Wolves v Witches Monday 31st May

[dontforgetthefueltapsbruv]

Just now, mickthemuppet said:

It is a shame that this fixture was not reversed and was at Foxhall his afternoon .There would have been a bumper attendance of around  3500 and would probably be the best attendanced at any league match this season.

Foxhall capacity limit is 2000 at present Mick

Aside from that you are correct - a meeting at Foxhall today wouldve attracted at least that figure without restrictions 

[Baldyman]

38 minutes ago, mickthemuppet said:

It is a shame that this fixture was not reversed and was at Foxhall this afternoon.There would have been a bumper attendance of around  3500 and would probably be the best attendance at any league match this season.

Nope,, crowd limits at moment,,, thought a fan would know that 

[Tom Thumb]

Stock cars at Foxhall today.

[mickthemuppet]

42 minutes ago, dontforgetthefueltapsbruv said:

Foxhall capacity limit is 2000 at present Mick

Aside from that you are correct - a meeting at Foxhall today wouldve attracted at least that figure without restrictions 

So do you think there was under 2000 for the Belle Vue match and if so how many Would you seriously think the management would say that our 2000th customer so shut the gates And how would anybody know how any were there

 

[Falcon1983]

Crump 9

Stewart 2

Heeps 6

Allen 6

King 5

Rowe 7

Kemp 2

 

Witches 37 Wolves 53

[dontforgetthefueltapsbruv]

1 hour ago, mickthemuppet said:

So do you think there was under 2000 for the Belle Vue match and if so how many Would you seriously think the management would say that our 2000th customer so shut the gates And how would anybody know how any were there

 

Would be taking a big risk if they did let additional in. Could easily have been council inspectors counting the numbers as they went in.....

I'd say it was close to the limit for the BV meeting and a little less for the Sheffield one

[crumpiefan]

Currently at Monmore. As I'm nosy but avoiding getting close to anyone, if somebody knows what the barney was outside the stadium at 7pm let us know please.

CVS was involved, 2 or 3 families, tears the works.

Back to the speedway and heat 7!

[Baldyman]

10 hours ago, Arch Stanton said:

If some of the Witches had started the season better I’d fancy it to be a bit closer. The fact is, Heeps has looked way below his best so far, Allen has started slowly and Stewart has looked abysmal. Harsh yes, as Allen and Stewart have only had a couple of meetings so far, but Stewart in particular looked dreadful at Foxhall on Thursday and only managed 3 points in the championship last night. 
 

Wolves could hit 60 tonight IMO. 

Correct call,,, bang on 

[dontforgetthefueltapsbruv]

Ouch!!

[Beowulf]

1 hour ago, dontforgetthefueltapsbruv said:

Ouch!!

Well for me, that was an unexpected result. Unfortunately not many positives for Ipswich apart from Crump  not getting injured when when he fell whilst leading in heat 13, luckily the other riders had their wits about them and avoided him. The foibles of speedway ehh ? Drew Kemp had a good points score of 6 , but the only rider he beat was Tom Bacon.

[TB1]

4 hours ago, crumpiefan said:

Currently at Monmore. As I'm nosy but avoiding getting close to anyone, if somebody knows what the barney was outside the stadium at 7pm let us know please.

CVS was involved, 2 or 3 families, tears the works.

Back to the speedway and heat 7!

I came out of the bar for a smoke and CVS looked like he was getting grief off a few people. Basically the bar seats were full up. Presumably because some goon from the council said every other table must be vacant. Of course the tables remaining filled up quickly then people coming into the bar were left standing and presumably got upset about it.

What did they think the promoters could do about it I don't know as their hands are tied. 

Unfortunately this is the net result when the government dishes out powers to local councils. 

[Trees]

Did the management not make that known? First come, first served? It would probably have been better to have done online selling for these seats to avoid any backlash?

[Petecc]

I was disappointed with Ipswich.  Didn't look like there was much fight in them.

[chun]

thoroughly outclassed.  wolves have built a much stronger team.

[bruno]

I was in the bar but didn't see any trouble. Our seats were on the back wall so we couldn't see anything from there. We stood up by the seats but a young lady official came over and offered us tickets on the 4th bend which was great. Sorted no problem. The trouble seemed to be there was enough seats but you don't know if your allowed to sit with strangers these days. Could just be teething problems I'd have thought, I'm sure it'll be sorted. Enjoyed being back

[Arch Stanton]

16 minutes ago, Petecc said:

I was disappointed with Ipswich.  Didn't look like there was much fight in them.

Don’t think it’s anything to do with fight, the team is just not very good. Yes we won at Lynn, but we got fortunate with track conditions being a leveller early on. When it dried, we were getting 5 oned all over the shop in the second half of the meeting, that despite Lynn being cr@p themselves. That in itself should have been a warning sign. 
 

Add on to the fact we’re now built a couple of points below the limit, and a couple of riders arrived late and are looking ill prepared all adds up to the pretty obvious thumping we saw last night. 
 

Take nothing away from Wolves though, they look a fantastic side and it already looks a nailed on Wolves Belle Vue final barring injuries. 

[crumpiefan]

4 hours ago, chun said:

thoroughly outclassed.  wolves have built a much stronger team.

You could barely see Ipswich winning a heat which is never a good sign.

Admittedly Wolves had their gating gloves on but even on the rare occasions Ipswich got out first they got passed almost every time.

[crumpiefan]

11 hours ago, TB1 said:

I came out of the bar for a smoke and CVS looked like he was getting grief off a few people. Basically the bar seats were full up. Presumably because some goon from the council said every other table must be vacant. Of course the tables remaining filled up quickly then people coming into the bar were left standing and presumably got upset about it.

What did they think the promoters could do about it I don't know as their hands are tied. 

Unfortunately this is the net result when the government dishes out powers to local councils. 

Thanks for that, yeah there were definitely 9-10 people congregated round him which looked like a number of families.

Because I just went on the grass bank by the 3rd bend (very close to where Crump fell) I saw no more of it, but one or two of the women were very upset.

[chun]

40 minutes ago, crumpiefan said:

Thanks for that, yeah there were definitely 9-10 people congregated round him which looked like a number of families.

Because I just went on the grass bank by the 3rd bend (very close to where Crump fell) I saw no more of it, but one or two of the women were very upset.

that crump incident was something else.  He must have been catapulted about 10 feet high!  Did he clip the kerb?  i wasn't all that impressed being exiled out onto the 4th turn but that's where most of the action was.  I got hit by some wayward shale when Douglas shed that chain as well!  Pass of the night was Luke Becker on Danny King in Heat 6.  That kid looks a real prospect.

[chun]

50 minutes ago, crumpiefan said:

You could barely see Ipswich winning a heat which is never a good sign.

Admittedly Wolves had their gating gloves on but even on the rare occasions Ipswich got out first they got passed almost every time.

schlein had king's number.  you could see Danny was trying but he was powerless to stop the wolves boys going past.  seemed the ipswich riders had the wrong set up as they kept going into the corners too hard and rearing coming off the bends.  heeps and allen were more than disappointing.