GeneralMelchett

Barker was drafted into the Ipswich side a couple of seasons ago and didn't do much - best days definitely behind him. A trier but more than that is needed! A sad but managed decline!

poetry!! The british final final is the sort of race we all want to see. Surely Harris needs a season at the NSS before he ends his career? I remember seeing Screen and Loram at Owlerton in the SWC in about 2002 and it as a great meeting before the rain intervened to end it early!

A lot of people don't engage their brain before they type that's certainly true. As my old man used ot say the internet affords a voice to everyone but not everyone is deserving of that voice -cos if they said what they typed down the pub they'd be told in no uncertain terms! Doyle said the same about his injuries - we all know riders do ride with various injuries etc and always have. In the old days a lot of footballers played with injuries too - they just stuck the needle in 10 minutes before KO! Thing is though whilst i. don't. really care about it all - so many over the years have pulled a few fast ones so there is an assumption of guilt -aftrerall poor Buster hasnt really veer recovered from 'pitgate'

The. only match that ever looked sold out on TV was when Lakeside promoted the free meeting - a few thousand were there - of course most never came back! I will give our old promotoer his due he really tried to promote things!

I know dear old JL used to hate having sky in town as he used to complain that the crowd drop and lack of takings exceeded the payment for the meeting coverage! No idea if its still the same. I personally quite like the highlights they do from the other meeting and have often thought that a match of the day style show would be better particulary if its broadcast a day or so later! Given the fact no one on here seems to truly like the tv meetings maybe thats the way to go. I did watch a meeting on the BSN last week Leicester when they thumped BV and I did feel the production was better etc but again the crowd did look lower to me than it sometimes is from Leicester.

Having watched the main highlights again - what a great night for Danny King - TomB had been a bit of a concern of late too but he rode really well last night too.

Wolves always used to look packed as they only had fans on the home straight. Maybe they should herd a lot of them into the back straight stand - the problem with Ipswich is even a 2-3k crowd can look spread out but last night the crowds looked less than half what it usually is.

Duplication always happens on a mobile device!

One or two good races despite the one sided scoreline - I was at the Leicester win here just a few weeks ago and the difference is a contrast! great ride from Emil that!

Duplication!

Latest Facebook post suggest a full strength Witches!

I think people are just playing silly beggers now - i'd expect Kurtz to be there for sure - however i suspect its better to wait until people don't show, or are confirmed as not riding for whatever reason rather than just (wildly) speculating etc.

Stop Sh1thousing! It might come back to bite yer 😉

Well this debate just took a new twist - good stuff from both Brady and Jason well done both - really good to see Jason looking more like his usual self and also DanB!

Maybe meant the year before 😅 i get confused more easily - I suppose I am saying BV more top heavy than Ipswich for sure this season

Last year I would agree with that - so far in 2025 not so far in my view Even allowing for the fact Thompson rides so well at BP I think a Jasonless Ipswich would have lost by far less on Thursday! I suppose also you need to factor in Ipswich and Leicester generally do well or better at each others tracks than Bv!

Indeed but IF an injury occurred come playoff time that impacted riding in the U.K. / Poland or in the final GPs it might prove more of a dilemma etc for both Brady and the fans - let’s hope that doesn’t happen!

I think it was! Quite probably you still would have lost - but it shows BV up as weak without him, and Bewley aside none of the others (despite working hard in the pits) really showed much fight!

companies house agrees!

He won his first ride which is positive as he’s been a big miss - Kurtz has won his first 3 which is good for BV as he was a big miss last night!

it was actually the other way round it seems my memory is fading - both sides had a history of walloping eachother at their own place as the tracks were so very different! https://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/5511016.speedway-arena-outclassed-and-humbled/

I seem to recall Arena-Essex doing this on Exeter 75-15 that is!

After the Leicester v Belle Vue I re-watched a 2024 championship match between Scunny and Poole - some fantastic races and racing in that!

I have always felt there will always be some form of speedway in the UK - my old man had a programme from the 1954 world final - in it the then chairman of British speedway wrote a peice about how in the winter all the promoters needed to come together to plot the future of 'our great sport' you would have thought by now some 70 years later they might have cracked it!

I think 3 of the top 4 are guaranteed already and given Leicesters win today I think their top 4 spot is probably now assured - King Lynn will just miss out i reckon.