Steve Irving

Have a look at the thread Lynn v Ipswich I’ve just moved up from May and read the last post I just quoted. Doyle had just had a horror crash, nobody knew the injuries he’d sustained as was was whisked away in an ambulance. Old Daniel Smiths first post? He didn’t give a shiny sh!t about Doyle. All he was interested in was his team now had a golden chance (which they inevitably didn’t take).

Look at this nobhead for a perfect example.

You don’t believe there were fans of other clubs that got a buzz when they got injured because it meant their team had a greater chance? You’re naive in the extreme if you don’t believe that. They’ll be smirking to themselves reading this, they’ll know. They won’t admit it on here of course!

Let’s just wait and see how Oxford shape up before predicting play off places. This Lynn team will be behind the top 3 that’s a given, but I think they’ll finish above Birmingham and Leicester. It’s the Oxford one which will decide who grabs 4th spot I think. Nobody seems too sure how they’re building their side so that’s the interesting one.

Dem were the days!!

The ONLY thing you have to cling to here, is Ipswich’ poor record at your track. You have to think that won’t be the case forever. At some point they’re going to suss it out. Did you not notice the gap at the top of the table between Ipswich and Belle Vue at the time Sayfutdinov crashed at Sheffield? The gap in theory should also be bigger next year. You’ve swapped Ben Cook for his inferior brother, Ipswich have swapped Rew for Tom Brennan!

It’s more the “hope” they get injured rather than thinking they will because they know their club has no chance without it. “Nobody likes to see riders get injured” will be a quick reply on here, lol bullish!t. It’s like the crocodile tears of posters coming on here when Doyle, and then Emil crashed, all sharing their caring sympathies whilst secretly fist pumping behind their keyboards because the team that was running away with it were suddenly out of the picture!! Let’s not pretend otherwise. You also have to laugh at those desperately analysing this Ipswich team with a magnifying glass trying in vain to find a chink somewhere in an obviously ridiculously good side because they want to believe their team will be just as good.

I blame Belle Vue. If they hadn’t been so selfish and kept their top 3 heatleaders there would be more heatleaders available to help the clubs lower down.. 😉

Like you also bet on Rew staying at Ipswich?

They’ll lose more at home than just Ipswich and they won’t win a bean away. We’ll see. Bookmark this tweet and we’ll come back to this at the end of the season. If I’m wrong, I’ll hold my hands up. Oh, and you’re also not factoring in that Buster will pi$$ off at least one member of the class of ‘25 who will end up going AWOL sooner or later like the others.. 😉

Someone at Foxhall has definitely slotted his Mrs.

Fair point.

It’s a very smart strategy. Someone mentioned earlier they’ve built with five Brits. That all helps with the reductions. Four of them have the 2.5% reduction, another has a whopping 25% (Thompson). They’re effectively nearly a point and a half over the limit. Smart.

Has a team named their entire lineup before the conference before? Really strange. Tuesday 12th November AM: Ipswich announce their final rider. Tuesday 12th November PM: 6 clubs vote for a 39 point limit. lol

You will. I’ll be surprised if you beat any of Belle Vue, Sheffield and particularly Ipswich at home. They’ll all have far too much firepower for Lynn to handle. That’s potentially 6 home defeats right there. With the greatest of respect to him, I just can’t take Lynn seriously with Ben Cook at number 1.

Nowhere near enough firepower in this team for me. Harris at reserve won’t counter that. Lynn will get outgunned more often that not.

Ipswich were the best team this year the table proved it until Emil bit the dust. Just goes to show you need a bit of luck to stay injury free and get the job done. They’ll again build the best team on paper, you have to hope and pray lightening doesn’t strike twice!

What does the “GSA” stand for on the 2024 statistics page then? No they’re not rolling averages that are used for team building/positions, but they’re an accurate statistic over performance for this particular season. They show averages for League meetings this season with bonus points, and a Green Sheet average for League meetings this season. Well no it really can’t can it? It’s an accurate average on a full season’s performances in league meetings. Those stats don’t lie. I personally find these useful and a more accurate guide to a rider’s progression or regression from their previous season’s “average”. I do agree though that as these averages are not used for official purposes, they may as well include all meetings although with some riders riding play off meetings and some aren’t, it will skew them slightly for comparison purposes. As will some riders not riding every league meeting through injury but there’s nothing you can really do about that.

Agree.

If that 1-7 is in the play offs, they’re winning it. Even taking account of their record at your place.

They would have had to reduce the points limit, which would have forced three clubs in particular to drop one of their big guns.

Have Ipswich played their hand a tad early here? All the others now know who Ipswich’ team is, so if they think it looks too strong they could club together and reduce the limit to 39, and Brennan suddenly doesn’t fit. Yes they would all have been working towards the same 40 limit and it may hinder their plan also, but they might think it’s worth it. They’ll probably know they’ll be relying on injuries again to give them any chance, they look well clear of everyone else.

You HAD to ffs you’re over the limit!! Actually I think your club is bang out of order. You have two number 1’s in your team, you should be more considerate to those lower down the food chain and released one of them. Very unsporting from the club who are the pillars of the Speedway community.

Agree. He always seems to be highly criticised on here for his tactical errors.

Oh there is, 100%. Every club, Belle Vue included, build the best teams they can within the budget they have, without a seconds thought for anyone else.