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https://ipswichwitches.co/raceday-preview-leicester-rowe-motor-oil-premiership-r2-h/

Think it’ll be Nicholls and R/R personally, which isn’t ideal to put it mildly. Leicester riding far better than they did when they got thumped earlier in the season here.

Are either or both Kurtz and Bewley based in the UK? Don’t think Kurtz is but Bewley? If they’re not, then you can understand neither changing their plans to fly in for a guest booking. The Ipswich promotion will almost certainly be asking the question though as they’re the only option they have. These new rules are a joke. Even if a rider now makes themselves available Ipswich couldn’t sign them as a temporary replacement, they’d have to use guests instead. Why not use more common sense to these daft rules? What’s wrong with not allowing strategic changes after a certain point, but allowing a signing to replace an injured rider?

People are talking about this particular meeting though, not historically. And the fact remains that leaving a huge pile up of dirt on the outside was dangerous, and poor from the Sheffield track staff.

https://x.com/klspeedway/status/1821921709395431543?s=61&t=WGGG_bqEEeOH78cfmD9Reg

If Leicester don’t beat us then Sheffield probably will the following Monday. Severely limited options. We’ve carried the loss of Doyle brilliantly since May but trying to cover the best top two in the league with the options available is impossible. Fully expect Sheffield to now finish top, meaning we’ll more than likely face Belle Vue in the semi finals if Leicester don’t pip them and finish 3rd.

https://x.com/watchspeedway/status/1821869232453206063?s=46

I wouldn’t rule out Leicester leapfrogging Belle Vue yet the way they’re riding. Currently 5 behind with two meetings in hand.

Having just gone through the remaining fixtures of both clubs, if Ipswich remain unbeaten at Foxhall, then realistically Sheffield are going to have to win at the NSS to finish top. Sheffield, Belle Vue and the form horse Leicester, still have to visit Foxhall so still some difficult hurdles to jump over.

https://ipswichwitches.co/raceday-preview-sheffield-rowe-motor-oil-premiership-r2-a/ Harris guest for Woffinden, R/R for Doyle. From an Ipswich perspective the name of the game here is to keep it as close as possible with the bonus point in mind. I’m pretty sure both teams will win their respective home legs, but the bonus to either team could be vital this time around to decide who finishes top. Looking at the fixtures left for both clubs, the one thing in Ipswich’ favour is that Sheffield still have to go to the NSS whilst we’re done there for this season (barring potential play offs).

Steady on…

Absolutely.

Some good racing there tonight I thought. Ellis always in the thick of the action.

I don’t support Kings Lynn. It’s an opinion. The guests were good, but I’d also expect Basso and Musielak (or a.n other of his standard) to score 19 between them at home. Leicester have picked up the last few meeting and are now showing a bit of form, but they’ve been pretty poor most of the season. Lynn have a decent looking side when everyone is fit. Injuries and the problem with Musielak at 1 has killed them.

That team with a firing Musielak comfortably tops Oxford and Leicester. Their strength is at reserve. Look at Sheffield and Belle Vue in comparison.

Mon the Stars. Iversen riding really well atm. Becker isn’t a number 1 so did OK with 7+2, but if Lynn had a firing Musielak or A.N other scoring 12/13 at home like a true number 1, then they’d be play off certainties.

Would you like some tissues?

Of course it would! You’re living in cloud cuckoo land if you don’t think Hawkins would have got stick if he’d selected by far Ipswich’ most important rider in a dead rubber heat and he’d picked up an injury that ended Ipswich’ season stone dead. It’s a cast iron certainty he’d have been slaughtered on here today. The chances of him riding in it and getting injured are slim at best, but it’s still a risk nonetheless which makes absolutely no sense to make. I don’t accept the “short changed” nonsense either because we were running with Rider Replacement so Emil still took to the track five times which he would have done if they were running with a full septet.

I wonder if we’ll get our “guest” man a team suit for 4/6 meetings in September instead of a bib? Make him essentially a proper team member in effect

Well reasoned post Siggy. As for Monday, Uppa Stars!!

Absolutely. Fans have been starved of action recently and as you say, school holidays have now started. As for the result, I think Tel is being a little mischievous there. Yes, it was a meeting that we SHOULD be winning, but I didn’t see anyone predicting 55+ for Ipswich leading up to the meeting. I personally predicted a very tight meeting as most did, and if Kvech had ridden like he has previously at home and done a little better, it would have been just that.

Why? The meeting was over. Hawkins has explained his decision which at the end of the day, is his to make and the only one that matters. Jenkins had only had three rides because he was replaced in an earlier ride when the result was still in doubt. Giving him his fourth ride when the meeting was already won makes sense to me. He’s the one rider we have that seems to be struggling and a little low on confidence, so they gave him his 4th ride to try and get him going and get a confidence boost and by all accounts, despite not beating a Lynn rider he rode well in 15? So that may have been achieved. I understand people want to see the best riders as often as possible, that’s obvious. But sometimes you have to get over your disappointment and try and understand why certain decisions like last night are made. We have bigger fish to fry and have already struggled to navigate missing riders through injury pretty much all season.

Disagree with you totally. The meeting was won, and we have a cup final and the play offs to come. This is the very track that we lost our number 1 and STILL haven’t managed to replace him. Both Emil and Rew are both hugely important to any success we’re hoping to have this year. Lose either and it’s season over. You don’t risk either if you don’t need to, I’m sorry but that’s just bonkers to do so. I understand people being disappointed at not seeing them, but you have to be sensible here. If Emil was put in heat 15 last night when he wasn’t needed and he picked up an injury, I can guarantee this forum would be flooded with people this morning slaughtering Hawkins.

https://ipswichwitches.co/raceday-report-kings-lynn-41-49-ipswich-rowe-motor-oil-premiership-r2-a/ Hawkins explains his heat 15 decision here.

And much better is what we got. Well done boys.