Ipswich Witches 2025

[AceBelle]

49 minutes ago, Daniel Smith said:

Don't agree that Belle Vue could confidently beat Ipswich but I will say, this Ipswich side is being massively overhyped.

Both Belle Vue & Sheffield will have just as good a sides and put up a challenge.

Just look at the results at NSS  nothing to fear good team yes but beatable I'm sure you would get same answer if you asked Brady or any other member of the team they will be confident and I share their beliefs 

[SpeedwayFan91]

13 hours ago, Steve Irving said:

You don’t believe there were fans of other clubs that got a buzz when they got injured because it meant their team had a greater chance? You’re naive in the extreme if you don’t believe that. They’ll be smirking to themselves reading this, they’ll know. They won’t admit it on here of course!

I’ll admit that I was happy when Doyle and Emil were out of action, but not the fact that they got hurt… I’d rather their bikes got stolen or something but then returned at the end of the season haha 

[Daniel Smith]

13 hours ago, Steve Irving said:

Have a look at the thread Lynn v Ipswich I’ve just moved up from May and read the last post I just quoted. Doyle had just had a horror crash, nobody knew the injuries he’d sustained as was was whisked away in an ambulance. Old Daniel Smiths first post? He didn’t give a shiny sh!t about Doyle. All he was interested in was his team now had a golden chance (which they inevitably didn’t take). 

Someone getting a little bit 'insane in the membrane' hey 😤

Many rider's get injured, in the back of an ambulance & the meeting continues. 

Chill the stress.

Crack on brudda 🏍💨

[Col]

8 hours ago, AceBelle said:

Just look at the results at NSS  nothing to fear good team yes but beatable I'm sure you would get same answer if you asked Brady or any other member of the team they will be confident and I share their beliefs 

You can't deny that's a solid 1-7 Ipswich have assembled.  Other than Brennan & Thompson there are no average improvers in the side.  Doyle, Sayfutdinov, King & Ellis are all injury prone and are on a downward trajectory in performance terms.  Yet, I think there are less question marks on this septet than the predicted Aces & Tigers lineups.

I'm quite glad they plumped for Ellis & King over Rew, if they had that option.

[StarBoy]

7 hours ago, Col said:

You can't deny that's a solid 1-7 Ipswich have assembled.  Other than Brennan & Thompson there are no average improvers in the side.  Doyle, Sayfutdinov, King & Ellis are all injury prone and are on a downward trajectory in performance terms.  Yet, I think there are less question marks on this septet than the predicted Aces & Tigers lineups.

I'm quite glad they plumped for Ellis & King over Rew, if they had that option.

I take it you’re not an Ipswich supporter as your last sentence completely contradicts your second one and third one

[foreverblue]

9 hours ago, Daniel Smith said:

Someone getting a little bit 'insane in the membrane' hey 😤

Many rider's get injured, in the back of an ambulance & the meeting continues. 

Chill the stress.

Crack on brudda 🏍💨

Some riders dont need to be injured to suddenly go missing from the team!!

[szkocjasid]

9 hours ago, Col said:

You can't deny that's a solid 1-7 Ipswich have assembled.  Other than Brennan & Thompson there are no average improvers in the side. Doyle, Sayfutdinov, King & Ellis are all injury prone and are on a downward trajectory in performance terms. Yet, I think there are less question marks on this septet than the predicted Aces & Tigers lineups.

I'm quite glad they plumped for Ellis & King over Rew, if they had that option.

I would say Brennan, Dan T, Ellis, Sayfutdinov & Jenkins could all be expected to up their averages.

Can't see any team getting close to them over the regular season tbh.

[MP78]

9 hours ago, Col said:

You can't deny that's a solid 1-7 Ipswich have assembled.  Other than Brennan & Thompson there are no average improvers in the side.  Doyle, Sayfutdinov, King & Ellis are all injury prone and are on a downward trajectory in performance terms.  Yet, I think there are less question marks on this septet than the predicted Aces & Tigers lineups.

I'm quite glad they plumped for Ellis & King over Rew, if they had that option.

Seems absurd that you suggest that Emil is on the decline - Or have I misinterpreted?  

[foreverblue]

49 minutes ago, szkocjasid said:

I would say Brennan, Dan T, Ellis, Sayfutdinov & Jenkins could all be expected to up their averages.

Can't see any team getting close to them over the regular season tbh.

I would agree, Emil did not have his best season but doesnt mean he is in decline! Sometimes riders have a not great season for different reasons, to repeat an old saying form is temporary, class is permanent.

[blue witch]

17 minutes ago, foreverblue said:

I would agree, Emil did not have his best season but doesnt mean he is in decline! Sometimes riders have a not great season for different reasons, to repeat an old saying form is temporary, class is permanent.

For someone on a decline at the time of his crash he was 3rd in the averages for the league behind Doyle and J Holder. But yes he's on a decline 😂 and for him being injury prone. Every rider would be out with the injury he sustained, I don't see him having time off for a dodgy shoulder or concussion because he rarely crashes

[foreverblue]

6 minutes ago, blue witch said:

For someone on a decline at the time of his crash he was 3rd in the averages for the league behind Doyle and J Holder. But yes he's on a decline 😂 and for him being injury prone. Every rider would be out with the injury he sustained, I don't see him having time off for a dodgy shoulder or concussion because he rarely crashes

3rd in the averages in not his best season!  Love watching him ride, it is a sight to behold, Sheffield's track caught him out.

[Gambo95]

1 hour ago, foreverblue said:

3rd in the averages in not his best season!  Love watching him ride, it is a sight to behold, Sheffield's track caught him out.

Wouldn't mind a Berwick rider being in decline and be in the top 5 or 6 of the averages in various countries for the past few seasons.

[arnieg]

3 hours ago, MP78 said:

Seems absurd that you suggest that Emil is on the decline - Or have I misinterpreted?  

Clearly on decline shockingly only number one in the away averages for the entire league  this season 😉

[Arch Stanton]

1 hour ago, arnieg said:

Clearly on decline shockingly only number one in the away averages for the entire league  this season 😉

And he didn’t get going until May/June! His mechanical issues were well documented both here and in Poland. Once sorted he was back to the form he showed the previous season where he comfortably topped the averages. He’s now on a figure a point less than the one he started on, there’s an increase there. 
 

He’s another reason we’ve managed to squeeze in the team we have, alongside five brits with reductions and one of them on a 25% reduction. Our main competition you’d think, will all have a weaker team on paper than they did this year. We probably won’t get another opportunity as good as next year for a while, they’ve built absolutely superbly. 

Edited 3 hours ago by Arch Stanton

[JamesB]

19 minutes ago, Arch Stanton said:

And he didn’t get going until May/June! His mechanical issues were well documented both here and in Poland. Once sorted he was back to the form he showed the previous season where he comfortably topped the averages. He’s now on a figure a point less than the one he started on, there’s an increase there. 
 

He’s another reason we’ve managed to squeeze in the team we have, alongside five brits with reductions and one of them on a 25% reduction. Our main competition you’d think, will all have a weaker team on paper than they did this year. We probably won’t get another opportunity as good as next year for a while, they’ve built absolutely superbly. 

I agree and it’s very difficult to see where they could have improved the final 1-7.

Brennan is an important addition and should strengthen what was already a strong 2023 team.

You can argue the respective merits of the King/Rew/Ellis combination but not sure that any of the three options would be significantly stronger. If what I have been told is correct, then the final composition may have been down to the omitted rider being offered a substantially better financial package which the Witches were not prepared to match. 

[orion]

Great side... be shocked if anyone is stronger 

[Diamonds85]

I wonder what this 'new initiative' that ipswich are doing towards youth is...?

Got to be more than just adding a team in the NDL the way it's worded. Perhaps it's just youth second half series? A bit like what Redcar have been doing for years...

Anyone got any ideas?

[GeneralMelchett]

6 hours ago, foreverblue said:

I would agree, Emil did not have his best season but doesnt mean he is in decline! Sometimes riders have a not great season for different reasons, to repeat an old saying form is temporary, class is permanent.

He had a bad start - bikes were the issue for part of last season - he was actually more like the Emil of 2023 when he was injured