dontforgetthefueltapsbruv Posted February 28, 2023 Report Share Posted February 28, 2023 4 hours ago, 4BM said: 1. Belle Vue 2. Leicester 3. Sheffield 4. Wolverhampton 5. Kings Lynn 6. Peterborough 7. Ipswich The old "strongest team in the league" joke...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Call me wolfie Posted February 28, 2023 Report Share Posted February 28, 2023 1 hour ago, dontforgetthefueltapsbruv said: The old "strongest team in the league" joke...... Not actually the strongest team though, top 2 are quality but the rest are distinctly average 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dontforgetthefueltapsbruv Posted February 28, 2023 Report Share Posted February 28, 2023 35 minutes ago, Call me wolfie said: Not actually the strongest team though, top 2 are quality but the rest are distinctly average Better to have only 5 distinctly average than all 7 though eh 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Call me wolfie Posted February 28, 2023 Report Share Posted February 28, 2023 13 minutes ago, dontforgetthefueltapsbruv said: Better to have only 5 distinctly average than all 7 though eh Whatever, don’t get me wrong, Witches will comfortably be top 4, just don’t think they’re the best. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baldyman Posted February 28, 2023 Report Share Posted February 28, 2023 If ya wanna be the best and ya wanna beat the rest,,, dedication is what you need. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4BenMoran Posted February 28, 2023 Report Share Posted February 28, 2023 3 hours ago, dontforgetthefueltapsbruv said: The old "strongest team in the league" joke...... Ipswich have too long a tail and reliance will be on JD again 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pauldoveyspeedway Posted March 1, 2023 Author Report Share Posted March 1, 2023 8 hours ago, 4BM said: Ipswich have too long a tail and reliance will be on JD again If the tail end score some points they will be fine ...id say Ipswich over Sheffield...once Rew has settled in .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hyderd Posted March 1, 2023 Report Share Posted March 1, 2023 Ipswich are indeed a decent team with JD and ES leading from the front, however imho to much is expected of JD. Yes he is still a force to be reconned with, however he is on the decline from his superb best of 2017. In last seasons GP'S he finished 10th, Dan Bewley on his maiden year 6th (winning 2 rounds) and J Holder 12th. Both the latter 2 are young and will IMHO finish with higher averages than JD this coming season. Sheffield are the standout team for me, and should finish top, with Belle Vue Ipswich and Wolves ( big home advantage) fighting for 2-4) in any order. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pauldoveyspeedway Posted March 1, 2023 Author Report Share Posted March 1, 2023 32 minutes ago, hyderd said: Ipswich are indeed a decent team with JD and ES leading from the front, however imho to much is expected of JD. Yes he is still a force to be reconned with, however he is on the decline from his superb best of 2017. In last seasons GP'S he finished 10th, Dan Bewley on his maiden year 6th (winning 2 rounds) and J Holder 12th. Both the latter 2 are young and will IMHO finish with higher averages than JD this coming season. Sheffield are the standout team for me, and should finish top, with Belle Vue Ipswich and Wolves ( big home advantage) fighting for 2-4) in any order. Should be an interesting season .... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arch Stanton Posted March 1, 2023 Report Share Posted March 1, 2023 (edited) 2 hours ago, hyderd said: Ipswich are indeed a decent team with JD and ES leading from the front, however imho to much is expected of JD. Yes he is still a force to be reconned with, however he is on the decline from his superb best of 2017. In last seasons GP'S he finished 10th, Dan Bewley on his maiden year 6th (winning 2 rounds) and J Holder 12th. Both the latter 2 are young and will IMHO finish with higher averages than JD this coming season. Sheffield are the standout team for me, and should finish top, with Belle Vue Ipswich and Wolves ( big home advantage) fighting for 2-4) in any order. This argument has been trotted out time and again over the last year or two. The GP’s, Poland, Timbuktu are all completely irrelevant to what happens here. He was more dominant here last season than he’s ever been hence his 10 And a half point average! He was literally head and shoulders above everybody. Bewley out performed him in the GP’s last season and will be the closest to him here no doubt, but I’ll wager he won’t topple Doyle in the averages here at the end of the season. This time last year there were people on here who like you’re doing now, were saying Doyle would be demoted to 4th best Aussie as Fricke, Kurtz and Holder would all overtake him. They all finished miles off! Edited March 1, 2023 by Arch Stanton 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pauldoveyspeedway Posted March 1, 2023 Author Report Share Posted March 1, 2023 8 minutes ago, Arch Stanton said: This argument has been trotted out time and again over the last year or two. The GP’s, Poland, Timbuktu are all completely irrelevant to what happens here. He was more dominant here last season than he’s ever been hence his 10 And a half point average! He was literally head and shoulders above everybody. Bewley out performed him in the GP’s last season and will be the closest to him here no doubt, but I’ll wager he won’t topple Doyle in the averages here at the end of the season. This time last year there were people on here who like you’re doing now, we’re saying Doyle would be demoted to 4th best Aussie as Fricke, Kurtz and Holder would all overtake him. They all finished miles off! Doyle is a class act in this league...No better rider to have in heats 13 and 15 ...Ipswich did well last year and will do even better this year with Emil in.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Smith Posted March 1, 2023 Report Share Posted March 1, 2023 The numbers don't lie, if every rider in the league maintained their rolling average, Belle Vue & King's Lynn are Play-Off finalists comfortably. As we know, speedway isn't like that. Personally, Ipswich are the favourites for me. Any team can be 10-12 up after 9, but when you have Doyle, Sayfutdinov & King to close a meeting, those points can be wiped out in an instant. In the real world, how likely is it these 3 stay uninjured? Very very unlikely imo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4BenMoran Posted March 1, 2023 Report Share Posted March 1, 2023 3 hours ago, Pauldoveyspeedway said: If the tail end score some points they will be fine ...id say Ipswich over Sheffield...once Rew has settled in .... I know who I’d rather have for my team at the bottom end for supporting the heatleaders , Bellego/Howarth/Kerr v Rew/Riss/Hulme there’s only one winner there and that’s Sheffield Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aries Posted March 1, 2023 Report Share Posted March 1, 2023 4 minutes ago, 4BM said: I know who I’d rather have for my team at the bottom end for supporting the heatleaders , Bellego/Howarth/Kerr v Rew/Riss/Hulme there’s only one winner there and that’s Sheffield 3 man teams is it? Holder Ellis and Musielak v Doyle Sayfutdinov and King, only one winner there too. Ipswich aren’t finishing bottom think you’re trying to be a bit edgy there. Sure everyone is entitled to their opinion obviously but come on there is no way you can seriously think all the other 6 teams look stronger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4BenMoran Posted March 1, 2023 Report Share Posted March 1, 2023 15 minutes ago, Aries said: 3 man teams is it? Holder Ellis and Musielak v Doyle Sayfutdinov and King, only one winner there too. Ipswich aren’t finishing bottom think you’re trying to be a bit edgy there. Sure everyone is entitled to their opinion obviously but come on there is no way you can seriously think all the other 6 teams look stronger. Not trying to be edgy just my opinion, Doyle was far and out the best rider in the league last year and can’t see why this year will change that (maybe Bewley will push him) and love watching Emil, I’m just hoping for his and Ipswich’s sake that Poland/Torun don’t start throwing their weight about making him miss any UK meetings for their ‘training’ sessions and other nonsense, the Ekstraliga teams are very precious about their own and they’ll class Emil as that when they want too, luckily in the leagues below they don’t seem as controlling well that’s how it looked with Musielak last year anyway . The inconsistencies of King and Riss would be my main concern as an Ipswich fan and also Rew will take some time to get going especially after a bad knock and as he’s not rode at many of the UK tracks. Personally just want it to be an exciting league with all 7 teams in with a shout of the play offs 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pauldoveyspeedway Posted March 1, 2023 Author Report Share Posted March 1, 2023 2 hours ago, Daniel Smith said: The numbers don't lie, if every rider in the league maintained their rolling average, Belle Vue & King's Lynn are Play-Off finalists comfortably. As we know, speedway isn't like that. Personally, Ipswich are the favourites for me. Any team can be 10-12 up after 9, but when you have Doyle, Sayfutdinov & King to close a meeting, those points can be wiped out in an instant. In the real world, how likely is it these 3 stay uninjured? Very very unlikely imo Ipswich will take some beating ...if its close at the end Jason and Emil will take some beating... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pauldoveyspeedway Posted March 1, 2023 Author Report Share Posted March 1, 2023 1 hour ago, Aries said: 3 man teams is it? Holder Ellis and Musielak v Doyle Sayfutdinov and King, only one winner there too. Ipswich aren’t finishing bottom think you’re trying to be a bit edgy there. Sure everyone is entitled to their opinion obviously but come on there is no way you can seriously think all the other 6 teams look stronger. Ipswich have the edge on the heat leaders for me ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WRDukes Posted March 1, 2023 Report Share Posted March 1, 2023 Given the teams as they are now 1 Belle Vue 2 Sheffield 3 Ipswich 4 Peterborough 5 Leicester 6 King's Lynn 7 Wolverhampton 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flappy Posted March 1, 2023 Report Share Posted March 1, 2023 Has Emil ever ridden Ipswich? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bagpuss Posted March 1, 2023 Report Share Posted March 1, 2023 11 minutes ago, Flappy said: Has Emil ever ridden Ipswich? Ipswich were a second division side during his spell with Coventry in 2011 so I assume not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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