Pinny Posted 3 hours ago Report Share Posted 3 hours ago Huckenbeck's inclusion is an absolute farce in all honesty and reminds you of wild card picks of years gone by when Harris or Nicholls regularly got given them due to their nationality. Why not give it to Wolbert if it has to be a German, Huckenbeck had a chance last year and didn't get close to the top 6. If they have to have a German, give it to someone else. Wolbert put in a decent enough showing at the GP challenge! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LagutaRacingFan Posted 3 hours ago Report Share Posted 3 hours ago The PZM should set-up their own GP series, consisting of the top 16 riders in the Polish Ekstraliga averages. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
szkocjasid Posted 3 hours ago Report Share Posted 3 hours ago 37 minutes ago, Wee Eck said: Some of this surprises me, some doesn’t. The absence of the Russians doesn’t. Rumours of a deal struck between them, PZM and FIM which allows them to ride in the Ekstraliga means they have agreed not to be in the GPs Two of the four - Doyle and Michelsen- are correct in my view for the reasons others have said. Likewise, Madsen’s exclusion due to his no show at the SON and his disagreement with the logistics company seems fair. The other 2? This should be the top 15 riders in the world and be unrelated to political considerations. Having two riders who failed in the GP series and failed in the GP challenge shoe horned in because of their nationality is just wrong. Whatever you think of Poland and Polish speedway, not including a third Pole could - and maybe should - come back and bite WBD/FIM on the arse. And justifying Kvech’s inclusion because he’s CZ champion but not even including the Polish champion as a substitute is just plain wrong. In my view. Can't disagree with anything you've said. Although I'm not bothered about them only having 2 Poles, as long as the alternatives were better riders than Janowski / Dudek / Kolodziej, which they clearly aren't. Their explanation of why Kvech was included was pretty embarrassing to say the least. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KIRKYLANE Posted 3 hours ago Report Share Posted 3 hours ago Having announced the 4 wildcards, they have got it spot on as far as I am concerned. it is great to have 2 Belle Vue riders in the SGP 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE DEAN MACHINE Posted 2 hours ago Report Share Posted 2 hours ago 1 hour ago, SPEEDY69 said: There is a GP in Prague. If they want this to sell and also secure the venue, they need to include a Czech. Czechs "We will host a GP next year and pay £XXX but only if we can have two Czechs in it, else bog off." That's something which I definitely think is part of it. It's never been about the best riders. Same in many individual sports where countries have places rather than the best entrants. Then they should say that, that gives the likes of madsen chance to get a Czech licence, if they are going to play the stupid rule game then the riders should play it too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r8gdp Posted 2 hours ago Report Share Posted 2 hours ago If I was Madsen I would have told them to do one and not bothered with the gps. Here’s hoping they get a gp in Spain so they can give the local delivery lad a place in the series.They have devalued the whole series. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE DEAN MACHINE Posted 2 hours ago Report Share Posted 2 hours ago 41 minutes ago, Pinny said: Huckenbeck's inclusion is an absolute farce in all honesty and reminds you of wild card picks of years gone by when Harris or Nicholls regularly got given them due to their nationality. Why not give it to Wolbert if it has to be a German, Huckenbeck had a chance last year and didn't get close to the top 6. If they have to have a German, give it to someone else. Wolbert put in a decent enough showing at the GP challenge! It could of been Celina, she is German and they are woke enough 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fromafar Posted 2 hours ago Report Share Posted 2 hours ago Love him or Hate him Madsen is definitely a Top 15 rider,injustice he didn’t get picked in front of a couple of these wild cards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamish McRaker Posted 2 hours ago Report Share Posted 2 hours ago Does this mean that Lebedevs is not included? Haven't seen him mentioned. I'm in favour of giving new GP riders a two-year contract, with the provision that after year 1 they can be "terminated early" if they have badly underperformed. Under this arrangement, Lebedevs, Kvech and Huckenbeck would have been retained for a second year, and Wozniak eliminated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE DEAN MACHINE Posted 2 hours ago Report Share Posted 2 hours ago 5 minutes ago, Hamish McRaker said: Does this mean that Lebedevs is not included? Haven't seen him mentioned. I'm in favour of giving new GP riders a two-year contract, with the provision that after year 1 they can be "terminated early" if they have badly underperformed. Under this arrangement, Lebedevs, Kvech and Huckenbeck would have been retained for a second year, and Wozniak eliminated. Lebedevs qualified through European championship Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE DEAN MACHINE Posted 2 hours ago Report Share Posted 2 hours ago 19 minutes ago, Fromafar said: Love him or Hate him Madsen is definitely a Top 15 rider,injustice he didn’t get picked in front of a couple of these wild cards. Think it may have something to do it his ex, believe she works for one of the GPs sponsors 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeW436 Posted 2 hours ago Report Share Posted 2 hours ago Line up has gone down like a cup of cold sick on social media, always good for business. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TTT Posted 2 hours ago Report Share Posted 2 hours ago Wokeness strikes again. Another tainted victory for Zmarzlik next year.......Seriously Huckenbeck and Kvech lol, What have they done in this years GP series to justify those picks? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fromafar Posted 2 hours ago Report Share Posted 2 hours ago 9 minutes ago, THE DEAN MACHINE said: Think it may have something to do it his ex, believe she works for one of the GPs sponsors Somebody doesn’t like him that’s for sure. Definitely still a top 10 rider. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fromafar Posted 1 hour ago Report Share Posted 1 hour ago 3 minutes ago, TTT said: Wokeness strikes again. Another tainted victory for Zmarzlik next year.......Seriously Huckenbeck and Kvech lol, What have they done in this years GP series to justify those picks? Born in the right Country can be the only reason.Disgraceful.IMO 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeW436 Posted 1 hour ago Report Share Posted 1 hour ago You stick Emil & Artem back into the series and what you get realistically at best is a 3 horse race for the world title (3 may even be a stretch but you know you definitely have a 2 horse race with Artem because he’s done it before) so now we have another year of a complete non event world championship. It’s the equivalent of taking Arsenal & Liverpool out of the premier league this season. Are we really at a point where riders that are 44th in the PGEE averages and 10th in M2E averages are getting wildcard picks for a world championship? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TTT Posted 1 hour ago Report Share Posted 1 hour ago (edited) Here is where some excluded riders rank in the 2024 Ekstraliga averages whilst the woke selectors try and fog us all off with a best 15 riders in the World slogan in regards to the 2025 GP series. 1. Laguta 2. Madsen 5. Kolodziej 6. Sayfutdinov Zmarzlik's victories are now tainted and he's not a legit World Champion until he gets legit competition imo (Those who are just as statistically good as him in the Ekstraliga) It's like winning a Champions League that doesn't feature Manchester City, Real Madrid and Bayern Munich. Edited 1 hour ago by TTT 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Youhave2minutes Posted 1 hour ago Report Share Posted 1 hour ago Is someone given someone else a back hander Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bojangles Posted 1 hour ago Report Share Posted 1 hour ago Here's a novel idea. If they want to pick the likes of Kvech and Huckenbeck (which is ridiculous by the way) as they have GPs in those countries, why not have only 14 permanent riders and have 2 wild cards at each GP? It means every venue is guaranteed to have two riders, and then there would be at least one extra space for a sensible regular wildcard pick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Youhave2minutes Posted 1 hour ago Report Share Posted 1 hour ago On 9/22/2024 at 1:36 AM, eric i said: Source? On 9/22/2024 at 8:33 AM, IainB said: Tomato 🍅 😂 Mayonnaise for me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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