Aries Posted Saturday at 04:07 AM Report Share Posted Saturday at 04:07 AM https://ipswichwitches.co/raceday-guide-leicester-a-2/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cowboy cookie returns? Posted Saturday at 12:30 PM Report Share Posted Saturday at 12:30 PM Lots of questions going into this. Can Dan Thompson re find his early season form, Will Edward’s best his opposite number & can Brennan find some consistency. The Witches should pick up the bonus point but at the moment seem to have found some inconsistency & are certainly making hard work of things at time. For Leicester the big question is how will Becker far. Should be a good match fingers crossed the Witches find their early season form. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dontforgetthefueltapsbruv Posted Saturday at 01:41 PM Report Share Posted Saturday at 01:41 PM Becker being named at 2 has RR incoming at the last moment written all over it....... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveArena Posted Saturday at 05:01 PM Report Share Posted Saturday at 05:01 PM Leicester will edge this close meeting home win. Gavan are you making the trip to Leicester? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teromaafan Posted Saturday at 08:28 PM Report Share Posted Saturday at 08:28 PM 6 hours ago, dontforgetthefueltapsbruv said: Becker being named at 2 has RR incoming at the last moment written all over it....... Think you are reading too much into that. Riding at No.2 is the obvious position to slot him into after his injury. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
40-38 Posted Saturday at 10:59 PM Report Share Posted Saturday at 10:59 PM 2 hours ago, Teromaafan said: Think you are reading too much into that. Riding at No.2 is the obvious position to slot him into after his injury. He's ridden at 2 for the Lions all season until his injury anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
89buttons Posted yesterday at 07:17 AM Report Share Posted yesterday at 07:17 AM Amazed to see Becker being back I thought he was going to be out for the season! Glad he’s healed/healing well was having arguably his best season to date before the smash 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShanoXtra Posted yesterday at 10:40 AM Report Share Posted yesterday at 10:40 AM Ipswich facing Leicester on the first return of Becker is an advantage id say, lions have used RR so brilliantly recently and Becker won’t be full race pace on British soil just yet, this could be the factor we need to win! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevebrum Posted 23 hours ago Report Share Posted 23 hours ago Preparation for the final for both teams. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cowboy cookie returns? Posted 22 hours ago Report Share Posted 22 hours ago 21 minutes ago, stevebrum said: Preparation for the final for both teams. The inconsistency of the Ipswich team still concerns me…..I am not counting my chickens yet. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPEEDY69 Posted 2 hours ago Report Share Posted 2 hours ago 20 hours ago, cowboy cookie returns? said: The inconsistency of the Ipswich team still concerns me…..I am not counting my chickens yet. Quite. If the Witches face the Aces in the semi I can see them being beaten over two legs - past performance is no guarantee of future return! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MP78 Posted 1 hour ago Report Share Posted 1 hour ago I think this will be tight... I'm amazed at Becker's recovery, but like others have said, this meeting might be too soon for him to score the points that R/R has been getting in his absence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aries Posted 1 hour ago Author Report Share Posted 1 hour ago 26 minutes ago, SPEEDY69 said: Quite. If the Witches face the Aces in the semi I can see them being beaten over two legs - past performance is no guarantee of future return! Why? Appreciate we all have opinions, just interested in your reasoning for this. Belle Vue are simply not as good and by a margin. Of course it’s not beyond the realms of possibility that they’d win over two legs, but it will be an upset and against all logical reasoning if they did so with two full strength teams. If Ipswich lose to Belle Vue in the semi final and we are at full strength, then we’ve choked IMO and failed badly as a team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilTheAce Posted 1 hour ago Report Share Posted 1 hour ago 1 minute ago, Aries said: Why? Appreciate we all have opinions, just interested in your reasoning for this. Belle Vue are simply not as good and by a margin. Of course it’s not beyond the realms of possibility that they’d win over two legs, but it will be an upset and against all logical reasoning if they did so with two full strength teams. If Ipswich lose to Belle Vue in the semi final and we are at full strength, then we’ve choked IMO and failed badly as a team. same convo happened last year after getting hammered on aggregate against the challenging teams, same happened in 2022 when we won the play offs in 2021 when Peterborough won, we beat them 4 times out of 4 in league, then play offs they beat us so while yes, i think this is the year that we probably wont change our fortunes, you cant write us off just yet, play offs are a different animal 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPEEDY69 Posted 1 hour ago Report Share Posted 1 hour ago (edited) 14 minutes ago, Aries said: Why? Appreciate we all have opinions, just interested in your reasoning for this. Belle Vue are simply not as good and by a margin. Of course it’s not beyond the realms of possibility that they’d win over two legs, but it will be an upset and against all logical reasoning if they did so with two full strength teams. If Ipswich lose to Belle Vue in the semi final and we are at full strength, then we’ve choked IMO and failed badly as a team. Simply because things do happen. At Foxhall recently I could have easily seen the Aces get a 5-1 in Ht13 rather than the other way around. Thompson showed he can register a poor score as can others and I think Aces can beat Ipswich at their place and bring a few points in hand. I'd have put £20 on the Witches reserves outscoring the Aces reserves but they didn't. Speedway can be unpredictable - I though Redcar would muller Plymouth on Saturday but far from it, they nearly lost! Edited 1 hour ago by SPEEDY69 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baldyman Posted 1 hour ago Report Share Posted 1 hour ago Home win, with the home team getting a 5 1 in heat 15 to steal victory 46 44 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gambo95 Posted 1 hour ago Report Share Posted 1 hour ago 35 minutes ago, SPEEDY69 said: Simply because things do happen. At Foxhall recently I could have easily seen the Aces get a 5-1 in Ht13 rather than the other way around. Thompson showed he can register a poor score as can others and I think Aces can beat Ipswich at their place and bring a few points in hand. I'd have put £20 on the Witches reserves outscoring the Aces reserves but they didn't. Speedway can be unpredictable - I though Redcar would muller Plymouth on Saturday but far from it, they nearly lost! Ipswich have been to Belle Vue 3 times this season (so far). Only 1 Ipswich rider has beat Dan Bewley in those 3 meetings. Would think Ipswich would win but as you say nothing guaranteed (2 seasons ago Ipswich beat Belle Vue when they weren't favoured to do so in the playoffs). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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