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Get Doyley in please. 😉

Well the forum has died a death unsurprisingly with little to discuss now all teams are settled. Have I missed any? These are the ones that all of us Witches of a certain age remember fondly that will probably always instantly remind us of the Speedway if and when it comes on the radio. It’s amazing how music can invoke memories of things we love in all walks of life whether that be people, sport or incidents in our lives, or sometimes unfortunately remind us of not so good times. Are there songs other than these that are more personal to people, that will always remind them of Speedway? Maybe a song you always listen to in the car on the way to the track etc

5 weeks today the curtain raiser to the new season. Going to try and get along to this.

Last two season’s for Sheffield and Ipswich respectively 7+1 9+1 10+1 9+2 7+1 For a rider in the 5-6 average bracket none of that can be classed as “woeful” for an away rider. That has to be one of if not the best of his away tracks. He’s the 5th averaged rider in our team which shows the strength of the side. If he scores in a similar fashion this year with the four above him likely to score more, then Lynn won’t be getting a sniff of a victory home or away 😉

The AFA along with Leicester, are the two tracks I’m personally most confident of winning away at. Nearly all our riders enjoy riding those two tracks, even the “lesser” riders. King and Ellis can be inconsistent on the road, but they both win races at the AFA in particular.

No such thing as a “given” in this sport. Ipswich were the best side in the league last year all being equal, and it wasn’t even close really. But everyone knows what happened. If Emil had been injured sooner than he did, then Ipswich wouldn’t have even made the play offs. We/they were top at the time of his crash at Sheffield, but then lost the last 11 or 12 meetings I think it was in league and cup which gifted (yes gifted whether they like it or not) the KOC to Sheffield and the League to Belle Vue. The three top clubs who again look the strongest, may have the best top end, but they also have riders that are Elite because of the way they ride and the risks they take to win races. Doyle in particular, is one rider that is quite unique over here. He’ll treat heat 1 at Foxhall for a run of the mill league meeting, like a GP final. If he loses which he sees as his backyard, you’ll see him park his bike at the pit gate, rip out his cut out and storm back to the pits and slam his helmet down in his pit bay. He hates losing any heat, anywhere but particularly at Foxhall. That’s why he ends up with a 11+ average at Home. But with that, carries extra risk obviously. The teams that start the season in most cases, will look nothing like the teams that take to track in September. Either through injury, or strategic team changes. An awful lot of luck is involved in this sport, which means sometimes the winners are the luckiest, rather than the best. That applies to those that like a flutter as well. Little to no value in betting on the usual suspects, have a couple of quid on an outsider.

In your opinion. We’ll see.

I think they have a chance personally. Fourth spot looks quite open and it’s all about getting there then anything can happen. You could end facing one of the favourites who are stricken with injury.

Sadly it works like a charm! Stop replying to him/her people for crying out loud. You’re giving them the oxygen that they crave.

No probs.

Monday May 5th 2.15pm start. It’s on Ipswich’ fixture list and always has been. Not sure about Lynn’s as haven’t looked.

Love a Bank Holiday afternoon meeting. Don’t always produce the best of racing strip particularly in the summer but the extra numbers and atmosphere make it a great occasion. Looking forward to the East Anglian derby on May bank Holiday. Lynn having a more competitive side this year will add to the interest. Will be a bumper Foxhall crowd that’s for sure.

Eh? You’re making no sense whatsoever. Let me make it a little simpler for you as you appear to be struggling. Chris Harris himself released a statement saying that he wasn’t in Oxford’s plans. That’s the factual part. Now the rest of his statement is open to debate. My personal point of view, is he didn’t seem to have taken the news particularly well and was happy riding for the club. Of course I don’t know that and could be wrong there. But if it was a mutual decision or he himself wanted to move, then it was a very strange statement to make. But again, I have no idea as to Oxford’s reasoning for not wanting Harris this year, and quite frankly I don’t particularly care. The only fact we know, is that Harris wasn’t in Oxford’s plans because the rider himself said so.

I’ve missed nothing and it’s totally irrelevant as to the reasons of him not being in Oxford’s team in 2025. I was responding to a post that said maybe Harris didn’t want to ride for Oxford anymore, and that clearly isn’t the case whichever way you want to spin it. He was informed he wasn’t in the plans this year, the reasons why they decided that is completely irrelevant.

But we’ve literally heard his haven’t we. He was told he wasn’t in Oxford’s plans and didn’t seem particularly pleased about it. Pretty weird statement to make if he left of his own desire.

Harris himself gave a statement in October saying he wasn’t in Oxford’s plans and didn’t seem to be exactly pleased about it either. https://watch.britishspeedway.co.uk/articles/bombed-out

Excellent signing IMO.

It’s very close to being a team that will challenge for a play off spot and it probably would have if they’d managed to use all the points available for the last signing. I’d guess the uncertainty early on cost them options and left them behind the others in terms of planning. They’ve done very well considering, but it must be frustrating to be so close to an even stronger team that could challenge.

Well that’s turned out better than most expected. That’s a competitive side and will be a tough nut to crack on their own track. Might be found wanting away a little bit, but at home that team will win most of their meetings once they get dialled in.

Think people need to watch the incident again. He may well have broken his footrest, but that wasn’t what caused him to fall. He was simply being chucked all over the place by riding through the high dirt pile by the fence.

Uppa Witches 😁

I’m not convinced of that. Time will tell.

This looked the weakest part of his game the first season he was here, his gating was generally awful. But that improved considerably last season. The only downside for me with this years Witches team. Would have loved to have kept him in the side, super talent.

The only question mark around the inclusion of King was his fitness. Now it’s been updated he’s had successful surgery and is on course to be 100% fit by March, then he’s absolutely worth his place in the team. One had to go from King, Ellis and Rew, a fit Danny King is better than both of them currently. Some won’t like to admit that, but the stats don’t lie.

That was the plan but is now unlikely according to Adams in this weeks Star. They’ve had a couple of “setbacks” and he now concedes they’re likely to come in under the limit more than the other clubs.