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It is, but we have to remember it’s only harmless fun to generate a bit of off season chatter. We (Ipswich) were the paper champions of the Championship, we have a trophy cabinet full of them as we were the best team “on paper” virtually every season we were down there. Unfortunately we never actually won ONE trophy made out of actual Silver

Oh dear. Are we now on to plan “Hi Rohan it’s Chris, sorry mate been having trouble with my damn phone and I’ve only just seen your text” yet then?

Great team Panthers enjoy the season! Hope it’s rejected by the BSPA fairly soon to spoil your Christmas

Crikey nothing wrong with your memory Badge!

You’re quite right Badge. I also remember vividly the club keeping that very quiet, with no mention of his absence on local radio a couple of hours earlier, and when everyone had paid their entrance fee they announced on the tannoy that Hancock and one other (Kolodzej?) were missing! Think Reading ran with a couple of NL guests or something similar which made the meeting a farce.

Think anywhere else King wouldn’t particularly be seen as a good signing. But for us you’d have to say he is. Knows Foxhall like the back of his hand and as was said earlier, is rarely beaten by the heatleaders in the Championship around the Heath so should be a solid scorer to help win our home meetings which is important.

As in heatleaders most definitely. But Allen is a “big” signing IMO. He was on many people’s wish lists on here and will be a very handy rider at reserve.

And Jake Allen joins him. Very pleased with that one.

Was going to say the same but couldn’t be bothered. Had a few barbs coming from this particular poster

Wonder if they’ve felt a bit pressured in to naming a couple of riders that they consider would be in the team no matter what, and that the team still isn’t completely sorted? Its not been the Chris Louis way to drip feed the signings. Once the seven are signed they’re normally announced. Wouldn’t be surprised to see the two named as King and Heeps. Always likely to be in the side no matter what IMO. We’ll see.

I’m hoping Jake Allen is one of those announced. Would be a terrific coup IMO.

Well they might still be half right as yet

It is the same Allen, but unless he’s changed his name to Nikolaj Busk Jakobsen, then he won’t be wearing “a big number seven on the South Coast”

Nikolaj Busk Jakobsen signs.

Should hear something this week then. Possibly/hopefully! TBH you don’t get any prizes for announcing your team first, and I’d rather he took his time to get the right riders, then rushing it through to satisfy impatient supporters. I think I’m more impatient this year though because of all the uncertainty of whether we’ll actually have a competitive team or not let alone a successful one.

TBF I forgot about Cook and Barker. They genuinely can’t stand the sight of each other. That’s not idle gossip it’s well known. Just stick them on opposite ends of the pits and jobs a good un

We don’t even know Louis even made that trip. The interview in the Ipswich star he said he was going “next week”, which was last week. He hadn’t gone by last Wednesday evening. Maybe he went Thursday or Friday Or he cancelled as another move went belly up I’m beginning to get impatient now I must admit. Seeing the Panthers releasing names and good ones, isn’t helping. Maybe something this week...

Well we have some confidently claiming Allen is joining Ipswich, and now you confidently claiming he’s Poole bound! Shame if he’s joining Poole as that was one particular rumour I was quite enthused about..

Well that could indeed throw a huge spanner in the works. An unhappy camp is very rarely successful! Let’s hope for the Panthers sake there’s little foundation to that particular rumour.

A reserve duo of L Bjerre and Barker is a potent weapon. Won’t see any better reserve pairings than that! Poole may push them close if Allen joins Covatti.

I’m sure supporters at other clubs will look at those and have a chuckle, BUT, (Allen aside as for some reason I can’t remember how well he goes) all those go very well around Foxhall and would help us be competitive at home at least. Fingers crossed Louis can come up with a couple of heatleaders that will help us be competitive on the road too.

We’ll see.

But we’ve already been told we’ve signed riders. Just because none have been announced doesn’t mean riders haven’t signed on. Louis likes to reveal the full 7 in one go.

Charles Wright confirmed as fourth signing.