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Oh ffs please not another one 🙄

No I don’t, I’m just going by what you lot were saying on your 2025 thread. Do you have any evidence that Chris Louis is lying and that there wasn’t in fact, priority picks in reverse finishing order?

That’s never sat well with me either. Rewarding for failure. If you’re going to run the rising star scheme, just create a list and let everyone get on with it like they do every other rider. Would end all this nonsense stone dead. On the sponsors, Jenkins has cited that as one of the reasons he wanted to return to Ipswich. He’s gotten a couple of good local sponsors that help him tremendously.

And he’s younger, perhaps they want to give him the experience to pull him along with the future in mind? And as I said, Harris wanted Boughen at Lynn so that explains that one. It’s not pure fantasy to suggest Jenkins was genuinely available when Ipswich got their pick but @therefused would rather just blatantly call Chris Louis a liar without any evidence to back up his claim.

You simply don’t know that do you? You’re speculating. The explanation I’ve given above isn’t beyond the realms of possibility is it? All the Lynn fans were telling us that Boughen was requested by Harris. Is that true or not?

But we don’t know that’s definitely the case do we? The “official” line from Louis is that they were surprised and delighted when he was still available. Yes Lynn earmarked him early doors, but nobody even Louis and Jenkins themselves knew if he’d be eligible and it was a waiting game. As soon as Lynn’s team started to fall in to place and they knew Harris was going to be at reserve, perhaps their target changed? We know the links between Harris and Boughen so MAYBE Lynn chose Boughen instead with Harris’ input? Oxford had a pick before us and Jenkins is clearly a stronger rider than Killeen (at the moment), but the way the Oxford manager makes some bizarre decisions is it really that much of a surprise that he’d pick Killeen over Jenkins? None of his decisions make an ounce of sense let’s be brutally honest. People are always gonna have their suspicions on this but they might be wrong. We’ll never know for sure will we.

I never said the promotors were lying. I’m just stating my opinion that riders being forced to ride somewhere because they’ve been picked is a farce that shouldn’t happen. Every rider should make the decision where they want to ride. He should have been a rising star by the way because he was on the list.

As they should.

Please, nobody take the bait and reply. It’s purely another hook dangling exercise.

Nothing whatsoever to do with money. Rew leaving Ipswich and joining Birmingham WAS due to money. Birmingham offered Rew a deal that Ipswich couldn’t/wouldn’t match. Jenkins makes no secret that his first choice was to ride at Ipswich for a variety of reasons.

Belle Vue will win as their top three should in theory be dominant here. Belle Vue have an issue at reserve however, one of the weakest pairings in the League so for that reason it should be competitive. Tate has started the season poorly and you have to wonder how much that crash has/is affecting him. Plenty of time to get some form back though but his early showings must be a slight concern.

Not sure they do tbh. Not many of the regular Witches rode there last year because of the injury situation, but those that did (King Thompson Jenkins) all struggled. Emil obviously the exception. Looking forward to the BSN stream. I know even you Birmingham fans are critical of the track and poor racing there but hopefully this one bucks the trend and we see an entertaining meeting. Just hope they get plenty of water down because that was an issue at Oxford and the racing was non existent. No disrespect to Erik Riss, but when he’s hitting a 20+ pointer you know it’s bad! Please not another dust bowl.

That’s Emil in a nutshell tbh very philosophical. People should watch it again, huge amounts of shale was getting caught up in his machine and it was like putting the brakes on and off around the third and fourth bend. We all have a pair of eyes and we could all see the huge collection of dirt by the fence. Why people choose to deny it was an issue is mind boggling. The Holders themselves even admitted there was an issue there that needed rectifying.

We need to accept that meetings at nearly every track are not going to be thrill a minute with passing in almost every heat. Was it ever any different though? I’ve been watching speedway for over 40 years and despite people saying the entertainment isn’t what it was due to various reasons, I personally don’t think it’s any different now to what it’s ever been. We all know the NSS is a cut above in terms of racing, but after travelling up and down the country watching speedway the last few years, the rest all seem to be very similar in what they produce. Mostly processional with a few really good heats throw in. But again, it’s always been that way in my experience.

A convenient spot of amnesia there!

A few walking wounded today apparently after last night. Dan the biggest concern, has a bit of an issue with his left hand but all expected to ride on Monday.

Exactly this. After last year if people seriously think we’re all confident of winning the title at this stage of the season and even getting to the playoffs offs injury free, then they’re living in cloud cuckoo land. We’re only a couple of meetings in and look what happened last night at Oxford! Five of the seven were involved in crashes, Doyle’s was horrible and I feared the worst for a few minutes. It’s a bit of a lottery at this early stage.

And for the millionth time, we don’t!!! It’s fans of other clubs saying that.

Once again why the sarcasm? You seem very bitter for some bizarre reason. You had a sly dig on the Ipswich Belle Vue thread also. “So much can happen between now and September” Yes we know, we’ve all been saying exactly that ffs 🙄

I’ll ask again, who has said that? Don’t be so salty 🙄

He looked better and quicker on Jenkins bike than he did his own! 😂 Probably just goes to show it’s not the machine, but the rider.

It’s literally a truck with two water tanks on the back and then two hoses spurting out water without any kind of even spray! Like you say it just isn’t fit for purpose. Poor meeting, non existent grip and a lot of the riders on both sides were struggling to get any kind of speed. Riss was fantastic and knowing him as we do having watched him at Foxhall for a few years, that track was perfect for him. On a positive note, great to have Oxford back all the same. Job done and on to Birmingham Monday.

Track is absolutely dreadful. Dust city! Literally have to pin your front wheel on the kerb and you’re golden. Suits Riss down to a T. Drift out even mid track and you spin up and go backwards

I’d have said the same last year when we were a country mile ahead in the league. The best teams over two thirds of a season don’t always end up “winners”