Leicester v Ipswich 18/08

[Gavan]

13 minutes ago, Aries said:

Eh? That’s absolutely nuts. We’ve taken the aggregate bonus off them in both rounds of fixtures, the second round overwhelmingly so, and we’ll finish above them in the league. But they’ll suddenly beat us over two legs in a final (if we both get there), and they’ll also deserve it? Put the crack pipe down. 

We have took the bonus twice against Leicester one time without Doyle and Thompson and thumped Belle Vue twice 

We are the favourites against any side in the play offs … but anything can happen 

[foreverblue]

Doyle and Emil and King and Ellis did not have the best meetings and they still only lost by 8, you know that when the play offs come around they will all be much better, I cannot see how Ipswich can lose unless Howarth is more successful next time in his attempt to take Doyle out.

[Aries]

1 minute ago, Gavan said:

We have took the bonus twice against Leicester one time without Doyle and Thompson and thumped Belle Vue twice 

We are the favourites against any side in the play offs … but anything can happen 

I’ve seen two people on here now come out with “Leicester will win it and they’ll deserve it” and it’s fried my brain. Neither have come back with any reasoning behind that statement. They COULD win it, of course they could. So could any of the other three because speedway can be unpredictable and lots of weird and wonderful things can happen over two legged meetings. But I’m struggling to understand how anyone can currently say that the second placed team, who have lost out on aggregate twice already against the top placed team (isn’t that a shocker?) are going to win it and deserve to. Sorry that’s b0llocks. 

[ShanoXtra]

5 minutes ago, Gavan said:

We have took the bonus twice against Leicester one time without Doyle and Thompson and thumped Belle Vue twice 

We are the favourites against any side in the play offs … but anything can happen 

Everyone has forgotten we were favourites to beat kings Lynn as well on previous form in the cup… look how that turned out 🤦🏼 anything goes in the play offs, I just think we have too many riders you can’t fully rely on at the moment. I agree this season has been brilliant, but we do all know how just one off day for a rider can ruin your success. 
At least we have talking points and nothing is a given for the play offs, we don’t even know who will face who as everyone still faces each other in the league.

[Robinh88]

31 minutes ago, SaddlebowRoad said:

hes not quite the rider he used to be imo 

sad but true

[mikebv]

1 hour ago, Teromaafan said:

Agreed. Easily the best two teams away from home and do not rely on throttle jockeys.

Lovely, edge of the seat, technical riding....

Exactly what the sport is about...

Hope they meet in the final...

And there is loads of technical riding for Kelvin to enthuse about...

[szkocjasid]

1 hour ago, Aries said:

I’ve seen two people on here now come out with “Leicester will win it and they’ll deserve it” and it’s fried my brain. Neither have come back with any reasoning behind that statement. They COULD win it, of course they could. So could any of the other three because speedway can be unpredictable and lots of weird and wonderful things can happen over two legged meetings. But I’m struggling to understand how anyone can currently say that the second placed team, who have lost out on aggregate twice already against the top placed team (isn’t that a shocker?) are going to win it and deserve to. Sorry that’s b0llocks. 

Because once teams get to the play-off final, none of the previous results matter. Whoever wins on aggregate deserves to be league champions.

Now I dislike the play-offs & think top of the league should be crowned Champions.

But now it's just a qualification league,finishing top doesn't mean anything more than having choice of home or away leg first!

I don't necessarily agree Leicester will win it, I still think Ipswich are favourites, but if they do, they'll be deserving Champions.

Edited 11 hours ago by szkocjasid

[PhilTheAce]

nothing meeting this really,  because belle vue going to smash everyone in play offs anyway 

Edited 3 hours ago by PhilTheAce

[TTT]

11 hours ago, Aries said:

Eh? That’s absolutely nuts. We’ve taken the aggregate bonus off them in both rounds of fixtures, the second round overwhelmingly so, and we’ll finish above them in the league. But they’ll suddenly beat us over two legs in a final (if we both get there), and they’ll also deserve it? Put the crack pipe down. 

I'm basing it off current form only, Other than last night you're going back to meetings that took place a couple / few months ago when it comes to the BP statement.

Currenly state of play would show that Leicester are a side that's been on a very good run of form for a while now and a team who've already got silverware to show for it and they've still got improvement in the side to come once Becker settles back in.

Where's Ipswich aren't on the same form as they were at the start of the season and improvements are needed from various riders whilst also hoping that Jenkins can redescover his pre-injury form once he returns in place of Edwards.

Edited 2 hours ago by TTT

[SJA]

I watched last night on LionsTV, excellent coverage as ever. But wished I made the effort to get to Leicester. These are the best two balanced teams in the league and it would make a great final. However Ipswich fans saying Leicester would win over two legs appear not to have noticed they picked up the bonus point and they are let to drop a BP this season.

[SteveArena]

Belle Vue 2 man team Bewley and Kurtz. The rest of the team are pony.