mikebv Posted June 2, 2018 Report Share Posted June 2, 2018 Was Greg slowing the race up there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Humphrey Appleby Posted June 2, 2018 Report Share Posted June 2, 2018 Just now, tyke said: Any nation that doesnt have 3 riders present shouldn't be there Sort of like watching the World Cup and a country doesn't have any subs on the bench. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebv Posted June 2, 2018 Report Share Posted June 2, 2018 Just now, tyke said: Speedway just showing once again how Amateur it really is. Any nation that doesnt have 3 riders present shouldn't be there It's just been said that some countries don't have U21 riders of a sufficient capability level.. So why make that the rule? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyke Posted June 2, 2018 Report Share Posted June 2, 2018 1 minute ago, Humphrey Appleby said: Sort of like watching the World Cup and a country doesn't have any subs on the bench. And folk wonder why it isn't taking seriously by broadcasters & media 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fromafar Posted June 2, 2018 Report Share Posted June 2, 2018 3 minutes ago, Mr X said: BIG RACE coming up...heat 22 BIG RACE coming up in Ht23,this is exciting.Hope nobody loses a steel shoe,could be disastrous . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebv Posted June 2, 2018 Report Share Posted June 2, 2018 Just now, Fromafar said: BIG RACE coming up in Ht23,this is exciting.Hope nobody loses a steel shoe,could be disastrous . And remember its all about team riding... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speedy swindon pete Posted June 2, 2018 Report Share Posted June 2, 2018 Good god I’m glad I haven’t watched this from the very start. Painfully turgid stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheReturn Posted June 2, 2018 Report Share Posted June 2, 2018 7 minutes ago, racers and royals said: but for Nigel to have his scores wrong for 75% of the meeting is not great Hey this is the professional commentator that failed to realise when a rider had become the new world champion a few seasons back, so not at all surprising, no! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve0 Posted June 2, 2018 Report Share Posted June 2, 2018 Speedway of Nations? Can’t see it lasting long and not as good as World Team Cup. Total borefest packed with lesser riders! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheReturn Posted June 2, 2018 Report Share Posted June 2, 2018 16 minutes ago, acef said: Interesting. Interestingly sad, and equally as pathetic that you'll spend the duration of your evening slating 2 people who are simply doing their jobs. This is a strange place, for sure. It's more interesting than the racing... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebv Posted June 2, 2018 Report Share Posted June 2, 2018 (edited) 4 minutes ago, Speedy swindon pete said: Good god I’m glad I haven’t watched this from the very start. Painfully turgid stuff. For Slovenia to win, Matej will need to get in front and whilst the Danes team ride 150 yards behind, holding the other Slovenian in fourth, he stops, takes out a piece of elastic and tie it across the track... Then wait for the Danes to eventually come by and try and take one of them out at head high level.. It could work... Edited June 2, 2018 by mikebv 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheReturn Posted June 2, 2018 Report Share Posted June 2, 2018 2 minutes ago, Steve0 said: Total borefest packed with lesser riders! But in theory should still be some racing for that third place with the lesser riders. I just wonder if the problem is the track tonight? Do need to tweak to provide a third rider to cover. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racers and royals Posted June 2, 2018 Report Share Posted June 2, 2018 1 minute ago, TheReturn said: But in theory should still be some racing for that third place with the lesser riders. I just wonder if the problem is the track tonight? Do need to tweak to provide a third rider to cover. It`s compulsory in 2019 to have 3 riders- 1 of which is U21 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marko Posted June 2, 2018 Report Share Posted June 2, 2018 Yeah considering that was pretty contrived for TV to make it interesting that was still a poor meeting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Humphrey Appleby Posted June 2, 2018 Report Share Posted June 2, 2018 (edited) 1 minute ago, racers and royals said: It`s compulsory in 2019 to have 3 riders- 1 of which is U21 Why is it not this year? Edited June 2, 2018 by Humphrey Appleby Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grand Central Posted June 2, 2018 Report Share Posted June 2, 2018 (edited) So the losers win ... as we were saying all day, despite denials here. Mediocrity is now the way forward. Dreadful. Edited June 2, 2018 by Grand Central 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewmac Posted June 2, 2018 Report Share Posted June 2, 2018 Strange how Nigel and Kelvin through all the discussion about missing riders from Denmark, that is Pedersen and NKI, have never mentioned Leon Madsen who surely should have also been considered? .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
secsy1 Posted June 2, 2018 Report Share Posted June 2, 2018 Just shows by not having a mandatory 3 riders per team has affected the results and winners penalised Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HenryW Posted June 2, 2018 Report Share Posted June 2, 2018 2 minutes ago, racers and royals said: It`s compulsory in 2019 to have 3 riders- 1 of which is U21 I think they should be considering a change to teams of 4 plus 1 under 21 rider next year...maybe only have 4 Nations per meeting to keep the standard up! They could call it the World Cup or something like that. This was a terrible idea, badly implemented. It needs to be shelved after this year. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racers and royals Posted June 2, 2018 Report Share Posted June 2, 2018 2 minutes ago, Humphrey Appleby said: Why is it not this year? Pass- maybe it was because they only had 6 months notice !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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