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I’ve always liked Leicester as a track I have to be honest. Always seem to see some decent racing when Ipswich have been there the last few years.

Of course it was it can’t be argued really although some will try. Let’s hope lightning doesn’t strike twice!

They didn’t elect “not to replace him”, they tried everything but just couldn’t get anyone in. Anyone that argues against Ipswich being unlucky last year are not being truthful. It wasn’t just the top two either, every member of the septet had periods out of the side injured and a lot of them were riding through the pain barrier at the tail end of the season. It was a mental season.

As you say, was always going to be tough at Ipswich and everyone else will likely struggle there also. But the Oxford team were a bit undercooked with Riss missing (he’d have been good for a decent points haul around a track he knows well) and then losing Kildermand didn’t help either. Ok, he may not have had a huge impact on the meeting, but running rider replacement for a team missing riders and struggling a bit is never ideal. The result wouldn’t have been in doubt, but there were definitely mitigating circumstances to the scale of the defeat.

Mike has got this badly wrong I’m afraid. A successful team which thumps teams at home will always attract more supporters than turn them away. That’s the case with ANY sport actually.

It will indeed Mike. Another very healthy crowd as I’m sure it will be again in two weeks time.

@ouch Is clearly in charge of production at TNT 😁

Sounds identical to what we’ve done at Ipswich over the winter. Not sure if that’s a good thing or a bad thing from an Ipswich perspective! We go there next week and it’s a track we go very well on. All the riders seem to score heavily there so it’ll be interesting to see if that changes things. Glad you have a live stream, will be tuning in and looking forward to seeing if the racing has improved due to the changes.

Guy paid less than Sackers recycling did before him for a good few years. He couldn’t believe he got it for a “song”. That isn’t the case now but that’s only due to inflation and rising costs all around. The partner sponsors are very good at Ipswich. Collectively they help hugely.

Decent race. Good effort from Mulford.

You’re way off I’m afraid and it’s coming across as very bitter. You’ve had the likes of Mike the Belle Vue fan predicting 30-60 away wins which is totally unrealistic likewise comments from fans of other clubs. All I’ve seen on this forum from Ipswich supporters is an acknowledgement that we are the favourites on paper (which we are there’s no getting away from it), but stopping short of saying we’re going to win everything. Only a fool would say that after last year and the nature of this sport.

Like a hot knife through butter 😁

Let’s hope the Oxford boys bring their trapping gloves, that’s where the action will come from. If the Witches fly out of the traps it’ll be non existent. Let’s hope the Witches are sluggish from the tapes and put the new banking to the test.

maybe Ipswich is bit different to others, but the attendances at Foxhall seem to be consistently good no matter the opposition/competition or whether a play off place has already been confirmed. They rarely if ever, seem to drop below a noticeable level. The only visible difference is a bigger than normal increase which occurs on Bank Holidays, and when the team is doing particularly well. I guess it helps when your team has two superstars leading the team who entertain no matter what the circumstances. Always worth the entrance fee.

Enjoy the meeting, however if you’re expecting to see the Witches I’m afraid you’ll be disappointed.. On your point about the fans getting bored and not attending due to thrashings every week, does that really happen in sport? In my experience the biggest attendances generally come when the team is successful so I’m not sure I agree with you.

It really doesn’t work like that though does it? No two meetings are the same you could run all those meetings you’ve listed again next week and you’d get totally different results in all of them.

You’re right. Not until Belle Vue return anyway 😁

Just stumbled across this https://ipswichwitches.co/video/ipswich-v-belle-vue-2019/ What a race this was! The race with Doyle, Emil, Holder and Musielak a couple of season’s ago sticks in the memory, but this tops it.

He doesn’t believe a word of what he writes. He does it for sh!ts and giggles. The very definition of a forum Troll. Ignore him.

With a full strength side I’d be very surprised to see us not hit 50+ for every home meeting, 60+ more often than not. Even Ellis and King are heavy Foxhall scorers.

https://ipswichwitches.co/raceday-guide-oxford-h/ Sedgmen in for Riss for Oxford.

We’ll definitely lose a few away meetings, but the key is I don’t think we’ll lose any comfortably. Which obviously bodes well for aggregate bonus points, and two legged semis/finals. I expect us to be totally dominant at Foxhall all season long.

9 between the top two and still won. Belle Vue 10 between their top two at Foxhall and got absolutely battered. There’s strength all the way through this team which means the top two can have off nights like tonight and we’ll still be in the mix. Actually Brennan had an off night as well so the whole top three underperformed. The track had a lot to do with that really it was never suiting Emil in particular.

Without question. They all did the track walk and studied each gate so it would have been discussed which they’d go for if they won the toss. They collectively got it wrong though.

Gate 4 was a graveyard and yet he took a win and a second from there including one of the few genuine passes of the meeting. Superb performance. Him and Jenkins won us that meeting no doubt about it.