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Just goes to show that the King's Lynn's management don't truly believe in their 1-7. Busters practice session will more than likely pay off tonight now though.

Nicholls @ No.4 is baffling to me, Should be @ No.2 and then he can face Paco twice.

Spot on. Nobody is going to throw money at Speedway over here because it's way down the pecking order when it comes to a list of priorities. England/UK compete to an Elite level standard at most sports and that's why certain Sports get the big money TV deals like Football, Rugby, Darts etc. Where's Poland is the complete opposite, Pretty much a talentless country when it comes to Sports outside of Speedway and voleyball hence why the TV companies will throw the zlotys at Speedway.

If the track is grippy then it should suit PHB down to the ground. Brennan, Lawson, Musielak and King can all win races around the AFA so Paco and the King's Lynn reserves will have to come to the party. I think this meeting is very difficult to predict on the night, I'll go with a King's Lynn victory in a tight meeting but Ipswich could easily win again if one of King's Lynn's Top 4 has an off night.

After seeing everyone in the KOCUP perform, I'm very confident that this prediction is in the right ball park. 1. SHEFFIELD (Head and shoulders above everyone imo, Will wipe the floor with everyone at Home to a point where it's going to impossible to beat them over two legs imo) 2. BELLE VUE (Simply due to the Kurtz and Bewley factor, Rest of the team isn't much cop and Cook isn't a HL away from the NSS but Kurtz and Bewley put up so many points to a point where they'll see the Aces into the Grand Final imo where Sheffield will take them to the cleaners) 3-5 are all of similar standard who should win at home but they won't offer much away. 3. LEICESTER (Out of Ipswich, King's Lynn and Leicester, I think the Lions are the team that's most capable of picking up a few wins on the road and that's why I've got them in 3rd place) 4. IPSWICH (Nicholls is the weak link but overall Ipswich's 1-7 is a stronger unit than King's Lynn's who've got a very weak tail and it's effecitvely going to be a 4 Man King's Lynn team most weeks imo and that's no good because Kvech, Harris and Cook are all inconsistent these days) 5. KING'S LYNN (Got a No.1 but it's irrelevant as proven last night at Foxhall when losing by 10 Points and having to use a Tactical Ride due to the tail end not scoring any points against an opponent until Heat 14 and that should be the story of King's Lynn's season away from the AFA imo) The wooden spoon. 6. NORTHAMPTON (No Home track advantage really and no chance of winning away from home with the side they've assembled imo)

Good Team Performance to get the season up and running, Every Rider getting at least a paid win apart from Nicholls but he'll get it right at home eventually imo. King's Lynn have problems already, No member of the tail end scored a point against an opponent until Heat 14. The youngsters will come good but the KL promotion are asking too much too soon imo as they're racing against riders who've got years of experience over them.

Don't think this will be close, Ben Cook has never done any good around Foxhall, King's Lynn's reserves will surely need time to settle in imo. If PHB settles in straight away then this could be an Ipswich win by 20+ imo. I'll go with a 52-38 prediction though.

1. J. Lidsey 7.87 2. L. Kerr 5.36 3. E. Riss 6.46 4. N. Klindt 6.46 5. N-K. Iversen 6.71 6. K. Thomson 3.95 7. J. Mulford or L. Harrison (RS) = 36.81

Terrible news. Low lifes who've got nothing better to do other than drag others down, I hope the go fund me page goes well and Leicester can repair the damage.

Now that we know Northampton are running, Mayfield done well to get Lawson in considering he was name dropped for them on the podcast.

What I think the 1-7 will be. 1. J. Lidsey 7.87 2. L. Kerr 5.36 3. N. Klindt 6.46 4. C. Wright 6.11 5. N-K. Iversen 6.71 6. J. Jenkins 4.49 or J. Jeppesen 4.34 7. J. Mulford (RS) = 37.00 / 36.85

Great news. I wish the Northampton promotion the very best of luck and I hope it's a success.

I was very close to adding him and taking out Tungate and Kerr. Riss, Wright and Kerr were name dropped for Northampton on the podcast hence why I wen't down the route without Lidsey.

Only way to stop it, Is to bring in a rule stating that both reserves have to be British Riders which would leave Clubs looking something like the following. BV -> Mulford and Cairns KL -> Rushen and Scott LEI -> Kemp and Gilkes IPS -> Jenkins and Edwards SHE -> Harrison and Killeen

If Northampton run then..... 1. N-K. Iversen 6.71 2. R. Tungate 5.89 3. E. Riss 6.46 4. C. Wright 6.11 5. N. Klindt 6.46 6. L. Kerr 5.36 7. J. Mulford (RS) = 36.99

Where was this energy when Mark Lemon dumped Jake Mulford for Tate Zischke @ No.6?

For Home meetings I'd go. 1. Brennan, 2. Lawson, 3. King, 4. Nicholls, 5. Musielak Lawson would get an inside Gate to start the Night and visiting Riders won't get much change out of a King/Nicholls partnership around Foxhall imo. For Away meetings I'd mix it up based on how Riders go at particular tracks. When visiting King's Lynn and Leicester 1. Brennan, 2. Nicholls, 3. King, 4. Musielak & 5. Lawson Brennan and Lawson go very well around both King's Lynn and Leicester and we can end the night with Brennan & Lawson (13), Musielak and Hellstrom-Bangs (14) then Heat 15 with two from three (Brennan, Lawson and Musielak) When visiting Belle Vue and Sheffield 1. Brennan, 2. Nicholls, 3. Lawson, 4. King & 5. Musielak We'd struggle either way but Musielak is a former Sheffield Rider and Brennan a former Aces Rider so it's the strongest pairing we could put out in a Heat 13 around those tracks considering Nicholls is likely to struggle around both of those tracks as well as King, Lawson doesn't like the NSS.

PHB is a 4.50 so Jenkins even with a 2.5% Reduction would fit, I really like Jenkins and I hope he manages to pick up a PREM place Mid-Season but anyone would be insane to use him over Hellstrom-Bangs imo. We've heard that Mayfield have one eye on 2027 already and assuming that he enjoys British tracks then I think it's safe to say that PHB will be a Witches Rider for more than one season.

Being honest, I expect Scotty to struggle big time Away from Home. However that won't matter to us as we don't have a Team that's capable of winning the League this year. I'm confident Scotty will roll back the years around Foxhall though. All about getting those Home wins and then looking ahead to 2027 where Mayfield won't be stuck behind the 8 ball.

Injury free season with Scotty rolling back the years around Foxhall seems like a fitting send off imo.

Understandable imo. King doesn't exactly go well at most tracks away from Foxhall where's Klindt can score points everywhere bar Sheffield imo.

Same here, May not be a World Class GP Rider @ No.1 but it's still a statement signing by Mayfield imo and it shows the pulling power they have. Most of us have be worried about the No.6 position and they've managed to pull out a top young rider with a bright future ahead of him. Every fan base in the League would've been happy to see him in their 1-7 imo.

5. Ipswich (It's a Team built to win at Home imo, May have a little outside chance of finishing 4th if Musielak can get back to his Sheffield form and if Hellstrom-Bangs takes to British tracks well) 2026 Champions (Sheffield) They'll walk the League if everyone stays fit imo.

Mayfield have done well to get PHB in, Didn't see that one coming as I assumed he was nailed on for Belle Vue earlier in the winter. Didn't think he was coming over after they announced Kildemand. Think PHB will be better on the road but will give it 100% whilst providing bundles of entertainment for the fans and that's all we can ask for. I would've signed Brennan, Lawson and Musielak anyway for the Top 5 after Doyley and Emil's departures, I think that's a rock solid Top 3 in a weakend League where Brennan and Musielak have huge scope to improve, Rocket Man will do what he always does and that's score consistently well where he'll roughly finish on the same GSA. I'm glad Nicholls is in the side after he revealed that 2026 is likely to be his retirment year, It's only fitting that he finishes his career off at Ipswich imo. King is King, Should be good for a minimum of 7 Points a night at Foxhall, Away from Home is a different story but we can't win the League in 2026 anyway so it's irrelevant. Overall I'm relatively happy with the 1-7 considering the circumstances and I only would've swapped King for Klindt. Roll on to tapes up.

Thorssell riding in Klindt's testimonial. Can we read anything into that?