Marky_Mark Posted November 6 Report Share Posted November 6 2 hours ago, AceBelle said: So is it Ellis or Rew leaving ? Ellis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MP78 Posted November 6 Report Share Posted November 6 From reading that article it sounds like King's hand still isn't great... For me signing him is a gamble. On one hand (no pun intended) it may struggle to improve - I'm no clinician, but every op generates scar tissue and that appears to be part of the problem already. However on the other, if he gets that hand back working and he has 3 genuine heat leaders (Brennan incoming hopefully) carrying the scoring load, then the pressure will be off and he could have a solid season. I genuinely hope its the latter and ready as ever to get behind the riders we have! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AceBelle Posted November 6 Report Share Posted November 6 10 minutes ago, Marky_Mark said: Ellis Personally I think whoever leaves will end up Aces No 4 ? Ellis is good mates with Bewley who knows? and Lemmo is a fan of Rew ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreverblue Posted November 6 Report Share Posted November 6 1 hour ago, Gavan said: Danny riding at 2 or 4 is a fantastic signing … not so much if he is at 3….. can easily see him scoring 6 or 7 at home every week and with a strong top 3 that’s all we need…. Though im sure first meeting of the season lets say home to Belle Vue and he is in heat 1 and gets third behind Doyle and Kurtz that some Ipswich fans will moan about it lol It is unfortunate the flak Danny gets which is undeserved, he is a very nice guy who puts everything in for the team but for some because of the amount of years he has been at Ipswich some seem to think he should be getting high scores every home meeting. He is genuine and only wants the best for the team, he did not have his best season but that could be a bonus as his average is lower than perhaps it should be. It was a sad day for me when he left Poole to rider for Redcar but that is how it goes sometimes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoundTheBoards Posted November 6 Report Share Posted November 6 So it's Adam Ellis who is heading off to Birmingham? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arch Stanton Posted November 6 Report Share Posted November 6 38 minutes ago, MP78 said: From reading that article it sounds like King's hand still isn't great... For me signing him is a gamble. On one hand (no pun intended) it may struggle to improve - I'm no clinician, but every op generates scar tissue and that appears to be part of the problem already. However on the other, if he gets that hand back working and he has 3 genuine heat leaders (Brennan incoming hopefully) carrying the scoring load, then the pressure will be off and he could have a solid season. I genuinely hope its the latter and ready as ever to get behind the riders we have! Can’t argue with any of that in truth. It is a risky one as they’re banking on more surgery correcting the problem but as you rightly say, there’s no guarantees. Fingers crossed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneralMelchett Posted November 6 Report Share Posted November 6 (edited) Happy to see Danny back - sorry to see whoever leaves leave to be frank - there team was fine last year and only a bad run of injuries probably prevented a win but thats what happens sometimes. I don't get the anti Danny stuff on SM either it wouldnt occur to me ever to post stuff like that but there you go - think not being at no3 will be good for him. Edited November 6 by GeneralMelchett 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TTT Posted November 6 Report Share Posted November 6 King looks like a risky signing on paper but it's also a risk worth taking if Brennan has put pen to paper. King at No.2 with no pressure on him when partenered with Doyle or Emil 3 times a night would see him put good points on the board imo. Like Ellis said last season, Doyle and Emil made everyone's jobs easy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreverblue Posted November 6 Report Share Posted November 6 24 minutes ago, TTT said: King looks like a risky signing on paper but it's also a risk worth taking if Brennan has put pen to paper. King at No.2 with no pressure on him when partenered with Doyle or Emil 3 times a night would see him put good points on the board imo. Like Ellis said last season, Doyle and Emil made everyone's jobs easy. And fancy having those two in the pits helping out. it looks like the same team with Ellis leaving to make way for Brennan. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPEEDY69 Posted November 6 Report Share Posted November 6 (edited) 3 hours ago, TTT said: Chris Adams said Brum have lost out on a couple of riders they were talking to so I assume Brennan is one of them. He also intimated at the speedway show that Brennan was leaving Brum but Lord Tolley said "are you sure about that?" Edited November 6 by SPEEDY69 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TTT Posted November 6 Report Share Posted November 6 59 minutes ago, SPEEDY69 said: He also intimated at the speedway show that Brennan was leaving Brum but Lord Tolley said "are you sure about that?" Think Chris is the sensible one out of the two, Ipswich would've just offered Brennan a better deal and a better chance at winning silverware. Tolley is the same man who said he'd sign Zmarzlik because money's not a problem and then look at what happened a couple of weeks ago lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreverblue Posted November 6 Report Share Posted November 6 28 minutes ago, TTT said: Think Chris is the sensible one out of the two, Ipswich would've just offered Brennan a better deal and a better chance at winning silverware. Tolley is the same man who said he'd sign Zmarzlik because money's not a problem and then look at what happened a couple of weeks ago lol. Are you saying Tolley does not always tell the whole truth!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigcatdiary Posted November 6 Report Share Posted November 6 5 hours ago, foreverblue said: It is unfortunate the flak Danny gets which is undeserved, he is a very nice guy who puts everything in for the team but for some because of the amount of years he has been at Ipswich some seem to think he should be getting high scores every home meeting. He is genuine and only wants the best for the team, he did not have his best season but that could be a bonus as his average is lower than perhaps it should be. It was a sad day for me when he left Poole to rider for Redcar but that is how it goes sometimes. I have known Danny since he was a teenager and he is an absolute diamond, I honestly don’t see why he gets the criticism he does, he busts a gut to race for Ipswich is reliable, friendly and very approachable and when fit scores good points especially around foxhall. Every rider has up and down years, I thought he explained it very well. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cowboy cookie returns? Posted November 6 Report Share Posted November 6 Speaking to someone who went to the dinner on Friday the vibe he got was that Ellis was signed. in that case either Rew isn’t coming back or Brennan isn’t coming. may things have changed in the last few days Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreverblue Posted November 6 Report Share Posted November 6 7 minutes ago, bigcatdiary said: I have known Danny since he was a teenager and he is an absolute diamond, I honestly don’t see why he gets the criticism he does, he busts a gut to race for Ipswich is reliable, friendly and very approachable and when fit scores good points especially around foxhall. Every rider has up and down years, I thought he explained it very well. That is pretty much my thoughts although I haven't known him as long as you but I have never heard a bad word said about him, absolute top bloke and a very good rider. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StarBoy Posted November 6 Report Share Posted November 6 Maybe Ipswich are going with the same again next season? As everyone has already said a million times, if that Witches team stayed fit they would’ve walked the league. Maybe Chris and Richie think the same and no changes are required? It’s not like the league is going to get drastically stronger next year, if anything the standard will get lower with Lindgren not coming back, doubts around J Holder returning and no guarantees someone has snapped up Musielak. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Irving Posted November 6 Report Share Posted November 6 1 minute ago, StarBoy said: Maybe Ipswich are going with the same again next season? As everyone has already said a million times, if that Witches team stayed fit they would’ve walked the league. Maybe Chris and Richie think the same and no changes are required? It’s not like the league is going to get drastically stronger next year, if anything the standard will get lower with Lindgren not coming back, doubts around J Holder returning and no guarantees someone has snapped up Musielak. But that would be a huge wasted opportunity wouldn’t it? Ipswich’ biggest rivals for the title will again be Belle Vue and Sheffield. Out of the three of them, Ipswich was the only one who could actually strengthen from this year, the other two have to weaken. Going with the same team again would also mean they’ve taken zero advantage from getting Dan Thompson on a 25% reduction. If Ipswich go the same team again, yes in theory they should be even further ahead of the others than they were this year due to them being the same, and the other two being weaker. But why would you not push that advantage even further when it is possible to do so to move a country mile ahead and remove any doubt of success (injuries permitting)? I bet every fan of Sheffield and Belle Vue would snap your hand off right now for Ipswich to remain the same rather than strengthen up with Brennan for either Rew or Ellis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StarBoy Posted November 6 Report Share Posted November 6 4 minutes ago, Steve Irving said: But that would be a huge wasted opportunity wouldn’t it? Ipswich’ biggest rivals for the title will again be Belle Vue and Sheffield. Out of the three of them, Ipswich was the only one who could actually strengthen from this year, the other two have to weaken. Going with the same team again would also mean they’ve taken zero advantage from getting Dan Thompson on a 25% reduction. If Ipswich go the same team again, yes in theory they should be even further ahead of the others than they were this year due to them being the same, and the other two being weaker. But why would you not push that advantage even further when it is possible to do so to move a country mile ahead and remove any doubt of success (injuries permitting)? I bet every fan of Sheffield and Belle Vue would snap your hand off right now for Ipswich to remain the same rather than strengthen up with Brennan for either Rew or Ellis. I’m just playing devils advocate. I agree with you, Ipswich should do everything they can to strengthen, just putting it out there for debate 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arch Stanton Posted November 6 Report Share Posted November 6 For what it’s worth I believe it was Brennan Doyle and Rew completing the team but things can, and often do change so we’ll have to wait and see. We won’t know the full team until later next week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spin king Posted November 6 Report Share Posted November 6 1 hour ago, Steve Irving said: But that would be a huge wasted opportunity wouldn’t it? Ipswich’ biggest rivals for the title will again be Belle Vue and Sheffield. Out of the three of them, Ipswich was the only one who could actually strengthen from this year, the other two have to weaken. Going with the same team again would also mean they’ve taken zero advantage from getting Dan Thompson on a 25% reduction. If Ipswich go the same team again, yes in theory they should be even further ahead of the others than they were this year due to them being the same, and the other two being weaker. But why would you not push that advantage even further when it is possible to do so to move a country mile ahead and remove any doubt of success (injuries permitting)? I bet every fan of Sheffield and Belle Vue would snap your hand off right now for Ipswich to remain the same rather than strengthen up with Brennan for either Rew or Ellis. I think you are bang on with the last comment. Getting in Tom Brennan is the key to Ipswich success next season. Taking out Doyle and Emil and the bonus points, none of the rest of the team averaged less than 5 points away from home. Okay against a lower team in the league but those who nearer the top you will always be vulnerable over two legs for the bonus point or a Play Off Semi Final/ Final. Tom Brennan is the key to Ipswich next season, or someone that can do a similar job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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