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Yes as a straight swap for Risager.

Maybe he is the re-incarnation of Alljack, and we don't need that again.

Don't want to see Risager anywhere near the team next season, never performs at the crunch time of the season like heat 14 last night. Gino has a three year visa according to the speedway star interview, but what average would he come back on? If Hume is at reserve wouldn't mind seeing Ashley Morris back as his partner, as he never let us down and was surprised he didn't get a team spot this season.

Well the 2016 season came to a close last night with a disappointing result to finish with. To finish the season with a defeat and low scoring reserves like how we started the season. On a positive note at least this thread is started a month later than the 2016 was last year, proved how well the team done this year. Now to wait a few weeks to see what the agm throws up to see what sort of team we can fit in.

Not impossible with our home form and with no tacticals allowed should be close.

Right, as this thread is about the speedway tonight. I think we should have enough to beat Newcastle, if they ride how they have been at home a 10-15 point win should be on but any win will do even by 2 points to secure the playoff position and knock those Panthers out.

You sound like Tatum & Pearson complaining about the restarts . Doesn't help when you have a ref who holds them at the tapes far too long. I bet Chris Gay has the most reruns out of all of the refs because of this.

More like Chris "Hold The Tapes Too Long" Gay. Most of the tapes were broken by helmet peaks, except heat 14 when Joe went through them but only got a warning!!!

The same one I would get rid of re my earlier post. Replace him with Rasmus Jensen.

The track looked a lot smoother this week than last meeting. Workington never started this meeting and looked like a team who cant win away from home and never attacked the track like the home boys. Lets hope that meetings like this don't raise our averages too much so we can track this team next season, minus Risager who just doesn't get any better and cost us getting 70 when losing heat 14. All in all a very poor display from Workington, the worst I've seen from a visiting team in years with the highlight being Danyon passing for fun and a truly deserved man of the match award. He seemed to be more relaxed as the meeting went on and got confidence from the heat win in heat 2.

What a great weekend of speedway, thoroughly enjoyed it all except the poor performance of the Witches on Saturday. We could've done with being in semi 1 as the track was better than semi 3 and we couldn't gate for love or money. Congrats to Plymouth, predicted they were the dark horses for the overall win and thoroughly deserved. Didn't mind the individual format as there were still hard fought races and it proved it was an individual event as Bjerre & Andersen showed. My only complaint was the stupid rule for going on the centre green, the sooner they bin it the better. If the rule is to stay why doesn't the ref raise the tapes to let the rider pass under, as they are quick enough to exclude them so they must see them coming up to the tapes. Fair enough if the rider comes full pelt over the centre green but most of the exclusions I have seen they go slowly around the starting gate not putting anyone in danger. Anyway off to Manchester on Friday and hope the racing is just as good in the world cup!

No reserves, they are in groups of 6 and both riders from the same team ride in the same heats as each other. They ride against the other 2 pairs of riders twice, therefore having 4 rides to qualify for the semis. The top two from each group go to the semis and the 2 highest scoring third place riders take the other semi places.

Same here will be going both days.

I think the refs take to much into what is said about Sarj's starts and his reputation goes against him. Fair enough he moved on the first running of heat one last night, but so did Pijper as it was him who caught his peak on the tapes but only Sarj gets warned.. In the rerun Sarj didn't move at all but the ref excluded him for jumping. There were more jump starts in the following races but the ref let them go, no consistencies from the refs but only going on reputation when Sarj has good reactions at the start.

Connor seemed to be turning his bike too sharp mid bend and locking up, maybe riding like he's at Mildenhall, but got more used to the track as the meeting progress culminating in a great ride in heat 12 to cap it off.

Had a crash in second ride and had blood pouring from nose. Great to see to scoring reserves last night, just what we have needed all season, capped off with a great ride by Connor in heat 12. To the Massif, I think the wind changed direction at one point last night and just about heard the bells from the home straight, I hope you didn't upset the surrounding people. At least you get the recognition you deserve from the presenters now. Will we hear the cowbells at the fours?

Well the test will be if I can hear your cowbells in the home straight stand as I sit directly opposite the massif.

No we are still 11th on points for & against, but only just.

But Harris has had 14 rides at the national stadium and has only scored 16 paid 18 whereas Danny has had 10 rides and scored 23. So it is between the two for the final place as Woofy, Cook & Lambert should start.

You have to look at column C which comes into effect on 1st July which puts our total at 41.44 which means we have 1.06 to play with.

With the new averages out for July Ipswich's combined team average is 41.44, surely we should be looking at replacing Paco who has now gone down to 3.01 with a reserve up to an average of 4.07. We can't keep conceding a 1-5 in the reserves race every meeting.

Best of luck to them, but I don't think we will be retaining that trophy. Shame we can't use Danny due to Cardiff. Have to feel sorry for Newcastle as well as they have both of their top two named as reserves for Cardiff so they have their third & fourth average riders at Somerset.

About as much chance as Ipswich making the playoffs.

Be careful Macca, first we get Captain Pugwash, now Windy Miller, I'm waiting for Pugh, Pugh, Barney MacGrew, Cuthbert, Dibble & Grubb to have their say soon.

Carry on trolling because you have proved you know jack sh*t. . Everyone is entitled to an opinion as this is a forum and everyone doesn't have to agree, but everything is not right at Ipswich. We praise the team when they do well but also have the right to criticize them when they don't, as in the end of the day we pay their wages.