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He’s been here less than four months Iain.

It needs a complete overhaul, a fresh promotion with different ideas and a different attitude. Until that happens, then I’m afraid you’re right. Fair play to the loyal band of supporters who keep turning up though. They’ve had little to cheer for years, but there remains a decent core of support. The potential is there.

Not sure I agree with “there’s no chance Ipswich or Leicester should be above this Kings Lynn septet” comment. I always thought there was very little between the three of them. All three have weaknesses in different areas of the team. From an Ipswich perspective, we’ve made a cup final and sit in a play off place with our senior reserve contributing next to nothing. Bangs was supposed to be our “trump card” at reserve, he’s been anything but. If he’d scored what was originally hoped, or we’d signed our initial target (Thorssell) we’d have been challengers. Lynn always had issues for me. Despite the fanfare around Rushen, he’s still only 16 and was/will have slumps this year. The high average of Fricke left a big problem with a 1-5 rider who Lynn were always going to have to carry, and the biggest mistake of all was re-signing Cook. Everybody saw his “commitment” previously, why on earth would anyone think “yeah we’ll have some more of that”? Poor signing. Lynn, Ipswich and Leicester all look a similar standard to me. Leicester possibly slightly the better of the three as it stands.

You’re very unlikely to get a single point from Nicholls there. It’s one thing scoring double figures on a piddly little track like Plymouth in the Championship, it’s another entirely when you visit a track where you need pace in the top flight. IF we visit the NSS again this year in the play offs, he won’t score a point then either. You’re also going to get next to nothing from Nicholls, Lawson and Bangs combined there. The result is a thumping as expected. Take your point though, the scale of the defeat was probably a bit more than hoped. It was never going to be anything else. The likes of TTT suddenly have it in for the new owners, which I don’t understand personally. They came in at the end of February so this season was always going to be a write off. If you’re ever going to have a “write off” Season, then this abomination of a season is the perfect time to have it! By all accounts speaking to those that have had dealings with him (Arch on here for one) Coleman strikes an impressive figure and has big plans ahead for the club. People need to get off his back and stop the cry arsing a few months in to his reign. It’s a bit embarrassing to be honest.

At least the new club logo looks nice 😁

Where has it been said Doyle wouldn’t be in their budget?

Yes he does. He started terribly for whatever reason, but like you say, is now riding very well again and regaining his confidence riding at reserve in the Championship.

We have an issue at reserve and it’s going to have to be looked at it’s as simple as that. With the way we built, it was meant to be our strong point but Bangs just hasn’t worked out I’m afraid. Not reading in to any of the others today, we know they don’t go well here but this was supposed to Bangs’ strongest track and he’s stunk here twice now, along with everywhere else.

That’s already two home defeats and that’s tough to come back from. Ipswich have a crap side this year as shown tonight, but our Foxhall form will probably see us fourth by default although we’ll only be there to make up the numbers.

That’s over a year old though Sid and that article does say discussions will continue to take place over the use of E-Bikes in regards to using them at licensed tracks in the future. The Ipswich press release said “Coleman has reached an agreement that will open considerable opportunities for the Rowe Motor Oil Premiership champions” Perhaps that “agreement” reached is now the green light to use them, and not stadium related as some of us initially thought? Probably too much of a coincidence that Coleman has just purchased a load of E-Bikes, and them now calling a meeting of media. Sponsors and fans for an announcement. Think Phil could well be on the money here. Maybe some sort of Academy/training school at Foxhall most days which would be fantastic for British Speedway.

https://ipswichwitches.co New club logo.

Mulford in for Scott

Cowboy Cook.

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Hawkins has, quite a few times both on local radio, and when interviewed at the track.

How good has Danny King been this year? Lost the top two and he’s really stepped up to the plate and been consistently good. Good for him.

Reading the press release again I’d say it’s almost certainly stadium related. “Coleman has reached an agreement that will open considerable opportunities for the Rowe Motor Oil Premiership champions”.

My initial thought as well.

Very interesting indeed.

He’s admitted himself he can’t gate, which is why he claims he rides the way he does because he’s always playing catch up. That was from his interview pre-season. But I actually thought his gating looked pretty decent in the few meetings for us! I feared the worst but he popped out in front a few times at Foxhall

He does, but it still isn’t encouraging is it? He’s usually much better than this in his homeland. For whatever reason, he’s struggling badly this year.

Opinions will vary. Attendance notably increased when first Doyle, then particularly Emil arrived and stayed consistently good. Speedy may not have noticed a decrease (or much of one) this season, but I have definitely noticed a drop off from previous seasons. Not an alarming one by any means, but a drop off all the same. Again, that’s to be expected surely.

1 point from four rides for Bangs in Sweden yesterday. The lad is struggling, badly.

Couldn’t care less that it’s Lynn again that we’ve already seen a couple of times 🤷🏼‍♂️ Like Shano, I enjoy watching Rushen starting his journey, and I love watching Max Fricke too. If it was King’s Lynn again next week too, I’d look forward to watching them again next week too. No two meetings are the same and the racing will be different each time, even against the very same opposition. I take people’s point generally about Foxhall feeling a bit flat this year though and I agree to the point I’ve skipped a couple of meetings. The loss of the top two along with IMO, the best presenter in the business, has definitely had an effect. The whole post Louis transition has all felt a bit weird too which was to be expected. One thing Richard Coleman MUST do for 2027 though, is bring in a top class heatleader again. The fans are used to seeing a sprinkle of stardust at Foxhall and this year just isn’t quite cutting it. We know the timing and circumstance of the takeover meant it wasn’t possible this year and everyone understands that, but he won’t have that excuse next year. This coming winter is going to be very interesting from an Ipswich perspective because none of us are completely sure how ambitious the new owners are. We’ll learn a lot more about whether @PhilTheAce is correct and Coleman is a “penny pincher”, or whether he follows in Chris Louis’ footsteps in terms of ambitions for the club in terms of bringing in world class riders to try and win things. As things stand, none of us really know which way it’ll go.

Northampton really aren’t far off. They need to make ONE change in particular, two changes if they can’t get anyone worthwhile for Batchelor’s average. I really don’t think there’s an awful lot between Northampton, Lynn and Ipswich. Or Leicester come to that!