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No surprise really when the Belle Vue side was announced i thought numbers 2,4,6,and 7 would give us a long tail and if the top two have an off night something like this could happen. Its only two meetings in but that tail has to start firing and find some consitency, Kings Lynn Monday will be interesting will we bounce back? Going to be difficult Stars look a solid outfit this season.

Ipswich arent the only team to suffer misfortune, we lost out in the play offs when Bjerre broke his leg and we couldnt replace him, Kurtz injury at Peterborough and going back farther i can remember Les Collins at Sheffield in a league match and his ef on the last lap cost us a win and hence the title that year. Thats not to say we would have beaten Coventry with Bjerre or Peterborough with Kurtz, we all know who should win meetings games etc but it doesnt always work out as it should, Liverpool v Wimbledon for example if Liverpool had a catalogue of injuries when Dons won the cup people would be saying Liverpool would have won with a full team but they didnt. Ipswich could also have come up short with a full side ef/injury/ exclusion etc. Stop feeling sorry for yourself weve all been there.

Be interesting to see the price structure after the SON and the FIM,s pricing.

Yes Manchester has always been associated with wet weather, what surprised me was the list of the wettest cities in the UK, number one Cardiff with a monthly average rainfall of 96mm and 12.4 days per month. Manchester? We came in at number 15.

Rew would definately have benefitted from another season at Ipswich, given the reported crowd figures at Birmingham i wonder how they can find the money to satisfy Rew,s demands? Given the club seems far from stable a strange decision to move there, is Tolley going to over commit financially?

We won the Premiership but i would have preferred to do it against a Full Ipswich side, i certainly didnt want to see the injuries to Doyley and Emil two great riders i have a lot of respect for i certainly dont want to see any riders injured, weve suffered in the past with injuries in play off finals and its so frustrating, win or lose we all want to see full teams going for it Ipswiches injury list this season was unreal and you have to feel for them.

I see your point but the throttle jockey track hasnt had any negative effect on Dan for example when it comes to tracks like Cardiff and Leicester. Not the "technical" tracks around these days like there used to be.

Well done Aces 2024 champions cant comment on racing as im away and have no facility to watch the meeting. Comiserations to lions, i really thought Fricke would have been well into double figures, but really feel he has now reached his level, not great over the two legs.

Probably looking for some sun,😎

Injuries have played a large part starting with Bjerre in 2005.

Sad news i remember him well RIP, im glad we are not facing that Leicester team.

Well remember that meeting Wilkie losing it and the police escort out of the stadium

You have the chance Monday mate, and i think its all to play for.

Wow the forecast down there and they talk about Manchester, we are tenth on the list of wettest cities in a recent survey, Leicester doesnt feature at all, appears to be having rainfall way above the norm at present. Hope it starts to clear up.