TheSmiler Posted Monday at 08:49 PM Report Share Posted Monday at 08:49 PM With teams starting to take shape; it's time to discuss your predictions for the 2025 season. Will Ipswich finally lift the trophy? Or will Belle Vue retain their title? Thoughts below... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StarBoy Posted Monday at 08:54 PM Report Share Posted Monday at 08:54 PM 1 minute ago, TheSmiler said: With teams starting to take shape; it's time to discuss your predictions for the 2025 season. Will Ipswich finally lift the trophy? Or will Belle Vue retain their title? Thoughts below... League table: 1. Ipswich 2. Belle Vue 3. Sheffield 4. King’s Lynn 5. Oxford 6. Birmingham 7. Leicester Play-off Winner 1 - Ipswich Play-off Winner 2 - Belle Vue Grand Final Winner - Ipswich 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoundTheBoards Posted Monday at 09:01 PM Report Share Posted Monday at 09:01 PM League table: 1. Ipswich 2. Belle Vue 3. King's Lynn 4. Sheffield 5. Leicester 6. Birmingham 7. Oxford Play-offs (As selected by Phil Morris in April) Ipswich v Birmingham Belle Vue v Newport Winners: Newport 2 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4BenMoran Posted Monday at 10:09 PM Report Share Posted Monday at 10:09 PM League table: 1. Ipswich 2. Leicester 3. Belle Vue 4. King’s Lynn 5. Sheffield 6. Oxford 7. Birmingham Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teromaafan Posted Monday at 10:39 PM Report Share Posted Monday at 10:39 PM Ipswich Belle Vue Sheffield Leicester Kings Lynn Oxford Birmingham Play offs? Depends on who can get Bomber to guest and who wants to take an end of season punt on Lambert. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
szkocjasid Posted Monday at 10:46 PM Report Share Posted Monday at 10:46 PM As I always do, I base predictions on confirmed signings so far so: 1. Ipswich 2. Sheffield 3. Leicester 4. King's Lynn 5. Birmingham 6. Oxford 7. Belle Vue 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilTheAce Posted yesterday at 02:15 PM Report Share Posted yesterday at 02:15 PM 15 hours ago, szkocjasid said: As I always do, I base predictions on confirmed signings so far so: 1. Ipswich 2. Sheffield 3. Leicester 4. King's Lynn 5. Birmingham 6. Oxford 7. Belle Vue personally think your doing Jake Mulford an injustice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamKM91 Posted 22 hours ago Report Share Posted 22 hours ago Based on teams and rumoured teams so far... Ipswich Belle Vue Kings Lynn Oxford Sheffield Birmingham Leicester Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Smith Posted 20 hours ago Report Share Posted 20 hours ago I was sitting here stunned that people have Sheffield so low down, so I thought about it a bit & I think I agree. Yes they have a top 3 that can comfortably be 8>9 average riders. To achieve that they'd need to be scoring 30>35 week in week out & that's an ask for any team. I do struggle to see how they score 16>21 points from Pickering & basically 3 'Rising Stars'. Sheffield could really suffer an OUCH season. I've said, it's vital to have a strong top 2 but Sheffield have tried to add a 3rd & given themselves one of the worst tails possible. So right now, yep, I'll put them 5th 1. Ipswich 2. Belle Vue 3. King's Lynn 4. Oxford 5. Sheffield 6. Leicester 7. Birmingham 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tellboy Posted 9 hours ago Report Share Posted 9 hours ago 10 hours ago, Daniel Smith said: I was sitting here stunned that people have Sheffield so low down, so I thought about it a bit & I think I agree. Yes they have a top 3 that can comfortably be 8>9 average riders. To achieve that they'd need to be scoring 30>35 week in week out & that's an ask for any team. I do struggle to see how they score 16>21 points from Pickering & basically 3 'Rising Stars'. Sheffield could really suffer an OUCH season. I've said, it's vital to have a strong top 2 but Sheffield have tried to add a 3rd & given themselves one of the worst tails. Surely if the top 3 score between 30 and 35 each meeting,the bottom 3 only have to score between 11 and 16 a meeting to get a result. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AceBelle Posted 9 hours ago Report Share Posted 9 hours ago 14 minutes ago, tellboy said: Surely if the top 3 score between 30 and 35 each meeting,the bottom 3 only have to score between 11 and 16 a meeting to get a result. Not going to win many bonus points and when it comes to play/offs going to be weak that's if they make it ??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Smith Posted 6 hours ago Report Share Posted 6 hours ago 2 hours ago, tellboy said: Surely if the top 3 score between 30 and 35 each meeting,the bottom 3 only have to score between 11 and 16 a meeting to get a result. 2 hours ago, AceBelle said: Not going to win many bonus points and when it comes to play/offs going to be weak that's if they make it ??? As AceBelle says, it's not just about a result, a top team has to be around 50+ at home. Away from home there's no chance of the top 3 scoring 30+. Sheffield would have been far far better leaving out a Holder or Woffinden & making sure Rowe was at No6. I think they could be in real trouble 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gavan Posted 6 hours ago Report Share Posted 6 hours ago Ipswich Belle Vue Oxford Sheffield Birmingham Leicester Kings Lynn 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MP78 Posted 6 hours ago Report Share Posted 6 hours ago Ipswich Belle Vue Kings Lynn Leicester Sheffield Oxford Birmingham I'm confident on the top 2 and I think if Lynn build some momentum, then they will win most of their home matches and surprise a couple of teams on the road, Unless Oxford pull a big signing out of the bag, I think they are a HL short of being a threat and will be battling Brum to avoid the wooden spoon. Of course throw an injury or two into the mix, a missed flight and a fall out with a promoter and this prediction will be turned on it's head I'm sure! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psycho3a Posted 3 hours ago Report Share Posted 3 hours ago 16 hours ago, Daniel Smith said: I was sitting here stunned that people have Sheffield so low down, so I thought about it a bit & I think I agree. Yes they have a top 3 that can comfortably be 8>9 average riders. To achieve that they'd need to be scoring 30>35 week in week out & that's an ask for any team. I do struggle to see how they score 16>21 points from Pickering & basically 3 'Rising Stars'. Sheffield could really suffer an OUCH season. I've said, it's vital to have a strong top 2 but Sheffield have tried to add a 3rd & given themselves one of the worst tails possible. So right now, yep, I'll put them 5th 1. Ipswich 2. Belle Vue 3. King's Lynn 4. Oxford 5. Sheffield 6. Leicester 7. Birmingham I do think sheffield will struggle as the maximum they can hope for each meeting is the top 4 all score maximums and thats only 49 points.. obviously they not all going to go unbeaten so a minor blip they drop a point each its 45 points... well averages say they will score 35 points... not sure were they will get enough points from the bottom 3 to win enough meetings and bonus points Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1 valve Posted 2 hours ago Report Share Posted 2 hours ago (edited) 6 hours ago, tellboy said: Surely if the top 3 score between 30 and 35 each meeting,the bottom 3 only have to score between 11 and 16 a meeting to get a result. To get the top 3 scoring 30/35 points per meeting means that they will each average around 10 from four rides, with additional points coming from whatever happens in heat 15. To put that target it into perspective, the three riders with the highest averages last season in the Premiership when totaled was a tad over 28 points per meeting and with the best will in the world it is hard to imagine the Tigers top 3 being higher than that number. Tigers more than likely to have a good home season (but not 100%) and will struggle on the road due to their bottom four lacking real scoring power - They will get a few aggregate bonus points however and should just about scrape into the play-offs. Edited 2 hours ago by 1 valve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tellboy Posted 1 hour ago Report Share Posted 1 hour ago 1 hour ago, 1 valve said: To get the top 3 scoring 30/35 points per meeting means that they will each average around 10 from four rides, with additional points coming from whatever happens in heat 15. To put that target it into perspective, the three riders with the highest averages last season in the Premiership when totaled was a tad over 28 points per meeting and with the best will in the world it is hard to imagine the Tigers top 3 being higher than that number. Tigers more than likely to have a good home season (but not 100%) and will struggle on the road due to their bottom four lacking real scoring power - They will get a few aggregate bonus points however and should just about scrape into the play-offs. I didn't think they would score 30-35,I was quoting another post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falcon1983 Posted 32 minutes ago Report Share Posted 32 minutes ago 1. Ipswich 2. Belle Vue 3. Leicester 4. Kings Lynn 5. Sheffield 6. Birmingham 7. Oxford Play off winners Ipswich KO Cup Poole Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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