Falubaz Posted August 7, 2020 Report Share Posted August 7, 2020 (edited) Win for Falubaz on an away meeting! Good Night Edited August 7, 2020 by Falubaz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bagpuss Posted August 7, 2020 Report Share Posted August 7, 2020 Very impressed with Norbert Krakowiak every time I see him ride. Does he have a relative who rode for Ipswich in 1993? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shockster Posted August 7, 2020 Report Share Posted August 7, 2020 Leszno are miles ahead of the pack. Only injuries can stop them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falubaz Posted August 7, 2020 Report Share Posted August 7, 2020 Just now, Shockster said: Leszno are miles ahead of the pack. Only injuries can stop them. or Nitro-Methane? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shockster Posted August 7, 2020 Report Share Posted August 7, 2020 Just now, Falubaz said: or Nitro-Methane? No. Just better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobMcCaffery Posted August 7, 2020 Report Share Posted August 7, 2020 1 minute ago, Shockster said: Leszno are miles ahead of the pack. Only injuries can stop them. I'd be careful. They are by far the best side but bear in mind Zielona Gora held them to 47-43 which if repeated in a play-off would give Falubaz a good chance to beat them over two legs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shockster Posted August 7, 2020 Report Share Posted August 7, 2020 1 minute ago, RobMcCaffery said: I'd be careful. They are by loin the best side but bear in mind Zielona Gora held them to 47-43 which if repeated in a play-off would give Falubaz a good chance to beat them over two legs. ZG are looking like the main threats. I think that defeat may flatter them though, but you are right to mention it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r8gdp Posted August 7, 2020 Report Share Posted August 7, 2020 When you get to play offs everyone has to turn up tonight Doyle scores poorly they struggle and lose .still in my opinion all to play for Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobMcCaffery Posted August 7, 2020 Report Share Posted August 7, 2020 1 minute ago, Shockster said: ZG are looking like the main threats. I think that defeat may flatter them though, but you are right to mention it. Leszno have thrived on finding outstanding young riders such as the Pawlicki brothers and more recently Smektala and Kubera. They are an incredibly powerful speedway team.....it's just that Zielona Gora have a habit of defying odds. Yet they can crumble at home as they did against Czestochowa. Either way, a one-sided stroll to the title is not what we want, especially since most of us, I suspect, are neutral observers. I hope Falubaz or Wlokniarz can put up a fight. I sadly can't see anyone else even slightly troubling them. Mind you, Lublin keep ,defying logic... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobMcCaffery Posted August 7, 2020 Report Share Posted August 7, 2020 An interesting night, especially welcome after L1 last night.The Friday night matches are those not fancied by the main media partner, NSport so let's hope their judgement is right and we get an even better Sunday. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racers and royals Posted August 8, 2020 Author Report Share Posted August 8, 2020 (edited) We move on to Sunday the 9th Sunday August 9th Gorzow v Lublin programme starts 3pm 1st race 3.30pm N sport and Premier Sport 1 (3.30pm) Sunday August 9th Wroclaw v Leszno programme starts 5.45pm 1st race 6.15pm N Sport and Premier Sport 1 (6.15pm) Links http://spedway.ucoz.lv/ http://www.drhtv.com.pl/drhtv-2.html http://www.maniak.tv/mk7 https://daddylive.live/embed/stream-75.php Racecard Gorzow v Lublin pages 14 and 15 https://documentcloud.adobe.com/link/track?uri=urn:aaid:scds:US:b4acfe7e-30b4-4e37-ad13-9135513dce2e#pageNum=1 Edited August 8, 2020 by racers and royals Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racers and royals Posted August 8, 2020 Author Report Share Posted August 8, 2020 The Poles getting tough on riders leaving the country- official statement Google translated. 3. We list foreign leagues in which the competitor's start causes the obligation to surrender - to his own cost - COVID19 test by genetic method, PCR technique, together with the accompanying pit crew. not earlier than on the fifth day after the competition day and not later than on the eighth day after the competition day: • the Swedish league • Danish league Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arnieg Posted August 8, 2020 Report Share Posted August 8, 2020 5 minutes ago, racers and royals said: The Poles getting tough on riders leaving the country- official statement Google translated. 3. We list foreign leagues in which the competitor's start causes the obligation to surrender - to his own cost - COVID19 test by genetic method, PCR technique, together with the accompanying pit crew. not earlier than on the fifth day after the competition day and not later than on the eighth day after the competition day: • the Swedish league • Danish league Is the Danish League likely to happen? The most recent news on the Danske Metal Speedway League site is a month old press release which hopes for an August start? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racers and royals Posted August 8, 2020 Author Report Share Posted August 8, 2020 3 minutes ago, arnieg said: Is the Danish League likely to happen? The most recent news on the Danske Metal Speedway League site is a month old press release which hopes for an August start? Not sure- Google translation of what was said a month ago Last night, 8 / 7-2020, the league association held another constructive meeting about the 2020 season in the Danish league. Work is continuing diligently on a possible start-up of the Metal Speedway League in a compressed version. The hope is that the tournament can start at the end of August with a minimum of 1,000 spectators. Out of the originally 7 participating companies, 5 of them want to participate in the compressed tournament. Unfortunately, Esbjerg Vikings and Grindsted League will not participate in the 2020 season, due to the great uncertainty associated with the corona situation. Fortunately, both teams will be in the league again in 2021. Separate press releases will be issued from both non-participating companies. The league association looks forward to meeting all speedway enthusiasts at the facilities around the country again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LesR Posted August 8, 2020 Report Share Posted August 8, 2020 18 minutes ago, racers and royals said: The Poles getting tough on riders leaving the country- official statement Google translated. 3. We list foreign leagues in which the competitor's start causes the obligation to surrender - to his own cost - COVID19 test by genetic method, PCR technique, together with the accompanying pit crew. not earlier than on the fifth day after the competition day and not later than on the eighth day after the competition day: • the Swedish league • Danish league Wouldn't that mean they would miss that weeks weekend Polish matches if their test must be earliest 5 days from Swedish match? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobMcCaffery Posted August 8, 2020 Report Share Posted August 8, 2020 12 hours ago, racers and royals said: The Poles getting tough on riders leaving the country- official statement Google translated. 3. We list foreign leagues in which the competitor's start causes the obligation to surrender - to his own cost - COVID19 test by genetic method, PCR technique, together with the accompanying pit crew. not earlier than on the fifth day after the competition day and not later than on the eighth day after the competition day: • the Swedish league • Danish league They're playing the long game - making sure riders they employ only race for Polish clubs, and, I suspect; breaking the allocated international race night policy so they can run whenever they want. They're abusing the current crisis to flex their muscles and I fear the Swedes are about to see just how far they will go. This isn't about 2020. It's not about 2021. I suspect it's for the much longer-term. Money talks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HenryW Posted August 9, 2020 Report Share Posted August 9, 2020 5 hours ago, RobMcCaffery said: They're playing the long game - making sure riders they employ only race for Polish clubs, and, I suspect; breaking the allocated international race night policy so they can run whenever they want. They're abusing the current crisis to flex their muscles and I fear the Swedes are about to see just how far they will go. This isn't about 2020. It's not about 2021. I suspect it's for the much longer-term. Money talks. Maybe I am being naïve but I'm not convinced that this is the current aim. The Polish league schedule has been massively compressed by the current global situation and any positive tests put a huge burden on that schedule, or lead to teams running without key riders. If you were in charge of Polish speedway right now, would you do anything different from what they are doing? It might be a controversial opinion, but I honestly think that Swedish speedway would be better off in the long term if they weren't reliant on so many riders that also race in the Ekstraliga. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobMcCaffery Posted August 9, 2020 Report Share Posted August 9, 2020 2 hours ago, HenryW said: Maybe I am being naïve but I'm not convinced that this is the current aim. The Polish league schedule has been massively compressed by the current global situation and any positive tests put a huge burden on that schedule, or lead to teams running without key riders. If you were in charge of Polish speedway right now, would you do anything different from what they are doing? It might be a controversial opinion, but I honestly think that Swedish speedway would be better off in the long term if they weren't reliant on so many riders that also race in the Ekstraliga. I actually believe that in the long term neither Britain or Sweden will be able to justify using riders who have contracts in Poland. You are not being naive but you are missing one key point. Poland have already suggested that it will be a condition of future contracts that the rider will only be allowed to ride in the Polish leagues, apart from international events. Yes the Poles are running a tight season and can do without unneccessary risk. However we have already seen them add Fridays to the Extraliga schedule with League One mainly taking Saturdays, a day worryingly referred to in a recent interview as "formerly" being reserved for international events. NSport then announced the running ofestablished non-league events such as riders' championships, pairs and Golden, Silver and Bronze Helmet events on Monday nights, thus producing a schedule of up to nine televised meetings from Friday to Monday,with two being televised by Eleven Sports rather than NSport. When the four GP weekends occur the Ekstraliga will run on the Sunday and Monday. Okay, this COULD be just for the remarkable circumstances of 2020. However there are no guarantees thaty this will indeed be the case and Poland seizing Fridays to Mondays long-term. I read a large number of articles o Sportowe Fakty's website and while that site is rather sensational and you have to rely on Google Ytanslate you get a clear feeling that Poland's economic power could well be wielded long term so they get what they need with Britain, Sweden and Denmark herded into Tuesdays to Thursdays. There is no direct evidence yet but it doesn't take a huge leap of imagination to see it happening. We shouldn't be paranoid but it would be wise to recognise the potential problem.and prepare accordingly. The first step would be to plan for the possible need to run without riders holding Polish contracts and to reshape the international priority day system that currently limits our Premiership to Mondays and Thursdays to, in good time look at regaining lucrative Fridays and Saturdays, subject to an acceptable compromise with the Championship with a view to ending doubling-up thus allowing both leagues to run on the same night, thus avoiding the farce of teams having to change leagues at great risk just to retain their race nights. Okay, that calls for extra riders. With the UK exiting the EU sureky now is the time to lobby the government to remove many of the obstacles that currently restict the number of Australians riding here. It won't be an immediate, complete solution but it would be a significant start. An Aussie committed to a season in Britain is far more effective than another rider whose focus is on Poland and will be missing frequently. Times have changed. Time for British Speedway to change. The possibility of being dictated to by the needs of Poland could be even more ruinous than our current position. It could be the same in Sweden. Let's see how many squad members with Polish contracts actually get to ride in their league which starts in two days with an ominous silence on team line-ups when I last researched it on Friday. The money in Poland and needs of saturation TV must not be allowed to further damage the sport outside Poland. As a tailpiece, with the exception of meetings in Daugavpils Polish s[peedway fans can expect TV coverage of all league matches n all three divisions, with up to ten matches per weekend, plus regular Monday programming, leaving aside BSI events. That's saturation and might be a less beneficial long-term than you might think. If they take a hit it's sure to rebound on the other major speedway nations. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racers and royals Posted August 9, 2020 Author Report Share Posted August 9, 2020 On 8/8/2020 at 8:20 AM, racers and royals said: We move on to Sunday the 9th Sunday August 9th Gorzow v Lublin programme starts 3pm 1st race 3.30pm N sport and Premier Sport 1 (3.30pm) Sunday August 9th Wroclaw v Leszno programme starts 5.45pm 1st race 6.15pm N Sport and Premier Sport 1 (6.15pm) Links http://spedway.ucoz.lv/ http://www.drhtv.com.pl/drhtv-2.html http://www.maniak.tv/mk7 https://daddylive.live/embed/stream-75.php Racecard Gorzow v Lublin pages 14 and 15 https://documentcloud.adobe.com/link/track?uri=urn:aaid:scds:US:b4acfe7e-30b4-4e37-ad13-9135513dce2e#pageNum=1 Brought to the top 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainB Posted August 9, 2020 Report Share Posted August 9, 2020 On 8/7/2020 at 6:11 PM, Steve Shovlar said: Torun in a division lower, have a stronger team than Rybnik. On 8/7/2020 at 6:22 PM, Rapidroscoe said: Typical Poole quote with I think 4 ex Poole riders Hmm... Torun and Poole both relegated Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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