arnieg Posted July 28, 2023 Report Share Posted July 28, 2023 1 minute ago, Shockster said: Again doing well but at also a much lower level. Beat Robert Lambert in the Polish Ekstraliga, not sure he can get to a much higher level. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebv Posted July 28, 2023 Report Share Posted July 28, 2023 Just now, Waspman said: Do we agree smashing evening No doubt about that... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gavan Posted July 28, 2023 Report Share Posted July 28, 2023 42 minutes ago, Steve Shovlar said: This event has got to go down as the worst international event of all time. No crowd, no atmosphere, bald track, gate and go, really really rubbishe. 20 years ago Poole held this event and we had temporary stands, place was packed, fantastic atmosphere, high drama, brilliant racing, it had it all, except for the TeamGB win. Now we have this tripe. Interviewer has just said atmosphere is amazing. Effing bull crap. 12 minutes ago, Steve Shovlar said: Ben Cook. 2 minutes ago, Steve Shovlar said: Ben Cook a far better rider than Berge already. Poole wasn’t packed at all for the race off as you know Poole brought into every conversation And trolling again about Cook Try discussing the event without mentioning your club which is irrelevant Dont see Belle Vue fans talking about Lidsey or Ipswich fans talking about Doyle …. This is a national team event Poole are irrelevant 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shockster Posted July 28, 2023 Report Share Posted July 28, 2023 Just now, arnieg said: Beat Robert Lambert in the Polish Ekstraliga, not sure he can get to a much higher level. He had a great start, but hardly scored a point since??? Berge looks like something has clicked and has done repeatedly well this year. Will surely get an Extraleague place next year. Would be far worse SGP wild cards given out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeW436 Posted July 28, 2023 Report Share Posted July 28, 2023 (edited) I know he went through the process and won the right to be in the series but it still staggers me Kim Nilsson is a GP rider. Edited July 28, 2023 by JoeW436 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shockster Posted July 28, 2023 Report Share Posted July 28, 2023 1 minute ago, JoeW436 said: I know he went through the process and won the right to be in the series but it still staggers me Kim Nilsson is a GP rider. I agree, but he was brilliant at Glasgow. So fair play. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Shovlar Posted July 28, 2023 Report Share Posted July 28, 2023 (edited) Such a poor meeting with one decent heat so far. Berge is a third heat leader/second string in the Championship. Had a good meeting tonight but worthy of a place in the U.K? Doubt it. Chris Holder, Poole legend, shows how it’s done. Best heat of the night by Pirates own boy. Edited July 28, 2023 by Steve Shovlar 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arnieg Posted July 28, 2023 Report Share Posted July 28, 2023 (edited) 3 hours ago, Steve Shovlar said: Berge is a third heat leader/second string in the Championship. Had a good meeting tonight but worthy of a place in the U.K? Doubt it Averaging pretty much the same as Musielak and Kurtz in Poland. Do you think they are Championship second strings? By your metric Basso would be a Championship reserve. Sometimes your Poole-centric garbage is just embarrassing. Edited July 28, 2023 by arnieg 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bellevueace Posted July 28, 2023 Report Share Posted July 28, 2023 32 minutes ago, mikebv said: Similar to many a Monday night's TV coverage over here... Sadly true Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waspman Posted July 28, 2023 Report Share Posted July 28, 2023 Picture went funny bit like watching vhs cassette Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawk127 Posted July 28, 2023 Report Share Posted July 28, 2023 The quality of the broadcast is not good. Picture looks jittery at times which is a shame for such an event. Those in charge of transmissions and camera work have a lot to do to reach that previous standard provided by Sky and BT. Hopefully Saturday will be spot on and if anyone wants a comparison watch the streamed meeting on Sunday from Poland and it will show the professionalism of the Polish broadcasters compared to Eurosport/Discovery. Thank goodness for Polish speedway presentation and crowd support. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainB Posted July 28, 2023 Report Share Posted July 28, 2023 1 hour ago, mikebv said: Sweden paying the price for their leagues filling teams with non Swedes.. And not ring fencing places for their own riders.. I think they maybe should have spotted someone else using that plan before. To, pretty much, the same outcome for several years... Didn't they also adopt doubling up a few years ago, how's that going for them? Where we lead... others follow 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shockster Posted July 28, 2023 Report Share Posted July 28, 2023 Assuming Ellis and Brennan are in the team tomorrow. Either Lambert and Bewley have to be at reserve and take Ellis and Brennans rides from Gates 1 + 2. Hopefully we won't be in Tac Sub category but if we are then the gates 3 + 4 can be used. Simple really. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawk127 Posted July 28, 2023 Report Share Posted July 28, 2023 Good to see Chris Holder back in the fold. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeW436 Posted July 28, 2023 Report Share Posted July 28, 2023 Lindback wanting to be first one in the pub Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebv Posted July 28, 2023 Report Share Posted July 28, 2023 7 minutes ago, iainb said: Didn't they also adopt doubling up a few years ago, how's that going for them? Where we lead... others follow And also spent a load of money from a very decent TV deal on a select few and nowhere near enough of it on developing their own riders... Copyright GB.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheReturn Posted July 28, 2023 Report Share Posted July 28, 2023 Bit of a farce competition so far, and seemingly the local crowd not at all interested for the first three meetings as their nation not involved yet. The semi-final's should be hosted in a country where one of the semi-finalists is from, this generates at least a home crowd cheering for three of the four competition meetings, and that added atmosphere only good for TV audience too. That means the semi-final race-off will have to pre-selected and means potentially an half empty stadium but also means, if one nation runs away with it like tonight, it's a pointless meeting. The competition needs to stop seeding the host to the final, which I have always felt makes them an unworthy finalist from a sporting perspective, especially if it is the Poles every other year. If you need to seed the home nation, put them to the race-off which guarantees a good crowd for that and all four finalists have had to earn their final spot. So the final would be the two semi-final winners, plus the top two from the race-off. There is a risk the final will not include the home nation, but perhaps a small risk and even if that happened, hopefully fans would flock to see the best speedway nations in the final anyway. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Shovlar Posted July 28, 2023 Report Share Posted July 28, 2023 Shocking rubbish SWC this year. Beyond garbage. Been watching Scunthorpe v Brum and it’s far better racing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainB Posted July 28, 2023 Report Share Posted July 28, 2023 (edited) I can imagine the Swedish Speedway Forum going into meltdown tonight as to why they named Fred at 5 and then just proceeded to replace Berntzon all night, surely the thing to do was put Berntzon out early to see what his form was like and then replace him and/or others tactically... and Stefan Shovlarsson probably banging on about how the Piraterna riders should have been picked Edited July 28, 2023 by iainb 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nw42 Posted July 28, 2023 Report Share Posted July 28, 2023 18 minutes ago, Hawk127 said: The quality of the broadcast is not good. Picture looks jittery at times which is a shame for such an event. Those in charge of transmissions and camera work have a lot to do to reach that previous standard provided by Sky and BT. Hopefully Saturday will be spot on and if anyone wants a comparison watch the streamed meeting on Sunday from Poland and it will show the professionalism of the Polish broadcasters compared to Eurosport/Discovery. Thank goodness for Polish speedway presentation and crowd support. If only they spoke English, perfect world. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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