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Seems like the arrogance of J.Holder is rubbing off on their fans too.Win graciously that would be a better and bigger way.

If Emil gets through Sunday, he will definitely be at Ipswich. Emil is a man of integrity and commitment. Him and Laguta are cut from the same cloth.

why cant some people just get their head around that losing Doyle and Emil IS irreplaceable?....and as the late Sinead once said "nothing compares". Some(not all) Sheffield fans cannot even win with a slight bit of dignity and class, you got lucky with racing against a very unlucky opposing finalist, its sport it happens. The final could of been a cracker with both teams at full strength.

I’m popping over to Foxhall with my screw driver set to tamper with the pit gate, they won’t get the spares unti the last week of October all ok 😂

Surely it only takes all parties to agree 'for commercial reasons'......

No chance. Every farmer in Devon and Cornwall is out all day Friday and Saturday in the Summer from dawn til dusk. Practising Team Riding in Tractors and Combines along every stretch of the A38 and A30 - rolling roadblock to annoy Tourists!

we beat you when you had a full team last year and a patched up team this year, the common theme is we won

the only thing worse than a bad loser is a smug winner!

Typical J.Holder,would you expect anything else from him.You lose graciously,but you should also win graciously.

I don't think there is a single person that disputes the 2 riders in question are irreplaceable, but that is the chance your management took when building a team so reliant on those 2 riders. Sheffield took a gamble with a strong 1-5 meaning they have run all season with 2 rising stars at reserve so had we lost 2 of our heat leaders we would also have struggled. The last minute loss of Emil has ruined the end of the season, and we do sympathise, but it was always a risk to put all your eggs in 2 baskets. We are fully aware that you couldn't find a 'like for like' replacement for Doyle, but surely there are riders out there that could have come in and picked up 7-8 points a match, rather than expecting Ellis, King, and Thompson to cover week after week. They are 2nd string riders for a reason and can't do it week in week out for 4 months. Had someone come in back in June when Doyle announced his season was over they would have been fully integrated into the squad and dialled into the UK tracks now when it matters.

And the biggest problem is that the BSPA/L and SCB have run away from developing any sensibly/clearly written Regs that would help teams affected at the business end of the season - precisely when there's the most chance of commercial interest.

Not in the slightest Your 1-7 at the start of the season was Musielek Kerr Ellis Bellego Jack Holder Howarth and Gilkes In the play off final you had Lambert for Holder Chris Holder for Ellis Chris Harris for Musielek Pickering for Bellego Etheridge for Kerr Edwards for Gilkes The injuries you got last season plus sacking certain riders helped you become stronger for sure We couldn’t go out and sign a Lambert this season it wasn’t allowed and riders didn’t want to come …. So no what we have suffered this season does not compare to what you had

Are the trophy presentations before or after heat 1 ? Asking for a friend

Correct we could. I think in all honesty Ipswich were hoping that Lindgren would guest in place of Doyle for the play off & cup final. That was before Emil was injured, then I think everyone including the Emil hoped that he would be back in early September, he pulled out late last week of Torún’s meeting. I’ve been critical of Kings performances over the past few weeks but to be honest I can’t put too much blame on the management I’ve never know a season where you’re entire team gets injured & when 4 riders are out at the same time including your top 2. The last crisis we had like this was 1990 when Norris & Standing both got injured at Exeter. I do however think the management could have been more open about the reasons riders are unavailable.

That's me probably done for the season, I'm sorry I just can't buy into the pay offs anymore, I'll maybe go to the finals if we reach them otherwise I'm done!

I'm celebrating by turning the heating on for a hour!

He's an immature obnoxious donk with zero class, even the GP riders can't stand him.

Aye, but they weren't so 🤫

Jack holder shushing the crowd having beaten Danny ling and Adam Ellis in heat 13 🤡 would love to have seen him against emil and Jason wouldn’t have been anywhere

i nominate you 😁

Riding well at present, massive loss. Best wishes for a speedy recovery.

Oh, well. Always next season.

The Witches still have some fighting spirit left.

Emil is more committed and reliable...

I heard that Kvech wasn't convinced to come over at first. But is good friends with Topinka, as is Buster. I gather that Tomas helped things along a bit.

Id put alot of money on him sadly not doing the play offs here

When many of the so called 'top riders' do come they find out they're not so 'top' over here. Riding on billiard table wide open track is very different to what they have to master here.

Amazingly, they just about managed without Doyle, and (as we now know) the Witches thought they'd have Lindgren for the big matches. However, it was the injury to Sayfutdinov which kiboshed the season, with any chance of finding any replacement scuppered by the transfer window - which takes no account of riders missing the remaining fixtures due to injury. That is thanks to BV's use of poorly written Regulations, and the BSPA/L's and SCB's knee-jerk reaction to prevent changes from happening - even though they know it has a serious impact on the play-offs, and makes a mockery of Phil Morris's more recent involvement and the need for "commercially based decisions". How can Ipswich advertise the Play-offs as a worthwhile event?

The majority don't. British Speedway as a whole is down to about 20,000-25,000 a week watching trackside these days. It's not been serious for 20+yrs & not professional since Sky dropped it.

I'm sorry but I just can't understand anybody that can take this competition seriously anymore.

So Holder, Woffinden, Musielak, Vissing and Gilkes last season wasn't comparable then ? Not only missing the top 2, but also the injury replacement for one of the top 2 !!

Can you voluntarily relinquish your place in the play-offs? If you can then Ippo should jump at the chance because it's beyond ridiculous now to a point where it holds no financial logic to run another meeting at Foxhall this season.

Would that be fair? Ed the Monarch always has a minder with him. Right enough Roary could give him a Glasgow kiss and put the Ed on Monarch.

If Ipswich can’t win it then I don’t mind who out of Belle Vue or Leicester do Sorry no time for Sheffield as the way some of their fans behave … they did it at the play off final second leg and again when they won at Foxhall last month … just not a nice fan base … plus they have Jack Holder lol

Advantage Monarchs on Guests.

Jack Holder is a p1llock

As by magic up pops the forum clown for another wind up

And have Poole steal an foreign rider after Glasgow spent time and effort bringing him over here. Imagine the outrage if Glasgow did that to Poole

Looking at Wilsons nose, he doesn't look the greatest boxer to me lol.

Probably, but r/r should score as many points as Sam has got recently.

As a neutral (ex-Panthers) got to feel sympathy for Ipswich club and supporters. Season started so well then for every rider to be injured throughout the season. Went over to watch the Oxford meeting and Ipswich fans were still showing support 👍. Good luck for the remainder of the season and keep your heads held high 🤞

Surely Ipswich could justifiably claim postponement of tonight’s meeting , being unable to raise a competitive team? Seem to recall Uncle Buster being allowed to do so for KL on more than one occasion ( including the infamous damaged pit gate scandal) Mr P Morris surely has the power to intervene for commercial reasons and in the interests of the sport. You still have the feeling that it depends who you are in this sport as to how you are treated.

I am hoping Dickson can persuade them to come to Berwick 💰🤸‍♀️🤔

Let's hope Howarth continues his Sheffield form!

Redcar v Leicester Kevin Doolan a bit miffed at Aaron Summers clips him after the race on the back straight causing Aaron to fall off, he then legs it across the centre green chasing after Kevin. At the pits entrance there is a crowd of people to keep them apart so Aaron throws his crash helmet at him. One of the funniest things I’ve seen, all that was missing was the Benny Hill music.

Thompson for Thomson? Usually people take the p. We've decided to add one instead.

Some slag the Lynn track off... But from what i have seen on TV lately, there's been a lot worse.

The small matter of sporting INTEGRITY The powers that be wouldn't know a commercial reason if it walked up to them wearing a commercial reason t-shirt knocking them on the head saying "I am a commercial reason"! All those fans that have followed their team home and away fighting for a higher league position have been totally mugged off... Again!

The sport is still as Mickey Mouse as it ever was.. Maybe even more with the bans/not bans/bans/not bans... Riders riding in semi finals for one team, and the final for another, still exists, just like last year.. Even Czech league meetings now take priority due to giving up Thursdays as a priority night.. What a great idea that has turned out to be!? "You can use our riders if you let us have priority on Thursdays".. And then the riders don't turn up!!! With the whole shebang being built around the agenda of the riders not the agenda of the paying spectator. "We open very infrequently due to having to wait for our employees to tell us when they can work" (Not a great business plan is it?).. The honest news no one seems to want to hear is that UK Speedway, in its current team format, and using it's ludicrous operating model, simply cannot work. As it single handedly fails to engage enough people to believe that the product is a genuine sporting competition, that provides any real kudos in winning... There is fundamentally zero point investing emotionally into a team sport when it is nothing more than a random, ad-hoc collection of riders, who will invariably be a different set of riders "representing you" the next time you set foot in the stadium.. What the sport needs is a root and branch review, overhaul and reset. With a well planned and marketed major relaunch .. Just like they should have done during the COVID break.. Phil Morris alone cannot sort out the amount of nonsense that pervades..

The issue is that this is clear rule breaking by the governing body for the second time in 24 hours, the other one being Harris riding on Monday. I