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Leicester v Ipswich July 18th


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1 hour ago, Skidder1 said:

Sam Hagon had a big off at Poole last night and was in some discomfort when interviewed at the end of the meeting. He only managed 3+1.

They still dragged him out for an interview!?!

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1 hour ago, iainb said:

They still dragged him out for an interview!?!

All home riders congregate for post meeting interviews and rider of night presentation in front of main grandstand. Sam was holding his ribs!!

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Huge opportunity for the Witches tonight to pick up another away win.

Fricke and Lawson One Two punch is all Leicester have to offer on paper.

Masters scoring has been erratic this season, Becker's been poor, Cook isn't the rider he once was and Hagon was in some discomfort last night so he'll be feeling the effects.

As for Ipswich Nicholls and King know the track very well, Rew's in-form, Emil is Emil and Ellis will always put a solid shift in.

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2 hours ago, TTT said:

Huge opportunity for the Witches tonight to pick up another away win.

Fricke and Lawson One Two punch is all Leicester have to offer on paper.

Masters scoring has been erratic this season, Becker's been poor, Cook isn't the rider he once was and Hagon was in some discomfort last night so he'll be feeling the effects.

As for Ipswich Nicholls and King know the track very well, Rew's in-form, Emil is Emil and Ellis will always put a solid shift in.

Ermmm....

And Hagon said he is fine before the meeting tonight. 

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Good win for Leicester that they were proper up for it and deserved winners. King and Ellis let Ipswich down tonight. A few dangerous moves from Lawson, cook and Fricke this evening that probably crossed the line of hard/fair racing. A few times Lucky there wasn’t a nasty incident. Desperately need our heat leader replacement sorted asap and Thompson back.

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4 minutes ago, ThinBlueWitch said:

Good win for Leicester that they were proper up for it and deserved winners. King and Ellis let Ipswich down tonight. A few dangerous moves from Lawson, cook and Fricke this evening that certainly crossed the line of hard/fair racing. Lucky there wasn’t a nasty incident. Desperately need our heat leader replacement sorted asap and Thompson back.

Never heard so much sour grapes in my life!

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5 minutes ago, 40-38 said:

Never heard so much sour grapes in my life!

I literally said Leicester were more up for up for it and deserved winners? Just highlighted that in my opinion there were some moves that crossed the line. Wouldn’t  have had any impact on the result or the fact  Leicester deserves to win if they didn’t happen. If you disagree then you’re quite entitled to that opinion as I am mine. No need to be rude.

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6 minutes ago, ThinBlueWitch said:

No need to be rude.

Mate, pull your dress up! That ain't rude... if you want rude head over to the Scunthorpe and Workington sections!! :D

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1 hour ago, ThinBlueWitch said:

Good win for Leicester that they were proper up for it and deserved winners. King and Ellis let Ipswich down tonight. A few dangerous moves from Lawson, cook and Fricke this evening that probably crossed the line of hard/fair racing. A few times Lucky there wasn’t a nasty incident. Desperately need our heat leader replacement sorted asap and Thompson back.

All I saw was some excellent racing from both sets of riders. Heat 13 was a right belter.

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3 minutes ago, Mr Bump said:

All I saw was some excellent racing from both sets of riders. Heat 13 was a right belter.

Agreed. When riders are prepared to attack the track we get decent races at BP. Hats off to Rew tonight because he was prepared to have a right old go. He is a long way off the finished article but clearly isn’t taken in by all the negative crap regarding the Lions track. The top riders and those who are destined to go to the top will see BP as a challenge and be mindful that the very best are able to handle the so called technical tracks. Throttle jockeys who love the big tracks (some apparently have dozens of racing lines) will have to adapt if they are to progress in the sport.

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I’m not too concerned about the result, our home form will hopefully see us remain unbeaten at Foxhall & we go really well at Oxford. It was always going to a tough with out the Leicester track specialist Dan. 

In terms of of the track Leicester is like Foxhall consistently slated by away fans & some riders however those with true riding ability like Emil seem to have no issues.

The only concern I have going forward is not replacing Doyle as that will scupper us in the play offs & the KO cup final. Nicholls is an Ipswich legend & in many ways it feels like he has come home this year…..almost a full time witch. However as good as he is at Foxhall to win the league we need a much stronger rider at Sheffield & Belle Vue as it’s clear we will need to beat at least one of those in the playoffs to take the title. 

We already know we have to go to Sheffield to retain the cup. 

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Not panic stations yet for sure, but, does anyone else feel the tide is slowly turning? Hawkins said at Belle Vue that everyone got their bad race out the way at the same time, last night was another one for three of the guys. Feels like Belle Vue, Oxford and Leicester have all been extremely hard meetings recently and Emil is really holding it together, granted we’ve been on the road. But I have a feeling Sheffield are in prime position for the double this season and now we are seeing the affects of missing Doyley! I hope I’m wrong! Also, it’s a massive shame our home meeting at Belle Vue got cancelled for “rain” as it could have been a home win and got the riders better prepared for last night. Still a way to go though and we are top so staying positive !

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9 hours ago, Mr Blobby said:

Surprised Hagon got all 4 rides. 

Agreed, the bonus point could be vital for Leicester. I would've put Cook in heat 12, as he was the stronger reserve, if he ran a last could always use Hagon in heat 14?

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