Ipswich v Belle Vue 13th April

[2ndbendbeerhut 1,781]

No one can use the line...

" give the new riders time to settle in at Foxhall,  or they need track time at Foxhall" 

Meeting was over by 9pm so the likes of Rew and Thompson ( could say Hume King or even Emil)  had an hour available to them to practice. 

[old bob at herne bay 828]

Ippo beaten by Kings poor performance. With Riss not available for a misdemeanour for Redcar ( nowt to do with Ippo) you do need your other team members to score their average . 
Rain affected track wouldnt have helped the  less experienced riders. 
 

 

[bigcatdiary 3,165]

17 minutes ago, old bob at herne bay said:

Ippo beaten by Kings poor performance. With Riss not available for a misdemeanour for Redcar ( nowt to do with Ippo) you do need your other team members to score their average . 
Rain affected track wouldnt have helped the  less experienced riders. 
 

 

RISS missing through being unwell, team was built top heavy so most affected by their fourth rider being unavailable and having to be mostly covered by the bottom 3, that’s the chance you take, I certainly don’t think it’s down to just Danny King.

 

[Chris 441]

Not a great meeting. Most exciting part was watching Charles Wright racing Tom Brennan all night & have a pop at him after heat 3.

Ipswich bottom end was awful. Rew's gating is terrible & Thompson is out of his depth. Hume as a senior reserve with Rew not looking comfortable around Foxhall spells trouble. King didn't help his side though in heat 12 after a surprise 5-1 in heat 11.

Belle Vue steady & did what they had to do against a weakened side. Bewley well off the pace again. What's going on with him? 

Always nice when they close the A12 at 9pm & get imbeciles to put out the diversion signs.

[tocha 308]

20 hours ago, bigcatdiary said:

RISS missing through being unwell, team was built top heavy so most affected by their fourth rider being unavailable and having to be mostly covered by the bottom 3, that’s the chance you take, I certainly don’t think it’s down to just Danny King.

 

A further worry for Ipswich is the fact that Riss, originally in Redcar's lineup for tonight's match v Birmingham but subsequently postponed, pulled out yesterday and Steve Worrall was booked as a guest. On the matter of postponements I now make this the 17th, including abandoned without a result declared so far this season.

[Siggytastic 180]

Says in the speedway Star that Erik returned to Germany for tests "on a debilitating condition which He described as brain fog and dizziness" so is going to have blood tests, MRI scan and checks on His heart. Hope its nothing too serious and He gets well soon.

[Roger Jacobs 554]

On 4/14/2023 at 1:53 PM, 89buttons said:

Shall we drop Emil and Hume and get two 6 pointers in then?

there’s always going to be drawbacks when building teams to a points limit, if you build more strength in depth you won’t have the same top end strength we have in Emil and Doyle, rew will improve, Hume will improve as the season goes on and Erik will be back. The biggest bummer is losing Thomas as I think he was one of the better rising stars - at this stage it seems a step too far for joe

How bizarre! I made no comment about changes.

Even though he defeated Bewley, Hume still only scored 6 from 7, which simply isn't good enough by the senior reserve at home ... and I doubt that he will improve significantly.

[Roger Jacobs 554]

On 4/14/2023 at 3:24 PM, szkocjasid said:

Gotta disagree with the last sentence, if it was a 5 point reserve like Jakobsen or Kerr then yes, the team has been built to score well at reserve. 

But you can't just pick a lower averaged reserve & expect him to score well just because he's stronger than the RS!

Also Ipswich wouldn't have needed so much from Hume, if they gave him a stronger reserve partner!

One strong reserve is a key ingredient of a successful team.

They chose Hume, and he will be expected to do better - I'm sure Hume will want to do better too.

[Roger Jacobs 554]

23 hours ago, old bob at herne bay said:

Ippo beaten by Kings poor performance. With Riss not available for a misdemeanour for Redcar ( nowt to do with Ippo) you do need your other team members to score their average . 
Rain affected track wouldnt have helped the  less experienced riders. 

Misdemeanour?  He was unwell.

[lisa-colette 6,032]

On 4/13/2023 at 9:59 PM, 2ndbendbeerhut said:

Wright and Brennan showing their fighting spirit tonight... 

What was that about? Someone has put photos on twitter showing their disagreement and another fan said Wright was 'screaming in his face..' Surely nothing that bad happened? 

[dontforgetthefueltapsbruv 10,706]

11 minutes ago, lisa-colette said:

What was that about? Someone has put photos on twitter showing their disagreement and another fan said Wright was 'screaming in his face..' Surely nothing that bad happened? 

Certainly did - looked like Wright was gonna nut him. Rode into him like you would an opponent you were pissed with and stuck the lid in. Then when they dismounted at the pit gate went at him again screaming and finger pointing right in his face

[Rob B 1,257]

They can fight every meeting if it means they win.

[BluTiger 21,700]

 

[Garry1603 353]

That's not good - did anyone see what happened beforehand?

[dontforgetthefueltapsbruv 10,706]

56 minutes ago, Garry1603 said:

That's not good - did anyone see what happened beforehand?

Not a lot

In the standard cut and thrust of lap 1 Brennan possibly blocked Wights run and effectively ended his challenge for the lead

Have seem plenty worse - certainly no need for that reaction 

From memory on previous visits when with Somerset Wright seemed to have a similar lack of understanding when partnered with Starke....