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Sounds silly but King's Lynn's season is on the line in this meeting, Lose this and it's curtains already, Got to be realistic and say King's Lynn aren't going to beat Ipswich in the KOC so it's all about finishing 4th for them and they're already 0-3 with 0 Points in the Premiership. Leicester are the team that King's Lynn have to hunt down to finish 4th so they cant afford to lose at Home to them under any circumstances because Leicester would have a 4 Point lead and 2 Meetings in hand over King's Lynn. I was expecting Leicester to drop off with Drew Kemp being given a third chance @ No.6 but he's been really impressive this season by getting a minimum of paid 9 in every meeting for the Lions so far. Leicester are the side showing better form but Harris may just drag King's Lynn over the line in a last Heat decider (46-44 either way)

Belle Vue are a non-factor this year, Play-Off cannon fodder. Wouldn't beat Sheffield over two legs let alone Ipswich.

Przyjemski is the difference maker when it comes to the title race between Lublin, Wroclaw and Torun imo.

That's why I highlighted about Ben potentially having bigger priorities. If it was related to the Sheffield crash in 2024 then he'd be poor everywhere.

Craig Cook leaving was a blessing, Drew Kemp looks like an improved rider so far this year and he's doing a really good job @ No.6.

I don't get the whole added pressure of being a No.1 argument tbh. Even if you don't beat any of the oppositions Heat Leaders you should still be riding to your GSA. Heat 01: Beat both No.2's = 2 Points Heat 06: Beat your own team partner and the oppositions No.6 = 2 Points Heat 10: Beat your own team partner and the oppositions No.4 = 2 Points Heat 13: Beat your own team partner = 1 Point

Ipswich as a collective group, Not just Doyle and Emil are making GP/Ekstraliga riders look bang average around Foxhall. Kurtz, Lidsey, Bewley, Tungate and Janowski have put up a combined 22 Points from 24 Rides around Foxhall so far this season.

Doesn't matter though, If you get tailed off early doors then it's season over.

I don't know what's happend to Ben Cook, Is his heart elsewhere now that he's made it in Poland and Sweden? The drop off is staggering for a rider who's got better and better year on year. Buster certainly needs to start making some calls otherwise the season will be over in a blink of an eye. I'd look at replacing Jan Kvech because he's not worth anywhere near his average away from the AFA. I'd Keep Nicolai Klindt as I think he'll improve once the Championship season starts as he'll get a lot of confidence from that and he'll be on the bike more regularly.

On paper I thought they'd be a decent side but it's turned sour really quickly with various underperformers on a consistent basis. Ben Cook has been a disaster signing which is a big surprise considering he's a rider that's improved year on year. Jan Kvech has gone backwards which is another surprise as you'd think he'd improve after getting a good look at all of the top flight British tracks. Captain Nicolai Klindt isn't riding to his average at all.

Good meeting that, I've never seen so much passing around Sheffield in a Televised/Streamed meeting. King's Lynn just aren't clicking, Every night they seem to have a couple of riders who have a stinker. Ben Cook looked distraught in the pits.

Buster always seems to find someone from Europe to come over. Kvech, Tarasenko and Laguta are just a few recent examples.

Lions roar. Aces have got top end firepower but I doubt that'll be enough unless Zischke finally gets his campaign up and running tonight.

King's Lynn have to show some fight tonight even if they lose, A repeat of Monday's battering and it really will be time for a couple of team changes already as it would be another heavy defeat against a team with a powerful spearhead which would tell you everything that you need to know in the long run in regards to King's Lynn.

One injury can change everything and as we know in Speedway you need a lot of luck to stay injury free throughout the season. What people are saying (Myself included) is that Ipswich will win the title if injuries don't strike because it's clearly the best team on paper, Jason Crump basically said this on the Premiership Press Day as well. Torun withdrawing Emil Sayfutdinov's starting permission in the UK is another bullet that Ipswich have to dodge on route to success. If they avoid both of those scenario's then they'll win the league for sure imo, But if they don't avoid both of them then it's all to play for as it brings Ipswich, Belle Vue and Sheffield closer together in a more even playing field.

Ipswich will more than likely feature heavily in Televised meetings from August onwards. All 4 Play-Off Meetings and probably 2 regular season meetings as well imo.

Agree, Think most fans were puzzled at the time as well. Antti Vuolas situation is similar to Keynan Rew's when he first came to the UK, Ipswich had to be patient and wait a year to get any return on the investment. Antti Vuolas will get better with more experience, Just a case of whether Birmingham are willing to be patient and if they're not then like you've just said, They shouldn't have signed him in the first place.

Vuolas is a rider with potential but he's at the wrong club at the wrong time imo. Birmingham fans are sick of losing at Home and patience is thin, The fans need experienced riders who are ready to do a job now just to get a few wins at Perry Barr. Riders who've got potential to become a good rider in the future are a good fit for top end clubs because they've got the firepower to still win meetings on a regular basis. Tate Zischke at Belle Vue being a prime example of that.

Whether the RS scheme is fiddled or not will always split opinion but if we're going with the theory that it's legit then the one thing that really is stupid about it is this. Going down the NFL route of rewarding poor performances over the course of the previous season. Whoever finishes 1st in the previous season should get first choice and whoever finished 7th should get the 7th pick, Not the other way round where the top team gets punished for having a successful season by getting the last pick the following year.

Agree. The way KL's 1-7 has been built all the pressure is on the No.6 to score a dozen plus in every meeting to compensate for the lack of firepower at No.1/No.5. If the No.6 doesn't go well then King's Lynn will get hammered.

Ipswich 66 - 24 Oxford Riss would've top scored for Oxford imo but without him I don't see where 2nd places are going to come from.

It was the sandy beach race surface at the start followed by the blue groove towards the end of the meeting that made the Ipswich 1-5 look ordinary. Jan Staechmann didn't have a single positive word to say about it on his track walk either and he even used a bit of French in the process.

I see your point but I wouldn't have expected much from him tonight, He's a good rider but his profile has been glorified by being handed GP spots based on him being from Czechia. I would've expected 4-6 points at best because he was never going to beat Bewley or Kurtz and he was always going to finish last (On paper) in Heat 13.

Jan Staechmann's track walk was brilliant. Full on truth telling and he knew it was going to be abysmal from the get go. I wonder what Jan may have said on bend 4 because BSN certainly made an edit during that part of the track walk.

Take a bow Dan Thompson and Jordan Jenkins, These two young lads are riding out of their skin by stepping up and covering for experienced riders who aren't at the races yet. Danny King almost single handedly cost Ipswich the meeting with a braindead choice of gates, What on earth was he thinking by putting the Witches on the back foot from the get go by choosing 2 & 4 which then gave Birmingham inside gates towards the end of the meeting as well.