Ipswich v Peterborough LC

[Roger Jacobs]

3 hours ago, 2ndbendbeerhut said:

Pity they can't get some water for the track

And who's bright idea was it to get a red 2 min clock that stays on all heat? 

Told them about that last season - very distracting.

Edited April 14, 2022 by Roger Jacobs

[Roger Jacobs]

28 minutes ago, Spiderman1 said:

Batchelor just scored a full max not a point taken off him nite before,I would be looking at track advantage for home riders and where has it been in last few years? They can all ride and win with the right tools

vs Scunthorpe - so he only had to beat Douglas.

If they don't ride the track correctly, that's their own fault. Huge experience in the team and the promotion to suss out and advice on track conditions and set-ups  ... no excuses.

Edited April 14, 2022 by Roger Jacobs

[Flappy]

8 hours ago, Spiderman1 said:

Batchelor just scored a full max not a point taken off him nite before,I would be looking at track advantage for home riders and where has it been in last few years? They can all ride and win with the right tools

Against the mighty Scunthorpe who have the Panthers number 7 at 3 and the skipper not far off going through the card.

Despite many disagreeing the gulf between the leagues is huge 

[bigcatdiary]

11 hours ago, 2ndbendbeerhut said:

Doyle meant that heat 15....

He certainly did and it was unnecessary and very aggressive, if Andersen had gone down Doyle would have most likely been excluded.

King and MPT had a great race in heat 11 when they were wheel to wheel for two laps but they gave each other room to race.

[Falcon1983]

I think the witches could scrape into the play offs but it depends how poor the other sides will be, not how good the witches could become 

Starkey gets plaudits for scoring from reserve but he will struggle in the main body of the side, and that's the problem they have two riders who need to be at reserve stark and Heeps

Peterborough have 6 riders who will all score points in the main body 

[scoobydoo]

31 minutes ago, bigcatdiary said:

He certainly did and it was unnecessary and very aggressive, if Andersen had gone down Doyle would have most likely been excluded.

King and MPT had a great race in heat 11 when they were wheel to wheel for two laps but they gave each other room to race.

Sounded like a trademark Doyle dive bomb , few years ago Hans would of been waiting for him to have a kind word in his ear 

Edited April 15, 2022 by scoobydoo

[Arch Stanton]

38 minutes ago, Falcon1983 said:

Starkey gets plaudits for scoring from reserve but he will struggle in the main body of the side, and that's the problem they have two riders who need to be at reserve stark and Heeps

Said it many times since the team was announced, it had to be one or the other, not both. Especially with over 2 points left to play with. It was a baffling decision that hasn’t been explained. 
 

Louis also needs to stop listening to Hawkins and put together a team that HE wants, not what the manager “wants to work with”. If you’re gonna start listening to Hawkins then we’ll always have problems as let’s be brutally honest, he isn’t the sharpest tool in the box is he?

Edited April 15, 2022 by Arch Stanton

[Hamish McRaker]

Your team manager is not up to the job, unfortunately. Time to hire Mr Rossiter

[Falcon1983]

10 minutes ago, Arch Stanton said:

Said it many times since the team was announced, it had to be one or the other, not both. Especially with over 2 points left to play with. It was a baffling decision that hasn’t been explained. 
 

Louis also needs to stop listening to Hawkins and put together a team that HE wants, not what the manager “wants to work with”. If you’re gonna start listening to Hawkins then we’ll always have problems as let’s be brutally honest, he isn’t the sharpest tool in the box is he?

Personally I think it should have been neither of them in the side but i said before the season started I'd give then 4 to 6 meetings and see where they are at.

You look at other teams and you see the crowds you get at Foxhall, they are quite consistent it baffles me if riders like Basso & Musielak are available to ride the UK why were they not on the shopping list

Why dont they do an individual meeting or a challenge to give riders track time before the season?

It just seems that despite a strong home attendance it's a low budget affair just to be amongst the numbers rather to mount a challenge

If that was true then drop down to the championship but then that would ruin the top flight and with chris being a director that's a conflict right there

I feel sorry for Chris really

[spiegal]

10 hours ago, Daniel Smith said:

Why would any team sign Batchelor & Heeps fgs. 

Funny though 

that is absolutely correct.

[Arch Stanton]

7 minutes ago, spiegal said:

that is absolutely correct.

As BCD pointed out the other day, new rule means we’re stuck with the current septet for the foreseeable so just got to hope they get in to the groove pretty quickly. 
 

Heeps has concerned me already. I’ve been a fan because of the entertainment he brings at Foxhall over the years but that wasn’t the usual Heeps we saw at the beginning of last year before he was axed, and last night looked like nothing had changed over the winter. Very slow. He’s not known for his gating abilities but has actually made some good starts both last night and at Peterborough, but has very quickly been reeled in and passed. Looks a complete busted flush unfortunately. 

[Baldyman]

9 hours ago, Panther1997 said:

Great meeting by us Panthers, funniest thing that heard by some Ipswich fans, moaning that the end of season do is in November, when the season will be over in September!

Where did you view from? 

[Flappy]

On 4/11/2022 at 12:21 PM, Falcon1983 said:

All depends on the riding order but gonna go with

Doyle – 13
Heeps – 4
Batchelor – 5
Riss – 9
King – 11
Starke – 4
Rowe – 1
 

47-43 Witches Win

 

If Peterborough line up in the riding order of

Palm-Toft
Andersen
Ostergaard
Nicholls
Harris
Basso
Palin

I think that could wing it slightly the other way 46-44

Would you like another go?

[Baldyman]

1 hour ago, Flappy said:

Would you like another go?

At least you know you already have another year of a decent team and already challenging for yet another trophy. Good Times for Panthers fans 

[dontforgetthefueltapsbruv]

3 hours ago, Falcon1983 said:

Personally I think it should have been neither of them in the side but i said before the season started I'd give then 4 to 6 meetings and see where they are at.

You look at other teams and you see the crowds you get at Foxhall, they are quite consistent it baffles me if riders like Basso & Musielak are available to ride the UK why were they not on the shopping list

Why dont they do an individual meeting or a challenge to give riders track time before the season?

It just seems that despite a strong home attendance it's a low budget affair just to be amongst the numbers rather to mount a challenge

If that was true then drop down to the championship but then that would ruin the top flight and with chris being a director that's a conflict right there

I feel sorry for Chris really

I would estimate 2500 last night - the envy of any track in the country. Couple that with the best Club sponsor and it is baffling.......

Produce surfaces and performances like last night too often though and part one of that equation will soon drop.......

[kevin bass]

7 minutes ago, dontforgetthefueltapsbruv said:

I would estimate 2500 last night - the envy of any track in the country. Couple that with the best Club sponsor and it is baffling.......

Produce surfaces and performances like last night too often though and part one of that equation will soon drop.......

Can't work out why they make it slick with little dirt and no outside line, we all know that King, Doyle and Heeps revel in a heavy track with plenty of dirt on it, strange way to prepare the track

[Falcon1983]

4 hours ago, Flappy said:

Would you like another go?

I'll know for next time

[Spiderman1]

On 4/15/2022 at 5:42 PM, Flappy said:

Against the mighty Scunthorpe who have the Panthers number 7 at 3 and the skipper not far off going through the card.

Despite many disagreeing the gulf between the leagues is huge 

Scunthorpe will be there in September, my point  ,they win convincingly at home, at least ya home track should suit ya own riders ,especially after 3 or 4 years,that my friend it isn’t

[Roger Jacobs]

On 4/15/2022 at 4:43 PM, Arch Stanton said:

Said it many times since the team was announced, it had to be one or the other, not both. Especially with over 2 points left to play with. It was a baffling decision that hasn’t been explained. 

Louis also needs to stop listening to Hawkins and put together a team that HE wants, not what the manager “wants to work with”. If you’re gonna start listening to Hawkins then we’ll always have problems as let’s be brutally honest, he isn’t the sharpest tool in the box is he?

Any viable suggestions as to who a different rider could be?  I've seen Craig Cook suggested, but that was unlikely, and was definitely not going to happen once Sheffield came calling.

It doesn't look like there's anyone queuing up for a similar spot at Belle Vue ...

Edited April 19, 2022 by Roger Jacobs

[Arch Stanton]

5 hours ago, Roger Jacobs said:

Any viable suggestions as to who a different rider could be?  I've seen Craig Cook suggested, but that was unlikely, and was definitely not going to happen once Sheffield came calling.

It doesn't look like there's anyone queuing up for a similar spot at Belle Vue ...

Belle Vue have been looking for a heatleader all winter and have more than likely missed a number of targets because they were hoping and waiting for Bewley to become available which backfired. 
 

We already had Cook so IF we wanted him, I’d have thought we would have been favourites as he was already here. Was he even asked? Perhaps he didn’t fit with Hawkins’ “riders I want to work with” policy for this year. 
 

Timo Lahti? Last average was 6.47 for Poole in 2017. 
 

I’m not saying it’s simple putting a team together in fact it must be a nightmare. Hundreds of phone calls are probably made, half of the riders probably won’t even bother picking up the phone, the majority of others would no doubt be asking for ridiculous sums of money so you’re probably left with a pretty small pool of riders to choose from. But that’s the same for every other club too and as has been said, we’ve the added advantage over most clubs by having a very good financial backer. 
 

All the riders that have signed for others were all available before they signed contracts with those clubs, maybe plan and move a little quicker? Whichever way you slice it, there is no justifiable excuse for building a team over 2 points under the team building limit and that’s a hill I’m prepared to die on. 

Edited April 19, 2022 by Arch Stanton