King's Lynn v Ipswich KO Cup SF 1st leg 02/06/25

[Daniel Smith]

16 minutes ago, StarBoy said:

Still sticking with my guns and going with a 52-38 scoreline tonight. Lynn will never get a better opportunity to get one over on Ipswich than this. 

1. R Lawson - 10 (5)

2. P Kildemand - 4 (3)

3. N Klindt - 8 (4)

4. C Harris - 7 (4)

5. N K Iversen - 6 (4)

6. J Kvech - 16 (7)

7. A Boughen - 1 (3)

Total - 52

1. E Sayfutdinov - 16 (6)

2. R/R

3. A Ellis - 4 (5)

4. T Brennan - 8 (6)

5. D King - 5 (5)

6. S Lambert - 1 (3)

7. J Jenkins - 4 (5)

Total - 38

This is clearly your heart speaking.

King & Ellis are almost guaranteed double figures at AFA.

Absolutely no way will Lambert only get 1, especially vs Boughen, he'll probably beat Kildemand too.

[foreverblue]

4 minutes ago, Aries said:

Can’t see Emil hitting 16 either. I think it’s time to accept that this Emil isn’t the same Emil we saw before his crash at Sheffield. He’s clearly riding within himself and not taking any risks. He’s sat behind reserves this year and shut off the throttle when he’s got to their back wheel, sitting behind gusts at Foxhall for four laps a prime example. 
 

This will be an issue because Emil if often outgated and it’s the weakest part of his game. Lynn also have good trappers in the team so I’m not expecting him to hit the same big numbers he has the last couple of seasons. 
 

The gloves will probably come off in September for the play offs when the Polish season ends which I suppose is all that matters. 

With the wide open spaces of the AFA I think Emil will find passing easier than at Foxhall. Its unlikely that Harris will outgate him! Kings Lynn are not a team of gaters in my opinion, NKI isnt as good, Kvech misses the gate too and Harris rarely gates. This one should be on TV. 

[Aries]

14 minutes ago, foreverblue said:

With the wide open spaces of the AFA I think Emil will find passing easier than at Foxhall. Its unlikely that Harris will outgate him! Kings Lynn are not a team of gaters in my opinion, NKI isnt as good, Kvech misses the gate too and Harris rarely gates. This one should be on TV. 

Harris is a better gater than Emil! I’m not kidding either. Take your point about the Lynn track, he may feel confident enough to give it a bit more of a go with the wider surface we’ll see. 

[castrolargh]

38 minutes ago, Daniel Smith said:

This is clearly your heart speaking.

King & Ellis are almost guaranteed double figures at AFA.

Absolutely no way will Lambert only get 1, especially vs Boughen, he'll probably beat Kildemand too.

Depends which Ellis turns up.Hopefully the one that rides for the stars as a guest and not the one that scores points/ doesn't go through the tapes

[tellboy]

39 minutes ago, Aries said:

Harris is a better gater than Emil! I’m not kidding either. Take your point about the Lynn track, he may feel confident enough to give it a bit more of a go with the wider surface we’ll see. 

I don't think i have ever heard anyone say Harris is a better gater than another rider before.Emil must be shocking from the gate.Harris does often make one gate in a meeting and that's about it really.

[MP78]

With the riders Ipswich have and their liking for the AFA, they should keep this tight.  If Brennan comes back into form, then fancy the Witches to nick this

[GeneralMelchett]

Am thinking a narrow win either way - probably just in KL favour so 46-47 to 44-43

[Aries]

1 hour ago, tellboy said:

I don't think i have ever heard anyone say Harris is a better gater than another rider before.Emil must be shocking from the gate.Harris does often make one gate in a meeting and that's about it really.

I personally think this gets overplayed. Harris is nowhere near as bad as his reputation suggests. 
 

Emil on the other hand, is one of the worst  gaters I’ve ever seen. It may well be his diminutive size meaning he can’t get his weight over the top of the bike to fully let the clutch go, but his starting technique is awful. 

[Bagpuss]

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[TTT]

Think Ipswich are in trouble tonight.

How much effort will Simon Lambert put in against the only Prem team that employs him whether it's as a rider or a managerial role?

Jan Kvech could easily do what Bomber done at reserve for KL imo.

Emil isn't firing anywhere so far this season, Brennan has hit a bad run as of late and Danny King at No.5 is a gamble.

[foreverblue]

35 minutes ago, TTT said:

Think Ipswich are in trouble tonight.

How much effort will Simon Lambert put in against the only Prem team that employs him whether it's as a rider or a managerial role?

Jan Kvech could easily do what Bomber done at reserve for KL imo.

Emil isn't firing anywhere so far this season, Brennan has hit a bad run as of late and Danny King at No.5 is a gamble.

I think Simon always likes to prove something at his former tracks but his form has dropped this season so that is more of a worry than his effort.

[Bald Bloke]

5 hours ago, StarBoy said:

Still sticking with my guns and going with a 52-38 scoreline tonight. Lynn will never get a better opportunity to get one over on Ipswich than this. 

1. R Lawson - 10 (5)

2. P Kildemand - 4 (3)

3. N Klindt - 8 (4)

4. C Harris - 7 (4)

5. N K Iversen - 6 (4)

6. J Kvech - 16 (7)

7. A Boughen - 1 (3)

Total - 52

1. E Sayfutdinov - 16 (6)

2. R/R

3. A Ellis - 4 (5)

4. T Brennan - 8 (6)

5. D King - 5 (5)

6. S Lambert - 1 (3)

7. J Jenkins - 4 (5)

Total - 38

I think your being optimistic there. But it's speedway, and anything can happen on the night..

I think Ippo.... Emil around 14, Eilis, King and Tom 24 ish between them, and the reserves about 5 ish.

Stars... Kvech -3, Lawson -2, Klindt -1

Its hard to predict. Ashton could pop out the start in one of his rides though. But I'll go 47-43

 

 

[SuperStarsFan91]

6 hours ago, StarBoy said:

Still sticking with my guns and going with a 52-38 scoreline tonight. Lynn will never get a better opportunity to get one over on Ipswich than this. 

1. R Lawson - 10 (5)

2. P Kildemand - 4 (3)

3. N Klindt - 8 (4)

4. C Harris - 7 (4)

5. N K Iversen - 6 (4)

6. J Kvech - 16 (7)

7. A Boughen - 1 (3)

Total - 52

1. E Sayfutdinov - 16 (6)

2. R/R

3. A Ellis - 4 (5)

4. T Brennan - 8 (6)

5. D King - 5 (5)

6. S Lambert - 1 (3)

7. J Jenkins - 4 (5)

Total - 38

I really don’t see why people are saying that Stars are going to win … Emil, Adam, Tom and Danny love it at the AFA and more often that not score really well 🤷🏻‍♂️ Si also knows his way round and JJ is in very good form… I’d be surprised if we won, let alone by a lot

[Bald Bloke]

1 minute ago, SuperStarsFan91 said:

I really don’t see why people are saying that Stars are going to win … Emil, Adam, Tom and Danny love it at the AFA and more often that not score really well 🤷🏻‍♂️ Si also knows his way round and JJ is in very good form… I’d be surprised if we won, let alone by a lot

It's a semi final, and Rob will be trying to fire them up ,not that they should need it. I think we will win a tight meeting. Ippo will have enough over the 2 legs, no doubt.

[SuperStarsFan91]

11 minutes ago, Bald Bloke said:

It's a semi final, and Rob will be trying to fire them up ,not that they should need it. I think we will win a tight meeting. Ippo will have enough over the 2 legs, no doubt.

I think we’ll be fired up for sure, but I think we’ll come up just short… anywhere between 44-46 and 42-48 to the Witches 

[Bald Bloke]

10 minutes ago, SuperStarsFan91 said:

I think we’ll be fired up for sure, but I think we’ll come up just short… anywhere between 44-46 and 42-48 to the Witches 

The unknown for the Stars are Kildermand, and Ashton for me. We could get anything between 2 and 10 out for the pair of them. 

[chun]

think i'm ideologically opposed to allowing GP riders to move to reserve

[chun]

2 hours ago, TTT said:

Think Ipswich are in trouble tonight.

How much effort will Simon Lambert put in against the only Prem team that employs him whether it's as a rider or a managerial role?

Jan Kvech could easily do what Bomber done at reserve for KL imo.

Emil isn't firing anywhere so far this season, Brennan has hit a bad run as of late and Danny King at No.5 is a gamble.

its a shame it isnt on TV.  im a bit annoyed that TNTs inferior coverage of Brum versus Belle Vue takes precedence.  

[ShanoXtra]

My guess, looked at the match ups and its the best I could think of, happy for this to be used as a "this aged well" post later tonight

 

Probably totally way out!

 

1. R Lawson  - 11

2. P Kildemand  - 4

3. N Klindt -  5

4. C Harris - 6

5. N K Iversen - 7

6. J Kvech - 10

7. A Boughen - 2

Total -  45

1. E Sayfutdinov -  13

2. R/R

3. A Ellis - 8

4. T Brennan - 11

5. D King -  8

6. S Lambert - 1

7. J Jenkins - 4

Total - 45

[Aries]

1 hour ago, SuperStarsFan91 said:

I really don’t see why people are saying that Stars are going to win … Emil, Adam, Tom and Danny love it at the AFA and more often that not score really well 🤷🏻‍♂️ Si also knows his way round and JJ is in very good form… I’d be surprised if we won, let alone by a lot

 Not sure Jenkins is in good form? He’s struggling a little with a reoccurring injury that he’s aggravated recently. Pulled out of his last ride for Oxford last week.

There were two tracks I was almost sure Ipswich would be winning at, one is Leicester, and the other is here. Our riders go very well at both tracks. But that was with a full strength side. We’ve lost the worst two riders we could have at both important ends of the team. Thompson was averaging more than Emil this year and second in our averages behind Doyle. When he’s replaced by someone scoring two or three points at reserve, that’s a huge swing in the overall score.