Ipswich Witches 2025

[Gavan]

Danny King would be fine back at Ipswich in the right position 

He isn’t a heat leader and certainly not capable of carrying the team like some fans thought he could when we lost Jason and Emil 

If Danny King rode at 2 or 4 he would do his job 

The top 5 is simple 

Jason , Emil and Brennan as heat leaders 

And then 2 of Ellis Rew and King at 2 and 4….. personally yes I’d have Rew and Ellis but if one of them was to leave and we had Danny I’d be fine with that 

[TTT]

King is almost certain to be back if we're being honest because Ipswich won't sacrifice Ellis to get Brennan in as they'll need another replacement for Ellis who'll be a much weaker rider around Foxhall when searching around for riders on 5 something GSA's.

Options would be riders like Craig Cook, Sedgmen, S. Worrall and co.

[StarBoy]

42 minutes ago, TTT said:

King is almost certain to be back if we're being honest because Ipswich won't sacrifice Ellis to get Brennan in as they'll need another replacement for Ellis who'll be a much weaker rider around Foxhall when searching around for riders on 5 something GSA's.

Options would be riders like Craig Cook, Sedgmen, S. Worrall and co.

Frederik Jakobsen has show his liking to Foxhole previously…

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1 hour ago, Gavan said:

Danny King would be fine back at Ipswich in the right position 

He isn’t a heat leader and certainly not capable of carrying the team like some fans thought he could when we lost Jason and Emil 

If Danny King rode at 2 or 4 he would do his job 

The top 5 is simple 

Jason , Emil and Brennan as heat leaders 

And then 2 of Ellis Rew and King at 2 and 4….. personally yes I’d have Rew and Ellis but if one of them was to leave and we had Danny I’d be fine with that 

Totally disagree Danny to be fair scores the points that you would expect. However it’s not all about that is it? The  biggest issue is when the chips are down he either goes missing or makes a novice error with riding lines. The semi final at Leicester being a prime example, on a comfortable 5-1 & then falls. 
 

Also can’t team ride to save his life I’ve seen more team riding from Nicholls & Brennan in their witches appearances this season than King has managed in the last 5 years.

 

Edited 19 hours ago by cowboy cookie returns?

[Falcon1983]

9 minutes ago, StarBoy said:

Frederik Jakobsen has show his liking to Foxhole previously…

Certainly has but isnt his average 7+?

1. Doyle 9.36

2. King 6.14

3. Brennan 6.52

4. Ellis 5.46

5. Sayfutdinov 9.12

6. Thompson 3.10

7. Boughen 

[StarBoy]

3 minutes ago, Falcon1983 said:

Certainly has but isnt his average 7+?

1. Doyle 9.36

2. King 6.14

3. Brennan 6.52

4. Ellis 5.46

5. Sayfutdinov 9.12

6. Thompson 3.10

7. Boughen 

5.71

[Falcon1983]

9 minutes ago, StarBoy said:

5.71

Ah not sure where I'd seen 7+

[dontforgetthefueltapsbruv]

Hasn't Rew already signed for a club that will be riding on Thursdays...... in Poland

[AceBelle]

7 minutes ago, dontforgetthefueltapsbruv said:

Hasn't Rew already signed for a club that will be riding on Thursdays...... in Poland

I believe rew has been released from Leszno who were relegated to Ekstraliga 2 who will now ride some Thursday's? 

[TTT]

Any deal for Brennan surely depends on the points limit, I've got two teams down for Ipswich, One built up to 39 and the other 40.

Either way Danny King is defo going to be back imo.

 

= 38.87 (1. Doyle, 2. Ellis, 3. King, 4. Rew, 5. Sayfutdinov, 6. D. Thompson & 7. RS)

= 39.92 or 39.72 (1. Doyle, 2. Rew/Ellis, 3. Brennan, 4. King, 5. Sayfutdinov, 6. D. Thompson & 7. RS)

[KevtheRev]

15 hours ago, cowboy cookie returns? said:

Totally disagree Danny to be fair scores the points that you would expect. However it’s not all about that is it? The  biggest issue is when the chips are down he either goes missing or makes a novice error with riding lines. The semi final at Leicester being a prime example, on a comfortable 5-1 & then falls. 
 

Also can’t team ride to save his life I’ve seen more team riding from Nicholls & Brennan in their witches appearances this season than King has managed in the last 5 years.

 

Totally agree. King rode at No.2 and still failed big time.

Never seen him team ride.

[MB723]

Was more curious if fitting the top 4 together would be possible but doesn't look bad (or likely), just a bit of a long tail.

Doyle	9.36
Sayfutdinov	9.12
Brennan	6.59
Musielak	8.21
D Thompson	3.11
Edwards	3.57
J Thompson	RS
	39.96

 

[Gavan]

Adam Ellis rode all season as second string 

Danny King rode 95% as a heat leader

Danny King got a higher average than Ellis riding in a harder position 

Yet people want Ellis back but not King … as a second string Danny would be fine 

This is nothing against Ellis who is be happy to see stay but just to gain perspective 

[MP78]

18 minutes ago, Gavan said:

Adam Ellis rode all season as second string 

Danny King rode 95% as a heat leader

Danny King got a higher average than Ellis riding in a harder position 

Yet people want Ellis back but not King … as a second string Danny would be fine 

This is nothing against Ellis who is be happy to see stay but just to gain perspective 

Good point, hadn't thought of it like that before. 

For me, I think Ellis is still on a bit of a false average after a couple of injuries disrupted his season, plus he has about 10 years on King.  Ellis could easily up his average in 25, King will do well to maintain his I think... so if it came to a choice I would opt for Ellis, but totally get your point 

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1 hour ago, MB723 said:

 

Was more curious if fitting the top 4 together would be possible but doesn't look bad (or likely), just a bit of a long tail.

Doyle	9.36
Sayfutdinov	9.12
Brennan	6.59
Musielak	8.21
D Thompson	3.11
Edwards	3.57
J Thompson	RS
	39.96

 

That’s far too weak at the bottom end. Far better of with Ellis & Rew in the middle order.