejam Posted July 4, 2017 Report Share Posted July 4, 2017 Can I borrow your crystal ball? I assume you took a bet on Denmark going out tonight? He probably didn't, no, but one thing WAS for certain, in that on Saturday the top 2 teams were always guaranteed to be be GB and Australia, even if the other two pathetic no hopers had been allowed to use 10 jokers each!. Whereas tonight there were 4 fairly evenly matched sides which provided more entertainment in one race than the whole meeting on Saturday did. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
salty Posted July 4, 2017 Report Share Posted July 4, 2017 Super meeting. Lovely wide track, well prepared with 4 teams fairly evenly matched. Lost count of the quality races. Well done to the Latvians. Hope they do themselves justice in Poland. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gr8scot Posted July 4, 2017 Report Share Posted July 4, 2017 my pictures from SWC Round 1 (PRACTICE) Kings Lynn 01.07.17 https://www.flickr.com/photos/the_womble/sets/72157683718896090 Great pics, how can I buy some please? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCB Posted July 4, 2017 Report Share Posted July 4, 2017 While people sit on here disrespecting the Latvians you'll all do well to remember they finished ahead of GB and Sweden in the World Cup about 4 years ago. They're hardly one meeting wonders. As for the suggestion that Saturday was bad because of the riders in the meeting, Saturday was bad because it was at Kings Lynn that's been a dull, one line, no passing track for at least 5 seasons now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trees Posted July 4, 2017 Report Share Posted July 4, 2017 While people sit on here disrespecting the Latvians you'll all do well to remember they finished ahead of GB and Sweden in the World Cup about 4 years ago. They're hardly one meeting wonders. As for the suggestion that Saturday was bad because of the riders in the meeting, Saturday was bad because it was at Kings Lynn that's been a dull, one line, no passing track for at least 5 seasons now. You haven't seen Lambert ride it very often 😊 I'll admit he's struggling this year to make inroads if he doesn't gate but he's performed some great overtaking manoeuvres in the last few years. Maybe it's down to will and skill of the riders... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted July 4, 2017 Report Share Posted July 4, 2017 (edited) Denmark manager must die on his sword. Poor. Talking after the event but no Kildermand or Andersen. MJJ and Madsen instead. 2016 dropped Pedersen controversially. That did not work. Made bad calls last 2 years and so he has to go. Embarrassing. Edited July 4, 2017 by marky 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waiheke1 Posted July 4, 2017 Report Share Posted July 4, 2017 I can't remember the last time Denmark were not in the finalLast year? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobMcCaffery Posted July 5, 2017 Report Share Posted July 5, 2017 (edited) Superb meeting , well done Latvia. I'm afraid team GB would have been swallowed up tonight!! With 'supporters' like this, who needs enemies? Why can't we get behind our team and not write them off even before they go on track? Yes, two teams were unacceptably weak on Saturday (thanks Greg, going to give up your place at Cardiff to one of the kids as well?) but even so to drop just seven points when racing Australia deserves some respect! Like I said before, there's being 'realistic' and there's being ridiculously negative. How do you know we couldn't have made the same impact as Latvia or an abject Denmark at least tonight? Yes we might well finish stone last on Saturday but why oh why do we have to trash a little bit of success when it comes along and write the team off before they even get a chance? Still, if anything would motivate them it's seeing the the abject lack of appreciation here for their efforts on Saturday. Edited July 5, 2017 by Rob McCaffery 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f-s-p Posted July 5, 2017 Report Share Posted July 5, 2017 I don't know but was this evenings track been ridden by most of the line up.Just wondered Västervik has been in the Allsvenskan for a few years now, before that they were a regular in Elitserien. I'd say during the past few years, no. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyler42 Posted July 5, 2017 Report Share Posted July 5, 2017 With 'supporters' like this, who needs enemies? Why can't we get behind our team and not write them off even before they go on track? Yes, two teams were unacceptably weak on Saturday (thanks Greg, going to give up your place at Cardiff to one of the kids as well?) but even so to drop just seven points when racing Australia deserves some respect! Like I said before, there's being 'realistic' and there's being ridiculously negative. How do you know we couldn't have made the same impact as Latvia or an abject Denmark at least tonight? Yes we might well finish stone last on Saturday but why oh why do we have to trash a little bit of success when it comes along and write the team off before they even get a chance? Still, if anything would motivate them it's seeing the the abject lack of appreciation here for their efforts on Saturday. I don't think he was slagging GB off. Why though do we always have Australia, GB and 2 pretty weak teams at KL every year? I know Australia are not the team they were even with a fit Doyle, but GB can only beat what is put in front of them. I also think we would have struggled in Sweden ,but that in imo is not slagging the UK off just being realistic. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostwalker Posted July 5, 2017 Report Share Posted July 5, 2017 Västervik has been in the Allsvenskan for a few years now, before that they were a regular in Elitserien. I'd say during the past few years, no. Track was also modified a few years ago and that change really improved the track. The man behind the change is Morgan Andersson who is the team manager of both the local team and of the Swedish national team. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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