SpeedwayFan91 Posted February 23 Report Share Posted February 23 19 hours ago, spin king said: In my opinion. At this point Ipswich have collectively the strongest top 2, The strongest top 3 Belle Vue The strongest top 4 Sheffield The strongest top 5 Sheffield The strongest reserve pairing Birmingham King’s Lynn have the strongest reserve pairing 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
proud panther Posted February 23 Report Share Posted February 23 Looks more even than past seasons, think Lynn will be the surprise package, & make play offs. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rickyag Posted February 23 Report Share Posted February 23 1 hour ago, proud panther said: Looks more even than past seasons, think Lynn will be the surprise package, & make play offs. Lets hope not Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
szkocjasid Posted February 24 Report Share Posted February 24 (edited) On 2/20/2024 at 8:01 AM, Teromaafan said: I think your top four is about right. Finishing top isn’t as important as it was a few seasons ago when that team had choice of semi final opponents. It is quite possible that the team finishing fourth is the in form team at the time. Why on earth did they change that rule? I thought it was one of the best rules of the sport. I think it was changed due to a situation a couple of years ago. From memory the top 2 teams in the league agreed to race each other (Peterborough & Wolves?) regardless of whoever finished top, maybe due to stadium availability? So for thier last league fixtures, it would have been harder to entice people in as they've admitted there's no difference between 1st & 2nd. Edited February 24 by szkocjasid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
szkocjasid Posted February 24 Report Share Posted February 24 Probably the closest the league has looked in some time, any of 6 clubs can make the top 4, with possibly only Ipswich 99% certain to make it? 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevebrum Posted February 24 Report Share Posted February 24 On 2/22/2024 at 11:18 AM, Arch Stanton said: Doyle has made Foxhall his fortress. He drops very few points here and when he does, you can see his anger at dropping those points. Think he had the best home average comfortably in the league last year. He’ll again hit many home maximums. Doyle is one rider who gives his all for his league racing which is why he has been top Aussie for many a season. There isn’t another Aussie in league racing that is as committed to UK racing or as good at league level. Holder (Jack) and Fricke will probably finish with a lower 2024 average again. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinny Posted February 25 Report Share Posted February 25 Have said it before, Doyle gets unfair stick. He has given the UK and world speedway nothing but 100 percent since he made his debt in Europe. He raced for Newport in 2011, had a knackered shoulder all season but still give nothing but 100 percent and put off getting surgery until after we had secured the KO cup trophy. Can be a little reckless on track but thats through over trying more than anything else. A brilliant rider and will be hugely missed once he retires. But I reckon thats still a while away and he will almost certainly be in the top 3 averages come the end of the season. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goldhawk Posted February 25 Report Share Posted February 25 (edited) On 2/23/2024 at 3:51 PM, proud panther said: Looks more even than past seasons, think Lynn will be the surprise package, & make play offs. I agree with that. They could be very impressive if they click and may surprise a few with their overall strength. Leaving aside negative thoughts by many on Buster Chapman, or positive come to that. Lynn are long overdue a top flight title win , good luck to them, don't think thev'e ever won one in their 60 years history at Saddlebow Row ? . It would be good for the sport. i hope with a decent and successful Premiership season more clubs can come up and hopefully make 10 in the league in 2025. If the top league in good shape and thriving the sport can rebuild in popularity, leagues below can get on the back of that. Wouldn't it be a boost to get Coventry back for starters in next couple of seasons. Edited February 25 by Goldhawk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GiveusaB Posted February 28 Report Share Posted February 28 On 2/22/2024 at 6:20 PM, spin king said: In my opinion. At this point Ipswich have collectively the strongest top 2, The strongest top 3 Belle Vue The strongest top 4 Sheffield The strongest top 5 Sheffield The strongest reserve pairing Birmingham May be to start the season..? As soon as the first set of GS ave's come out, then Lampart and Cook will most likely change places....not that it makes much difference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
szkocjasid Posted February 29 Report Share Posted February 29 Why are so many people negative towards Victor Lampart? (It's not just on this post). Now I know that just because a rider races on the top flight in Poland he won't automatically get to grips with British tracks, but that doesn't mean he can't? I mean who was the last Polish / Eastern European newcomer who was a disappointment? There's not been many recently, maybe Laguta - but he wasn't exactly awful, just didn't race like a former world champion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfie456 Posted February 29 Report Share Posted February 29 1 hour ago, szkocjasid said: Why are so many people negative towards Victor Lampart? (It's not just on this post). Now I know that just because a rider races on the top flight in Poland he won't automatically get to grips with British tracks, but that doesn't mean he can't? I mean who was the last Polish / Eastern European newcomer who was a disappointment? There's not been many recently, maybe Laguta - but he wasn't exactly awful, just didn't race like a former world champion. Adam Skornicki springs to mind when he came to Wolves we all said WHO.But he became one of the best poles to ride in this country. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GiveusaB Posted March 1 Report Share Posted March 1 14 hours ago, szkocjasid said: Why are so many people negative towards Victor Lampart? (It's not just on this post). Now I know that just because a rider races on the top flight in Poland he won't automatically get to grips with British tracks, but that doesn't mean he can't? I mean who was the last Polish / Eastern European newcomer who was a disappointment? There's not been many recently, maybe Laguta - but he wasn't exactly awful, just didn't race like a former world champion. Not sure if you're insinuating that my questions/predictions about Lampart are negative towards him or not? I was merely asking the person that signed him if he thinks that 'he'(Lampart) will achieve his assessed 6 average? If the answer is no...then why sign him in the first place? Points to poor/inept team building....that would be my 'negativity' angle! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Cheese Posted March 2 Report Share Posted March 2 Interesting that several people here have Leicester as one of the favourites but bet365 have them at the same odds as Birmingham! Sheffield 6/4 Ipswich 7/2 Belle Vue 4/1 King's Lynn 13/2 Oxford 8/1 Birmingham 14/1 Leicester 14/1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TTT Posted March 2 Report Share Posted March 2 23 minutes ago, The Cheese said: Interesting that several people here have Leicester as one of the favourites but bet365 have them at the same odds as Birmingham! Sheffield 6/4 Ipswich 7/2 Belle Vue 4/1 King's Lynn 13/2 Oxford 8/1 Birmingham 14/1 Leicester 14/1 Fans are not taking the reserves into consideration. If Kemp doesn't score well then Leicester lose because JT is out of his depth. Kemp couldn't handle the No.6 role at Wolves a couple of season's ago so it's something to make a note of imo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arch Stanton Posted March 2 Report Share Posted March 2 14/1 rank outsiders alongside Birmingham is absolutely bonkers. I’ll be having some of that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bagpuss Posted March 2 Report Share Posted March 2 2 hours ago, The Cheese said: Interesting that several people here have Leicester as one of the favourites but bet365 have them at the same odds as Birmingham! Sheffield 6/4 Ipswich 7/2 Belle Vue 4/1 King's Lynn 13/2 Oxford 8/1 Birmingham 14/1 Leicester 14/1 I've got them sixth in my prediction. Reserves just don't look strong enough compared to others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pauldoveyspeedway Posted March 2 Report Share Posted March 2 On 2/29/2024 at 5:57 PM, szkocjasid said: Why are so many people negative towards Victor Lampart? (It's not just on this post). Now I know that just because a rider races on the top flight in Poland he won't automatically get to grips with British tracks, but that doesn't mean he can't? I mean who was the last Polish / Eastern European newcomer who was a disappointment? There's not been many recently, maybe Laguta - but he wasn't exactly awful, just didn't race like a former world champion. Would of helped if he had been at number 6 ..They had the points to play with ..They should have signed the top 2 first ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heathen52 Posted March 2 Report Share Posted March 2 2 hours ago, Pauldoveyspeedway said: Would of helped if he had been at number 6 ..They had the points to play with ..They should have signed the top 2 first ... I suspect he will indeed be at No6 after the first set of averages, i suspect Birmingham prefer Cook to be at reserve to begin the season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
szkocjasid Posted March 3 Report Share Posted March 3 On 3/2/2024 at 11:04 AM, TTT said: Fans are not taking the reserves into consideration. If Kemp doesn't score well then Leicester lose because JT is out of his depth. Kemp couldn't handle the No.6 role at Wolves a couple of season's ago so it's something to make a note of imo. I wouldn't say I've personally overlooked Leicester's reserves when ranking them, maybe more I feel the top 5 is strong enough to cover for them? There's no doubt that this is the Lions weak point. While Mountain & Jenkins are similar to Kemp in standard, stepping up to number 6, both Belle Vue (Bailey) and Ipswich (Dan T) have stronger rising stars than Leicester (Joe T) as do Sheffield (Gilkes), although they have a weaker number 6 (Edwards) than Leicester. Leicester have done well with the points limit signing a 4.00 Kemp on a 3.00 ave to allow a strong top 5. So while Ipswich haven't used the spare point from signing Jenkins, they still look the team to beat for me! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arch Stanton Posted March 3 Report Share Posted March 3 Joe Thompson will be fine at Leicester. He’ll more than likely struggle on the road again, but he’ll be far more comfortable around Leicester than he was for us at Foxhall last year. Joe rides Leicester well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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