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He literally beat him in a World Title race.

Well that's the GP's over for this year. Means nothing until Emil and Laguta return.

Lambert should be walking this GP but he's such a poor gater to a point where he's having to work overtime for it. By far the fastest.

Gate 1 was the best gate in last night's SGP2. Zmarzlik was one of the slowest in qualifying (13th) I think he's worth taking on again tonight. The fastest in qualifying was the very consistent Michelsen followed by Bewley in 2nd, Vaculik 3rd & Lambert in 4th. Based on riders draws and form I shall back the following bets, All In-Form riders who are currently 2nd, 3rd and 4th in the overall standings. £17.75 Stake altogether to get a return of just over £50.00 on any of the three winning. FREDDIE LINDGREN @ 6/1 with William Hill (4 GP Podium finishes in his last 5 GP's so the value has to be snapped up imo) ROBERT LAMBERT @ 8/1 with bet365 (Finishes with 1 x Gate 2 and 2 x Gates 1's so if he can get 3 points on the board early then you'd fancy Robert to get 7-8 points off the inside gates in his last 3 rides, Robert has reached 3 of the last 4 GP Finals as well and he's surely got to win one soon because you cant keep on falling at the final hurdle) MIKKEL MICHELSEN @ 12/1 with William Hill (Fastest in Qualifying, 2 Gates 1's and 3 inside Gates altogether should see him put in another solid display at GP level, Has made the top 8 in 6 straight GP's including 2 GP finals in his last 3 starts)

Need to price Brennan out of his verbal agreement with Brum.

Magic Janowski recently had this to say in an interview with RedBull.com, Translation taken from Sportowefakty. The Polish representative talked about his return to the British Isles, where he races in the colours of the Oxford Spires. Naturally, the question was asked about continuing his career in Premiership where Maciej Janowski said I want to continue competing because I feel good there. He confirmed that if the squad is close to the vision that was discussed, he will stay at Oxford.

Parnitskiy 5/2 In-Play gets last nights losses back.

I'm seeing some value tonight in Ipswich riders for a number of reasons. King isn't fully fit after last night so IRR could come into play and Ipswich could be down to 5 riders, If that does happen then realistically they've got 3 options for Heat 15 Ellis, Rew & Brennan as D. Thompson will surely have used up 7 rides by then so the bets I'll place will be the following. SHEFFIELD -4 @ 5/6 (I think King will withdraw early and that'll be that for the Witches) ELLIS Over 9 @ 5/4 (Statistically Ippo's strongest rider around Foxhall out of the riders who are riding tonight, 5 Rides Minimum and you'd think he'll go in Heat 15 as well against a weakened Sheffield pairing because I can't see the Holder brothers going in Heat 15 for sure considering the title will already be won by then with both riders having important meetings at the weekend in the GP and Poland respectively) BRENNAN Over 10 @ 5/6 (Has been very strong around Foxhall this season, Double figures on his last two visits riding at No.5 and I see Tom going in Heat 15 alongside Ellis, I think certain big Sheffield riders will take it easy after the trophy has been wrapped up as well by not taking any risks, I can honestly see a Ht 15 pairing of Howarth and a reserve if Picko doesn't want Heat 15)

Need to refuse to hold the meeting, What's the worse punishment they can recieve? Points deductions = No because it's a Cup tie. Fine = More than likely wouldn't be as much as they'd lose on the gate anyway, Therefore happy days.

No because that's not a whole team. Ipswich have had every member of the 1-7 on the sidelines at some point, Some riders have even been on the sidelines twice.

Can you voluntarily relinquish your place in the play-offs? If you can then Ippo should jump at the chance because it's beyond ridiculous now to a point where it holds no financial logic to run another meeting at Foxhall this season.

I've never known anything like it in Speedway. Whole team is basically being wiped out at this point.

I hope Ippo don't lose too much money on Thursday. I cant even imagine 100 Ippo fans turning up to watch Sheffield lift a trophy and stroll to another one sided victory against the injury hit Witches side.

Rules are made to be broken, I'm just surprised that Ipswich have abided by them.

NKI too.

You just knew KL were going to win tonight after the farcial play-off announcement.

To not get beaten by reserves when he's suppose to lead by example as a HL and club captain.

Danny King is basically Ippo's version of Casemiro at this point.

Lidsey's scores have been even worse around Sheffield. Either way it doesn't matter because everyone who's truthful knows full well that Ipswich would've done the double this year if it wasn't for injuries.

William Hill still haven't updated their odds after GP Qualifying, Zmarzlik was one of the slowest in Qualifying so it's worth taking him on even though he'll more than likely get it together tonight. I've backed the following 3 riders, Lambert 1st in Qualifying (8/1 Hills), Janowski 3rd in Qualifying as well as a Wroclaw rider (12/1 Hills) and Bewley 6th in Qualifying (Boosted 6/1 with 365), Wroclaw rider and the last time he won the British GP in Cardiff he went on to win the Wroclaw GP as well so maybe it's a good omen.

Ippo won't win another meeting this season, You cant sink any lower than losing to a make shift Birmingham side at Home that features R/R, Voulas and Z. Cook in the engine room. King's gone missing again when he needed to step up and be a captain.

Even some of the KL ITK's are saying the clubs future is up in the air at the moment hence the reason why I'm not predicting a line-up.

Some say yes, Others say no. I left them out because I don't know who they'd get in if they do run apart from NKI and Klindt. Did Basso quit? Rowe sounds like he's Sheffield bound going by this thread, Lots of talk about Kvech being linked with Ipswich as well.

Emil has unfinished business and it's Ipswich that offered him a chance while Sweden wouldn't due to politics so I'd be shocked if Emil sided with Sweden tbh. I think Ipswich picks itself if everything goes to plan with Kvech the only newcomer in place of King.

Assuming they all want to return then the following would be locks imo, Few opinions thrown in as well. BV 1. Bewley 2. Blodorn 3. B. Cook 4. ? 5. Kurtz 6. Zischke 7. Mulford (RS) BRUM 1. Lindgren 2. Z. Cook 3. Brennan 4. ? 5. ? 6. Lampart 7. Flint (RS) IPS 1. Doyle 2. Rew 3. Kvech (Opinion) 4. Ellis 5. Sayfutdinov 6. D. Thompson 7. ? LEI 1. Fricke 2. ? 3. Lawson 4. Masters / Becker 5. Douglas 6. ? 7. Hagon (RS) OX 1. Woffinden / Musielak (Opinion) 2. Riss 3. Janowski 4. Harris 5. Tungate 6. ? 7. Boughen / Killeen (RS) SHEFF 1. J. Holder 2. Howarth 3. ? 4. Pickering 5. C. Holder 6. ? 7. Edwards (RS)