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On 12/6/2024 at 10:34 AM, TTT said:

Looked underwhelming at the time but Stewart Dickson might have made a shrewd move when putting Leicester's 1-7 together.

They've got 6 experienced riders on British tracks who can all hit the ground running.

A couple of other clubs will be relying on newcomers / returning riders to get it right from the get go and like we saw with Janowski in 2024 it can take a long time to get back into the groove on our tracks.

True...but by the time the play offs come along, all the other clubs will be up to speed and besides that,  they certainly wont be able to match Ipswich ! (obviously, depending on injuries etc...)

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43 minutes ago, PotteringAround said:

It's a football nickname (coined by Brian Clough I think) for a player who goes to pieces in the box.   Doesn't really work in speedway as no one is "in the box" to make the joke work.

Can’t recall Cloughie using that term, but I get it and it is funny 🤣. That’s got me wondering what Cloughie would have been like as a speedway team manager. I can see him walking around the pits in that green sweatshirt wagging his finger at under performing riders and of course in front of the referee’s box!

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2 hours ago, PotteringAround said:

It's a football nickname (coined by Brian Clough I think) for a player who goes to pieces in the box.   Doesn't really work in speedway as no one is "in the box" to make the joke work.

It was actually aimed at his goalkeeper Mark Crossley, about when the ball went into the penalty area...

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16 hours ago, BluPanther said:

Max Fricke, known as Jigsaw because he goes to pieces in the play offs... 😉

It’s a stretch to say he goes to pieces in the play offs but then BSF lore dictates you’re only as good as your last meeting. 

Paid 27 in the semi v Ipswich was decent imo. Sheffield would give their right arm to have had that kind of scoring in the PO semi. 

2022, the injury jinx struck him. 20 points in the 2018 semi wasn’t to shabby when we were down to just 4 fit Aces.  He top scored in the 1st leg in 2017 before missing the 2nd leg through injury, costing us the tie due to our usual play off injury jinx. He was second top scorer in the home leg of the final during the 2016 “ringer” year but was poor in the gate ‘n’ go 1st leg, as were the rest. He did well as a second string during the infamous gogglegate final in 2015. 

 

 

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1 hour ago, ouch said:

It’s a stretch to say he goes to pieces in the play offs but then BSF lore dictates you’re only as good as your last meeting. 

Paid 27 in the semi v Ipswich was decent imo. Sheffield would give their right arm to have had that kind of scoring in the PO semi. 

2022, the injury jinx struck him. 20 points in the 2018 semi wasn’t to shabby when we were down to just 4 fit Aces.  He top scored in the 1st leg in 2017 before missing the 2nd leg through injury, costing us the tie due to our usual play off injury jinx. He was second top scorer in the home leg of the final during the 2016 “ringer” year but was poor in the gate ‘n’ go 1st leg, as were the rest. He did well as a second string during the infamous gogglegate final in 2015. 

 

 

As I was absent from speedway for a while and missed the controversy at the time, can someone please explain why Woffinden is considered a 'ringer' in 2016 despite riding in a fair number of league matches in August/September, but Lambert wasn't in 2022 when he only rode in the playoff matches ?

Not trying to start a war, just curious.

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42 minutes ago, DaveWayne said:

As I was absent from speedway for a while and missed the controversy at the time, can someone please explain why Woffinden is considered a 'ringer' in 2016 despite riding in a fair number of league matches in August/September, but Lambert wasn't in 2022 when he only rode in the playoff matches ?

Not trying to start a war, just curious.

Please take this off to the Belle Vue thread

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2 hours ago, ouch said:

It’s a stretch to say he goes to pieces in the play offs but then BSF lore dictates you’re only as good as your last meeting. 

Paid 27 in the semi v Ipswich was decent imo. Sheffield would give their right arm to have had that kind of scoring in the PO semi. 

2022, the injury jinx struck him. 20 points in the 2018 semi wasn’t to shabby when we were down to just 4 fit Aces.  He top scored in the 1st leg in 2017 before missing the 2nd leg through injury, costing us the tie due to our usual play off injury jinx. He was second top scorer in the home leg of the final during the 2016 “ringer” year but was poor in the gate ‘n’ go 1st leg, as were the rest. He did well as a second string during the infamous gogglegate final in 2015. 

 

 

Someone has had a sense of humour bypass. Happy Xmas...🎅

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50 minutes ago, BluPanther said:

Someone has had a sense of humour bypass. Happy Xmas...🎅

Sorry mate, misread the room.
Happy Crimbo to you to and everyone else for that matter. 🎄

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2 hours ago, DaveWayne said:

As I was absent from speedway for a while and missed the controversy at the time, can someone please explain why Woffinden is considered a 'ringer' in 2016 despite riding in a fair number of league matches in August/September, but Lambert wasn't in 2022 when he only rode in the playoff matches ?

Not trying to start a war, just curious.

thats a good question

did woffy replace an injured rider on 2016? cant recall 

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50 minutes ago, SaddlebowRoad said:

thats a good question

did woffy replace an injured rider on 2016? cant recall 

Not a Leicester rider... or in 2025 for that matter

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6 minutes ago, Steve0 said:

Are you some sort of cyber traffic warden?  Lighten up - its nearly Christmas

That's me 👮‍♂️🚓

This topic should be for slagging the 2025 Leicester team off 🦁

Merry Christmas 🎅🏿

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1 hour ago, IainB said:

That's me 👮‍♂️🚓

This topic should be for slagging the 2025 Leicester team off 🦁

Merry Christmas 🎅🏿

The Lions look s#!t

Happy now :D

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