Birmingham v Ipswich Monday 7th April

[TTT]

Jan Staechmann's track walk was brilliant. 

Full on truth telling and he knew it was going to be abysmal from the get go.

I wonder what Jan may have said on bend 4 because BSN certainly made an edit during that part of the track walk.

[szkocjasid]

With Birmingham having "1st choice" of rising star & being well the the limit, they really should be looking to be stringer at reserve than they are.

Imagine Sedgmen or Kerr in the top 5, pushing Jeppesen to reserve with Jenkins as "rising star".

[Baldyman]

2 minutes ago, bigcatdiary said:

Indeed, the track was an absolute disgrace, very little if any shale just a light covering of dust which when dry after ineffective watering went home with supporters who were wearing it as they left.

The racing was dreadful follow the leader crap, with the closeness of the meeting the only thing that kept it mildly interesting.

It was also interesting that  Staechmann kept mentioning the blue groove and said it could cause problems and shortly after Voulas tested that theory.

Just how long does the SCB and the BSPL stand for this level of non existent track preparation, it’s hardly a wonder they suffer from poor crowds when they produce this type of meeting on a track devoid of any decent material.

 

 

I did say the racing would be naff,, that track is always the same after a few dry days,, tracks need to be watered the day before at least to get the moisture into the base 

[Arch Stanton]

3 minutes ago, szkocjasid said:

That's pretty much what I was gonna say. How can anyone beat Ipswich when they get away wins in this fashion?

We’ll definitely lose a few away meetings, but the key is I don’t think we’ll lose any comfortably. Which obviously bodes well for aggregate bonus points, and two legged semis/finals. 
 

I expect us to be totally dominant at Foxhall all season long.

[LagutaRacingFan]

17 minutes ago, szkocjasid said:

With Birmingham having "1st choice" of rising star & being well the the limit, they really should be looking to be stringer at reserve than they are.

Imagine Sedgmen or Kerr in the top 5, pushing Jeppesen to reserve with Jenkins as "rising star".

Everyone knows the "rising star" draft was rigged.

It was odd that the two clubs with the most money ended up with the best riders.

 

[TTT]

41 minutes ago, *JJ said:

Birmingham made the Witches look rather ordinary, except for Dan Thompson, who is getting rather good!

It was the sandy beach race surface at the start followed by the blue groove towards the end of the meeting that made the Ipswich 1-5 look ordinary.

Jan Staechmann didn't have a single positive word to say about it on his track walk either and he even used a bit of French in the process.

[szkocjasid]

9 minutes ago, LagutaRacingFan said:

Everyone knows the "rising star" draft was rigged.

It was odd that the two clubs with the most money ended up with the best riders.

In the pre-season Speedway Star Chris Louis still talked about Ipswich being surprised / fortunate Jenkins hadn't already been picked.

Either Birmingham, King's Lynn & Oxford are really daft or Louis isn't telling the whole truth.

If "rising stars" weren't picked in reverse order, why not just admit that?

[LagutaRacingFan]

13 minutes ago, szkocjasid said:

In the pre-season Speedway Star Chris Louis still talked about Ipswich being surprised / fortunate Jenkins hadn't already been picked.

Either Birmingham, King's Lynn & Oxford are really daft or Louis isn't telling the whole truth.

If "rising stars" weren't picked in reverse order, why not just admit that?

It's all to do with money. 

I suspect Jenkins told the other clubs that he wouldn't ride for them.

 

[Aries]

5 minutes ago, LagutaRacingFan said:

It's all to do with money. 

I suspect Jenkins told the other clubs that he wouldn't ride for them.

 

Nothing whatsoever to do with money. Rew leaving Ipswich and joining Birmingham WAS due to money. Birmingham offered Rew a deal that Ipswich couldn’t/wouldn’t match. Jenkins makes no secret that his first choice was to ride at Ipswich for a variety of reasons. 

Edited 13 hours ago by Aries

[BTFC LION]

4 hours ago, IainB said:

Rubbish on the streets... rubbish on the track 😂

Sorry but you only get 1 day to do a track, dog racing all other days.

[Racin Jason 72]

5 hours ago, BTFC LION said:

Sorry but you only get 1 day to do a track, dog racing all other days.

Monmore green was never dusty and always well prepared and dogs used to race on raceday 

[GiveusaB]

Its going to be a struggle to entice 'spectators' on that surface!?

I asked the question before the season started....'has the track been well prepared after last seasons yawn fest'?

I was assured that there had been loads of work done....what I wasn't told was that the work was done by Stevie Wonder!?

Who's going to pay £24 to watch a pile of.....

The only positive was that the poor surface levelled the meeting!

There's no way Thompson/Jenkins would've out scored Doyle/Sayfutinov on a 'proper' race track!

Glad the ref got the BIG call right when Brennan went down....would've been easy to exclude Jeppesen.

Fair play to Seth Perkins!

P.S liking what I see with Jeppesen....surprise package so far!

[ouch]

8 hours ago, LagutaRacingFan said:

Everyone knows the "rising star" draft was rigged.

It was odd that the two clubs with the most money ended up with the best riders.

 

That’s the problem we have with the cheque book clubs and their win at all COSTS mentality. 

We have a pick system in place for the RS process but that gets unfairly circumnavigated by waving £££££ at a rider, thus making the whole process redundant. 

The cheque book comes out again to lure a rider who had spent much of the season riding at number one to replace a reserve. To add insult to injury the reserve rider left without a club has to fill the void left my the missing number one. 

When we released Tom to Birmingham to aid their team building on their step up, we never imagined he’d end up being poached by a money club. To be honest we shared the opinion of most that Ipswich were perfectly capable of making a strong challenge for gold with their 2024 team (we’ve heard it often enough ffs) but greed takes hold of these kind  and it’s an “I’m alright Jack” attitude. An attitude at odds with UK speedway in its current financial state. It beggars belief. 

[foreverblue]

Obviously Lambert cost virtually nothing to get him to ride in the play offs, not to mention legal fees.

[AceBelle]

14 minutes ago, foreverblue said:

Obviously Lambert cost virtually nothing to get him to ride in the play offs, not to mention legal fees.

Sheffield as well 😜

[KevtheRev]

Brennan did the absolute right thing in Heat 10. If he hadn't of gone down then Jeppesen would have collected him and both would have ended in the fence. Watch the replays and see how wide he went ( came in far too hot).

Ref got it wrong as Tom did the right thing - no point risking a big injury.

 

[GiveusaB]

10 minutes ago, KevtheRev said:

Brennan did the absolute right thing in Heat 10. If he hadn't of gone down then Jeppesen would have collected him and both would have ended in the fence. Watch the replays and see how wide he went ( came in far too hot).

Ref got it wrong as Tom did the right thing - no point risking a big injury.

 

Not sure what the technical wording is? but if it's about contact, then the ref got it right as there wasn't any...

However, I see your point as it was a risky move....I thought Jeppesen showed great control not to hit Tom!

[tellboy]

10 hours ago, szkocjasid said:

In the pre-season Speedway Star Chris Louis still talked about Ipswich being surprised / fortunate Jenkins hadn't already been picked.

Either Birmingham, King's Lynn & Oxford are really daft or Louis isn't telling the whole truth.

If "rising stars" weren't picked in reverse order, why not just admit that?

I think Louis isn't telling the whole truth,that's for sure.I think we all know the rising star system is a good idea,but as far as the picks go that is just a bunch of lies.The rising stars go where they want.Most fans know it,but those who make the rules seem too ashamed to come out and admit it.

[Aries]

Please, nobody take the bait and reply. It’s purely another hook dangling exercise. 

[Aries]

5 minutes ago, tellboy said:

I think Louis isn't telling the whole truth,that's for sure.I think we all know the rising star system is a good idea,but as far as the picks go that is just a bunch of lies.The rising stars go where they want.Most fans know it,but those who make the rules seem too ashamed to come out and admit it.

As they should.