Steve Irving

Ah the old "it wasn't him it was his equipment" excuse that's so often trotted out. Skornicki always looked a strange choice for Wolves and surprise surprise he was crap. A half decent rider in his day and would have been a good signing a few years ago, not now.

"Still, the boys got a good win, Peterborough made the track look twice as tricky as it actually was and we all went home happy." And those the comments from another "professional speedway rider", the British champion no less, in his column today.

The only people to blame for any lack of entertainment were the majority of the Peterborough riders. When you first got there, did you look at the track and immediately think "this is far too grippy and won't produce good racing"? I'd be surprised if you did. Yes the track was grippy and when I saw the track upon entering the stadium I was delighted at what I saw and was expecting a good meeting. What I wasn't expecting though was to see most of the away side wimping out and not even bother trying! Absolutely disgraceful and so are the subsequent comments from the Peterborough management who I can only think must be trying to deflect the deserved criticism away from their riders. The track was a racers track and was there to be raced, for those that were actually prepared to attack it and race! Perhaps the Peterborough riders would have been far more happier at Sheffield on Thursday. That was an even worse meeting I promise you for totally opposite reasons. No matter how hard the riders were trying, if you didn't make the jump you were going nowhere fast. This is part of the problem these days, the tracks by and large with a minority of exceptions, are not prepared for racing due to the request of over pampered riders who seem to prefer a slick easy to ride billiard table to ride on. This is what they've become used to and IMO it's wrong. The fans are the most important aspect here. If the fans aren't there the riders won't have a job that's the bottom line. Tracks should be prepared for entertainment and the fans, not the riders. As has been said,Cameron Heeps' attitude was spot on. He opened the throttle, chased the dirt on the outside and was always making ground on those in front of him. He made some terrific passes. As for Rathbones sly dig in his press release, he too should be ashamed of himself. He should have been praising the efforts of the people at Ipswich for producing a race track fit for good racing, and then apologising to everybody who attended for his teams abysmal "effort" in doing any racing at all!!!

Crikey what an absolute prick!

Plus the changes were made very late in the day and rarely if any? Did all three of Cook, Bjerre and Thomson actually take to the track together at the same time. Thomson wasn't exactly a revelation either. At the end of the day we'll see and I could be wrong, but if I was a betting man I'd definitely have a punt that the line up will be tinkered with at some point before May.

Really enjoyed my first of many visits to Foxhall this year. Have to say, for an early season fixture the track looked in superb condition. Very smooth and consistent so full marks to the track staff.

Perhaps practice what you preach! You were the one who came on to a thread not involving the team you support, and fired the first barb, and then gotten the arse ache when someone throws one back!

Peterborough won't make the play offs IMO and I'd be surprised if the current 1-7 is the same after the cut off point in May. The top 5 isn't strong enough. All very well and good saying you have a stronger reserve than most, but how often does a "strength in depth" side with a strong reserve but average looking top 5 win the pots? Reminds me of Poole with the turbo twins eating up the majority of their points and still going with a strong third healeader whilst apparently have far too long a tail. They'd always win at a canter. Even Edinburgh won 3 titles on the trot going with Cook, Masters and sedgmen and a supposedly "weak tail". Give me a team with top end strength over a strength in depth team every time

Typical! I move away and suddenly things are looking up! Delighted to hear the positive vibes though and I'm looking forward to coming back.

Great looking side.

The racing is fabulous at Scunthorpe and the supporters are very fortunate to have a great track like that on their doorstep. I understand at the end of the day it's still a competition and you want to see your team win, but IMO I'd feel like I've won even if the team lost when the EWR serves up great racing which it does far more often than not.

Don't even know where to start with this one, yours is even worse!!

Your grammatical errors explains everything perfectly.

You're either blatantly a troll, or you're absolutely clueless when it comes to Speedway. Everyone will have an opinion, some will rate Ipswich as favourites, some will rate Sheffield or Glasgow as favourites. But to suggest that this Ipswich team will be bottom three then like I say you're either completely clueless, or trolling.

Perhaps you should look for a different sport to follow Phillip? Speedway definitely isn't for you.

Starke and BWD confirmed. Looks a very average team to me but I thought that about Somerset this year so who knows..

Got to agree there looks very little wrong with the track shape which should in theory produce decent racing. A quick look on google earth proves this. Perhaps it's other factors such as the type of shale used? Also agree that the old track was too narrow. Far too narrow in fact. Was maybe okay back in the day but as has already been said, the machines have evolved over the years and the introduction of the air fence made an already narrow track even narrower.

http://www.ipswichwitches.co/story/foxhall-track-work-begins In depth details of all the track work taking place.

https://twitter.com/chrislouisiwsc/status/805707948655837184 😉

I doubt that very much. Supporters of all clubs have had their say on all teams threads so you've not been reserved for special treatment so you can step down from that high horse you're riding 🙄

Some of Holder's scores this season were abysmal, same as the season before. That's why he finished his second consecutive season as an inconsistent 7 pointer. There was no improvement this year at all so it remains to be seen whether he's actually good enough to be the consistent number 1 Peterborough will need.

Broke-Back Mountain? Sorry..

The full team was listed on there last night because I looked. You're right it's now blank for whatever reason.

Another one. To be fair to Louis, he always seems to put together very good teams. One of these days they'll actually deliver! Maybe next season he'll get his rewards?

Does the page update itself or do you have to refresh?