Ipswich 2023

[stu219]

10 minutes ago, GeneralMelchett said:

yes I wuld be inclined to agree - Cook had a decent spell from what I remember in 2021 but that was an odd year and hard gauge given the disruntion of 2020 etc - I saw him ride 3 times last season twice at Sheffield at the no 2 spot - he did fine both times - but at away at Foxhall I expected him to do better given the above and he got 4 I think - if there is going to be changes i'd rather it be an up and coming rider if possible. Both Cook and Anderson dont really fit that for me!

I tend to agree. I still feel there is one rabbit in the hat to be pulled out by Chris Louis . He will know our weakness  last year when the going got tough was a reliable 2nd heat leader. 
holdering out for some good news soon lol

 

Edited December 6, 2022 by stu219

[Baldyman]

1 hour ago, stu219 said:

I tend to agree. I still feel there is one rabbit in the hat to be pulled out by Chris Louis . He will know our weakness  last year when the going got tough was a reliable 2nd heat leader. 
holdering out for some good news soon lol

 

Do you think we have stole Holder away from the Panthers?  We will have to change our name to Ipswich Poachers 

[Flappy]

2 minutes ago, Baldyman said:

Do you think we have stole Holder away from the Panthers?  We will have to change our name to Ipswich Poachers 

Nope best option would be Zagar as he's unsigned 

[Baldyman]

1 minute ago, Flappy said:

Nope best option would be Zagar as he's unsigned 

That's not a good option,,, but maybe he is now yours

[2ndbend]

What about Scot Nicholls on 5.15 to make home advantage count

[TTT]

12 minutes ago, 2ndbend said:

What about Scot Nicholls on 5.15 to make home advantage count

Not doing Prem.

Think he's been offered a full time job on commentary with Kelvin.

[siggysigalos]

Cant wait for the final 4 names, so we can then all discuss what we think.

I've already said I'm a bit deflated by King's announcement today, dreading Riss and Batchelor being added.

But our Number 5 will be very interesting, unless Louis has plucked a GP rider (Lebvedevs, Dudek Etc), but Adam Ellis remains a possibility as does Zagar. But just get the 7 named so we can discuss something concrete.

[stu219]

2 hours ago, Baldyman said:

Do you think we have stole Holder away from the Panthers?  We will have to change our name to Ipswich Poachers 

I have no idea tbh but surely we do need a big hitter at number 5 . 
I thought also Chris Holder had a big falling out with Buster at some point ? Problem with getting older my memory not so good lol.

[Baldyman]

4 minutes ago, stu219 said:

I have no idea tbh but surely we do need a big hitter at number 5 . 
I thought also Chris Holder had a big falling out with Buster at some point ? Problem with getting older my memory not so good lol.

Buster has sold Peterborough on. 

[Falcon1983]

What is left after Batch and Riss are confirmed?

Riss will be back as there was no other reason to make the late change to swap him out with Tungate unless it was just the case that Tungate was an injury replacement and as Riss rode again after injury the rules meant he had to come back in? Im sure the rules probably won't shed any light

Last season Riss was inconsistent he rode well at 6 as he should, but he did have some good meetings at 2 & 4  maybe 6.00 is too high an average but feel its an average that is achievable maybe even putting half a point on

Now Batch...

He achieved an average of 5.57 mainly riding as a heat leader and there were occasions when his relationship riding wifh Doyle worked in the Witches favour especially in the odd heat 15 and the pairs competition 

I think that will stick in Chris Louis' mindset and he will ride at no.2 

1. Doyle

2. Batchelor 

3. King

4. Riss

5. Tungate

6. Rew

7. R/S 

 

Looks like having Tungate at 5 leaves us closest to 39 points, after that either Worrall brother or Charles Wright, options are limited indeed but just dont think it will be another rider from outside the UK due to the cost of Doyle and the budget Mr Louis will stick to

Edited December 6, 2022 by Falcon1983

[stu219]

29 minutes ago, Baldyman said:

Buster has sold Peterborough on. 

Ah fair enough. I lose track of who  owns who nowadays . How owns Peterborough now?

[stu219]

29 minutes ago, Falcon1983 said:

What is left after Batch and Riss are confirmed?

Riss will be back as there was no other reason to make the late change to swap him out with Tungate unless it was just the case that Tungate was an injury replacement and as Riss rode again after injury the rules meant he had to come back in? Im sure the rules probably won't shed any light

Last season Riss was inconsistent he rode well at 6 as he should, but he did have some good meetings at 2 & 4  maybe 6.00 is too high an average but feel its an average that is achievable maybe even putting half a point on

Now Batch...

He achieved an average of 5.57 mainly riding as a heat leader and there were occasions when his relationship riding wifh Doyle worked in the Witches favour especially in the odd heat 15 and the pairs competition 

I think that will stick in Chris Louis' mindset and he will ride at no.2 

1. Doyle

2. Batchelor 

3. King

4. Riss

5. Tungate

6. Rew

7. R/S 

 

Looks like having Tungate at 5 leaves us closest to 39 points, after that either Worrall brother or Charles Wright, options are limited indeed but just dont think it will be another rider from outside the UK due to the cost of Doyle and the budget Mr Louis will stick to

I just can’t see Tungate being in the team  but who knows. Made a decent discussion though on who we will have. I still have a feeling there will be a new second heat leader  

 

[Baldyman]

2 minutes ago, stu219 said:

Ah fair enough. I lose track of who  owns who nowadays . How owns Peterborough now?

Don't know of his name,, sorry

[Baldyman]

33 minutes ago, Falcon1983 said:

What is left after Batch and Riss are confirmed?

Riss will be back as there was no other reason to make the late change to swap him out with Tungate unless it was just the case that Tungate was an injury replacement and as Riss rode again after injury the rules meant he had to come back in? Im sure the rules probably won't shed any light

Last season Riss was inconsistent he rode well at 6 as he should, but he did have some good meetings at 2 & 4  maybe 6.00 is too high an average but feel its an average that is achievable maybe even putting half a point on

Now Batch...

He achieved an average of 5.57 mainly riding as a heat leader and there were occasions when his relationship riding wifh Doyle worked in the Witches favour especially in the odd heat 15 and the pairs competition 

I think that will stick in Chris Louis' mindset and he will ride at no.2 

1. Doyle

2. Batchelor 

3. King

4. Riss

5. Tungate

6. Rew

7. R/S 

 

Looks like having Tungate at 5 leaves us closest to 39 points, after that either Worrall brother or Charles Wright, options are limited indeed but just dont think it will be another rider from outside the UK due to the cost of Doyle and the budget Mr Louis will stick to

So that's basically the same team that failed very miserably in the play offs bar starke/Rew,, and all what will happen is,, if say Tungate didn't bang in big scores,,, and Batch starts okay,, would be Batch back at 5 again.  King needs to be at 5 and shoulder the responsibility as a captain. Or just make Doyle captain,,, set an example in heat 1 

[Bagpuss]

Well it would be essentially Riss for Summers, Rew for Starke and potentially Thomas for Rowe....across a whole season I'd say all three are upgrades but Batch is so flaky and it feels like King needs a change so it lacks a bit of freshening up.

Of course you'd like a good second heat leader but finances and points due to Doyle probably prevent it. 

[Falcon1983]

19 minutes ago, Baldyman said:

Don't know of his name,, sorry

Dont know his name either but he owns the City Auction Group and he has a lot of money and is willing to spend big so they say

 

That was until Dudek wanted £6k per meeting lol

[StarBoy]

Michael Tomlin is his name I believe. A lot of posts on his LinkedIn regarding sponsorship of Peterborough.

32 minutes ago, Falcon1983 said:

Dont know his name either but he owns the City Auction Group and he has a lot of money and is willing to spend big so they say

 

That was until Dudek wanted £6k per meeting lol

 

[NeilWatson]

Just now, JackPells said:

Michael Tomlin is his name I believe. A lot of posts on his LinkedIn regarding sponsorship of Peterborough.

 

Michael TOMALIN

[TTT]

1 hour ago, Falcon1983 said:

What is left after Batch and Riss are confirmed?

Riss will be back as there was no other reason to make the late change to swap him out with Tungate unless it was just the case that Tungate was an injury replacement and as Riss rode again after injury the rules meant he had to come back in? Im sure the rules probably won't shed any light

Last season Riss was inconsistent he rode well at 6 as he should, but he did have some good meetings at 2 & 4  maybe 6.00 is too high an average but feel its an average that is achievable maybe even putting half a point on

Now Batch...

He achieved an average of 5.57 mainly riding as a heat leader and there were occasions when his relationship riding wifh Doyle worked in the Witches favour especially in the odd heat 15 and the pairs competition 

I think that will stick in Chris Louis' mindset and he will ride at no.2 

1. Doyle

2. Batchelor 

3. King

4. Riss

5. Tungate

6. Rew

7. R/S 

 

Looks like having Tungate at 5 leaves us closest to 39 points, after that either Worrall brother or Charles Wright, options are limited indeed but just dont think it will be another rider from outside the UK due to the cost of Doyle and the budget Mr Louis will stick to

Won't be Tungate imo because he can't ride technical tracks for toffee lol.

I think you've got Richie Worrall. That's just me guessing though.

[The Dog]

I'm not getting the fascination with Holder tbh, was great a decade ago but with so much talent in the Polish leagues now maybe he fancies coming back for an easy payday like Crump and Schlein