89buttons 749 Posted April 25, 2018 Better start this off then! Nico confirmed broken ribs so out for a few weeks - a revert to last years riding order of heeps at 3 and Rory 5 with Lewis Kerr in for nico at 4! must win for the witches need to start getting some confidence in the camp! palm Toft an astute choice of guest for Newcastle given how well he went for Peterborough the other week - but I’m confident we can get the first win of year nevertheless! although cam only scored 4 points Monday he passed and held off kildemand for a third place and finished with a win over grazcjonek so let’s hope he can get going at Ipswich now too! Just needs to make some starts! riding orders taken from witches website Ipswich: 1. Danny King 8.87 © 2. Michael Härtel 5.20 3. Cameron Heeps 6.93 4. Lewis Kerr (g) 7.49 5. Rory Schlein 8.58 6. Connor Mountain 3.33 7. Danyon Hume 2.00. Team Manager: Ritchie Hawkins Newcastle: 1. Ludvig Lindgren 7.21 © 2. R/R for Tero Aarnio 5.02 3. Michael Palm Toft (g) 7.02 4. Matthew Wethers 5.65 5. Lewis Rose 6.49 6. Carl Wilkinson 4.97 7. Ashley Morris 4.88. Team Manager: George English Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dontforgetthefueltapsbruv 10,695 Posted April 25, 2018 Id say that before a wheel was turned this season most wouldve expected the Witches to hit 60 in this one. Now 50 would be delightful and 46 accepted gratefully! Time for the boys to stand up and be counted. Sitting in a corner moping and feeling sorry for yourself is not the way to sort things out. Chin up, chest out, tell yourself youre good enough (because you are!) and then go out and prove it. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mauger65 202 Posted April 25, 2018 Yes a surprisingly sluggish start to Ipswich season especially given their powerful top 4 on paper after Newcastles horror show at redcar, they responded with 2 very good performances and wins (and 2 fingers up at us critics ) , both of the which the scoreline flattered the opposition on both matches !! However, they were against teams built similar to us and I expect us, Redcar and Berwick to be in the bottom 4 ..... so a confident Newcastle ride into town and will take all the points ? I don't think so ...... only Ashley is riding well to be fair (very well at that though) Question is can a Newcastle rider get anywhere near danny and rory .... I doubt it and I would be surprised if they don't chalk up 28 points and 2 maximums But the Ipswich reserves look weak and could score only 1 point - the big question is how well Ipswich middle order well fare - can they get 17 points in 12 rides to secure a 46-44 .... difficult to say ... Kerr can be flaky (depends on his gating gloves) and Heeps and Hartel are not exactly flying ............. but who knows with Newcastle .... toft is a good guest but can luddo, wethers and rose provide him with enough support.... I think the Ipswich reserves will pick points off us and will be the key factor in a 51-39 win for the witches ...... anything below 36 for Newcastle will be very disappointing ... given we are on an up, Ipswich on a down and that our powerful reserves are against one of the weaker pairings Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stainlesssteelride 106 Posted April 25, 2018 Witches to just fall short of 60, so 58 or 59. Won't be getting off my sofa to watch this one. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AntiqueSteve 100 Posted April 25, 2018 31 minutes ago, mauger65 said: Yes a surprisingly sluggish start to Ipswich season especially given their powerful top 4 on paper after Newcastles horror show at redcar, they responded with 2 very good performances and wins (and 2 fingers up at us critics ) , both of the which the scoreline flattered the opposition on both matches !! However, they were against teams built similar to us and I expect us, Redcar and Berwick to be in the bottom 4 ..... so a confident Newcastle ride into town and will take all the points ? I don't think so ...... only Ashley is riding well to be fair (very well at that though) Question is can a Newcastle rider get anywhere near danny and rory .... I doubt it and I would be surprised if they don't chalk up 28 points and 2 maximums But the Ipswich reserves look weak and could score only 1 point - the big question is how well Ipswich middle order well fare - can they get 17 points in 12 rides to secure a 46-44 .... difficult to say ... Kerr can be flaky (depends on his gating gloves) and Heeps and Hartel are not exactly flying ............. but who knows with Newcastle .... toft is a good guest but can luddo, wethers and rose provide him with enough support.... I think the Ipswich reserves will pick points off us and will be the key factor in a 51-39 win for the witches ...... anything below 36 for Newcastle will be very disappointing ... given we are on an up, Ipswich on a down and that our powerful reserves are against one of the weaker pairings Not sure Connor & Danyon will cope with Ashley & Carl ! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chewbacca 653 Posted April 25, 2018 55-35 to Ipswich or hats will be eaten Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
diamond@heart 399 Posted April 25, 2018 2 hours ago, 89buttons said: Better start this off then! Nico confirmed broken ribs so out for a few weeks - a revert to last years riding order of heeps at 3 and Rory 5 with Lewis Kerr in for nico at 4! must win for the witches need to start getting some confidence in the camp! palm Toft an astute choice of guest for Newcastle given how well he went for Peterborough the other week - but I’m confident we can get the first win of year nevertheless! although cam only scored 4 points Monday he passed and held off kildemand for a third place and finished with a win over grazcjonek so let’s hope he can get going at Ipswich now too! Just needs to make some starts! riding orders taken from witches website Ipswich: 1. Danny King 8.87 © 2. Michael Härtel 5.20 3. Cameron Heeps 6.93 4. Lewis Kerr (g) 7.49 5. Rory Schlein 8.58 6. Connor Mountain 3.33 7. Danyon Hume 2.00. Team Manager: Ritchie Hawkins Newcastle: 1. Ludvig Lindgren 7.21 © 2. R/R for Tero Aarnio 5.02 3. Michael Palm Toft (g) 7.02 4. Matthew Wethers 5.65 5. Lewis Rose 6.49 6. Carl Wilkinson 4.97 7. Ashley Morris 4.88. Team Manager: George English Just a question, but if Palm-Toft is in to replace Robbo, would he not ride at 5 instead of 3 or have we shuffled the pack for this meeting? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheScotsman 2,482 Posted April 25, 2018 I've seem Wilko fly round the Fox Holes in between falls. And Morris knows what it's like to be a league champion!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
89buttons 749 Posted April 25, 2018 58 minutes ago, diamond@heart said: Just a question, but if Palm-Toft is in to replace Robbo, would he not ride at 5 instead of 3 or have we shuffled the pack for this meeting? Couldn’t tell you - just took it as is and copied straight over from ippo website mate! Maybe the Newcastle management see a better opportunity of heat advantages targeting heeps/Kerr at 3/4 than Schlein at 5 by putting palm Toft there? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
89buttons 749 Posted April 25, 2018 38 minutes ago, TheScotsman said: I've seem Wilko fly round the Fox Holes in between falls. And Morris knows what it's like to be a league champion!! Our reserves will for sure have to up their game for this one against decent opposing 6&7 pair Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
diamond@heart 399 Posted April 25, 2018 3 minutes ago, 89buttons said: Couldn’t tell you - just took it as is and copied straight over from ippo website mate! Maybe the Newcastle management see a better opportunity of heat advantages targeting heeps/Kerr at 3/4 than Schlein at 5 by putting palm Toft there? You might be right on that one!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stainlesssteelride 106 Posted April 25, 2018 The two Newcastle reserves will be their top 2 scorers, Wilkinson could easily score double figures, but could also as easily have 3 falls and a submission...which one will it be Thursday Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dontforgetthefueltapsbruv 10,695 Posted April 25, 2018 7 minutes ago, Stainlesssteelride said: The two Newcastle reserves will be their top 2 scorers, Wilkinson could easily score double figures, but could also as easily have 3 falls and a submission...which one will it be Thursday Well you wont know until after as you dont plan to be there 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stainlesssteelride 106 Posted April 25, 2018 I've got the awesome brilliant updates to keep me informed. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Badge 5,119 Posted April 25, 2018 Think we all agree with Danny, taken from EADT http://www.eadt.co.uk/sport/danny-king-column-on-league-season-starting-1-5489502 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
