Birmingham v Ipswich Monday 7th April

[Steve Irving]

12 minutes ago, tellboy said:

Do you have evidence Harris wanted Boughen with him?

As soon as it became common knowledge that Harris was in at Lynn, every man and his dog kind of knew Boughen was going to be Kings Lynn’s rising star. 

Edited Tuesday at 11:53 AM by Steve Irving

[PTW]

14 hours 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".

100% agree Sedgmen or Kerr in that team in place of Voulas and looks even better.

[GiveusaB]

15 hours 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".

Jenkins would be nice, but It's Edwards ! I also get the two mixed up ?

[therefused]

1 hour ago, Steve Irving said:

So you want it to benefit YOUR team instead by getting first dibs because you were crap the previous season? Lol

The whole priority “pick” based on a completely different season’s league placings is bonkers. Why should a team get to choose the best rider first just because they were useless the previous season? It’s a different season!!! 

where did i say that i wanted that to happen? Its the rules so it SHOULD happen, i never stated my preference. 

[89buttons]

3 hours ago, Petecc said:

It should be interesting to see all the new track staff and volunteer track curators next Monday. So many experts willing to give opinions.

You don’t have to be a track curator to pass opinion on the track surface which last night produced piss poor racing

[Speedway fan]

18 hours ago, Racin Jason 72 said:

Looks like they started watering the track at 6pm instead of 6am this morning. 

6.30 am actually and watered all day 

[TTT]

Whether the RS scheme is fiddled or not will always split opinion but if we're going with the theory that it's legit then the one thing that really is stupid about it is this.

Going down the NFL route of rewarding poor performances over the course of the previous season.

Whoever finishes 1st in the previous season should get first choice and whoever finished 7th should get the 7th pick, Not the other way round where the top team gets punished for having a successful season by getting the last pick the following year.

[Speedway fan]

17 hours ago, Baldyman said:

Apparently no transponders at Birmingham,, which I thought became mandatory a few seasons back,,, clearly not 

transponders were all fitted but the system was not linking correctly

[cowboy cookie returns?]

8 hours ago, ouch said:

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. 

It’s quite clear that Louis won’t pay over the odds as he let Rew go because Brum offered him a better deal. In the time that I’ve been attending Ipswich they have been the opposite to cheque book speedway.

One thing Chris has done is turn a well run club in to a highly professional outfit. You only need to look at the way they are all kitted out even down to matching club chairs for the pits.

As for Tom I think it was clear he wanted to move to Ipswich & who can blame him wanting to be part of the most professional outfit in British speedway.

If only the others & the sport in general could match it.

[Racin Jason 72]

3 hours ago, Speedway fan said:

6.30 am actually and watered all day 

Would you agree the amount of water put down was woefully inadequate? 
A blue groove is totally unacceptable but I’ve never seen one in April before in my 40 years of attending speedway 

[89buttons]

42 minutes ago, cowboy cookie returns? said:

It’s quite clear that Louis won’t pay over the odds as he let Rew go because Brum offered him a better deal. In the time that I’ve been attending Ipswich they have been the opposite to cheque book speedway.

One thing Chris has done is turn a well run club in to a highly professional outfit. You only need to look at the way they are all kitted out even down to matching club chairs for the pits.

As for Tom I think it was clear he wanted to move to Ipswich & who can blame him wanting to be part of the most professional outfit in British speedway.

If only the others & the sport in general could match it.

All bang on the mark, but that doesn’t suit the belle vue trolls narrative

[ouch]

I applaud the Ipswich management on their money saving scheme when replacing a reserve with Birminghams (part time) number one. 

We are thinking of replacing Tate with Jason Doyle so we can save a fortune next season. 

[cowboy cookie returns?]

16 minutes ago, ouch said:

I applaud the Ipswich management on their money saving scheme when replacing a reserve with Birminghams (part time) number one. 

We are thinking of replacing Tate with Jason Doyle so we can save a fortune next season. 

Ironic as your team is one team who has displayed a ‘win at all costs mentally’ calling in the lawyers! 

[heathen52]

Firstly a much better performance by the Brummies, but the Wiches did just enough nothing more nothing less, especially well done to the Ipswich reserves who both had a good meeting, pity Brum could not have done the same as Wolves football team, and got the double up 😁.

 On to the track, dirt or no dirt it rarely produces good racing you can dress it up how you want but it is a fact.

 

[BluPanther]

4 minutes ago, heathen52 said:

Firstly a much better performance by the Brummies, but the Wiches did just enough nothing more nothing less, especially well done to the Ipswich reserves who both had a good meeting, pity Brum could not have done the same as Wolves football team, and got the double up 😁.

 On to the track, dirt or no dirt it rarely produces good racing you can dress it up how you want but it is a fact.

 

Care to elaborate...

[Robinh88]

Spoke to a few Brum fans who told me last night was deffo one of the better matches they have witnessed! I thought it was average at best and won't be going back despite being fairly local for me.

Speedway continues to shoot itself in the foot. You now have riders who will entertain and you give them that to race on?

 

Edited Tuesday at 09:10 PM by Robinh88

[ouch]

1 hour ago, cowboy cookie returns? said:

Ironic as your team is one team who has displayed a ‘win at all costs mentally’ calling in the lawyers! 

Spoken like a true witch. 

Witch: I’m seething about Belle Vue. 

Mate: What have they done. 

Witch: Got someone from outside the sport to demand the rule book is adhered to. 

Mate: Right! Don’t you think sport should abide by the rule book?

Witch : No, we’ve circumvented it many times. 

Mate: Ok, weird. What’s gone on?

Witch: They are signing a new rider. 

Mate: Who and who have they dropped. 

Witch: Robert Lambet replaces Max Fricke. 

Mate: They can’t just drop a rider willy nilly.

Witch: Max got injured.

Mate: Not too badly I’m guessing from your reaction. 

Witch: Broken sternum, cracked shoulder blade, bruised lungs, sprained shoulder and concussion. 

Mate: Wow, how is he now and how’s his family coping?

Witch: Don’t care!

Mate: Er, really. Was he a weak link in the team, is that why you’re so bothered?

Witch: No, he’s their number 1, in fact he’s the second best rider in the entire league.

Mate: Right, so his injury replacement has a higher average, I can see why you’re upset.

Witch: No, the replacement is nearly a point less. 

Mate: You do know you’re saying this out loud. I know you like to troll the socials, which isn’t cool by the way but what you’re saying to me is just wrong, very wrong. 

Witch: Great friend you are, you’re the troll and a prat, you’re just looking for attention, I hate you. 

Mate exits stage left. 

 

[THE DEAN MACHINE]

Quite enjoyed last night, racing was ok if not spectacular, think last night brum would of won against any other team than Ipswich, the 2 reserves won the match for the witches and away from home you would very rarely get one let alone 2 reserves being so dominant but unfortunately for Birmingham last night was one of those occasions 

[Buck]

I never cease to be amazed by some of the comments which appear on this forum. I was at Perry Barr last evening, and thoroughly enjoyed the meeting which in my opinion was one of the most entertaining and eventful that I have seen for some time.

I was at the stadium for 7 hours and was able to see for myself how much time and work was spent on the preparation of the track which was watered continuously from 6.30 in the morning. Yes, it did dry out towards the end of the meeting but what else do people expect with the long spell of dry, sunny and windy weather we have enjoyed of late?

It seems to me that there is a hard core of so-called speedway fans who read negative comments and cannot help jumping on the bandwagon and adding similar ones themselves - being critical just for the sake of it!

Birmingham's track curator John Priest does a good job under difficult circumstances which seriously limit the time he has to work on the circuit, and he is assisted by Terry Chrabascz and Terry's son Gareth who both a have deserved reputations for their work on track preparation, so continuous criticism from people who live many miles away from Birmingham and do not attend meetings themselves is unwarranted.

I watched the meeting - I haven't watched the stream, but I enjoyed what I saw. Ipswich were the better team and they deserved to win, but Birmingham put up a very good fight and the meeting produced some good racing and a close finish. Of all the supporters from both teams I spoke with afterwards, had enjoyed what they had viewed.

[Gavan]

1 hour ago, ouch said:

Spoken like a true witch. 

Witch: I’m seething about Belle Vue. 

Mate: What have they done. 

Witch: Got someone from outside the sport to demand the rule book is adhered to. 

Mate: Right! Don’t you think sport should abide by the rule book?

Witch : No, we’ve circumvented it many times. 

Mate: Ok, weird. What’s gone on?

Witch: They are signing a new rider. 

Mate: Who and who have they dropped. 

Witch: Robert Lambet replaces Max Fricke. 

Mate: They can’t just drop a rider willy nilly.

Witch: Max got injured.

Mate: Not too badly I’m guessing from your reaction. 

Witch: Broken sternum, cracked shoulder blade, bruised lungs, sprained shoulder and concussion. 

Mate: Wow, how is he now and how’s his family coping?

Witch: Don’t care!

Mate: Er, really. Was he a weak link in the team, is that why you’re so bothered?

Witch: No, he’s their number 1, in fact he’s the second best rider in the entire league.

Mate: Right, so his injury replacement has a higher average, I can see why you’re upset.

Witch: No, the replacement is nearly a point less. 

Mate: You do know you’re saying this out loud. I know you like to troll the socials, which isn’t cool by the way but what you’re saying to me is just wrong, very wrong. 

Witch: Great friend you are, you’re the troll and a prat, you’re just looking for attention, I hate you. 

Mate exits stage left. 

 

You have seriously lost the plot 

Ipswich is no more cheque book speedway then Belle Vue both well run clubs 

Unfortunately you are a moron