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Scandinavian GP Malilla Saturday August 11th


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2 hours ago, iris123 said:

Although I agree in principle that a wild card shouldn't be awarded to the same rider two years in a row,there is a big difference between Greg and Nicki,Firstly,Nicki is a GP winner this season and that should count for a bit.Secondly and possibly more importanty Nicki has major popularity in Denmark.No other Danish rider comes near him and basically Greg has very little importance,especially in his homeland. So I could imagine Nicki is in line for a wc if he fails to make it.Iversen will probably be a flop yet again and a not too popular flop at that,so Denmark and BSI need Nicki

Iversen is slowly getting there and i believe he can still be a top eight rider he still wants it and can still mix it at the top level.

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1 minute ago, Steve Shovlar said:

No. I don’t believe Fricke is anywhere near GP quality. Much better options out there. 

Who?        do you just go on Wimborne Rd appearances? you must do he is knocking on the door now with Lambert and Jack Holder is another who is not far behind.Holder and Fricke are quite a way in front of Kurtz now and if Fricke can get consistently he will make the series the ability is there for all of us ( except you) to see.

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On ‎8‎/‎12‎/‎2018 at 1:21 AM, BluPanther said:

It's time these pit crew thugs started getting bans for their attacks/attempted attacks on riders...

thugs?....ffs petal there was little more than words thrown at each other, the only person who "may" of been out of order was Huffy, Huffy, Huffy who tried to flick his back wheel at Pedersen...

Talk about being a 2018 drama queen!

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13 hours ago, Steve Shovlar said:

No. I don’t believe Fricke is anywhere near GP quality. Much better options out there. 

I agree. He has yet to develop a ruthless streak and you cannot hack it in the GP without that.

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Am I alone in thinking that Zmarzlik is a throttle jockey and isn't really in control of his bike? I agree that he is very fast and has a lot of bravery in riding high and wide, but I'm not sure he has the all round skill levels that the commentators were on about.

He gives the impression of having an 'on/off' or 'stop/go' switch rather than throttle control. 

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16 minutes ago, woofers said:

Am I alone in thinking that Zmarzlik is a throttle jockey and isn't really in control of his bike? I agree that he is very fast and has a lot of bravery in riding high and wide, but I'm not sure he has the all round skill levels that the commentators were on about.

He gives the impression of having an 'on/off' or 'stop/go' switch rather than throttle control. 

I think Zmarzlik's brilliant, easily the most exciting rider in the series. Although he does tend to get himself in a muddle when he misses the start, as was the case on Saturday..He goes too fast for his brain to keep up!

He's like a young Zenon Plech who seemed to be out of control most of the time in his early years, but he calmed down (a bit) as I'm sure the Bart-man will.

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10 minutes ago, Terry said:

I think Zmarzlik's brilliant, easily the most exciting rider in the series. Although he does tend to get himself in a muddle when he misses the start, as was the case on Saturday..He goes too fast for his brain to keep up!

He's like a young Zenon Plech who seemed to be out of control most of the time in his early years, but he calmed down (a bit) as I'm sure the Bart-man will.

I would rather watch him than the likes of Hancock, Dudek, Todd Wiltshire etc who are/were just start tarts!

The young lad reminds me of Gollob, fast, exciting and entertaining.....just what the sport needs

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1 hour ago, Odds On said:

thugs?....ffs petal there was little more than words thrown at each other, the only person who "may" of been out of order was Huffy, Huffy, Huffy who tried to flick his back wheel at Pedersen...

Talk about being a 2018 drama queen!

If you believe any pit crew have the right to get physically involved with other riders, i would suggest you rethink your perception of right and wrong. It has no place in speedway and would be severely punished in other sports. Maybe you should stick with WWF  :rolleyes:

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34 minutes ago, BluPanther said:

If you believe any pit crew have the right to get physically involved with other riders, i would suggest you rethink your perception of right and wrong. It has no place in speedway and would be severely punished in other sports. Maybe you should stick with WWF  :rolleyes:

 

as this is in Saturdays GP you must be referring to the Pedersen/Woffy incident, if you honestly think that riders or their crew get bans for that then then the games gone.

I dread to think what the pc brigade thought of Boyce lumping Gollob ...I bet most of them were on gardening leave for weeks after that!

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17 hours ago, Ghostwalker said:

 Lindbäck already qualified and I think Lindgren is pretty safe for top 8 unless injury which is the Swedes sorted. For Denmark, we have a qualified rider in Iversen.
As for Nicki, I'd think that he would be considered for a wild card if he finishes 9th but not if he finishes 10th or worse. It depends on how much FIM/BSI
feel that they need two danes. I personally hope that Nicki finished top 8 but I don't think he will.

Both Nicki and Greg received wild cards for this season and I am not fond of giving out wild cards to the same riders two years in a row.

I think it will be 3 in/3 out, unless there is a voluntary withdrawal in which case BSI will be tempted to invite Lambert. Along with Pawlicki and Cook, I think that Holder is likely to make up the three departures.

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1 hour ago, Odds On said:

 

as this is in Saturdays GP you must be referring to the Pedersen/Woffy incident, if you honestly think that riders or their crew get bans for that then then the games gone.

I dread to think what the pc brigade thought of Boyce lumping Gollob ...I bet most of them were on gardening leave for weeks after that!

No, there have been quite a few incidents with aggressive pit crews, eg Sayfutdinov, Holder, Masters to just three. If riders want some handbags, then let them get on with it, but third parties have no right to get involved. Do that in any other sport and you are in hot water, and rightly so. An idiot pumped up on steroids is never going to make a wise decision is he ... 

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1 hour ago, Big Al said:

I think it will be 3 in/3 out, unless there is a voluntary withdrawal in which case BSI will be tempted to invite Lambert. Along with Pawlicki and Cook, I think that Holder is likely to make up the three departures.

Cook  you must be joking,there are  a more deserving than him he has been woeful in the GPs this season.Gating tart got him 4 th in challenge. Very  interesting who will get the picks though .

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20 minutes ago, Fromafar said:

Cook  you must be joking,there are  a more deserving than him he has been woeful in the GPs this season.Gating tart got him 4 th in challenge.
Very  interesting who will get the picks though .

I think you misread his post. What Al said was that Cook together with Pawlicki and Holder would be the three riders from this season that
would not ride in next years Speedway GP season.

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10 minutes ago, Ghostwalker said:

I think you misread his post. What Al said was that Cook together with Pawlicki and Holder would be the three riders from this season that
would not ride in next years Speedway GP season.

Thanks your are right .

 

2 hours ago, Big Al said:

I think it will be 3 in/3 out, unless there is a voluntary withdrawal in which case BSI will be tempted to invite Lambert. Along with Pawlicki and Cook, I think that Holder is likely to make up the three departures.

Apologies misread your post

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