Baldyman Posted November 9, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 9, 2014 I also don't think king would up that average, but what he can do is make passes, something tungate doesn't do very often, and over a season those passes are very important and can make all the difference between getting points or not, especially on the road Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arson fire Posted November 9, 2014 Report Share Posted November 9, 2014 King will up his ave in my opinion 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CardinalSin Posted November 9, 2014 Report Share Posted November 9, 2014 I think King would average over 9 next season, so I could see him putting half a point on. We'll see. If he could hold his current average then he would still have had a good year and led the team well, as both our previous number one's have both seen their averages drop. Baldy is right, King is entertaining and will have a real go when behind. King will up his ave in my opinion I agree. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Irving Posted November 9, 2014 Report Share Posted November 9, 2014 I find the apathy from a few of the Ipswich fans on here towards potentially having King as your number 1, baffling to say the least. King is every bit as good a rider as Simon Stead, Ben Barker, Edward Kennett and I'd even say Craig Cook at Elite league level (bar this season). If you don't want him, we'll gladly take him at Redcar!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dontforgetthefueltapsbruv Posted November 9, 2014 Report Share Posted November 9, 2014 I think Danny will be above 9 next year wherever he ends up and be good to watch whilst about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arson fire Posted November 9, 2014 Report Share Posted November 9, 2014 He has seen a few of the tracks last season also Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arch Stanton Posted November 9, 2014 Report Share Posted November 9, 2014 (edited) I find the apathy from a few of the Ipswich fans on here towards potentially having King as your number 1, baffling to say the least. King is every bit as good a rider as Simon Stead, Ben Barker, Edward Kennett and I'd even say Craig Cook at Elite league level (bar this season). If you don't want him, we'll gladly take him at Redcar!! Totally agree. King has looked off colour this year, but there seems to be mitigating circumstances behind that. If you look at the final Elite league greensheets at the end of last season, King averaged 7.46. To put it in to perspective, Cook finished on 7.40, Doyle 7.30, Barker 6.47 and Kennett 6.39. King also finished with a higher Elite league average last season than Davey Watt, Rory Schlein, Mads Korneliussen, Chris Harris, Seb Ulamek, Janowski, Swiderski, Bridger. King has found his level nobody is suggesting otherwise, but that level is a good solid top flight rider, and almost certainly a powerful PL number 1. It beggars belief that the likes of Had Enough are luke warm on the idea of King, then suggesting a top 2 of Worrall and Ricky bloody Wells whilst others would prefer Rohan Tungate! Bizarre. Edited November 9, 2014 by Catch22 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
25yearfan Posted November 9, 2014 Report Share Posted November 9, 2014 (edited) Firstly, I do not think Danny King will up his average next season, but as he is being talked about a lot, as a rider for next season, I think he can do a good job as Ipswich No 1. He now has a lot of experience that he could pass onto the younger riders and would make a good Captain. Assuming that the team points limit stays at 42.50. I would like to see the following team, which I also think is achievable. Danny King 8.84 Captain Geno Manzares 6.02 Thomas Jorgensen 7.09 Cameron Heeps 5.38 Richie Worrall 7.32 Adam Ellis 4.67 Erik Riss 3.00 (I assume he would come in on 3.00. but I am not that well up on the rules ?) Total 42.32 Very hard on Ritchie Hawkins, who is a great captain and had a good year as a rider as well. Also hard on Rohan Tungate. But I feel that all the riders above (except, possibly Danny King) would improve thier averages. Erik Riss the teenage World Longtrack champion son of Longtrack legend, ex Witch Gerd Riss I presume? Have you heard something? Great Longtrack rider but has only ridden in the German League which is a lower standard than the PL and is on mainly big wide tracks! Would be a bit of a risk but an interesting one! Yeah Richie Hawkins has a middle of nowhere average that will likely mess him up for a Witches team place next season. Shame cause I think he's a good captain and always puts in a hard trying shift every meeting! Edited November 9, 2014 by 25yearfan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CardinalSin Posted November 9, 2014 Report Share Posted November 9, 2014 Anyone else get on the official site? Seems to have been down for a few days now for me at least. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badge Posted November 9, 2014 Report Share Posted November 9, 2014 Anyone else get on the official site? Seems to have been down for a few days now for me at least.Me too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CardinalSin Posted November 9, 2014 Report Share Posted November 9, 2014 Me too Chris Louis seems to have been very quiet lately too. I know we didn't win anything this year but we normally get a few words reflection from him for the season either on the website or local press. Perhaps the website is being redesigned to show the ELITE LEAGUE Witches Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badge Posted November 9, 2014 Report Share Posted November 9, 2014 Chris Louis seems to have been very quiet lately too. I know we didn't win anything this year but we normally get a few words reflection from him for the season either on the website or local press. Perhaps the website is being redesigned to show the ELITE LEAGUE Witches From a tweet from Mike Bacon on Friday, apparently Chris did a piece in paper Friday, not sure as I don't take the local paper, and not all articles appear on the paper's website, ....just found tweet: In today's @ipswichstar24 newspaper I speak to Chris Louis about @ipswichspeedway fast-track riders & much more @SpeedwayGB @SkySpeedway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CardinalSin Posted November 9, 2014 Report Share Posted November 9, 2014 From a tweet from Mike Bacon on Friday, apparently Chris did a piece in paper Friday, not sure as I don't take the local paper, and not all articles appear on the paper's website, ....just found tweet: In today's @ipswichstar24 newspaper I speak to Chris Louis about @ipswichspeedway fast-track riders & much more @SpeedwayGB @SkySpeedway Ahh thanks Badge I pick up a Star every day so somehow must have missed that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
25yearfan Posted November 9, 2014 Report Share Posted November 9, 2014 Chris Louis seems to have been very quiet lately too. I know we didn't win anything this year but we normally get a few words reflection from him for the season either on the website or local press. Perhaps the website is being redesigned to show the ELITE LEAGUE Witches And when has Chris Louis ever been open and easy to talk to? Parallel universe? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iandean3 Posted November 10, 2014 Report Share Posted November 10, 2014 Erik Riss the teenage World Longtrack champion son of Longtrack legend, ex Witch Gerd Riss I presume? Have you heard something? Great Longtrack rider but has only ridden in the German League which is a lower standard than the PL and is on mainly big wide tracks! Would be a bit of a risk but an interesting one! Yeah Richie Hawkins has a middle of nowhere average that will likely mess him up for a Witches team place next season. Shame cause I think he's a good captain and always puts in a hard trying shift every meeting! No, I have not heard anything, apart from the snipits that are in the Grasstrack section - World Longtrack GP, thread - pages 6 & 7 - from post 81 onwards (if I knew how to do a link, I would), a couple of interesting comments (not mine) I think. I know Longtrack riders do not always do well at speedway. But I have seen him race at Marmande and he is very talented & fast. So I think he would be well worth taking a chance on. A world champion at reserve !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dontforgetthefueltapsbruv Posted November 10, 2014 Report Share Posted November 10, 2014 Someone like Riss would come in on a 5 I think. Only those who have only ridden NL/Amatuer league here can come in on a 3. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roland Posted November 10, 2014 Report Share Posted November 10, 2014 Seen the boy Riss a couple of times now, worth a punt on 5, would be a steal on 3. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CardinalSin Posted November 10, 2014 Report Share Posted November 10, 2014 http://speedwayresults.com/rider.php?name=Erik&surname=Riss Doesn't look overly impressive and that's in uncompetitive Leagues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenga Posted November 10, 2014 Report Share Posted November 10, 2014 why dont you sign cook and stead while youre at it. no points limit in 2015 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadders Posted November 10, 2014 Report Share Posted November 10, 2014 (edited) Rye House have declared Edward Kennett, so that reduces the chance of us signing Danny King. Rye House have never gone into a season top heavy in recent times Edited November 10, 2014 by Shads Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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