Baldyman

Don't think he found Rohan, he just came over last year and visited a few tracks.

HE is on his way to Somerset.

I don't care about the reason, As far as I'm concerned, the right rider was let go. Who knows, he may well be back next year as a 2nd string/reserve

I take it Morten will be the new captain

Prob not, but its better to have a rider that can score between 5 and 9 most of the time.

SO will Taylor be number 1? OR Rohan? Let's hope that faith has been shown to Lanham and he can really start scoring like we know he can, and Morten at reserve:

Agree, a new asset is the way to go, and would maybe change the look of the team for next season.

An improvement yes but nothing amazijg. If was meant to have invested in new machines this year. He started ok for a few meetings but just like last season is going backwards again. I'm sure he was good at this level for a few years, but that was then, and this is now, and last night even conference league riders were leaving him for dead

Someone said on here somewhere, ok so I didn't hear it from him, but he will be as much as a joke as Lanham at 1.

But he deserved to be replaced, do Doolan's bikes always go slow in the summer just like last year? A rider of his experience and supposed ability shouldn't be riding like that. Maybe this is his true ability and he just rode well at big tracks like Lynn and workington? And if he was over the front of the bike he wasn't suffering with spinning then, where you have too much power. In the year and half he has been with us, I've only ever seen him have 3 or 4 really good top notch performances. And he doesn't want to ride at 1 either? If that's the case, he should pack his bags and find another job.

OK so Doolan went out after meeting, but he just rode round on same line, surely it would be a good time to try set ups for different parts of track or at least explore the track a bit more.

IS it really going to make much difference? Maybe Leigh may score a couple more, but I don't see Kevin doing any better than Leigh was. It must be close between Morten dropping to reserve and Matt moving back up?

That's the thing, its not up to us to do something or mention the things that could be done, you are right its not our job. The only thing we can do is choose to support the team or not, and going by some of the crowds, It's gradually turning into not. Obviously Morris was available, but not for us as a Thursday club, and I guess there isn't any other riders available that would fit, that don't already ride on a Thursday. I think we are stuck with what we have. Still, there is always next year.

Oh, I see now.

Well with only 3 heat winners last night and 4 on Thursday and I think only 4 or 5 again a fortnight before that, I wouldn't have said they were desperate for heat wins. Putting Doolan at 5 does seem the best option although I doubt it would improve his form but might help in getting 3.3's by filling in 2nd and 3rd's. I would also give Lanham and north pairing a go, ok so that leaves Morten and Rohan at 3 and 4. Maybe that would make Morten give a bit more.

There may or may not be any 6 pointers available, but the more the rider averages drop, a new rider might not be an improvement. So team riding order change, that doesn't mean Doolan would score any more at 5 than he does now. What I don't really understand, is why the team manager still hasn't tried a different riding order. What have we got to lose? It can't get any worse.

You normally make some very sensible comments, so what would you think needs to happen with not many options to choose from.

So Doolan's should start going up soon cos last year he had a low scoring patch for quite a while.

Yeah that sounds better lol. About the averages.

I think all the rides are added together and then divided by 4, I think.

With yet another big score tonight, could Rohan have a spell at number 1 this season?

Apparently you cannot discuss the current team on the ipswich Facebook pages without it being deleted, what a strange attitude.

It is dangerous going from sun to shade and shade to sun, just ask any rider doing 200 mph at the isle of Mann tt with brick walls each side of them going under the trees or between houses. They are always stopping the racing because of this. Oh no sorry they don't. In all seriousness though a quick break isnt really the end of the world, and any real fan would be gutted if one or any rider was seriously hurt.

Where the hell have I ever said I was a realist? And if you read my post again properly you will see that I only agreed that we could have had an 8.3 rider, not that we should have signed one. I was more of the opinion that it could have been possible to sign a new asset on a 7, since that was one of the reasons given to drop down to this league. How do you know I haven't spoke to Chris or john or Pete? I have no problems with talking to any of them, infact I know Chris reasonably well since I used to mechanic for an ipswich rider and play football every week with the other mechanics and riders with Chris. I have also spoke with both Chris and Pete about possibly changing the rider order and have asked them if they have looked at certain riders not riding in this country at the moment and others what do. Please don't try to make out that I am all mouth and no trousers, cos that is something I am certainly not. It doesn't mean that I have to be happy with the way the team is performing at the moment though. It doesn't mean i have to happy with the riders not practicing to put right their problems when they have the time to do so.

But didn't Newport's crowd dwindle before they made their changes that turned them into a better team. Now if they had started with a good team the crowd may not have dwindled, who knows. Ipswich crowds always start pretty good, until things start going wrong and things are just left to fizzle out. Plus at ipswich we have a bigger fan base to start with. A successful team could easily see our crowd double to what it is currently.