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Should be a no brainer to sign Starke, I didn't realise his average was so low until I was made aware of it on this thread. Even though he's declining, Starke offers the most stability imo.

That team is on par with Sheffield.

Yes. Showground will suit him down to the ground and Chris Holder will probably take him under his wing and mentor him throughout the season, Ben will do well and he'll score consistently well on big tracks imo but he might struggle around the technical places which is what you would expect from any newcomer to the league these days imo. For Poole last season he got better and better as the season went on.

Told you Flappy's info is legit. Can pencil in Chris Holder for sure and at least one of Nicki P / NKI Carl Johnson commenting on 2023 signings on the press releases rather than Buster Chapman is very telling as well.

That's what I've been saying all along on the Ipswich thread but some ITK's have sources who keep saying this deal is happening and the delay in team building speaks volumes imo. Ipswich would've wrapped up team building before Christmas if the Emil rumours were fake imo.

Fingers crossed. Tungate is a must, Any title challenging team needs a strong 3&4 pairing that scores like a 1&5 pairing around their home track.

Katy Lewis and Michael Tomalin have both said everything is worth waiting for and the latter has said first major signing when announcing Basso which suggests a very strong side containing 2/3 major signings. They wouldn't get everyone's hopes up for a team around 2.5 under the limit that contains both Hans Andersen & Richie Worrall.

If Ipswich can afford both Doyle & Emil then Tomalin can afford Nicki Pedersen. Everything coming from Tomalin's social media accounts suggests title challenging team with major signings still to be revealed.

Which team are you taking? 1. Nicki Pedersen 8.61 2. Krzysztof Buczkowski 6.02 3. Benjamin Basso 6.81 4. Richie Worrall 6.15 5. Chris Holder 7.16 6. Ben Cook 4.00 7. Jordan Jenkins (RS) = 38.75 or 1. Nicki Pedersen 8.61 2. 4.83 (Barker, Berge, Covatti, Szczpaniak, New 4.00 foreigner) 3. Chris Holder 7.16 4. Benjamin Basso 6.81 5. Niels-Kristian Iversen 7.59 6. Ben Cook 4.00 7. Jordan Jenkins (RS)

We've got to go all out for the big three now that Tungate is out of the team. Then we'll just have to cross our fingers that someone like Barker can do a job at No.2 if we can't get Berge.

Well I guess we couldn't find a mechanic for Tungate after all then. Nicki Pedersen rumours must be true then and I'll be buying a season ticket for sure if he's in the side, The guy is box office both on and off the track.

I'd only have all three if the No.2 is Berge personally because I can't find anyone else on a similar average who'd do a good job, Barker would fit but he's got so many off track behaviour issues for me. If we can't get Berge then I'd sacrifice one of the three big hitters just to give us a bit more stability in the engine room.

By far the best option out of the three imo. His scores around our place since the COVID cancelled season read. 2022 @ No.3 -> 3, 0, 1*, 2 @ No.5 -> 2, 3, 3, 0 @ No.3 -> 1*, 0, 2*, 1 2021 @ No.1 -> 0, 0, 3, 1 @ No.2 -> 2*, 2, 3, 0

Since we returned to the top flight Richie's scores around the showground are. 2022 -> 9+1, 8+1 & 8+1 2021 -> 3 & 3 2019 -> 2 & 0 We should leave Worrall & Andersen out and go for Batchelor instead.

100% Emil rumours must be true because of that reason. Team would've been completed way before Christmas if the Emil rumours weren't true imo.

Merry Christmas everyone. Have a good one.

100% agree.

Key words -> Our first major signing.

Michael Tomalin has just commented on a facebook post by the way by saying 'Everything is worth waiting for' Sounds like everything is going to happen in the near future and it's just a matter of when and not if.

Basso being announced first and then releasing season ticket info suggests Nicki Pedersen is a non starter imo as you'd want to announce the legend first in order to make some quick fire sales on season tickets rather than leaving a large portion of the fanbase tentative to purchase one. Everything now points towards NKI being the No.1 imo. What do you think?

That's why I thought we'd get the whole team announced or at least half of it.

True haha.

I read that as the takeover is yet to be fully completed and new land has yet to be purchased. *Extensive work is taking place behind the scenes on a range of matters*

Flappy right again, First one to mention the Basso U-Turn after Basso went public and said he wasn't riding in the Prem. Now we can finally put the Holder to Ipswich debate to bed because he's 100% in now.

Just need to know whether it's Nicki P or NKI then we'll know the rest of the side. Back in an hour to find out who the rider is.