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Wolves v Witches May 22nd


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37 minutes ago, Aries said:

Difference being at Leicester you don’t have to literally turn the bike inside out on the second bend to get up the back straight! Monmore is like no other, that’s why some top class riders have struggled there over the years and why even some bang average Wolves sides on paper, have still managed to make it a fortress. 
 

Wolves by 6. 

For sure monmore is more specialist but Emil just looks incredible so far this season, tbf Ipswich you have to turn pretty hard too and he was the fastest by a mile at practice day from the first lap and all season matching Doyle…

he’s not going to be caught out like many continental riders with his motors being too strong I don’t think, he looks to have machines dialled

wolves by 2

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1 hour ago, 89buttons said:

 tbf Ipswich you have to turn pretty hard too 

Disagree here. On the old circuit with the long straights and tight bends you had to turn hard, but not this current Ipswich circuit. It’s night and day since the changes with the widened bends and the all in one smooth transition around the bends. The circuit is much more circular in shape and is much “easier to ride” according to a few riders including Louis himself. At Monmore, you pretty much have to turn so hard on the second bend you almost come to a complete halt before getting your wheels in line and get going again up the back straight! Easy to see why a lot of the riders (and supporters to be fair)  don’t like it. I’ve never been a fan and I accept you do at times get some close racing and overtaking, but visually it’s never appealed to me. On the flip side though I guess it’s good to have something a bit different from the norm!

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1 hour ago, Bagpuss said:

Emil will probably be ok because he's a class act, but it must be said that Monmore Green is very, very different to Leicester or the Foxhole. 

Top riders tend to ride well anywhere but might take a heat to get fully familar. I know in the old days a fair few supposed top riders would whine about Arena - but the really top riders would come and score massively there!

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4 minutes ago, GeneralMelchett said:

Witches won twice (is that right?) at Monmore last year and traditionaly tend to do ok there from memory, I think a narrow home win 46-44 maybe for this one!

We did indeed but as someone rightly pointed out earlier, one of those was down to Riss racking up a cricket score at reserve. We do still have riders that go well here though, Doyle obviously, king can win races here and Barker can also be a nuisance at times. 

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3 minutes ago, Arch Stanton said:

We did indeed but as someone rightly pointed out earlier, one of those was down to Riss racking up a cricket score at reserve. We do still have riders that go well here though, Doyle obviously, king can win races here and Barker can also be a nuisance at times. 

thats was me i think! yes he played a blinder in one

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Hume should be good enough to score a few points tonight considering he knows Monmore very well.

Fancy Ipswich to win a close one as I don't think Craig Cook will put up the ridiculously good numbers Nicholls put up for Wolves.

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Well done Wolves fully deserved and a cracking heat 13 

Didnt expect us to win this but hopefully in the b fixture a couple of our guys will do a bit better 

Concern for Joe now he really isn’t at this level. Great kid and when we go Foxhall his family are lovely people as well but sometimes business comes first 

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Ipswich don't have a reserve to put in any kind of Prem Title challenge imo.

Can replace Joe but it won't make much of a difference because Hume is out of his depth at No.6.

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7 minutes ago, TTT said:

Ipswich don't have a reserve to put in any kind of Prem Title challenge imo.

Can replace Joe but it won't make much of a difference because Hume is out of his depth at No.6.

Hume is ok but needs someone with him capable of getting 4 or 5 as well like Kemp or Rowe

Teams are built differently Peterborough have the best number 6 and number 7 but the top end is awful

Belle Vue have a number 6 scoring 8 or 9 and a number 7 who can’t score 

Wolves 6 and 7 are only getting 9 between them as well 

Ipswich is built top heavy but if our 2 reserves can get 9 between them we will be fine ….. at the moment Hume is getting 5 or 6 and Joe is lucky to get 1 so Hume has a lot of pressure on him 

 

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20 minutes ago, chun said:

masters jumping the start in ht 13 and wolves kerb crawling their way to victory.  need a different bike to ride wolves

Have to say I thought he got a right flyer there! Was half expecting it to be recalled - Wolves strong at home this year for sure. feel this was lost and won at reserve tonight!

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10 hours ago, Gavan said:

Well done Wolves fully deserved and a cracking heat 13 

Didnt expect us to win this but hopefully in the b fixture a couple of our guys will do a bit better 

Concern for Joe now he really isn’t at this level. Great kid and when we go Foxhall his family are lovely people as well but sometimes business comes first 

Good display by Wolves ...Luke would  have scored more than C.Cook ...

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