Pauldoveyspeedway 144 Posted March 1, 2023 8 minutes ago, Arch Stanton said: This argument has been trotted out time and again over the last year or two. The GP’s, Poland, Timbuktu are all completely irrelevant to what happens here. He was more dominant here last season than he’s ever been hence his 10 And a half point average! He was literally head and shoulders above everybody. Bewley out performed him in the GP’s last season and will be the closest to him here no doubt, but I’ll wager he won’t topple Doyle in the averages here at the end of the season. This time last year there were people on here who like you’re doing now, we’re saying Doyle would be demoted to 4th best Aussie as Fricke, Kurtz and Holder would all overtake him. They all finished miles off! Doyle is a class act in this league...No better rider to have in heats 13 and 15 ...Ipswich did well last year and will do even better this year with Emil in.... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Daniel Smith 5,665 Posted March 1, 2023 The numbers don't lie, if every rider in the league maintained their rolling average, Belle Vue & King's Lynn are Play-Off finalists comfortably. As we know, speedway isn't like that. Personally, Ipswich are the favourites for me. Any team can be 10-12 up after 9, but when you have Doyle, Sayfutdinov & King to close a meeting, those points can be wiped out in an instant. In the real world, how likely is it these 3 stay uninjured? Very very unlikely imo Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
4BM 116 Posted March 1, 2023 3 hours ago, Pauldoveyspeedway said: If the tail end score some points they will be fine ...id say Ipswich over Sheffield...once Rew has settled in .... I know who I’d rather have for my team at the bottom end for supporting the heatleaders , Bellego/Howarth/Kerr v Rew/Riss/Hulme there’s only one winner there and that’s Sheffield Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Aries 440 Posted March 1, 2023 4 minutes ago, 4BM said: I know who I’d rather have for my team at the bottom end for supporting the heatleaders , Bellego/Howarth/Kerr v Rew/Riss/Hulme there’s only one winner there and that’s Sheffield 3 man teams is it? Holder Ellis and Musielak v Doyle Sayfutdinov and King, only one winner there too. Ipswich aren’t finishing bottom think you’re trying to be a bit edgy there. Sure everyone is entitled to their opinion obviously but come on there is no way you can seriously think all the other 6 teams look stronger. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
4BM 116 Posted March 1, 2023 15 minutes ago, Aries said: 3 man teams is it? Holder Ellis and Musielak v Doyle Sayfutdinov and King, only one winner there too. Ipswich aren’t finishing bottom think you’re trying to be a bit edgy there. Sure everyone is entitled to their opinion obviously but come on there is no way you can seriously think all the other 6 teams look stronger. Not trying to be edgy just my opinion, Doyle was far and out the best rider in the league last year and can’t see why this year will change that (maybe Bewley will push him) and love watching Emil, I’m just hoping for his and Ipswich’s sake that Poland/Torun don’t start throwing their weight about making him miss any UK meetings for their ‘training’ sessions and other nonsense, the Ekstraliga teams are very precious about their own and they’ll class Emil as that when they want too, luckily in the leagues below they don’t seem as controlling well that’s how it looked with Musielak last year anyway . The inconsistencies of King and Riss would be my main concern as an Ipswich fan and also Rew will take some time to get going especially after a bad knock and as he’s not rode at many of the UK tracks. Personally just want it to be an exciting league with all 7 teams in with a shout of the play offs 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pauldoveyspeedway 144 Posted March 1, 2023 2 hours ago, Daniel Smith said: The numbers don't lie, if every rider in the league maintained their rolling average, Belle Vue & King's Lynn are Play-Off finalists comfortably. As we know, speedway isn't like that. Personally, Ipswich are the favourites for me. Any team can be 10-12 up after 9, but when you have Doyle, Sayfutdinov & King to close a meeting, those points can be wiped out in an instant. In the real world, how likely is it these 3 stay uninjured? Very very unlikely imo Ipswich will take some beating ...if its close at the end Jason and Emil will take some beating... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pauldoveyspeedway 144 Posted March 1, 2023 1 hour ago, Aries said: 3 man teams is it? Holder Ellis and Musielak v Doyle Sayfutdinov and King, only one winner there too. Ipswich aren’t finishing bottom think you’re trying to be a bit edgy there. Sure everyone is entitled to their opinion obviously but come on there is no way you can seriously think all the other 6 teams look stronger. Ipswich have the edge on the heat leaders for me ... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WRDukes 61 Posted March 1, 2023 Given the teams as they are now 1 Belle Vue 2 Sheffield 3 Ipswich 4 Peterborough 5 Leicester 6 King's Lynn 7 Wolverhampton 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Flappy 1,605 Posted March 1, 2023 Has Emil ever ridden Ipswich? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bagpuss 10,781 Posted March 1, 2023 11 minutes ago, Flappy said: Has Emil ever ridden Ipswich? Ipswich were a second division side during his spell with Coventry in 2011 so I assume not. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tellboy 3,662 Posted March 1, 2023 Sheffield Belle Vue Leicester Ipswich Peterborough Wolves King's Lynn Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pauldoveyspeedway 144 Posted March 1, 2023 1 hour ago, Flappy said: Has Emil ever ridden Ipswich? He's a quality rider will take to any track....on that Ave aswell ....got to be right ... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Flappy 1,605 Posted March 1, 2023 20 minutes ago, Pauldoveyspeedway said: He's a quality rider will take to any track....on that Ave aswell ....got to be right ... He is but it's not the easiest track to master and pile in points Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Baldyman 6,243 Posted March 1, 2023 (edited) Evan as a witches fan I would say Sheffield have the strongest overall package,, especially when you take into account their home advantage. Bellego will score like another number 1 at home,,, where as Riss won't be scoring like a number 1 at home,, also Kerr will score reasonable points everywhere,,, not so sure we could say the same of Rew/Hume Edited March 1, 2023 by Baldyman Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FishersGate 522 Posted March 1, 2023 I think we can all agree this is the toughest prediction of who comes where for a long long time. Every team has a case for making the play offs. I keep changing my predictions every day. It's actually fantastic. Didn't want Leicester to move up initially but now I'm a little bit more excited for the season ahead. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
