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At present the standard of both the leagues is lower than at any point I can rember. I would rather watch the pl at prrsent as the riders seem to be more commetted and dont miss matchs for lame reasons also the standard of the riders seems more evan than the el. Back in. The days of bl and nl speedway when ipswich moved back up I looked forward to it to see the best riders in the world but we no longer have the big name world stars in the el

The stadium rent was £1400 a match in 1996 when the witches almost closed. Ajerk's comment about the standard of the riders being low when compared to the el and the super stars or the last 40 years what rubbish the standard of the el has been poor for the last few.years and appears to be worse every year you may have the likes of holder ward lindgren riding full time el but other than that the standard is not great for a.league being called the elite

Oh no not the what happened to the scott nicholls money question again? I throught that was answered a couple of years ago the money was spent on keeping the club going. I love all the speculation over who will be hear next season I suspect we won't have long to wait to get the answer

Why does topinkas name keep popping he was rubbish when he rode for ipswich at his peak 12 years ago

All this about a rider who is far from certain to sign for ipswich may bd we should rename it the nick morris thread

At the end of the day if speedway was run better and the points limit and rules did not change every year then clubs could sign riders on longer term contacts and protect the club assets. I forget the poster's name but the person who suggested that the asset system is illegal is correct and its only the closed shop of the bspa that keeps it going. Under eu law if you are not contact you can move on for nothing this comes from the bosman ruling in football as that was the test case but the result would have been the same if bosman had been a rugby player speedway rider or in a regular 9 to 5 job.

No to Topinka he was woeful when he rode for ipswich in 99 after we dropped ben howe and on the downward slide. If we do end up with turngate then I think he will start in the top 5 as I think hart will be back. I think you could see something like this if it would fit in the limit. A lot has been said that bjerre will go el but i'm not so sure he is still only 18 and another year at pl level will do no harm 1 Doolan 2 poole 3 bjerre 4 turngate/reisger 5 morris 6 hart 7 heeps I also think blackbird could play a part somewhere

To be honest I think the move ipswich made by dropping down last winter was the correct one it is also good to see louis talking about the future of the club and with signing young riders shows that when the time is right we may move up again. However the big qusetion is will there be an elite league in a couple of years as the league appears scewed long term in its present form

No Jerran Hart next year then? I wonder if Taylor will be coming on a full transfer?

As it looks odds on that Heaps will ride for ipswich next year chris mills having stated he would like to return & harts improved form would you bet against the 3 of them being at foxhall in 2012? If we had a good top 4 do you guys think we would be too weak at the botom end with those 3 or would we be better off with Hart & Heeps? I would like to see Poole return maybe on a full transfer & Sam Masters would be a hell of a signing one other point is Bjerre off to the EL or do we think he could do with another year In the prem?

One night last week in the local Evening Star paper Chris Louis was reported as saying that riders had contacted the club about a team place for 2012. As we are now in September & the start of the silly season i thought i'd start this thread for a bit of fun & see who you guys would like at Foxhall in 2012.