Belle Vue Aces 2025

[SamKM91]

5 hours ago, psycho3a said:

If i was to hazard a guess wont it look something like :

Kurtz, Bewley, Lidsey, Z Cook or Rew, Blodorn, Vuolas, Mulford

Kurtz Blodorn Lidsey Z.Cook Bewley Zischke Mulford 

[SamKM91]

On 11/25/2024 at 3:07 PM, AceBelle said:

Mulford may have Agreed conditions to ride until July no one knows apart from those involved 

Cairns has said he’ll be joining a championship side 1st July 2025 but he isn’t riding in the premiership until 2026

[LisaColette]

4 hours ago, SamKM91 said:

Cairns has said he’ll be joining a championship side 1st July 2025 but he isn’t riding in the premiership until 2026

Sensible. 

[Col]

As expected from Belle Vue.
Blodorn, Cook should improve their starting averages, as should Lidsey who needs to become more effective away from the NSS.
Kurtz was exceptional in 2024, same again please, but with GP's & Ekstraliga I'm expecting a dip
Still waiting for Bewley to have a few Nielsen seasons, when he averages 10:50+ and is almost unbeatable.
Mulford can hold his own at RS hopefully.
Never seen Zischke, Voulas must feel hard done to.

Along with Tigers & Witches, the Aces complete the annual 3 horse title race as expected.

[89buttons]

7 hours ago, Col said:

Never seen Zischke, Voulas must feel hard done to.

 

Vuolas great entertainment, decent reserve with some improvement in him, zischke will be in the Grand Prix by his mid twenties

[therefused]

56 minutes ago, 89buttons said:

Vuolas great entertainment, decent reserve with some improvement in him, zischke will be in the Grand Prix by his mid twenties

Tate defiantly seems a prospect but seeing a lot of tracks for the first time next season I imagine, coming back from a fairly bad injury too, might take him a while to get up to speed, especially when you look at the strength of some other reserves 

[Firestone1]

17 minutes ago, therefused said:

Tate defiantly seems a prospect but seeing a lot of tracks for the first time next season I imagine, coming back from a fairly bad injury too, might take him a while to get up to speed, especially when you look at the strength of some other reserves 

He's a quick learner though, proved that on away tracks for Workington last season. 

[StarBoy]

9 hours ago, Col said:

As expected from Belle Vue.
Blodorn, Cook should improve their starting averages, as should Lidsey who needs to become more effective away from the NSS.
Kurtz was exceptional in 2024, same again please, but with GP's & Ekstraliga I'm expecting a dip
Still waiting for Bewley to have a few Nielsen seasons, when he averages 10:50+ and is almost unbeatable.
Mulford can hold his own at RS hopefully.
Never seen Zischke, Voulas must feel hard done to.

Along with Tigers & Witches, the Aces complete the annual 3 horse title race as expected.

1. Bewley - will never be the 10+ rider everyone wants/expects him to be

2. Blodorn - has found his limit. A decent 2nd string who is too inconsistent to be anything more 

3. Lidsey - in my opinion worse than B Cook who they’ve let go to keep Jaimon. Will never score enough points away from home

4. Z Cook - big downgrade on his brother. If he was at reserve a great signing, in the main body not so much.

5. Kurtz - Will Brady be as committed to UK speedway next year? Big season making his GP debut, as well as stepping up to Wroclaw… question marks raised over him this season with his antics, could we see even more next year?

6. Zischke - no one can question his talent and potential, but coming back from that serious of an injury and seeing all the away tracks for the first time, does make me feel nervous for Aces reserves

7. Mulford - the 2nd worst RS in the league with only Hagon behind him

Again, like this year putting far too much pressure on Dan, Brady and Jaimon to score 35+ points a meeting to get them over the line. a longer tail than last year and worse 2nd string support. Aces will make the playoffs but that will be the end of the road for them

Edited 2 hours ago by StarBoy

[AceBelle]

45 minutes ago, StarBoy said:

1. Bewley - will never be the 10+ rider everyone wants/expects him to be

2. Blodorn - has found his limit. A decent 2nd string who is too inconsistent to be anything more 

3. Lidsey - in my opinion worse than B Cook who they’ve let go to keep Jaimon. Will never score enough points away from home

4. Z Cook - big downgrade on his brother. If he was at reserve a great signing, in the main body not so much.

5. Kurtz - Will Brady be as committed to UK speedway next year? Big season making his GP debut, as well as stepping up to Wroclaw… question marks raised over him this season with his antics, could we see even more next year?

6. Zischke - no one can question his talent and potential, but coming back from that serious of an injury and seeing all the away tracks for the first time, does make me feel nervous for Aces reserves

7. Mulford - the 2nd worst RS in the league with only Hagon behind him

Again, like this year putting far too much pressure on Dan, Brady and Jaimon to score 35+ points a meeting to get them over the line. a longer tail than last year and worse 2nd string support. Aces will make the playoffs but that will be the end of the road for them

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 noted for October 

[Diamonds85]

What 'antics' has Brady been up to. I don't know him as a rider very well, but to me he seems like one of the more level headed and less whingy of the aussies that are about. Am I missing something?

[PotteringAround]

Bewley -  One of two genuine world-class British riders, but the only one riding in Britain.  Untouchable in the play-off final.  I can see him hitting a 10-point average in 2025.

Kurtz - Hard to improve on his 2024 performance, but reaching his peak years now.  Loves Belle Vue and good mates with Bewley.  Aces fans will be happy with him as skipper again.

Lidsey - On a good average due to a mid-season dip in form.   But his finish to the season showed he has the potential to push his average further.

Cook - Actually outscored his brother on away tracks and has a higher away average.  Messed about a bit by Birmingham.  If he gets dialled into his new home circuit, he could be quite the find.

Blodorn - Had a bit of a flat year last year, which quite a lot of riders experience in their 2nd or 3rd year, before kicking on again.  Plenty of talent and potential, and only just out of his teenage years.

Zischke - The next big Aussie thing.  I rate him very highly

Mulford - As good as any RS and will benefit from being in a successful team.

[Rob B]

1 hour ago, StarBoy said:

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3. Lidsey - in my opinion worse than B Cook who they’ve let go to keep Jaimon. Will never score enough points away from home

4. Z Cook - big downgrade on his brother. If he was at reserve a great signing, in the main body not so much.

 

Ignoring the fact Lidsey had higher away average then Ben Cook, and Zach had higher away average then both of them!

Lidsey shown what he can do averaging 8.21 in the playoffs.
Once Zach gets dialled in to NSS he will be fine.  

[mikebv]

6 minutes ago, Rob B said:

Ignoring the fact Lidsey had higher away average then Ben Cook, and Zach had higher away average then both of them!

Lidsey shown what he can do averaging 8.21 in the playoffs.
Once Zach gets dialled in to NSS he will be fine.  

Let the rest worry ...😁