Steve Irving

He may need one of these.

This is genuinely the worst track I have ever seen in speedway bar none. diabolical.

He is but you have to be so careful bigging up these kids as the next big thing. So many examples of 16 year olds who promised everything and delivered very little. Plenty of examples in the other direction as well of riders not tipped to do much, who suddenly come to life and go on to have great careers. You never can tell.

No.

Rushen has badly run out of steam towards the end of the season.

Silly if they’ve signed him again. You’ll hear the cheers from Manchester all the way down in Suffolk.

Think you might have to settle for 7, rather than 8.

Did they? I’m not sure they did. Many pre-season said it was a decent effort and looked a solid side. The biggest criticism came late in the season when the team was badly underperforming and was losing out on a play off place to a team of misfits that was put together a few weeks before the season started! Ive yet to see any criticism of the team manager which I find a bit strange. Why are questions not being asked there? I’ve seen people praising him in the past as one of the better team managers but I’m sorry he doesn’t pass the eye test for me. Part of a team managers job is to generate a good team spirit and get the very best out of the riders at his disposal. This Lynn team should NOT have been finishing behind Ipswich’ ragbag team and lost so many home meetings so he’s failed hugely I’m afraid.

Danny King is 7.35. I don’t care how well he’s done for Ipswich this season or how many years he’s been there, you just don’t touch him on that figure when you see what else is available for less. Janowski 6.06 Masters 5.96 Brennan 5.91 Ellis 6.13 Lidsey 6.34 D Thompson 6.14 Flint 6.09 Rowe 6.07 You even have Zach Cook on an identical 7.35 but unlike King, he still has his best years ahead. Flint and Rowe nearly a point and a half cheaper but are upwardly mobile. There’s so many vastly better options. Sign King on his current figure and that eats in to what you can potentially have as your top 2. If Mayfield retain him then that’ll be a red flag in my opinion and show that they don’t know how to wisely put a winning team together.

Obviously the track changes are planned for this winter, but are the structural changes planned for this winter also or is it something planned for the future? Seems an awful lot of work to get completed before March/April…

The perfect response to a snivelling Troll. Fair play 👏🏻

A relief the 2026 season is coming to a close. Its been a difficult year but it’s done it’s job. Lets not have another winter like the last one. However many teams are assembled, get it rubber-stamped in November. Let all clubs build their teams fairly and on an equal footing to give the league some integrity, get the fixture list published in the new year at the latest, and let clubs get their season tickets out on sale in good time. Lets all hope also that Richard Coleman has managed to get the old farts to at least implement some kind of change to start the green shoots of recovery.

Nobody’s being “sacked” ordinary man. All the riders are out of contract in four weeks time. Enjoy the meeting tonight. Hopefully you can get your against all the odds victory over the line although I expect it’ll be a close run thing. It’s nail biting stuff. Good luck.

You’d be better off with this Godfrey than the one who’s currently in charge of organising the league structures and setting the rules 🤦🏻‍♂️

So the fella rocks up literally months ago, has got a GP round down there, is ploughing money in this winter to revamp the track and improve racing for supporters, and he’s talking to big names because Ipswich are “not there to make up the numbers”. But I thought he was a “FrAuD i BeT iPsWiCh FaNs WiSh ThEy StIlL hAd cHrIs LoUiS” right @SteveArena?