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https://britishspeedway.co.uk/2023-rider-statistics/ I always look at the 2023 rider statistics here

You’re right, Dan is definitely an improvement on Joe. Flint is only averaging slightly more on 4.33 and everyone said he was far and away the strongest RS in the league. Jenkins is doing particularly well, averaging over 5 so fair play to him. I just think there’s frustration there that although Dan Thompson is an improvement, there’s a few others who look stronger including our own asset who we’ve just waved off to our play off rivals.

Apparently the 28 days for Barker is up on Friday, not Wednesday as most of us thought. So Barker (if fit) will ride on Thursday at Sheffield.

Which ever way you slice it, we’ve picked up a rider who the club we’re competing with for the final play off spot, have deemed not good enough and replaced. By OUR asset no less. Not a good look at all.

To be fair they’ve been on the rising star list all season and nobody else picked them either. Why didn’t Belle Vue pick either and instead go for Mulford? More to it then we realise I think. Ok Leicester have now recruited Kemp but it’s now June, but he’s an Ipswich asset and Leicester would have needed permission from Louis to do that deal and Louis has seemingly given his blessing despite needing to strengthen the RS spot himself so there’s definitely something going on there.

Or vice versa. It’s definitely one or the other because you wouldn’t intentionally recruit inferior riders if stronger ones were available.

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Just a guess

The attendance thing gets done to death on here. I’ll bet there’s more here tonight then any other club get on a TV night. We’re not all crammed in to a certain section though, the crowd are spread across a stadium with a 12000 capacity (biggest in the country).

“Hoping to be fit for Thursday’s meeting at Sheffield” eh? We not bringing Riss back then? Barker’s 28 days is up on Wednesday.. King, Hume and two for Rew then. Don’t think that harms us to be honest.

They did, and they were wrong.

So I’m guessing we should expect a long drawn out meeting tonight with plenty of gaps between heats? At least it’s a lovely summers day I suppose..

If he was allowed to, Riss would be taking his place back tomorrow at Foxhall instead of racing at Monmore Green. But he can’t. Nothing to do with Ipswich not risking him. Riss has already come through his comeback meeting for Redcar with flying colours. But yes, it certainly doesn’t harm Ipswich for Riss to get another meeting under his belt before he returns for Ipswich next Thursday at Sheffield.

I think I’d prefer that (as good as Tobi is) the way Nicholls rode at Foxhall earlier in the season! Rapid doesn’t even begin to describe it. Seems to have kept his form up all season as well for Oxford which is good to see.

I wondered this too but apparently Barker has to fulfil the 28 days before we can re-declare Riss.

For Tungate to tweet that his UK bikes were ready there must have been an agreement surely?

Think this fixture is huge for both clubs. Wolves Belle Vue and Sheffield look nailed on for the top 3, so the final play off spot looks at this stage to be between these two clubs. Leicester already have the advantage so a home win and the bonus point for Leicester and they’ll then be difficult to overhaul.

Guy is extremely wealthy, but even he doesn’t have a “bottomless pit” of money.

The Problem King has is he’s been synonymous with failure. No title since 98 and since then it’s been years of failure, and Danny King has been the one mainstay in all of those failures. It’s harsh because individually he hasn’t done an awful lot wrong, in a lot of those years he’s actually done very well. But, those that attend Foxhall regularly will tell you that the groans about King have grown noticeably louder the last couple of years on the terraces every time he’s having a bad ride or meeting. There just seems to be a tiredness about it all and fresh change is sometimes needed for both club and rider. Look how stale things got for Lewi Kerr at Lynn, but a move to Sheffield seemed to give him a new spring in his step.

You’re right of course, but it isn’t a surprise seeing as the Peterborough supporters have been kept in the dark over just about everything all winter and probably long before that. This is a general problem across the board in our sport although Peterborough seems an extreme case. Communication between the club(s) and its paying punters should be far far better than it is.

Something will be tried. Hamstrung a bit because of averages and options so whether we end up better off remains to be seen, but I’m pretty confident something will be attempted. Tungate wasn’t exactly a roaring success when he came in late last year, but he had his moments and his average isn’t too prohibitive. Wonder whether we’ll delay his move to Peterborough whilst we weigh up our own options..

Doyle scored 13 early last season, but then failed to score double figures on both occasions after that so doesn’t seem to be his best track. Don’t think he failed to hit double figures anywhere else last year, could be wrong though.

Absolutely no surprise at King’s score, it’s happened for the last three meetings now and he’s fell in to one of the ruts that he finds difficult to get himself out of once he’s in it. He’s struggled for Redcar in his last couple as well so it’s a concern as he’s pivotal. To be fair this isn’t the team originally put together and Louis has had to put a couple of sticking plasters on to stem a couple of gaping wounds but it obviously can’t carry on as this current side won’t make the play offs. Defeat on Thursday and then lose for a third time at home on Monday against a strong Sheffield and it could be all over. Very rare to make play offs with 3 or more home defeats. Getting to the point where it could be gamble time and make a few changes.