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Yes but if Doyle was not coming back and replaced by Brennan and we didn’t upgrade anyone in the team that would be madness, as much as I love Dan Thompson and think he’s really going places if you’re losing Doyle for Brennan then you’re getting 3 odd points to turn Dan t into a 6-7 point rider in the team and pushing rew to reserve

Someone mentioned a while back Rew was asking for more money than Louis would pay him, maybe he hasn’t backed down and Louis has said fair enough see ya

The unthinkable of Doyle not being back doesn’t really effect a rew/brennan debate tho does it, if it’s Brennan replacing Doyle then we’re what 4 points under a 40 point limit? That really makes little to zero sense

Danny king announced

I’d say we have bigger crowds at Ipswich than Sheffield, tbh tho it’s immaterial who has the biggest crowds just want to see every club bring in more punters and sponsors and keep speedway going in this country 👍

Zach is better than Ben round Foxhall too so could be of benefit in any two legged ties against ipswich - dunno if the same goes for some of the other smaller tracks too?

If neither king or Brennan are Ipswich then who’s our 7th rider!?

And just like that I’ll be there every week irrespective of the other 6 names on the team sheet!

Don’t think I’ve ever seen wright score more than about 7-9 points at Foxhall but maybe your memory serves you better.

It’s about 3 years now since you were adamant max fricke would be the top rider in the league and Jason Doyle was in decline how’s that looking!? start of this season Doyle was right in the mix for a world championship challenge before he was injured, this happened in 2016 and in 2017 he was world champion! So we’ll see older yes, but I’m sure he’ll return with the bit between his teeth again in 2025. Emil looked just fine upon return from injury for Toruń.

How did belle vue fair against Ipswich in the playoff semis 2023 when we had our top 2 available? 👋👋 Even with an unfit riss and weak replacements at 7.

Certainly is, it did improve greatly this season but needs to keep working on it for sure

Rew is no gater

Agree Edward’s firmly on an upward trend but can’t agree he’s progressed more than Dan t or rowe. dan t went from 4.86 to 7.55 last season in the champ

I wouldn’t think Ipswich would move off of Thursdays much either, Thursday has long been their regular race night and crowds are noticeably less on a Monday - albeit that’s probably due to them usually being televised

How many of the world beating polish juniors have developed into top top riders tho? They get huge sponsorship and top notch coaching and equipment early which imo gives a false perspective of ability. the polish dominance at junior goes back a long way and very few have gone on to be top Grand Prix level riders where are the likes of drabik and smektala now, cierniak didn’t set it alight last season either. And it goes way back to the likes of Robert miskowiak, karol zabik, Arthur mrozcka…

The criteria is 23 and under on 1/3/25 and not a current 4.00 or above top flight average.

Jenkins at rising star is superb!

Chris Louis went to a huge effort to bring emil over here, he’s well looked after, adored by home and away fans everywhere he goes and says the technical tracks are helping no end skill set wise. Lots of stories of not getting paid in Sweden the last few years - while there’s been troubles at some clubs in uk I’ve never heard a whisper of Louis not paying riders, most riders who’ve ridden here state it’s the most professionally run club they’ve ridden for in uk. it was interesting as well what woffinden said on the mic after his first visit back to Foxhall and some of the other smaller tracks, that it had been so long he’d almost forgotten how much fun you can have on the small tracks, end of the day they’re trying to earn a living but also they do all just love having fun on their bikes don’t they

If king had of scored 6-7 away to Leicester in the play offs we’d have been in the final, but he didn’t he scored 2 riding at no.2 he’s been a fantastic servant to the club, criticisms of him often have been ott like you’ve described above with people expecting him to ride beyond his level, but the fact is when it’s gotten to the business end of the season in the biggest meetings he’s let us down more than once. for me it’s time to say thanks for the memories and move on.

When is the agm?

You ride half your meetings at home and Ellis is very good at Foxhall, injuries are an issue but I think he’s good value on his average. would like to see doyle, Ellis, rew, Brennan, emil, dan t, rising star wpuld like to see Boughen as the rising star but can’t see Oxford letting him go and I’m not really clued up on who would be eligible for the rising star list next year so time will. Tbh I’d be more than happy to keep Jordan and Dan as our reserve pair and just swap out king for Brennan from this years side if the rules allowed

I mean we’d have won at a canter if emil and Doyle were fit

I think all the teams in the league have been grateful for emil riding in the uk the last two years, put numbers on every gate! class act on and off the track

I’d prefer kvech to tarasenko, Doyle and Dan Thompson are musts, rew high on my list too as he progressed well this year and more improvement in him. Would like to see Brennan a full time with and Ellis has done enough to back too all depends on emil really if no emil then maybe doyle rew brennan ellis kvech dan t and see what we’ve got left, if emil’s coming back which I hope he is then obviously won’t be able to fit them all in, as others have said I’d be very happy with musielak hard to put teams together before we know the team building structure and points limit - ie is the rising star program continuing and is Dan eligible or not, is Jenkins or not etc