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Again.....Opinions and Predictions....It's in the title......Oh and well done on 2 out of last 3 season's, thats another subject, this is predicting 2025...Another Village Surfaces who doesnt understand the Subject.....Dear Oh Dear

It's only my opinion, and I standby i won't be discussing anything with you in October, bold prediction, but Belle Vue won't make Play Off Final, their is a clue in the title....Predictions for 2025.....

We are nearly into February, and Speedway gets ever closer, and i simply can't wait. Team building has been somewhat interesting, and there are a lot of If's and Maybe's, especially with a few new riders coming over, and a few movers from last season. Bit awkward predicting my team to win it, but Ipswich would surely be most people's favourites ( Minus Injuries of course), that bit's easy, but we all know what happened last season, so anything is possible. On the rest, Irrelevant of me being an Ipswich fan, i don't see Belle Vue retaining their title, or making the final, big season for Kurtz in the GP's, he will certainly be concentrating on that and Poland before he worries about the UK, and i agree with most Zach is no Ben. So Play Offs yes.....Nothing after that, although they could win the KO Cup, as they ride Ipswich right at the start of the season, and to be fair, those meetings could be a lottery. Sheffield will rely heavilly on the big 3, but Picko and Rowe could be key, especially around Owlerton, and for me i see them Again as Ipswich's main challengers. Final Play Off Place is anybody's for me apart from Oxford....Lynn...They lack an out and out Heat leader, will go very well at home, and start as slight favs out of the rest for top 4..... Lawson and Kvech the key there this season, and definetly not Harris. For me Leicester and Birmingham are a real unknown, just don't know what to expect, i hope Birmingham and Keynan Rew do well, i think we will know much more about them around Mid May, it's just a bag of Allsorts. Leicester are the team i want to make top 4, but Lawson is a big loss for them, and when Fricke goes missing (as he does...often)i worry that Howarth is No Lawson and Douglas,Masters and Becker have to start the season well, if they don't Leicester could finish 6th, but for me id love to see them back in the Top 4, as i aim to do many visits again to Leicester this season, love the crowd and the Atmosphere at Leicester, but boring as it sounds, could be 4th,5th or 6th. Oxford....Another track i will do a few times this season, and that is based on the friendly crowd, enjoyed all 3 visits last season......But, None of us know the ins and outs of their Team Building, but huge pressure on Janowski, Tungate and the returning Kildermand, and a massive season for Riss, he and Charles Wright really do have to up their game away from home, as i fear some big defeats on the road if they dont. Gusts is interesting, and looking forward to watching him in the UK and Killeen will definetly get better, but i just feel they have come up to short, i hope i'm wrong but i do fear the wooden spoon for the Spires. But how great it is we have 7 Teams going to tapes, we all knew Poole and Ford would back out of the Cup, biggest betting certainty in all Sport for 2025 that one, but we all now need to dust ourselves down coz the season isn't far away, and for us who have got teams to follow, let's not forget those Wolverhampton, Peterborough, Swindon, Coventry Supporters who still wait for the smallest bit of positive news on their tracks coming back to tapes in the Prem. Wouldn't it be great if just 1 of those returned, but fingers crossed more than 1 comes back. See you all in March,Iversen's Testimonial and the Ben Fund Bonanza will be my 1st taste of Speedway in 2025......And it can't come quick enough.

Dear Oh Dear......

I went to Leicester a few times last season, great crowd and good banter everytime, and will definetly return this season and probably not just to watch Ipswich. I know they had to drop some points, and losing Lawson for Howarth for me is a real kick in the teeth for a good bunch of Supporters, but thats the Points situation i suppose, but i have to say getting Craig Cook back is a disaster in my opinion only, i hope im wrong, but if i was a Leicester fan, that would dissappoint me more than Howarth. But their Gaffa does change things around, he isnt afraid to do that, so we will wait and see, if Cook wasn't 1st choice, and i expect that is true, then who was??

I can assure you 100% Kvech was NEVER in their plans, and it was another club trying to get him b4 Lynn, but they had no security at the time as to whether they would come to tapes. It's as simple as that. On this Musielak ongoing argument, i see he's only walked away from 1 club in the UK since his time Racing here, and i can't find it anywhere else that he's walked out on anybody else, but happy to be proven wrong??

Not arguing with some of your facts, but let's get it straight, Ipswich NEVER spoke with Kvech for next season...NEVER

Absolutely Spot On, and they have tried with Keynan Rew now for weeks, as Arch Stanton quite rightly has said many times, Belle Vue have Zack Cook already in, but he is right, let's wait and see, we know Mr Lemon can change things at last minute, and now Louis has called Keynan's bluff as they say, Keynan suddenly becoming available might mean a last minute change for Belle Vue, and they would do that without a seconds thought about Zack, they are no different to Ipswich or Sheffield, if they want to change Zack at the last minute, they will, it's that simple. I would say either way, out of these 2 named riders, 1 will be at Belle Vue and 1 will be in the Birmingham septet.

I have to agree with you on that, i don't think Tom joining Ipswich was ever the problem with them naming their 7, issues elsewhere, but Birmingham have really got to pull a couple of rabbits out of the hat now to get the crowds in Perry Bar. And as TTT says, if Pete Adams gets involved, i expect a few surprises in that line up??

Looks very likely now the final 2 are Doyle and Brennan, and to be honest, that is some side. Dissappointing to see Keynan leave (If True), especially if it is to do with Money, but i suppose we won't ever know that. On where Keynan goes, could be Birmingham although some have mentioned he might not do the UK this season, which would also be sad, especially after the season he had last year. Belle Vue is touted but by all accounts Zack Cook replaces his brother Ben as the only change there, so don't know what to think. Buit its the Annual P*** up this week, so i'm sure we will know a lot more by the end of the week. Quite a lot on here who get slated for posting teams and being in the know as they say, have this silly season got a lot right, and yes it keeps the forum going, and i thank them for keeping the Boring months when Speedway is finished entertaining. I just love this sport, and we need to keep the UK Flag flying.

A lot of people hear different things, and supporters talk, and this time of the year as ive been told by very reliable sources, that things can literally change at the very last minute. It may of happened here, but it may not of done, Doyle and Brennan could easily be the last 2 announced and Keynan has decided to go somewhere else, whatever the final decision by the club is made we as Supporters just need to buckle down and get on with it. I was one of those that didn't think Danny Should return this season, and I standby that, but i certainly won't be against him once those Witches Kevlars are on him in early March. He has taken some serious stick over the last 24 Hours from some quarters, and I'm always a big believer in if you pay your money you are entitled to an opinion....But some of the rubbish Danny has received over Yesterday and today for me is a bit OTT, have a sporting opinion yes, but let's not let it turn nasty. He has a Family that reads this stuff as well. To be fair, my 2 sources are not far out with the Ipswich side they predicted, and i still trust them, quite a few of us, if not ALL of us thought one of Danny or Adam would be the one to make way for Brennan, and it could be Rew who makes way due to a number of reasons. We will just have to wait and see, still could be twists and turns....

Spot On, He never even spoke with Ipswich in 2023, coz Ipswich were never in for him, so sadly not bitter at all, just stating the truth on the Anders situation in 2023. Needed to be addressed with truths rather than hearsay and Tittle Tattle.

He was wanted last season, i can 100% tell you that,and i can confirm 100% he wasn't spoken to by Lynn at any stage for this season. So many rumours on here, which we all get sucked into, but the Jordan Jenkins scenario, I don't need to get involved in rumour on Jordan, they are Facts. Boughen was always signing for Lynn as a R/S, all down to Chris Harris that one i'm afraid.

I think what i said about Jenkins has not come over correctly.... He was asked to join Lynn during last season as there were rumours Ipswich were moving him out of the 7, after speaking to Management on the rumours, and being told it was rubbish, he went back to Lynn and said Thanks, but No thanks as he wanted to stay at Ipswich. He was NEVER asked about joining Lynn as a R/S for the 2025 season....NEVER. Birmingham made an enquiry for 2025 to be their R/S, but at the time, it was unclear whether Jordan was going to be in the R/S list, so Birmingham made their move on Jason Edwards. Then Lynn picked Ashton, and that was always their 1st choice due to the fact Chris Harris had already agreed to ride for Lynn next season....So no Brainer. Then Oxford went for Killeen, leaving Ipswich with possibly Flint,Hagon,Mulford,Joe Thompson etc, but it was then agreed by Morris and his crew that Jordan would return to the R/S berth for 2025, and obviously he became Ipswich's R/S for 2025. At no stage has Jordan turned down a ride at any club, due to the fact he genuinely didn't know whether he was a R/S or not. They are simply the Facts of it all, and trust me im in a position where i know that is correct. If you ask me for my opinion on the R/S system how it works, then i agree with you all, i imagine phone calls and conversations go on behind the scenes, and sometimes it makes a mockery of the system, but i will defend Jordan, he didn't turn down a ride for any club, where i put not interested in joining Lynn, that was for last season not 2025.

It's a decent 1-7 for me. and as TTT said you finished last season very strong with near enough the same riders. Jenkins i can confirm was never in the running for King's Lynn, there was an enquiry at the latter stages of this season, but he wasn't interested, the club who did want him was Birmingham, but he's obviously back at Ipswich, and he didn't even know he was in the R/S category until a few weeks ago. Janowski sadly is just a Pipe dream that some have latched onto, unless Oxford have completely ripped up their 1-7 in last few days. As ive said on here before, although a Witches fan, and i go everywhere with them (not Belle Vue,as that's pointless)i do travel to watch Lynn, and towards the end of last season, they were good to watch at home, and with that 1-7 that is still just rumour, if it's true, that is a much more reliable committed 1-7 that their fans deserve to watch on a weekly basis and will be very powerful at Home and for me could easily get top 4.