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Polish Extraleague play- off Final 2nd leg Sunday 25th September Live on TV


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Sunday’s matches line-ups 

Ostrow v Grudziadz

Ostrow

9  Berntzon

10  Gapinski

11  Walasek

12 Matias Nielsen

13  C Holder

14  Krawczyk

15 Szostak

16 Sorensen

Grudziadz

1  Pedersen

2  Kasprzak

3  Jakobsen

4  Prem Pawlicki

5  RR(ZZ) for banned  Tarasienko

6 Pludra

7  Lobodzinski

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Wroclaw vTorun

Wroclaw

9  RR(ZZ) for banned A Laguta

10  Bewley

11  Woffinden

12  Chugunov

13  Janowski

14  M Curzytek

15  Kowalski

16

Torun

1  J Holder

2  Przedpelski

3  Lambert

4  RR(ZZ) for banned Sayfutdinov

5  Dudek

6  Lewandowski

7  Zielinski

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6 hours ago, Islander15 said:

That’s not very good for the paying supporters, who of course are innocent in all of this. 

Never really understood the seemingly dislike for RR by some people...

It keeps the meeting, and therefore the whole league and sport in that country, credible..

And means the actual team wins (not "six riders and a ringer" wins) thus maintaining true team spirit and the ethos of a proper team sport..

And also provides the six men with the potential to earn more money...

You could argue that an injury means you are down to five men but two injuries mean you are down to five too, and given the nature of the sport injuries happen all the time and at any moment...

Poland in particular have true strength in depth so RR can be no disadvantage, and the Polish authorities will also be very mindful of the unmitigated disaster that would befall them and the sport over there, if they allowed "guests" similar to how they are allowed over here..

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1 hour ago, mikebv said:

Never really understood the seemingly dislike for RR by some people...

It keeps the meeting, and therefore the whole league and sport in that country, credible..

And means the actual team wins (not "six riders and a ringer" wins) thus maintaining true team spirit and the ethos of a proper team sport..

And also provides the six men with the potential to earn more money...

You could argue that an injury means you are down to five men but two injuries mean you are down to five too, and given the nature of the sport injuries happen all the time and at any moment...

Poland in particular have true strength in depth so RR can be no disadvantage, and the Polish authorities will also be very mindful of the unmitigated disaster that would befall them and the sport over there, if they allowed "guests" similar to how they are allowed over here..

All very true- one  thing that surprises me with Poland is that whilst they don`t make a big thing of averages, they do use them to decide who is in the top 3 and therefore if a rider is injured (has to be out for 15 days) RR can be used but no 1 above and any below rule which can make the team stronger using RR. Now with the banned riders RR- it covers a top 5 rider yet apparently still no 1 above and any below rule- we will have to wait and see how it all pans out starting tonight.

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3 hours ago, mikebv said:

Never really understood the seemingly dislike for RR by some people...

It keeps the meeting, and therefore the whole league and sport in that country, credible..

And means the actual team wins (not "six riders and a ringer" wins) thus maintaining true team spirit and the ethos of a proper team sport..

And also provides the six men with the potential to earn more money...

You could argue that an injury means you are down to five men but two injuries mean you are down to five too, and given the nature of the sport injuries happen all the time and at any moment...

Poland in particular have true strength in depth so RR can be no disadvantage, and the Polish authorities will also be very mindful of the unmitigated disaster that would befall them and the sport over there, if they allowed "guests" similar to how they are allowed over here..

You’re assuming that guests are the only alternative option. I assumed teams would’ve been allowed to sign another rider given the circumstances. 

The problem with R/R is both injuries and out of form riders. As you say there can be 2 injuries in a meeting, but of course 1 injury is far more likely, and suddenly the side can be relatively very weak. Especially with the introduction of the U24 rider now who last season was often poor for a top 5 rider. Wrocław & Torun are lucky and still have 4 quality riders (or you could say unlucky as both would’ve felt a title challenge is more likely with their full teams). Compared to Grudziadz who are already relying on Nicki P and only need 1 other injury and KK to go 0, 0, 0 and suddenly they only have 2 riders left including their U24!

One personal irritation about R/R is how it drags out meetings in England. However I’m sure the Polish meetings won’t be affected as badly by this. 

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4 minutes ago, Islander15 said:

You’re assuming that guests are the only alternative option. I assumed teams would’ve been allowed to sign another rider given the circumstances. 

The problem with R/R is both injuries and out of form riders. As you say there can be 2 injuries in a meeting, but of course 1 injury is far more likely, and suddenly the side can be relatively very weak. Especially with the introduction of the U24 rider now who last season was often poor for a top 5 rider. Wrocław & Torun are lucky and still have 4 quality riders (or you could say unlucky as both would’ve felt a title challenge is more likely with their full teams). Compared to Grudziadz who are already relying on Nicki P and only need 1 other injury and KK to go 0, 0, 0 and suddenly they only have 2 riders left including their U24!

One personal irritation about R/R is how it drags out meetings in England. However I’m sure the Polish meetings won’t be affected as badly by this. 

If you can name me 4 riders not riding for Polish teams who Lublin, Wroclaw, Grudziadz and Torun can sign to replace the banned Laguta brothers, Sayfutdinov and Tarasienko then i would be interested to hear their names.

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On 4/5/2022 at 12:41 PM, racers and royals said:

Lublin

4  Tudziej

8 (Almost certainly  Kubera) ??

Never heard of Tudziej, is it safe to assume that Kubera will get all his rides?  Is Drabik still eligible for #8?

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1 hour ago, racers and royals said:

If you can name me 4 riders not riding for Polish teams who Lublin, Wroclaw, Grudziadz and Torun can sign to replace the banned Laguta brothers, Sayfutdinov and Tarasienko then i would be interested to hear their names.

I knew that was coming! I’m not suggesting there are riders out there of the calibre of the Laguta brothers or Sayfutdinov, but at the least wouldn’t you rather have someone else in your squad to cover for an injury in the future? In previous seasons the team could track R/R, but now they’re already tracking R/R!

But to answer your question (and I apologise if these have been signed by lower league teams that I haven’t noticed yet) but what about: Ellis, Thorssell, Pontus Aspgren, THJ, Loktaev, Huckenbeck, Wolbert, Smolinski, Harris, Ostergaard, Nikolaj Jakobsen or a couple of other Brits. These riders are comparable in standard to Tarasenko and would score a couple of points if Wrocław got Tai & Dan injured rather than using a U21 Pole. 

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15 minutes ago, Islander15 said:

I knew that was coming! I’m not suggesting there are riders out there of the calibre of the Laguta brothers or Sayfutdinov, but at the least wouldn’t you rather have someone else in your squad to cover for an injury in the future? In previous seasons the team could track R/R, but now they’re already tracking R/R!

But to answer your question (and I apologise if these have been signed by lower league teams that I haven’t noticed yet) but what about: Ellis, Thorssell, Pontus Aspgren, THJ, Loktaev, Huckenbeck, Wolbert, Smolinski, Harris, Ostergaard, Nikolaj Jakobsen or a couple of other Brits. These riders are comparable in standard to Tarasenko and would score a couple of points if Wrocław got Tai & Dan injured rather than using a U21 Pole. 

All those mentioned are riding in Polish league https://speedwayteams2022.blogspot.com/p/denmark-2022.html    the only one not is Ulrich and riders who ride in UK on Sunday`s regularly can`t commit to Poland. By the way Tarasienko is class- did you see him ride for Bydgoszcz last season ?

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45 minutes ago, racers and royals said:

All those mentioned are riding in Polish league https://speedwayteams2022.blogspot.com/p/denmark-2022.html    the only one not is Ulrich and riders who ride in UK on Sunday`s regularly can`t commit to Poland. By the way Tarasienko is class- did you see him ride for Bydgoszcz last season ?

Fair enough. I thought that’d be the outcome. There must be some random Brits who aren’t top flight standard but are worthy of signing up incase of an injury crisis though surely.

I only regularly watched the Ekstraliga last season tbh but I intend to follow the 2 lower leagues as well this campaign. 

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1 hour ago, Islander15 said:

There must be some random Brits who aren’t top flight standard but are worthy of signing up incase of an injury crisis though surely.

No, because they're all riding in the Championship - most Championship clubs ride on the same night as Poland.

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6 hours ago, racers and royals said:

Yes and no in order.

Big year for Kubera...

I think he could break through into that very top level over the next two or three years...

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