Is it really tosh though? Lidsey was vocal last year about needing the weather to get warmer during his early season struggles in the cold, Zischke's returning from a big injury who's almost got no top flight experience.
Reason why I'm confident in Jason Doyle hitting the ground running is because it's nothing new for him to recover from a massive injury, He's made a whole career out of it tbh. Emil Sayfutdinov rode in the Polish Ekstraliga Play-Offs last season after his Sheffield crash so nothing to worry about with him, King is the only question mark after his surgery on his hand.
As for the results, I just don't see how you get close to Ipswich around Foxhall when breaking down the 1-7's.
Would any of the following really happen around Foxhall?
Kurtz, Bewley & Lidsey outscoring Doyle, Sayfutdinov and Brennan?
Blodorn and Z. Cook outscoring Ellis and King?
Zischke and Mulford outscoring D. Thompson and Jenkins?
Ipswich are ahead in every department for me and quite comfortably, Around the NSS I'd side with BV 2 - 1 but only just.