Steve Irving

I think it’s pretty evident that to a fair few Ipswich supporters, Chris Louis walks on water and can’t do a thing wrong. They’re going to back him no matter what. Which of course is their prerogative. As a neutral, he’s rightly being criticised by others because he’s treated his own supporters appallingly here.

Your point would carry far more weight if he wasn’t alone and others were doing the same. But they’re not are they? There’s four other clubs in that division, all four are not as well backed as Ipswich, and all four don’t get the numbers through the gate that Ipswich do either. And yet all four are prepared to battle on to save Speedway in the top flight while Louis has bailed. Louis has seriously let down the people of Ipswich and the amount of people coming on here and defending him is bonkers!

As far as I’m aware, he had no other job outside of speedway? So unless he made enough money out of his riding career to never work again (obviously not), then he simply MUST be earning a living out of Ipswich Speedway. Just like his Father John did before him. Id also bet that the 5k+ attendance at 24? Quid a pop (no season ticket admission remember) for the play off final has nicely paid for his little Holibobs to the other side of the world!

Yes, really. We’ll agree to disagree.

So Sheffield now join Belle Vue, Leicester, and Kings Lynn in confirming their place in the Premiership in 2026. Complete radio silence from Ipswich way leaving their supporters completely in the dark as to whether they’ll see any speedway next year. Meanwhile, the clubs owner has buggered off to Australia, at the most crucial time in the clubs history. Louis has treated the Ipswich supporters abysmally here I’m afraid.

Why are you believing anyone on here? You, or anyone else on here haven’t got a clue as to the genuine reasons why Louis has put Ipswich up for sale. @RoundTheBoards This time last year by the way, was telling everyone on here that Keynan Rew was definitely in the 2025 Ipswich side when the reality was, he’d long since done a lucrative deal with Birmingham! That’s the problem with this forum. You get an awful lot pretending to be “in the know” when the reality is 99.9% don’t know their @rse from their elbow. Another classic from last year was someone claiming to have been with Ellis at a certain weekend, until his father came on and said Adam wasn’t even in the Country, he was having dinner with him in France! LOL.

Jack Holder also fits Flagrag’s description of “great new number 1 who if can master the track, could push him on in the GP’s”. Fits Bewley also to be fair.

Which one?

Another one hooked. Don’t take the bait Iain, you surely know what he’s all about by now.

That was my initial thought reading Flagrag’s post too but just looking at the averages, Belle Vue finished on 39.77 (Although not the final GSA’s). So if it’s 37 for top six, they could keep the top two, and replace Lidsey with a five pointer and drop below the limit. PHB maybe?

Yes unlike Emil, he hardly screamed “commitment” did he.

Buster did complain after he left that the team was left “over budget” but I’ve no idea what financial input Brady had whilst he was there. Perhaps it was affordable to HIM, but after he left, not affordable to others?

Anyone know the real reason Brady walked out on Lynn? The “official” line I seem to remember was that he needed to spend more time with family and his other business, but there was all sorts of rumours that all wasn’t well between him and others behind the scenes. Brady seemed to be the ambitious one at Lynn, personally doing the Laguta deal himself by all accounts.

Well if he’s sold it, it no longer IS his problem is it? I’m sorry, I’m not really following your point here.

Nobody really knows do they? And to be honest, it’s nobody else’s business. He’ll have his reasons and to walk away from a club he’s spent all of his life associated with, wouldn’t have been easy for him. Everyone needs to respect his decision.