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Its rider replacement for Emil today in Poland.

It’s either that or incompetence…..as clearly they don’t know the rule book that they helped to write

He isn’t now due to an ‘oversight’ by Sheffield or more likely they got caught tying to pull a fast one!

Harris in place of Lidsey why not it’s a circus after all!!

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

Even though facing Leicester might give us a slightly better chance to making the final given how well Thompson rides their place I’m not sure I’m really bothered now. Both competitions now subjected to rule breaking by the governing body makes the whole thing a farce.

Couldn’t make it up. But let’s not forget the real reason speedway is knacked in this country is the fault of the Grand Prix & Poland…….maybe instead of blaming the poles & gp we need to look closer to home.

It does and after all the good work they have done in bring in Emil & Doyle would leave a rather bitter taste…..

Let’s just get Musielak in the side now he is as eligible to ride in the cup final as Harris is.

I hope so if they don’t then they are fools!

Of course they know about it.

If there is no Emil next year then Musielak would be a good signing, although I’d have Emil if possible

This is definitely Sheffield’s to lose now. A month ago we had a great chance of defending a trophy something that hasn’t happened since the 1970s I believe. Now we don’t look like winning a meeting.

It’s not since losing Emil that King has become a scapegoat, a lot of supporters have been frustrated/ fed up with him for the last 3 or 4 years. For a guy who has spent the bulk of his career at Ipswich he is beaten by riders around Ipswich who he should be comfortably getting the better of. He gets passed far to easily & does seem to ride the lines that don’t work. As the skipper he can’t team ride to save his life either blocks his teammates lines or just clears off out front sometimes even passing he own partner. when the chips are down be that a single heat or meetings like the ones against Sheffield, or both meetings against Birmingham this week he just goes missing. I think he has genuinely gone stale at Ipswich & needs a move to revitalise his career as much as Ipswich needs the change too. We need someone with some more improvement in them next year. His demeanour on the TV against Sheffield wasn’t skipper material he looked beaten & downtrodden. We need our own Sam Morsy to skipper the Witches & that man in Doyle.

Brennan for King in 2025 please the skipper went missing yet again!

I don’t know about Bewley, but that is classic Danny King & it’s why the fans give him such a hard time coupled with his inability to team ride.

Wouldn’t matter Eurosport/Discovery wouldn’t show the cup final it’s not part of the contract.

Totally agree King needs to go, constantly goes missing when the chips are down & won’t team ride for toffee.

Ipswich v Sheffield was last Monday on euro sport. It’s definitely cup final week next week

That was a great effort from all the boys on Thursday, if Rew hadn’t crashed out we’d have won that…Can’t blame the boy he was riding his socks off he looks much more confident this season. Hopefully he isn’t to badly injured & will be fit for next week. Jenkins was good value again those last 3 rides were superb! I disagree that Thompson has gone backwards yes he isn’t scoring as freely but the experience he is gaining in the top 5 will make him a better rider. Nicholls just continues to be superb around Foxhall could really do with a squad system next year to allow him to ride when possible. King scored well & turned up unlike on Monday. Cook was a little disappointing but did look better in his last ride. Some entertaining racing & a decent mini come back from the Witches. I know Scott ran Jenkins a little wide on the second turn but after that some great team riding from him playing guard dog. I’m at a loss as to why the skipper can team ride like that instead of passing Jenkins & leaving him to it.

I think a lot will depend on if Rew is fit to ride after that awful crash on Thursday. Hopefully Jordan can carry on his recent run of form those last 3 rides on Thursday we’re epic! I’m not sure if a team has been so unlucky with injuries as Ipswich this year Doyle out for the season, Emil possibly out for the year as well not forgetting that King,Thompson & Ellis twice have all been side lined at times this year. If I were Hawkins I’d just make sure we come though the meeting fit.

Kvech will be south of the border next year

Emil has been named in Toruń starting line up for the 25th August according to their Facebook page just now.

Was Lawson available? Two questions around him firstly would Leicester want him to ride & help Ipswich win as they are going for 2nd place & an Ipswich loss could see us finish 4th meaning that Leicester would avoid us in the play off semi final given our record at their place I can’t blame them. secondly is Lawson able to ride as he was at Foxhall last week & with Nicholls guesting for Doyle does the 8 day rule apply to Lawson as he rode at Foxhall last week? or is the 8 day rule only applicable when guesting at the same track?

I’m not getting all the promotion bashing at the moment. I have done my fair share over the years & indeed i did last year regarding the Riss situation. The fact that King will almost certainly be the first name on the team sheet for 2025 will also grip my s!&t. However this is the same promotion who have brought Doyle to Foxhall & then topped that off by getting Emil onboard. After years of watching poor top flight Ipswich teams having riders of the calibre of those two pulling on the witch is still sometimes dreamland territory. This year without all the injuries King,Thompson,Ellis x2 , Doyle & now Emil we would have walked to a double. Maybe after pulling of the coup of getting Emil perhaps they genuinely thought they could rework the magic & get Zmarlik over from for the run in. Failing with Zmarik & then going with Fast Freddie if the rumour is true would have been fine. Then the injuries to Emil & Adam hit. Lets get behind the boys in the cup final & play offs still plenty to race for before we look at 2025 & hopefully the 3rd year of the Jason, Emil spearhead.