IainB

There's going to be a lot of worried Witches fans in the dark at the moment at what should be a time of celebration for them. As had often been said the club belongs to the fans the owners are just passers through.

Okay, so it seems that this is the overriding topic of the day and not the future of Ipswich Speedway... While Chris Louis is the owner of Ipswich Speedway he is most definitely in a position to make a "guarantee" that should there be no buyer for the club before the start of next season that the club will continue to run until a buyer is found. I would have preferred that he'd have made an assurance to fans in his statement, but as my words have been mis-quoted, I've written it out for you in black and white.

That was in response to somebody else saying "guarantee"... I originally said "assurances" which is different to "guarantees"... but if you think the bigger topic here is what word I used to who instead of the potential loss of a completely viable speedway club... knock yourself out, or maybe set a new topic up so that everybody that cares about the difference between an "assurance" and a "guarantee" can argue the toss out of it to their heart's content 👍🏻

I know your game mate, mis-quote somebody, twist their words and then embark on a pointless, boring, futile argument with them as you have done recently on the Speedway Show topic and have in the past with me... I'm not sure if you do it deliberating sat in your underpants at home... or are just a bit thick 🤔

I never mentioned guarantees

Read what I said and when you can understand it come back to me... until then bask in your ignorance 🤡

Silly statement again. You said he can't make guarantees, as owner he can... until there's a prospective buyer.

What a silly statement... he still owns the club, so is in a position to make guarantees, and it'd be a hell of a lot easier selling a functioning club rather than a defunct one, ask Mick Horton!

... and no TV deal

Isn't Rob Godfrey's "2 leagues" next year, "1 league" as it was 3 leagues this year... next year a top league and a development league?

He could have at least assured fans that there was going to be Speedway next season at Ipswich regardless of a buyer or not, I assume as he didn't that there won't, what a way to treat hundreds of loyal fans 👏

The fans that Mr Louis neglected to thank while just about name checking everybody else in his self absorbed statement?

"Some things no longer align for me, and unfortunately it is time to step aside"... Suggests not

They've not owned the company for 77 years, the family have been involved (rider, manager, promoter) for a decent portion of 55 years, he said 77 between them and many of those were overlap.

Isn't Mr Dickson co-promoter at Leicester while only team manager at Berwick, so I'd have thought Leicester especially since he's been in position so long now

... "a new era" 😂 How did that work out? 😂

We could see the re-introduction of the Hokey-Cokey Cup... current holders Peterborough I believe 😂

To be fair, while everything in the garden wasn't rosey, it was at least just about sustainable (and I mean just about) with a tv deal, as soon as that rug was pulled the PL was dead. In the absence of any actual news and as you're a pretty reliable source... to die on the hill of BAU is actually more like suicide, clubs would have just fallen by the wayside as the season went on and I doubt the same number that started would have finished.

Isn't everybody in that part of the world 😂😜

Is that when that asteroid is due to hit the moon? 😂

Wow! If that's the case, hands up... I got this one wrong it seems

No change there then, so what's to lose with "OBL" (that's not really that big)

I'd say it's more to do with no TV deal as they didn't seem deterred by numerous club closures

Yep saw all those sides with some great riders, the point is though Ippo went 2nd tier when they did... because it suited them, now it suits them to be top tier, as reigning champions and unfortunately, for Ipswich, they're on their own it seems (maybe with BV)

I thought Buster put it up for sale in a fit of pique after one of his tantrums... can't remember which 😂