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8 years in the 2nd tier with one single PO final appearance does not scream "top dogs" nor an obvious "drive to rebuild". Curiously, both Leicester and Somerset dropped down to the 2nd tier for 2019, leaving only 5 teams in the 1st tier, and it was only then that Ipswich chose to go back up.

Never been a particular fan of Tom Brennan. But if had the chance to sign him, I would not say no. I remember him doing a Guest booking at Owlerton and he did well. In saying all that I think he will be at Ipswich next season.

Too nice - they are used to having w@nkers at No1

If he'd fessed up perhaps I'd be of a different opinion, but he didn't. He lied through his nose for months and got found out, and he put a lot of people's noses out of joint. All a moot point as he's unlikely to be seen on a competitive speedway bike again.

Watched him as a junior at Eastbourne, had that broken leg which had a lot of complications, he lost his Mum from an early age, I Sponsored him in his early days and went through the Eastbourne times when he didn't get paid, like all riders, by Ian Jordan. You could tell as a junior, he was a talent.

I have no disdain whatsoever for the Championship or any team within it and Ipswich is not perrfect (and was far from it in the past) I agree big changes are needed - let's hope they are made and that they work

I’m not I was literally using your own words, you’ve clarified/expanded your view but it was quite clear in your original post you didn’t mean Jake Mulford as I don’t think you can argue he’s the same standard as Chris Harris right now.

You're being deliberately obtuse and pedantic Perhaps I should've mixed it up a bit but if you used more than a single brain cell, some logic and a little common sense yoy could work it out For clarity it goes down further to include the likes of (but not exclusive to!) Howarth, Castagna, Edwards, Mulford, Zischke All worlds ahead of the NDL/out of depth newcomers that would still be required to fill the gaps without them It would limit these newcomers to the reserve berths rather than filling 4 spaces in each team...

Poole and Glasgow don’t expect other teams to go to the wall to sustain what they want though do they? Which is what Ipswich and Belle Vue want, they want the big names despite the fact it’s clear it’s unsustainable in the current climate, which I’m pretty sure you even have agreed is true. Yes Poole and Glasgow snap up young talent nobody is arguing that, they’ve also agreed a rule that each team can only have one “Big Hitter” with an average over 8 to start the season. It’s clear you have a disdain for the Championship and clubs in that league, you’ve made that obvious. All they’ve done is taken a stand to protect themselves from losing silly money and propping up a failing system, big changes are needed and no doubt they’ll all be a part of it. I’m sure no matter what they do though they’ll always be wrong and Ipswich will always be a beacon of perfection in your eyes.

Will definitely learn throttle control to get round the polo mint circuit 😝

Confuses me too, thought every clubs fans would want him?

He would definitely learn more at Plymouth.

A valid analogy in many ways although not completely correlated In many ways Ipswich were expelled - the top league didn't really want them at that time Despite being that 'sick man' of the top league they were immediately one of the top dogs in tier 2 and the aim and drive was to rebuild and return There isn't that desire in thd top clubs of the Championship now is there? There is the criticism that Ipswich and Belle Vue just used Birmingham and Oxford as fodder but Is the situation different in the Championship? You see very similar with Poole and Glasgow re Workington and Scunthorpe - who has the big name No1s? Who signs the hot young talent?

No, it wasn't for no reason at all. It was because SteveLyric is constantly a pain in the arse on this forum thinking he is above everyone else because he slings some money at Poole speedway. He spends a huge amount of time making a twit of himself on other topics and trying his best to cause trouble. Ask the Plymouth fans. As for me calling Steve Shovlar a parasite, anyone who still communicates with a convicted paedophile knowing what they have done is a parasite in my eyes. Shovlar was liking SCBs posts on this forum when he came back on trying to defend his past actions. Ive also seen tweets being liked between the two since he got released from prison as well. Hope that clears things up , I always enjoyed reading your posts too.

I mean you did name 5 riders that are number 1 standard and said you’d need 25-30 riders at that standard? So is that the standard you meant or isn’t it?

Had a listen to the most recent one and one of the sound issues i think comes from Derek not wearing headphones. I might be wrong but if he's hearing the sound when he's chatting to someone else through speakers or a phone it get's picked up by his microphone and that's what is giving that echoed effect, you can hear it when he's chatting to Ian on part 1 of the recent podcast.

Personally I think Kemp's the better rider, but have obviously heard of his temperament issues. In a slightly weaker league, Sedgmen should be a pretty decent reserve.

Agree with this. A rider on the up and improving every season. What's not to want

They ride in Poland therefore will not ride in a UK league with no race night restrictions The 25-30 don't all to be No1 standard but I think you knew that but choose to pretend to suit your point.....

Also the same Ipswich that spent the 2000's in the doldrums of the EL. Year in year out poor sides which led them to eventually drop. Some fans have short memories. For what its worth, the turn around since those days for Ipswich has been remarkable. But it wasnt long ago things were very different for them.

Ashton Boughen next signing in 15m

We can learn from Poland but we have got to stop trying to be or even compete with them

I beginning to believe that to be true

They're just not capable of it Dean

For me what’s happening now is another missed opportunity just like in 2020 to reset the sport on a better path