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I really missed the bank holiday meetings this year so I hope they're reinstated next season. Seemed strange last Good Friday afternoon not heading to Foxhall and the fact it was a lovely early spring day made it worse.

I've quite often disagreed with Baldyman on here over the years as I think he tends to be a little on the negative side too often for my liking but have respected his opinions all the same. I also have the upmost respect for his passion and dedication for the sport and in particular, the Witches, in which he travels far and wide on a regular basis showing that support. In all of the years on this forum I haven't seen Baldyman have a single issue with any particular poster until you suddenly came along. There are also one or two other long term well respected posters on this forum that seemingly no longer post on here probably due to your spiteful and vindictive insults. You hide them quite well sometimes I'll give you that, making extremely weird novels and then burying your insults somewhere in between when most have given up reading. The Witches posters and indeed, threads on this forum are usually harmonious and in good spirit. That however is now not the case due to your continued input. Therefore, if you would kindly crawl back under whichever rock you crawled that would be very helpful and then perhaps the threads involving the Witches can get back to being the harmonious kind that we're all accustomed to. Ta.

Macca, just do yourself a favour and quit this nonsense as you're just embarrassing yourself further. You've not only been outed as a nasty, vindictive piece of work, you've also created an alias and are having conversations with yourself. That's just downright weird. You reappeared as one alias in the early hours of this morning on the Somerset Ipswich thread, then conveniently your alter ego appears ten minutes later in the early hours of this morning on this thread. Stop being a complete prat and pack it in.

Been even longer since Rickardsson, Gollob and Louis (all in their pomp) graced Foxhall together in 98! Miss those days too. TBH, I miss the days of Sigalos, Cook and Sanders even more. Great times.

Yes. He can't double up/down for a third year so unless the rules change, Ipswich will need a new number 1 next year if A: King decides to remain in the Elite league (most likely), and B: Ipswich remain a Premier league club.

Problem with that is if they stick to the rules (yes I know stop laughing), then King must make a decision to ride either Elite league or Premier league only next season as he can't double up/down for a third consecutive year.

And that also puts to bed those fanciful takeover rumours that surfaced on here during the summer. Chris Louis quite clearly isn't going anywhere.

Hume has been put in a potential 1-7 for next season by a Rye supporter, that's why he's being talked about. Hardly going completely off topic is it? Besides, if you think every 2017 thread will/should only contain posts relating to said teams 1-7 for next year then you're in for a disappointment.

Or perhaps they're just another in a long line of good posters who no longer bother on here anymore because of odious posters such as yourself?

Disagree. "That one of them has a Sigalos image as their avatar, surprises me not...." I got that he doesn't like Sigalos sure, but that's also a blatant insult to the poster. All for not knowing what the hinting was all about and not seeing that macca had referred to this god knows how many pages back? Spiteful and unnecessary.

I'm not quite sure why you felt it necessary to include that little barb either macca to be honest.

Didnt sound sick when he pulled on to the track did it? He developed problems during the race. His previous two he just wasn't quick enough and was beaten fairly.

Crikey calm down dear! "Defo", and "end of"? How old are you? Stop being so precious and defensive. There was nothing sarcastic about Bash' post whatsoever. Auty was poor after his first heat win. The "he had bike problems though" is a lame excuse and without merit.

June, you were fortunate to get the draw today simple as that. Sometimes you're lucky to pick up points, and sometimes you're unlucky not to pick up points. It's speedway it happens. But today fortune was on your side.

Was going to post something very similar. Things going against us in both meetings so certainly nothing to be concerned with after Thursdays result. Paco very unlucky today. Very early doors and we'll be fine when a couple of the lads get their bikes going. Risager a big miss today also so hopefully he's not out for too long. King, Covatti, Kerr and Risager is a strong top 4 so if the other lads can chip in with vital points we'll be in business.

Saw the new team suits today. Polarising is the word that immediately sprung to mind!

Wrong.

JL is as straight as a die. He could have chose to say nothing. His words were pretty damning, IMO. In the same article Phil Hilton also expressed similar views, but they don't hold the same weight for obvious reasons. I think Phil Hilton has had a rough deal this year and I don't quite understand why, right from the very first meeting where he was labelled crap and not up to the job on here by one keyboard commando. I even thought Chris Louis was wrong in publically blaming both parties for a "public slanging match". The slanging was only coming one way. Hawkins decided to go public both on local radio and in print to the local paper to reveal his dislike of the fella which was unprofessional and out of order IMO. Hilton was then contacted by Stephen Foster of radio Suffolk to ask for his response to the public criticism, which again IMO he did calmly and eloquently. He had every right to respond and defend himself.

Quite right. And this quote from JL on the official website after the first meeting since he left against Plymouth "Co-promoter, John Louis, added "What an enjoyable meeting after what has happened in recent weeks. The atmosphere in the pits was so positive tonight - now to keep it going and move up that table!" http://www.ipswichwitches.co/index.php/news-centre/976-witches-cast-a-spell-over-devils That in itself is pretty telling.

Anti climax to a big headline? What big headline? @Mike_Bacon: A bit of @ipswichspeedway latest news from Chris Louis and @rohantungate in tomorrow's @EADTsport24 paper @SkySpeedway #kurrikurri @Mike_Bacon: In tomorrow's @EADTsport24 it's @rohantungate on his 2016 future + Chris Louis team building latest @ipswichspeedway #speedway Those were Mike Bacon's tweets last night, and that's exactly what was in today's paper! What else were you expecting from those tweets?

Wouldn't get your hopes up on Kennett. Not sure if Roland is being genuine or on the wind up but it looks a bit far fetched to me. If both King and Kennett are riding for Coventry and Lakeside respectively, they could both be missing for a number of Friday meetings which would cause a major headache. Dont think so. There wouldn't be a major difference in pay between a rider on 4.5 and a 5-6 pointer. In fact you could probably pick up a few 6 pointers on cheaper money than some of the lower end riders. What's certain though, is Danny King and Ed Kennett will be two of the best paid riders in the PL. With Louis putting out what seems to be a lowering of expectations exercise in the local rag recently, claiming it's a task "just keeping the club afloat" and stating an expensive brand new air fence needs to be brought, I'd be very surprised to see Kennett joining King at Foxhall.

Dropped from 7.32 to 6.84 so wasn't the bargain after all.

Totally agree. From the comments I was expecting to see a riled Tungate on a revenge mission, opening the throttle after the race had finished, charge after Auty and wiping him clean out. Not quite what I'm seeing on the footage!

Oh yes we all know! You made it perfectly clear that you thought the manager was crap after his very first meeting in charge!!!

Deary me!!!