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I didn't say he had, I said that's what you don't do as a business owner... not if you want to realise it's full value. All we know at the moment is that he's "stepped down" from the club, whatever that means? He's perfectly entitled to put his business up for sale, continue running or close it down, that's his decision. But it's not just a business is it, it's a sporting club with a long and rich tradition that many people have a strong emotional attachment to and they've not really had a mention. ... So stick that in your "pipe" and smoke it

There's been better clubs than Ipswich that have failed to sell, what you don't do as a business owner is close that business down to sell it, you sell it as a going concern to realise the full value. Emotions are obviously running high down Suffolk way at the moment and I hope Mr Louis can find a way of collecting his toys up, putting them back in his pram and start acting like a true custodian of a Speedway club with a strong and loyal fan base.

You're in no position to make a "guarantee"... unless you're Guy Nicholls 😜😜😂 I do wish Mr Louis had been a bit more informative in his statement, there's a lot of unanswered questions that fans must be asking.

He said "stepping down from the club" but in what capacity? Many clubs are owned but not run by the owners. Leicester is owned by Cairns but run by Jen Crossland, Stewart Dickson and their team. Poole is owned by Matt Ford but run by Danny.

You'd think that there'd be no better time with the worth of the stock being at an all time low.

The valuation will also be effected by the strength of the sport as a whole and the number of clubs and divisions running in it. Look at the current F1 teams worth billions when just a few years ago they were about as attractive as Speedway clubs.

What Chris has single handedly done at the moment is seemingly closed his own club down, with no "assurance" that they'll be running next season.

Which would be complete madness. If Louis wants out, that's fair enough but he shouldn't take the club down with him.

There's going to be a lot of worried Witches fans in the dark at the moment at what should be a time of celebration for them. As had often been said the club belongs to the fans the owners are just passers through.

Okay, so it seems that this is the overriding topic of the day and not the future of Ipswich Speedway... While Chris Louis is the owner of Ipswich Speedway he is most definitely in a position to make a "guarantee" that should there be no buyer for the club before the start of next season that the club will continue to run until a buyer is found. I would have preferred that he'd have made an assurance to fans in his statement, but as my words have been mis-quoted, I've written it out for you in black and white.

That was in response to somebody else saying "guarantee"... I originally said "assurances" which is different to "guarantees"... but if you think the bigger topic here is what word I used to who instead of the potential loss of a completely viable speedway club... knock yourself out, or maybe set a new topic up so that everybody that cares about the difference between an "assurance" and a "guarantee" can argue the toss out of it to their heart's content 👍🏻

I know your game mate, mis-quote somebody, twist their words and then embark on a pointless, boring, futile argument with them as you have done recently on the Speedway Show topic and have in the past with me... I'm not sure if you do it deliberating sat in your underpants at home... or are just a bit thick 🤔

I never mentioned guarantees

Read what I said and when you can understand it come back to me... until then bask in your ignorance 🤡

Silly statement again. You said he can't make guarantees, as owner he can... until there's a prospective buyer.

What a silly statement... he still owns the club, so is in a position to make guarantees, and it'd be a hell of a lot easier selling a functioning club rather than a defunct one, ask Mick Horton!

... and no TV deal

Isn't Rob Godfrey's "2 leagues" next year, "1 league" as it was 3 leagues this year... next year a top league and a development league?

He could have at least assured fans that there was going to be Speedway next season at Ipswich regardless of a buyer or not, I assume as he didn't that there won't, what a way to treat hundreds of loyal fans 👏

The fans that Mr Louis neglected to thank while just about name checking everybody else in his self absorbed statement?

"Some things no longer align for me, and unfortunately it is time to step aside"... Suggests not

They've not owned the company for 77 years, the family have been involved (rider, manager, promoter) for a decent portion of 55 years, he said 77 between them and many of those were overlap.

Isn't Mr Dickson co-promoter at Leicester while only team manager at Berwick, so I'd have thought Leicester especially since he's been in position so long now

... "a new era" 😂 How did that work out? 😂

We could see the re-introduction of the Hokey-Cokey Cup... current holders Peterborough I believe 😂