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How about the Birmingham Guests? With Chris Harris as captain?

I suspect you’re right, the league structure & points limit is probably already agreed.

Hopefully Lambert does sign for you & we have the Ipswich v Lynn meeting on bank holiday Monday again…….I can’t wait to see the dummy’s spat all over Foxhall

For once at least we won’t see Chris Holders name appear as a possible signing. From what Chris has said during the season & after the play offs it’s clear that team spirit & having riders who gel & get on is key. Towards the end of the season it also appeared the all the riders are happy to return from interviews given & that they were genuinely surprised at the level of support that exists here as well as the passion. Rew has already indicated he is happy to return. On a 4 & a years experience in the uk he should be a great signing. They do however need to get him at reserve at the start of the season. Emil & Jason have both got to be back & again both appear to want a return. I’m not sure about Riss on the face of it he should add a point to his starting average however he seems to have turned in to a one line sit on the inside type of rider. He is a gamble if we retain him & get the Riss of 2023 then the gamble backfires although if release him & he gets back to the Riss that was a Lynn we have missed out. The only one of the 7 I’m pretty sure won’t return is Hume & that’s only because we need Rew at reserve.

Definitely gone to Vestervik

Fully agree as an Ipswich supporter I have no issues with Sheffield operating within the rules & that’s what they have done. It was clear to me after reading the rules thatt Lambert could ride in the play offs. In fact that was the morning after Doyle was injured in the go when I suggested Ipswich book him for the semi finals. However what I think needs to change is any rider being able to ride for more than one team in the playoffs. Harris representing Ipswich in the semis & Sheffield in the final is just ridiculous. Secondly if using guests in either the semi final or final the same guests should ride in all the matches unless the rider they are guesting for is declared fit. That would prevent the team using guests opting for a horses for courses policy. Any way some more loops holes to look into & close. Enjoy your winter, can’t wait to welcome Sheffield back to Foxhall next year.

Oh no not Janowski, not the sort of rider we need.

Ipswich are acknowledged as having some of if not the best attendance figures in the country, they run on a Thursday

Question would Riss be worth a gamble sub 5 at the moment historically a solid 6 point rider. Or gamble and go for two 5.00 new comers? Emil 10.10 Wojodydo 5.00 Pickering 6.78 Riss/newcomer Doyle 9.12 Rew 4.00

I have a hunch the top two will be back. Not only have they been massive on track & in the pits but they have both played a huge part with the interaction between the club & supporters. It feels like the old Ipswich of years ago that family feel has returned. Neutals & supporters of other clubs will possibly think we’re mad to want to go top heavy again but the buzz around the club is something I haven’t experienced for many many years.

Part of me thinks you’re right. However it can’t be under estimated how much these two have brought to the club in terms of adding the feel good factor & the general positivity around the place. For that reason what they bring across the season is far more important.

Klint would be to much of a risk for me coming back after those serious injuries. we can’t risk having another Riss type rider next year. start with Emil & Doyle with Rew at reserve & build from there.

Too soon to fire this back into action??

As an Ipswich supporter I have to take my hat off to Sheffield those guys dug in & got the result…..congratulations Tigers. As for Ippo the two legs summed up our season, led superbly by the top two while the rest were inconsistent & gifted points away at times. Riders going missing & riding odd lines when they needed to step up & try something different. I can’t for the life of me work out why we took 1&3 when Tatum who had walked the track said that 3 was awful. Enjoy the glory Tigers & hopefully we’ll all be back to go again in 2024 for some more premiership speedway.

Harris also got a runners up medal, after riding for ippo in the final

Well done Sheffield, they wanted it more & rode better, not much more to say really.

Are there enough riders to allow one big league to work? Take my team Ipswich King,Riss & Hume all double up in the championship. Then you would have to remove Jason & Emil as they wouldn’t be eligible to ride in one big league because I suspect that you would need a pay cap to make it work. If the 3 double up riders opted to stay at Redcar then Ipswich would need to find 6 new riders to join the only eligible rider from 2023 Rew. I can only see the league set up remaining as is all be it with 6 Premiership clubs

. I thought when I said his team it would be clear I meant Sheffield as the interview was after a Sheffield match in which he was riding for Sheffield. I thought it would be easy to understand what I meant by his team. just to make it 100% clear I wasn’t referring to kings Lynn but to the team Lambert was representing Sheffield. Peeing off the clubs major sponsor I was referring to Guy Nicholls tweet or X post which ever you prefer, where Mr Nicholls made it clear he wasn’t happy with Lamberts interview. Nicholls sponsors both Ipswich & Sheffield & Lambert made the comments while wearing a Nicholls sponsored Sheffield race jacket. Hopefully that’s cleared up any confusion that I might be referring to Kings Lynn regarding an interview after a Ipswich Sheffield meeting.

I’ve just watched the match back on Discovery having been at Foxhall last night. what’s all the fuss about the ref? The rules state an unsatisfactory start including first bend bunching than it’s all 4 back. I think not so ruthless is getting confused with GP regulations as they differ to that of the uk. Not sure about the regs in Poland. I’ve just had to watch his interview again, so he slagged of a track where he’d set the 5th fastest time of the season, appeared to smear some of his fellow riders while also appearing to try & influence the referee…..top bloke! when you thought it couldn’t get any worse he also appears to have pissed off his clubs major backer. I’d love a team player like him in my team!!! The only thing that could have made it any better was to have interviewed Holder!

Not the sharpest tool but a complete tool none the less.

I can’t wait for Thursday, after all the moaning about Foxhall & the lack of spectacle. I’m looking forward some super close fast racing with passing galore on a excellently prepared Sheffield track, I just hope it’s not a super slick gaters paradise!

All this slagging off uk tracks, just to put it in to context Lambert won heat 5 last night with the fastest time of the night, which I think I read elsewhere on here is the 5th fastest time of the season. So the track can’t have been that bad. His issue is he can’t hack not only being beaten but beaten by a mile by two superb top class riders. The other point is look at all the horrendous injuries that have occurred on the supposed super safe well prepared Polish tracks over the years. The real issue is to be successful in the uk you need to have some real skill & throttle control.

I wonder what Lambert’s beef was last night. Was it the track or the fact he got out rode in four of his heats? If the track was that bad he didn’t seem to concerned in heat 5 when he won with the quickest time of the night. Just seems a sore loser with a complete lack of sportsmanship just like Holder who couldn’t be arsed to collect his runners up medal in the cup final.

if you look closely you can see Holder out in front…..taken about the time he was psyched out of the meeting.