Steve Irving

Sometimes it actually pays to read the previews the OP put up at the start of this thread.. “We got back to winning ways last time out with an all-round solid performance but just because we got the victory it hasn’t made all the injury problems go away. We are still well short of being anywhere near a fully fit side”

Best wishes to Leon on a speedy recovery. Was riding well too, shame for the lad.

I’d like to know this too..

Broken shoulder for Leon flint. Sheffield in the brown stuff. There’s another huge stiffy for you Phil! The Belle Vultures licking their lips preparing to feast on the dead carcasses yet again. And I’m not an Ipswich fan. I no longer have a horse in the race.

“Bloody Doyle”?? You make it sound as if he wiped him out with a dirty move. Yes, he was rightly excluded, but it was quite clearly unintentional as you full well know.

I bet you have. The Belle Vue vultures are circling once again..

That really isn’t the flex you think it is. In fact, it’s embarrassing. You won last year for one reason and one reason only, the best team in the league by a country mile had their team ripped to shreds through injury. You simply became the Belle Vue vultures and picked over a dead carcass. That really isn’t anything to be proud of, Phil. If you’re a win at all costs type of person, don’t care how it’s done or how hollow a victory it is as long as you get your name on the trophy, then that’s up to you. I’m sure all you Belle Vue fans sat there getting a big stiffy with news of injuries once again filtering through from Ipswich way, dreaming of a repeat. The Belle Vue vultures once again circling their prey..

That’s exactly what I said Kelv and none of it matters does it. My point was a response to “Ipswich wouldn’t have won even with a fully fit team” when there is every chance they MAY have and the reasons I’ve given are more than valid. Not sure 7+1 from four rides from Cook’s RR was much of a handicap either the way he’d been riding this season over here.

Not as fanciful as you’d think. The heat 15 5-1 made the score look worse than it was, it was an 8 point deficit going in to heat 15 but you’d think a fit Doyle and Emil would have at the very least shared the final heat. Mountain scored a solitary point, so there is where your 8 point deficit is made. A modest five point return from Thompson which he’s more than capable of, would mean a superheat. All ifs buts and maybes of course and at the end of the day, nobody from Lynn will care a jot, but it’s not completely fanciful to suggest a fully fit Ipswich side could have gotten a result.

In your opinion. I think it’s great personally. Creates tension, drama and excitement. But sure, let’s not have any of that nonsense

Jack Holder back for this, but you wonder how much attention he’ll give this meeting with the GP on Friday..

That’s a fair point. He’s blatantly better than what he’s been showing so far and there’s plenty of time for him to ride himself in to form.

7 from 5 in the Championship isn’t exactly impressive. He’s simply going to have to improve by some margin if Belle Vue are to challenge. The only club that has a weaker number 6 right now is Birmingham with Hume, but that will change once/if Zagar comes back in. Some will be pinning their hopes on a rising star switch when Cairns becomes available this summer, but if people think he’s going to come in and be the saviour at reserve then they may well be disappointed. Yes, big talent, but very little experience and there’s some established rising stars in the teams already and he won’t find it easy.

Well if Belle Vue were thinking of making a change at reserve then that is now over. You wouldn’t swap Tate for another three pointer and the team total is over the limit, so any change would have to be like for like. They’re going to need some big improvement from him if Belle Vue are to have even a small chance this year because reserve is currently a huge issue for them.

Doesn’t sound good does it. Hopefully nothing broken and just a bit battered and bruised.