Triple.H. Posted August 7, 2021 Report Share Posted August 7, 2021 I do hope Falubaz is happy for me i had a win double bet come in A Pole who's a Russian, and Berwick to win 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triple.H. Posted August 7, 2021 Report Share Posted August 7, 2021 1 minute ago, tyke said: Similar to him telling us every other heat that the tapes are computer controlled now. At least 20 times during this weekend ffs Big question is why did MJ stick with the same bike all night ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PotteringAround Posted August 7, 2021 Report Share Posted August 7, 2021 Did they just play Tchaikovsky's piano concerto No.1 for Laguta on top of the rostrum instead of the Russian national anthem?    Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chunky Posted August 7, 2021 Report Share Posted August 7, 2021 (edited) 3 minutes ago, PotteringAround said: Did they just play Tchaikovsky's piano concerto No.1 for Laguta on top of the rostrum instead of the Russian national anthem?    As nobody is allowed to represent "Russia" at the moment (just the respective Russian sports federations), they are playing that instead of the national anthem. That is ALL sports... Edited August 7, 2021 by chunky 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bellevueace Posted August 7, 2021 Report Share Posted August 7, 2021 22 minutes ago, tyke said: Similar to him telling us every other heat that the tapes are computer controlled now. At least 20 times during this weekend ffs Add the times that Tatum tells us Zmarzlik is world champion as well, seems to be every sentance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bagpuss Posted August 7, 2021 Report Share Posted August 7, 2021 Well done Laguta, good job somebody is breaking away at the top with Zmarzlik or it could be a very dull series. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r8gdp Posted August 7, 2021 Report Share Posted August 7, 2021  Bloody good ride by laguta did nt think he had it in him to be that aggressive 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topaz325 Posted August 7, 2021 Report Share Posted August 7, 2021 Two horse race for the title now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col Posted August 7, 2021 Report Share Posted August 7, 2021 Better GP tonight. It looks like it's on between Laguta & Zmarzlik for the title, didn't think Laguta had it in him to be that forceful. Just don't think Laguta will be consistent enough. Referee decisions odd - Zmarzlik was in front of Fricke on the line... If the referee thought Lindgren impeded Janowski enough at the time why didn't he stop the race? I don't want VAR in Speedway! Doyle should have been excluded for taking out Swidnicki. And Lindgren for causing the Vaculik injury. Nice to see my favourite Polish reserve Swidnicki get an outing but surely Miskowiak is more worthy, or the other Lublin reserve, or the 16 year old at Leszno. Swidnicki is too inconsistent, showed what he could do before Doyle knobbled him. Thought he might get a point when against Kasprzak but over watered track he was never going to like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainB Posted August 7, 2021 Report Share Posted August 7, 2021 BREAKING NEWS: Bartek Zmarzlik again sent shockwaves through the Speedway world earlier this evening amassing an amazing 78 out of a possible 80 World Championship points in the last 4 GP's, all coincidentally in his home country! It was more joy for Poland as Dominik Kubera again made the rostrum on his home track. @chunky was sought for comment but was unavailable, although there have been reported sightings of him looking for his coat. @iainb again declined to comment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chunky Posted August 7, 2021 Report Share Posted August 7, 2021 6 minutes ago, iainb said: BREAKING NEWS: Bartek Zmarzlik again sent shockwaves through the Speedway world earlier this evening amassing an amazing 78 out of a possible 80 World Championship points in the last 4 GP's, all coincidentally in his home country! It was more joy for Poland as Dominik Kubera again made the rostrum on his home track. @chunky was sought for comment but was unavailable, although there have been reported sightings of him looking for his coat. @iainb again declined to comment. Funny, isn't it? There were six rounds of the 2020 GP in Poland - and Zmarzlik only won two of those (but won the two in Prague!) There were three rounds of the 2019 GP in Poland - and Zmarzlik only finished on the rostrum once in those... There were three rounds of the 2018 GP in Poland - and not one of them was won by a Pole (even though three GP's had Polish winners) There were three rounds of the 2017 GP in Poland - and only one was one by a Pole. (even though five GP's had Polish winners) There were three rounds of the 2016 GP in Poland - and not one was won by a Pole - yet a Pole won in Denmark There were three rounds of the 2015 GP in Poland - and not one was won by a Pole - yet a Pole won in Latvia You want to remind us how it's the Polish tracks that decide the winners, and not the quality of rider???   4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainB Posted August 7, 2021 Report Share Posted August 7, 2021 6 minutes ago, chunky said: Funny, isn't it? Well, I'm having a little chuckle to myself Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chunky Posted August 7, 2021 Report Share Posted August 7, 2021 5 minutes ago, iainb said: Well, I'm having a little chuckle to myself I get it; little things please little minds... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainB Posted August 7, 2021 Report Share Posted August 7, 2021 3 minutes ago, chunky said: I get it; little things please little minds... Rude! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainB Posted August 7, 2021 Report Share Posted August 7, 2021 Does anybody know why Tragic Janowski was awarded 2nd place in the race when Fred got excluded for unfair/dangerous/dirty riding as he crossed the line in 3rd place and the race wasn't stopped. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col Posted August 7, 2021 Report Share Posted August 7, 2021 (edited) Lindgren obviously impeded Janowksi, ref should have stopped then race there and then, would have if Janowski has fallen as most riders would. Berntzon was fourth best in the race, the point he can consider a bonus. For the record I don't think Poles are better in Poland necessarily, I think they are more likely to over think which line they take on Polish tracks where as outside Poland they stick to their instincts. We'll see in Malilla. By your theory Berntzon should do well. Edited August 7, 2021 by Col Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainB Posted August 7, 2021 Report Share Posted August 7, 2021 4 minutes ago, Col said: By your theory Berntzon should do well. Berntzon, is quite obviously out of his depth. I'm not suggesting that Zmarlik is a bad rider he's quite clearly a sublime rider... he's just got an unfair advantage that's all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OGT Posted August 7, 2021 Report Share Posted August 7, 2021 Well done Artem Laguta, what a fantastic win that was. I think we know what MFR is short for. Samuel L Jackson knows for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chunky Posted August 7, 2021 Report Share Posted August 7, 2021 (edited) 3 hours ago, iainb said:  I'm not suggesting that Zmarlik is a bad rider he's quite clearly a sublime rider... he's just got an unfair advantage that's all. Of course he has; he's better than everybody else! Edited August 8, 2021 by chunky 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HenryW Posted August 8, 2021 Report Share Posted August 8, 2021 6 hours ago, Falubaz said: Yes. Gollob was dominating international speedway in speedway's best days. In his time the discipline had all the legendary riders and he still destroyed them. I think of him as he was Adam Małysz of speedwway. I loved Tomek during his career, but the claim that he destroyed the other greats of the era seems unfounded due to the fact that he won ONE world title in an era that saw Tony Rickardsson win 6, Nicki Pedersen win 3, Jason Crump win 3 and some dull American win a few as well... You might need to rethink that "destroyed" claim 4 hours ago, Triple.H. said: Big question is why did MJ stick with the same bike all night ? Because he had nothing better? 4 hours ago, chunky said: As nobody is allowed to represent "Russia" at the moment (just the respective Russian sports federations), they are playing that instead of the national anthem. That is ALL sports... But NOT ALL competitions...Only ones classified as "World" events. Russian anthem is OK for "regional" events such as SEC. 3 hours ago, Col said: Referee decisions odd - Zmarzlik was in front of Fricke on the line... If the referee thought Lindgren impeded Janowski enough at the time why didn't he stop the race? I don't want VAR in Speedway! Doyle should have been excluded for taking out Swidnicki. And Lindgren for causing the Vaculik injury. Yeah, I was intrigued by some of the decisions. To me, Zmarzlik looked ahead of Fricke in that race...and interesting that they didn't show the transponder times for that race! Not that those are the right way to decide a result as positioning can make a difference. At this level, WHY is there still no proper photo finish system in place? Why is ref being made to look at random TV camera angles that are never totally in line? Get a proper system in place like most top level sports run. Lindgren and Janowski...YES! Stop the race if you think it was an unfair move. I am absolutely amazed that the rules allow a ref to look back after a race finishes and swap the finishing position of riders. Janowski finished last. If you are going to exclude Lindgren without stopping the race, should that not make Janowski third? Doyle/Swidnicki incident I am OK with. Yes, Doyle took out Swidnicki, but the decision was an unsatisfactory start due to the tapes going up unevenly, so anything that happened after that was irrelevant. Lindgren and Vaculik....First bend incident for me, so ref got it right. Yes, Lindgren lifted and went a bit wider than normal, but they were all so close it was hard to say that the outside two wouldn't have collided without any Lindgren involvement. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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