Roger Jacobs

Thompson isn't a Rising Star, so they have got (admittedly limited) options for guests.

With Jepsen Jensen walking out on Brum, it's going to be an odd-looking match on Monday night ...

The matches against Ipswich won't get KL in the top 4, they are in the KOC-Up ...

Rubbish. One of the most experienced riders in speedway. Just get on with it. Four away matches for KL, average 4.21 ...

I don't think many people will make the effort and/or pay what's necessary to travel to Manchester on a Monday. Certainly from Ipswich it's not doable without an overnight stay. When I travelled with my son for the WTC a few years ago, we shared the driving, stayed overnight between the meetings and drove straight back after the Final - we were both knackered. Only the people who really, really, really want to attend will do so. PS: I haven't been able to watch it yet, because I'm in Belgium and the Discovery+ app refuses to work with the VPN that I use.

ANY impact on entertainment hasn’t been a factor for as long as I can recall.

Not making excuses, but the area has been incredibly dry for weeks, and summer-time hot for several days - plus the dreaded wind that impacts the exposed Heath. There are photos of the track surface prior to the match on the Facebook page. As for delays after crashes, the Regs have always stated that the track cannot be touched before a restart or rerun - although I think there’s a proviso that remedial work can be carried out of the track is deemed to be at fault for the incident.

If they aren’t assets, why would they sign multi-year contracts? In football, clubs still pay loan fees, and conditions can also also be applied.

Castagna comes in on 4.74. I wonder if Brum were limited on the replacement of Zagar, i.e. they were only allowed 5.40 for guests? Either way, there ain't many Champ riders available ...

Yes, of course. But you can't say that he will be reserve for just one month. It depends (1) on the rides taken and points scored by all the Star riders in KL's 3 Prem matches up to and including 23rd May, and (2) the the rides and points scored in the corresponding 3 old matches removed from the respective Rolling Averages.

They’ve replaced a heat leader and a reserve, with a reserve and Hume. Assuming this requires approval by the BSPL, can the BSPL then fined Brum for fielding an under strength team?! 😂

Cook: 6.130 Klindt: 6.125 BSPL always rounds-up from 5. Klindt is already on 6.32 (6.315) after Monday night. Don't forget, the Green Sheet is a 20 match rolling average, so the average is affected by the removal of the oldest score, as well as the addition of the latest.

Season preview? Waste of time really, 'cause the Witches are nailed-on 😃

It's more than just the first race with a guest, he's programmed in three more races 🙃 A shame that Cook is injured, but I don't think KL would take the chance of R/R when they can get a decent guest at #1. As of 01 May, he's 5th in the team on 6.13.

It's nothing to do with match scores, it's all to do with who scored what to be in the additional races. It has been explained clearly, even in the Ipswich reports. The additional event was sponsored by Tru7 Group (the Witches main sponsor), so I'm sure the pay for taking part was worthwhile. People seem to be finding reasons to criticise for the sake of it.

Ouch is now cheerfully ignored 😃

Klindt will be at #6 for KL in May, with Harris at #1. Cook is fifth in their line-up, and R/R will be Kvech (1 ride), Klindt and Boughen.

This was a team meeting - the Witches ride as a team. As you know, if you finish behind your teammate are rewarded with a BP, so 8+1 and 7+2 are exactly the same, e.g. a Paid Maximum is the same as a Full Maximum, because the rider has not been defeated by an opponent. It's clear that you have absolutely no interest, so please just go away.

You have to put up with?! Blimey, you're thinner-skinned than I realised - and don't realise that you're the one with an attitude - otherwise you wouldn't keep sticking your snout in where you clearly don't care. Just stay away, unless a team you support is riding against the Witches - simples.

Not quite - he made a generalisation about Mancunians. You were specific about Worzel Gummidge on a tractor. Interestingly, I don't think the book specifies where Scatterbrook Farm is, while the John Pertwee series was filmed in Kent, and the Mackenzie Crook version was filmed in Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire. The only Manc equivalents I can think of would be Liam or Noel Gallagher, although I don't think Worzel would like being compared with two such scruffy individuals 🙃 As for tractors, the machines used in Suffolk are impressive bits of engineering, costing from £100k to upwards of £350k. As the John Crisp used to sing: "Hev yew evva sin a farmer on a boike?".

FAO: Ouch and the other trolls ... In writing: https://ipswichwitches.co/raceday-report-ipswich-60-30-birmingham/

Winner of the bizarre comment of the season 🤪

You obviously don't recognise yourself as a troll, despite your best efforts! It was a free event for fans, and the top four Ipswich scorers took part, even if the top four Brummies didn't. I like to think that the Brum Promotion sees everything upside down, so that's why those four turned out 😃 Perhaps you should cheer up and enjoy a bit of fun instead of sticking your snout in somewhere that you clearly don't care about.

Programmed rides only (i.e. four rides each), including bonus points. Not difficult. As explained by people who made the effort to find out, Doyle and Sayfutdinov were chosen for Heat 15. I don't know how Thompson gained the final place in the Sanders event, having been tied on Paid 9 with those two, but Sayfutdinov even turned down Heat 15, and maybe Doyle decided he was happy with just one more ride after his earlier fall.

Great to see King have a go at team riding last night, when he left room for Thompson to get past on the outside - in an individual event 😁