keithyopian Posted November 19, 2014 Report Share Posted November 19, 2014 Its not scoring double figure points at home every week that's the problem!!! abso bloody lutely.... completely agree. we never seem to have anyone who can consistently score away from home. every team who visits foxhall leaves with at least one double figure point scorer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keithyopian Posted November 19, 2014 Report Share Posted November 19, 2014 Opinions on a true No1 will obviously be very diverse, I just want the Witches one to be as good as possible and be hitting almost guaranteed double figure scores at every home meeting. I don't see Tungate or the likes of Masters doing that. the problem is they need to be doing it away from home as well. for some reason, number one riders come to ipswich and immediately lose 2 points off their starting average... ( doolan, barker, even worrall to start with) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCookie Posted November 19, 2014 Report Share Posted November 19, 2014 Number one material is a funny thing, I reckon in the PL we have only seen a handful of true number ones in recent years (Doyle, Cook, Stead, Ostergaard / Nermark way back when). Moving even further back I don't think there's been that many in total, you can include Cunningham, Clouting, Chalky White etc for arguments sake, but a true number one is a sought after thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazc Posted November 19, 2014 Report Share Posted November 19, 2014 Number one material is a funny thing, I reckon in the PL we have only seen a handful of true number ones in recent years (Doyle, Cook, Stead, Ostergaard / Nermark way back when). Moving even further back I don't think there's been that many in total, you can include Cunningham, Clouting, Chalky White etc for arguments sake, but a true number one is a sought after thing. The one & only Shane Parker One off the best on & off the track. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arson fire Posted November 19, 2014 Report Share Posted November 19, 2014 Number one material is a funny thing, I reckon in the PL we have only seen a handful of true number ones in recent years (Doyle, Cook, Stead, Ostergaard / Nermark way back when). Moving even further back I don't think there's been that many in total, you can include Cunningham, Clouting, Chalky White etc for arguments sake, but a true number one is a sought after thing.bjarne, kenni, fisher, Wilson, stoney aswell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinny Posted November 19, 2014 Report Share Posted November 19, 2014 Not to mention Watson, henriksson, gjedde, zorro, zagar, bird.... Could go on all day! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justgotmecpc Posted November 19, 2014 Report Share Posted November 19, 2014 Not to mention Watson, henriksson, gjedde, zorro, zagar, bird.... Could go on all day! shane parker craig Watson etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dontforgetthefueltapsbruv Posted November 19, 2014 Report Share Posted November 19, 2014 Posted on Twitter at 20:45 Wednesday: @Mike_Bacon In Thurs @ipswichstar24 the first Witch of 2015 signed up @ipswichspeedway big interview with the new man - Loobie tells us why him the new man........not long to wait to find our who! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arson fire Posted November 19, 2014 Report Share Posted November 19, 2014 the new man........not long to wait to find our who!well the latest person Danny king has followed on twitter is mike bacon.... So it musnt be him Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dontforgetthefueltapsbruv Posted November 19, 2014 Report Share Posted November 19, 2014 Need to get the 1-7 signed before the Glasgow wallet gets topped up! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arch Stanton Posted November 19, 2014 Report Share Posted November 19, 2014 well the latest person Danny king has followed on twitter is mike bacon.... Was about to post the same thing. Mike Bacon tweets that the first Witch announced tomorrow, Danny King immediately "follows" him on twitter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Blue Posted November 20, 2014 Report Share Posted November 20, 2014 So, Danny King is confirmed as our new No1 in today's paper. No real surprise as it had been much speculated. Personally I'm pretty happy with him as a start now Chris Louis just needs to get things right with other 6 riders who he expects to name within the next week or so. Watch this space. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CardinalSin Posted November 20, 2014 Report Share Posted November 20, 2014 (edited) Well I never Welcome home Danny! Great signing to lead the team. Just under the 9 point mark so scratching my head a bit for the remainder of the team but it seem Louis knew his septet as soon as the 42.50 was confirmed. Will probably mean no Tungate, and possibly no Worrall either with him replaced by a 4 pointer? King, Risager, Heeps and Manzares I'm fully expecting to be in the team. If Hawkins and Ellis are retained also, we're looking at up to 4.96 for the last rider. Edit: Just seen Lanham's average has dropped to 4.90... King Hawkins Heeps Manzares Risager Lanham Ellis Could we be looking at that? Just fits with 0.06 to spare. Personally hope it's a little more inspiring than that but we'll see. Edited November 20, 2014 by CardinalSin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CardinalSin Posted November 20, 2014 Report Share Posted November 20, 2014 (edited) Definitely needs to be more inspiring - not enough to back-up King with too much pressure on the others. King, Worrall, Wells, Manzares, Heeps, Hawkins, 3ish-pointer I agree and don't think you'll find many who wouldn't take that team but I've a feeling mine will be nearer than yours unfortunately but we'll find out soon it seems. If Risager is in the team again, will he be the only Witch that has been in every side since we've been in the PL? Edited November 20, 2014 by CardinalSin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dontforgetthefueltapsbruv Posted November 20, 2014 Report Share Posted November 20, 2014 Welcome home Danny! Very happy to see him in as our No1. I thought he would be at Pboro if they ran so I hope Im wrong on that one as I wouldnt want our gain to mean the loss of the Panthers. Gonna be interesting to see how the full 1-7 pans out. At least it seems that all will be revealed quite soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baldyman Posted November 20, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 20, 2014 Well I never Welcome home Danny! Great signing to lead the team. Just under the 9 point mark so scratching my head a bit for the remainder of the team but it seem Louis knew his septet as soon as the 42.50 was confirmed. Will probably mean no Tungate, and possibly no Worrall either with him replaced by a 4 pointer? King, Risager, Heeps and Manzares I'm fully expecting to be in the team. If Hawkins and Ellis are retained also, we're looking at up to 4.96 for the last rider. Edit: Just seen Lanham's average has dropped to 4.90... King Hawkins Heeps Manzares Risager Lanham Ellis Could we be looking at that? Just fits with 0.06 to spare. Personally hope it's a little more inspiring than that but we'll see. Think I would struggle to pay my money every week to watch that team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aries Posted November 20, 2014 Report Share Posted November 20, 2014 Over the moon with King just what we needed and I fully expect him to buck the trend of #1 riders struggling when they get to Foxhall!! If that does mean no Tungate, then that would be extremely harsh on the lad IMO. Only 3 years as a professional speedway rider, and to increase his average in every one of those 3 years to make it to #1 with an 8+ average and then find yourself discarded would be harsh. If we don't use him, then I certainly hope someone else picks him up because to do what he's done and then find no team at all would be even more of a travesty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2ndbendbeerhut Posted November 20, 2014 Report Share Posted November 20, 2014 Interesting quote from Chris Louis “It is fantastic to have Danny back at Ipswich which is of course where his professional career began when my dad gave him his opportunity back in 2003. I’ve always had a great relationship with Danny and I feel he is just the right sort of racer and character to take our team forward. The two-year limit on doubling up obviously puts a limit on his Premier League availability, but who knows where the club will be in two years’ time? From my point of view, signing a local lad who is well liked by fans, officials and riders alike, as well as a proven entertainer, is the best possible start to our team building for 2015.” Hmmm...... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roland Posted November 20, 2014 Report Share Posted November 20, 2014 (edited) Over the moon with King just what we needed and I fully expect him to buck the trend of #1 riders struggling when they get to Foxhall!! If that does mean no Tungate, then that would be extremely harsh on the lad IMO. Only 3 years as a professional speedway rider, and to increase his average in every one of those 3 years to make it to #1 with an 8+ average and then find yourself discarded would be harsh. If we don't use him, then I certainly hope someone else picks him up because to do what he's done and then find no team at all would be even more of a travesty. Certainly would be a travesty, he's a relative newcomer in real terms and has upped his average every year. Came in at 7, worked his way to 1 in three years and now a team place for this season is in question, what sort of message does that give out to potential signings......race your guts out and when your average gets big on you, we'll get someone in with a smaller average to replace you!! Edited November 20, 2014 by Roland Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CardinalSin Posted November 20, 2014 Report Share Posted November 20, 2014 Certainly would be a travesty, he's a relative newcomer in real terms and has upped his average every year. Came in at 7, worked his way to 1 in three years and now a team place for this season is in question, what sort of message does that give out to potential signings......race your guts out and when your average gets big on you, we'll get someone in with a smaller average to replace you!!I agree to a certain extent, but that's the nature of the game isn't it? In this sport, if you want to be successful and win things, you have to be ruthless and pick riders on attractive averages who have scope to up them considerably. Somerset ditched a rider last year before a wheel had even been turned it anger! Harsh in the extreme, but their promotion are relatively successful and win things. The only problem with that from an Ipswich point of view, people could say why is Risager always in the team when he doesn't have much room for improvement either so in that regard Tungate could consider him unlucky. At the end of the day though, no rider is getting sacked. They sign a contract for the season, and when October 31st comes around there is nothing binding club and rider and they are both free to do what they like. It's a two way thing as well, we might well want to retain a rider, Tungate for example, but he may decide he wants to ride elsewhere and there's nothing we could do about it so it works both ways. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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