Steve Irving

That's pretty standard just about everywhere these days, mostly processional racing with a scattering of good meetings here and there. Interestingly, even well respected race tracks like Kings Lynn have come under fire in recent times, mostly by their own supporters, for producing mainly poor racing.

Aye, and will spend the winter tuning up his old broomstick..

I think a little more credit to Ipswich is in order here! deary me. To pick up 4 away points anywhere in the PL is no easy task, and especially impressive when your number 1 fails to register a single point. Well done Ipswich.

That would be Tungate then.

Personally I prefer posts like that, than the posts from the likes of the Edinburgh lot on here who will predict gloom and doom stuffings at places like Glasgow and Sheffield, despite must knowing they damn well won't! Ipswich are a better side than Plymouth and should go through over two legs, luck and injuries permitting.

TBF you have read the website article wrong and your snide pop at Louis in your first post seems misguided. As Catch22 say's (which for some reason you're still not grasping), Louis hasn't been quoted as mentioning gates 1,2,3,4, inside gates, outside gates or Heeps improving. The change is obviously an attempt to get the lad firing, but the comments on the website do seem to be those from the webmaster and nothing to suggest they came from Louis.

I agree, but you'd think or hope, that he did or has pulled him aside. Not really on is it to admit that you've been turning up for meetings without motivation. He's 24, but in speedway terms he's still a baby. Only his 3rd year in speedway so if he's already struggling for motivation, then maybe best to pack up, go home and do something else.

They're typing on a fans forum not writing for a bloody tabloid!

Neither meeting will be happening, certainly not tonight's meeting. Still time for tomorrow's forecast to change, but change dramatically it'll have to.

Yes updates say's huge delay due to track prep being "messed up" causing Kevin Jolly to apologise. Is it the same guy who prepares Ipswich?

Hawkins is certain to be a big improver. He's never been heatleader material, but has made a career out of being a steady 5-6 point second string. 3.96 and at reserve, is a bargain.

That may be the "official" line, but one wonders if that is accurate. Blackbird's contract was exchanged for Oliver Rayson's, but Rayson wasn't Mildenhall's to exchange as he was an Ipswich asset.

Brady Kurtz is not a 3, and he's not a 5 either. He's an assessed 7.00 average. If the other promoters let this go then more fool them.

The team to beat so far. Just about every rider in that line up looks odds on to up their average, and that's the name of the game.

I've always thought it's crazy basing an assessed average on a riders nationality. Every rider, no matter where they come from, should be assessed on their achievements, talent and potential.

I can't see anyone here saying different opinions weren't allowed. Some of you Ipswich fans do leave me scratching my head at times. Risager seems to come in for plenty of stick, seemingly for being inconsistent. Well the league, any league come to that, is littered with them. If Risager was a little more consistent, he's be an 8 point rider. If he was a lot more consistent, he'd be a 9 point rider. Next season, every single club in the PL will have inconsistent riders, Riders who are match winners one meeting, and stink the place out the next. Heeps was part of the Ipswich TEAM. Every club that does particularly well has a rider that has a cracking season and puts points on his average. Glasgow won the title in large part due to Nick Morris doing just that, but even they had riders who disappointed at times. You're simply not going to have a team full of riders who will all up their averages and excel. Everyone would obviously like that, but in reality it never happens. Thank your lucky stars you haven't had to put up with the dross that the likes of the Sheffield fans have had to put up with in recent times.

Nicholls will be back at Ipswich.. Jungle drums have Ipswich moving back up.

Nonsense. Neither the Norfolk Arena or the Showground come even close to track viewing than Ipswich. Both tracks you mention, are widely regarded to be two of the best racing tracks in the country so few will disagree with your second point. That's not a slant on Ipswich, as since they widened the track and spent an awful lot of money doing so, they also now have an excellent race track too. Maybe just me

I personally couldn't care less how Barker comes across, I would absolutely love to see him as number 1 at Redcar. Barker is the kind of rider I like to pay my entrance fee to go and watch.

Not sure there's a better stadium in the whole country for viewing than Foxhall. You can literally walk through the gate, and then walk around the entire stadium and have an excellent view of the track all the way around.

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Is there really that big a gap between the NL and PL where Ellis can sail through a 21 point max in the NL, then not score a point in the PL a few days later?

Some people clearly don't take losing too well

Hasn't Ipswich only just confirmed Hawkins for the rest of the season? He hardly seemed totally committed anyway did he so Ipswich need to sack him off and get in a replacement. The young kid from Mildenhall done well the other night, but you can't rely on NL guests long term as it will severely hurt Ipswich' chances of success.

I'm not sure Ipswich does get a slating these days. They used to before they widened it, but chances are if they showed a meeting from Ipswich we'd probably see a decent meeting. I've been there watching Redcar the last couple of seasons and seen an absolute cracker both times.