2025 Team Predictions

[StarBoy]

Fully aware we haven’t even made it to the Play-Offs yet, but you assume all the teams that are going again have already built their teams ahead of being ratified ahead of the AGM. Also - just a bit of fun isn’t it predicting what happens in silly season. My 2025 team predictions below (based on current GSA and assuming the team building limit stays the same): 

Belle Vue Aces

1. Brady Kurtz - 9.31

2. Annti Voulas - 4.55 

3. Jaimon Lidsey - 6.97

4. Norick Blodorn - 5.54

5. Dan Bewley - 8.78 (8.34)

6. Tate Zischke - 4.57

RS. Jake Mulford (William Cairns when he turns 16)

Total - 39.28

Birmingham Brummies

1. Freddie Lindgren - 7.84

2. Zach Cook - 5.47

3. Ben Cook - 6.86

4. Tom Brennan - 6.44 (6.12)

5. Danny King - 6.48 (6.16)

6. Wiktor Lampart - 4.93

RS. Leon Flint

Total - 37.38

Ipswich Witches

1. Jason Doyle - 9.36

2. Keynan Rew - 5.43

3. Jan Kvech - 6.52

4. Vadim Tarasenko - 6.77

5. Tobiasz Musielak - 8.21

6. Dan Thompson - 4.29 (3.22)

RS. Jordan Jenkins if he is still applicable? 

Total - 39.51

Kings Lynn Stars

1. Robert Lambert - 7.81 (7.42)

2. Niels Kristian Iversen - 6.73

3. Ben Basso - 6.89

4. Nicolai Klindt - 6.59

5. Richard Lawson - 7.21 (6.85)

6. Anders Rowe - 4.94 (3.71)

RS. Ashton Boughen

Total - 38.19

Leicester Lions

1. Max Fricke - 8.70

2. Craig Cook - 5.03 (4.78) 

3. Luke Becker - 6.17

4. Sam Masters - 7.17

5. Ryan Douglas - 7.59

6. Lewis Kerr - 4.67 (4.44)

RS. Sam Hagon 

Total - 38.85

Oxford Spires

1. Tai Woffinden - 8.67 (8.24)

2. Erik Riss - 5.47

3. Charles Wright - 6.30 (5.99)

4. Maciej Janowski - 7.01

5. Rohan Tungate - 7.63

6. Patryk Wojdylo - 4.74

RS. Luke Killeen 

Total - 39.08

Sheffield Tigers 

1. Jack Holder - 8.70

2. Kyle Howarth - 5.35 (5.08)

3. Chris Harris - 6.37 (6.06)

4. Josh Pickering - 6.61

5. Chris Holder - 8.65

6. Kye Thomson - 4.35

RS. Dan Gilkes 

Total - 39.37

[The Third Man]

Edwards will be the rising star for Sheffield with Anders Rowe at 6, rest OK but could be any two from Jack, Chris & Tai

[AceBelle]

29 minutes ago, The Third Man said:

Edwards will be the rising star for Sheffield with Anders Rowe at 6, rest OK but could be any two from Jack, Chris & Tai

Ben Cook will be staying at B/vue for sure 

[StarBoy]

23 minutes ago, AceBelle said:

Ben Cook will be staying at B/vue for sure 

If the team building limit remains the same (40.0) then one of Bewley, Kurtz, Lidsey or Cook would have to go. 

I just presumed Lidsey would say since you brought him to the UK and have invested heavily in him - although he does seem to have gone backwards a little bit this season

[AceBelle]

6 minutes ago, StarBoy said:

If the team building limit remains the same (40.0) then one of Bewley, Kurtz, Lidsey or Cook would have to go. 

I just presumed Lidsey would say since you brought him to the UK and have invested heavily in him - although he does seem to have gone backwards a little bit this season

Lidsey & blodorn may go ?

[The Third Man]

34 minutes ago, AceBelle said:

Ben Cook will be staying at B/vue for sure 

Was only commenting on Sheffield

[StarBoy]

2 minutes ago, AceBelle said:

Lidsey & blodorn may go ?

I also just assumed that Voulas would stay as well. Heard Lemon is desperate to get Zischke back next year so it seems like there’s 3 pretty nailed on - Bewley - 8.34

Kurtz - 9.31

Zischke - 4.57

Leaves you 17.78 for your remaining 3 (assuming team building stays at 40).

If you’re saying B Cook (6.86) is a sure thing then that leaves 10.92 for your remaining 2 - who else would you get? 

[AceBelle]

8 minutes ago, StarBoy said:

I also just assumed that Voulas would stay as well. Heard Lemon is desperate to get Zischke back next year so it seems like there’s 3 pretty nailed on - Bewley - 8.34

Kurtz - 9.31

Zischke - 4.57

Leaves you 17.78 for your remaining 3 (assuming team building stays at 40).

If you’re saying B Cook (6.86) is a sure thing then that leaves 10.92 for your remaining 2 - who else would you get? 

Lemmo will solve that 

[Arthur54]

And if for any chance the unthinkable happened, and Poole moved up, that would certainly put a spanner in the works of quite a few of those teams 

[TTT]

Assuming they all want to return then the following would be locks imo, Few opinions thrown in as well.

 

BV 

1. Bewley

2. Blodorn

3. B. Cook

4. ?

5. Kurtz

6. Zischke

7. Mulford (RS)

 

BRUM

1. Lindgren

2. Z. Cook

3. Brennan

4. ?

5. ?

6. Lampart

7. Flint (RS)

 

IPS

1. Doyle

2. Rew

3. Kvech (Opinion)

4. Ellis

5. Sayfutdinov

6. D. Thompson

7. ?

 

LEI

1. Fricke

2. ?

3. Lawson

4. Masters / Becker

5. Douglas

6. ?

7. Hagon (RS)

 

OX

1. Woffinden / Musielak (Opinion)

2. Riss

3. Janowski

4. Harris

5. Tungate

6. ?

7. Boughen / Killeen (RS)

 

SHEFF

1. J. Holder

2. Howarth

3. ?

4. Pickering

5. C. Holder

6. ?

7. Edwards (RS)

Edited August 29 by TTT

[ShanoXtra]

15 minutes ago, TTT said:

Assuming they all want to return then the following would be locks imo, Few opinions thrown in as well.

 

BV 

1. Bewley

2. Blodorn

3. B. Cook

4. ?

5. Kurtz

6. Zischke

7. Mulford (RS)

 

BRUM

1. Lindgren

2. Z. Cook

3. Brennan

4. ?

5. ?

6. Lampart

7. Flint (RS)

 

IPS

1. Doyle

2. Rew

3. Kvech (Opinion)

4. Ellis

5. Sayfutdinov

6. D. Thompson

7. ?

 

LEI

1. Fricke

2. ?

3. Lawson

4. Masters / Becker

5. Douglas

6. ?

7. Hagon (RS)

 

OX

1. Woffinden / Musielak (Opinion)

2. Riss

3. Janowski

4. Harris

5. Tungate

6. ?

7. Boughen / Killeen (RS)

 

SHEFF

1. J. Holder

2. Howarth

3. ?

4. Pickering

5. C. Holder

6. ?

7. Edwards (RS)

How confident are we that Emil stays? Speaking to Hawkins last week after Belle Vue, Doyle is pretty much signed, Emil has chosen England over Sweden the last two years, Richie isn’t sure if he will go to Sweden as it’s easier for him to travel. He did say if Emil choses England then it’s 100% Witches. I just hope Doyle and Emil feel like they have missed riding with each other so next year they try again 🤛🏼

[TTT]

1 minute ago, ShanoXtra said:

How confident are we that Emil stays? Speaking to Hawkins last week after Belle Vue, Doyle is pretty much signed, Emil has chosen England over Sweden the last two years, Richie isn’t sure if he will go to Sweden as it’s easier for him to travel. He did say if Emil choses England then it’s 100% Witches. I just hope Doyle and Emil feel like they have missed riding with each other so next year they try again 🤛🏼

Emil has unfinished business and it's Ipswich that offered him a chance while Sweden wouldn't due to politics so I'd be shocked if Emil sided with Sweden tbh.

I think Ipswich picks itself if everything goes to plan with Kvech the only newcomer in place of King.

[ShanoXtra]

12 minutes ago, TTT said:

Emil has unfinished business and it's Ipswich that offered him a chance while Sweden wouldn't due to politics so I'd be shocked if Emil sided with Sweden tbh.

I think Ipswich picks itself if everything goes to plan with Kvech the only newcomer in place of King.

To be fair that is a good shout and I did think kind of along the same lines although my thought process was that i think Sweden and another two countries (can’t remember) are the reason the Russian riders aren’t allowed in SGP due to them not allowing the riders to race in their countries in the Grand Prix. And I think everyone knows at the moment what Emil thinks of the SGP at this time. I asked Richie that same night if Emil would go back to SGP next year and basically said ‘no chance’.

[TINYS]

3 hours ago, The Third Man said:

Edwards will be the rising star for Sheffield with Anders Rowe at 6, rest OK but could be any two from Jack, Chris & Tai

What will Lynn's team be after the first few weeks of the season. 😁

[SaddlebowRoad]

3 hours ago, The Third Man said:

Edwards will be the rising star for Sheffield with Anders Rowe at 6, rest OK but could be any two from Jack, Chris & Tai

Sheffield waving the chequebook about already?

[Youhave2minutes]

17 minutes ago, TINYS said:

What will Lynn's team be after the first few weeks of the season. 😁

Not sure on that one. However I’m pretty sure they will end up not being in the playoffs.

[The Third Man]

16 minutes ago, SaddlebowRoad said:

Sheffield waving the chequebook about already?

No just attracting riders who want to win something, or at least be in with a chance of winning something

[Gambo95]

57 minutes ago, ShanoXtra said:

To be fair that is a good shout and I did think kind of along the same lines although my thought process was that i think Sweden and another two countries (can’t remember) are the reason the Russian riders aren’t allowed in SGP due to them not allowing the riders to race in their countries in the Grand Prix. And I think everyone knows at the moment what Emil thinks of the SGP at this time. I asked Richie that same night if Emil would go back to SGP next year and basically said ‘no chance’.

Laguta and Tarasenko are racing in Sweden?

Sure I seen artem's team getting hammered couple of weeks ago (he did ok).

[StarBoy]

1 hour ago, TTT said:

Assuming they all want to return then the following would be locks imo, Few opinions thrown in as well.

 

BV 

1. Bewley

2. Blodorn

3. B. Cook

4. ?

5. Kurtz

6. Zischke

7. Mulford (RS)

 

BRUM

1. Lindgren

2. Z. Cook

3. Brennan

4. ?

5. ?

6. Lampart

7. Flint (RS)

 

IPS

1. Doyle

2. Rew

3. Kvech (Opinion)

4. Ellis

5. Sayfutdinov

6. D. Thompson

7. ?

 

LEI

1. Fricke

2. ?

3. Lawson

4. Masters / Becker

5. Douglas

6. ?

7. Hagon (RS)

 

OX

1. Woffinden / Musielak (Opinion)

2. Riss

3. Janowski

4. Harris

5. Tungate

6. ?

7. Boughen / Killeen (RS)

 

SHEFF

1. J. Holder

2. Howarth

3. ?

4. Pickering

5. C. Holder

6. ?

7. Edwards (RS)

You don’t think Lynn are running @TTT ?

[SaddlebowRoad]

29 minutes ago, The Third Man said:

No just attracting riders who want to win something, or at least be in with a chance of winning something

I'm pretty confident that if Lynn want Rowe back in 2025 that's where he'll be.