Ipswich v Birmingham 24th April

[TTT]

Ipswich odds on for the title already.

Cant see Ipswich allowing anyone to put up 35+ points in a single meeting around Foxhall this season.

[Gavan]

22 minutes ago, ouch said:

Fair play to Dan T and an Ace display from Tom. Emil & Jason were always going to bail as they have no alliance to Ipswich or Billy being megabucks hired hands. 

Really pleased with another ££££ big witches win, as are the Ipswich “faithful”.

Yes Jason has no allegiance hence he is desperate for the title for the witches … he had a nasty crash early on and yet still rode on and did heat 15….. 

it you had half a brain you would see that only one of Dan T , Emil or Doyle could have done the match races and you would expect Doyle after his crash to ride in 2 more races ??? 
 

Do us all a favour and just eff off the forum your are a braindead troll…. You have no speedway knowledge and post to incite 

Good to see Ipswich getting a bigger crowd against Birmingham than Belle Vue do against anyone … and Birmingham missing a heat leader actually providing a better resistance than a Belle Vue side who have riders that can’t ride anywhere apart from the NSS….

So glad we are so rich 

[Gavan]

9 minutes ago, TTT said:

Ipswich odds on for the title already.

Cant see Ipswich allowing anyone to put up 35+ points in a single meeting around Foxhall this season.

It will happen …. Leicester or Sheffield in my opinion or maybe Kings Lynn … nobody can be as bad as Belle Vue 

[Daniel Smith]

19 minutes ago, TTT said:

Ipswich odds on for the title already.

Cant see Ipswich allowing anyone to put up 35+ points in a single meeting around Foxhall this season.

Because of the guys battling mentality, can you see Doyley not getting mixed up in a big accident?? Seems to find him almost every year.

Ipswich lose Emil or Jason, it could end their season quick sharp.

Apart from Oxford & Birmingham, absolutely nobody else can be written off for the title just yet.

Let's not forget, we had this same exact arrogance from Ipswich last season, how did that go??

[FishersGate]

God I have to laugh at the Brummies Facebook page sometimes, some fans believe it or not are actually defending this team and management. You know the management that have seen Birmingham finish bottom season after season? This is why some clubs never achieve anything of note, because some fans couldn't care less about winning. They do the same old line ' I'm just glad we've got speedway', so your happy to watch your team lose every single week then? It's honestly the worst excuse ever. Birmingham are how not to run a speedway club and assemble a team. They lost to Ipswich last night and didn't put up much of a fight, only a few riders can say they really tried. Everyone is going to be beaten by the witches but that doesn't mean you seriously defend riders like Tobias? Seriously this guy has an over 8pt average ! I always try to be positive when my team lose, but there are times you've got wake up and smell the coffee and say what's really happening. It's not good enough.

[Bagpuss]

7 hours ago, Siggytastic said:

Thought you supported Kings Lynn?

Which makes her perfectly qualified to comment as we walloped everybody at home for a large part of our second tier stint between 2003-2010.

However I think it takes a lot longer than three meetings to get fed up with it and some Ipswich fans have of course experienced this before in 1998.

[89buttons]

6 hours ago, Gavan said:

It will happen …. Leicester or Sheffield in my opinion or maybe Kings Lynn … nobody can be as bad as Belle Vue 

Kings Lynn bank holiday afternoon meeting will be the closest so far this season at Foxhall i would guess, afternoon slick track meeting at Foxhall usually hammer the home track advantage somewhat and lends to away gaters

[Trees]

8 hours ago, foreverblue said:

It is what happens when the teams are mismatched.

So Ipswich need to give one of their top boys to Brum 😝

[Trees]

42 minutes ago, Bagpuss said:

Which makes her perfectly qualified to comment as we walloped everybody at home for a large part of our second tier stint between 2003-2010.

However I think it takes a lot longer than three meetings to get fed up with it and some Ipswich fans have of course experienced this before in 1998.

That's all Ipswich supporters like, is there ever any decent racing there?  How many awesome heats were there last night, that's what promoters should be aiming for!  And bring back uprights, they're better to handle in all conditions!  Racing needs to be better than it ever has, said that many times but nobody seems to care.  It's not follow your leader races that fans want to see, Bomber knows it thank christ, Henka knew it, every track needs at least a natural racer who can't gate.  That's how the know/learn to pass, use the whole track not follow each other on a one line boreathon!  Chris Louis was known for his gating and riding the inside line, effective but boring, must be why the Ipswich fans don't care!  Oh for Gollob, Rickardsson, Crump, Adams, Lee, Loram, Screeny, Dugard, Norris, Ward, Lambert, Parker etc etc etc.  For many riders it's all gate, gate, gate, that won't keep the sport going!

[Trees]

54 minutes ago, 89buttons said:

Kings Lynn bank holiday afternoon meeting will be the closest so far this season at Foxhall i would guess, afternoon slick track meeting at Foxhall usually hammer the home track advantage somewhat and lends to away gaters

Yeah, yeah, yeah I bledy doubt it!

[JamesB]

8 hours ago, ouch said:

Fair play to Dan T and an Ace display from Tom. Emil & Jason were always going to bail as they have no alliance to Ipswich or Billy being megabucks hired hands. 

Really pleased with another ££££ big witches win, as are the Ipswich “faithful”.

Which part of Gavan’s post stating that ‘they did not qualify’ was too difficult to understand?

The Presenter made it clear about two thirds of the way through the main meeting that the qualifying criteria was total points inclusive of bonus points.

So, all the qualifying Witches took part but not the qualifying Brummies. I am sure that you will re-directing your ire and criticism imminently.

[arnieg]

2 hours ago, FishersGate said:

God I have to laugh at the Brummies Facebook page sometimes, some fans believe it or not are actually defending this team and management. You know the management that have seen Birmingham finish bottom season after season? This is why some clubs never achieve anything of note, because some fans couldn't care less about winning. They do the same old line ' I'm just glad we've got speedway', so your happy to watch your team lose every single week then? It's honestly the worst excuse ever. Birmingham are how not to run a speedway club and assemble a team. 

I'm pretty sure there were a lot of similar sentiments being expressed at Leicester when they picked up their fourth wooden spoon in 5 years back in 2018. What I find irritating about this mindset is that it is an attempt to silence criticism, no matter how constructive. [You will see similar on the Spires socials too]

Edited 20 hours ago by arnieg

[therefused]

8 hours ago, Gavan said:

Yes Jason has no allegiance hence he is desperate for the title for the witches … he had a nasty crash early on and yet still rode on and did heat 15….. 

it you had half a brain you would see that only one of Dan T , Emil or Doyle could have done the match races and you would expect Doyle after his crash to ride in 2 more races ??? 
 

Do us all a favour and just eff off the forum your are a braindead troll…. You have no speedway knowledge and post to incite 

Good to see Ipswich getting a bigger crowd against Birmingham than Belle Vue do against anyone … and Birmingham missing a heat leader actually providing a better resistance than a Belle Vue side who have riders that can’t ride anywhere apart from the NSS….

So glad we are so rich 

do you ever celebrate a win or do you just complain about a different comment each week?

[tellboy]

2 hours ago, 89buttons said:

Kings Lynn bank holiday afternoon meeting will be the closest so far this season at Foxhall i would guess, afternoon slick track meeting at Foxhall usually hammer the home track advantage somewhat and lends to away gaters

King's Lynn,gaters?Their gating has been pretty awful in every match so far this season.

[Colinspeedway]

1 hour ago, JamesB said:

Which part of Gavan’s post stating that ‘they did not qualify’ was too difficult to understand?

The Presenter made it clear about two thirds of the way through the main meeting that the qualifying criteria was total points inclusive of bonus points.

So, all the qualifying Witches took part but not the qualifying Brummies. I am sure that you will re-directing your ire and criticism imminently.

 Doyle qualified but did not take part

[foreverblue]

25 minutes ago, Colinspeedway said:

 Doyle qualified but did not take part

I expect Doyle did not take part as he had a fall earlier in the meeting.

[Colinspeedway]

11 minutes ago, foreverblue said:

I expect Doyle did not take part as he had a fall earlier in the meeting.

Yeah I would expect so too

[Gert Handbag]

3 hours ago, FishersGate said:

God I have to laugh at the Brummies Facebook page sometimes, some fans believe it or not are actually defending this team and management. You know the management that have seen Birmingham finish bottom season after season? This is why some clubs never achieve anything of note, because some fans couldn't care less about winning. They do the same old line ' I'm just glad we've got speedway', so your happy to watch your team lose every single week then? It's honestly the worst excuse ever. Birmingham are how not to run a speedway club and assemble a team. They lost to Ipswich last night and didn't put up much of a fight, only a few riders can say they really tried. Everyone is going to be beaten by the witches but that doesn't mean you seriously defend riders like Tobias? Seriously this guy has an over 8pt average ! I always try to be positive when my team lose, but there are times you've got wake up and smell the coffee and say what's really happening. It's not good enough.

At least they have management who are prepared to lose thousands a year in order to give the speedway fans of the West Midlands a product. Those of us who used to follow Cradley, Coventry and Wolves can only dream of having a team riding in our name who are so crap that they lose every week to a teams that have 2 GP stars in their team.

Next year in all likelihood the Brummies will be gone as well. No teams left  in what used to be the heartbeat of British speedway.

You should be careful what you wish for - it could be your team next.

[Aries]

10 hours ago, Daniel Smith said:

Because of the guys battling mentality, can you see Doyley not getting mixed up in a big accident?? Seems to find him almost every year.

Ipswich lose Emil or Jason, it could end their season quick sharp.

Apart from Oxford & Birmingham, absolutely nobody else can be written off for the title just yet.

Let's not forget, we had this same exact arrogance from Ipswich last season, how did that go??

And another one. You’ve completely made that up haven’t you? 

3 hours ago, Trees said:

That's all Ipswich supporters like, is there ever any decent racing there?  How many awesome heats were there last night, that's what promoters should be aiming for!  And bring back uprights, they're better to handle in all conditions!  Racing needs to be better than it ever has, said that many times but nobody seems to care.  It's not follow your leader races that fans want to see, Bomber knows it thank christ, Henka knew it, every track needs at least a natural racer who can't gate.  That's how the know/learn to pass, use the whole track not follow each other on a one line boreathon!  Chris Louis was known for his gating and riding the inside line, effective but boring, must be why the Ipswich fans don't care!  Oh for Gollob, Rickardsson, Crump, Adams, Lee, Loram, Screeny, Dugard, Norris, Ward, Lambert, Parker etc etc etc.  For many riders it's all gate, gate, gate, that won't keep the sport going!

I’ve seen some clueless sh!t posts on here over the years but this takes the biscuit. You’re doing Chris Louis a horrible disservice. He was an excellent racer and mixed it with the best of them. 

[Arch Stanton]

The ol size 10’s being stuck in to Ipswich again from all angles I see. Think we know how this works from here this season. It’s pretty pathetic to be perfectly honest. 
 

Time to take a break from here I think. Crack on.