Grand Final 2nd leg Ipswich vs Leicester

[Fullmax]

1 hour ago, MP78 said:

No one made a big deal of it, but it was great to see Chris Louis takes his medal off and put it around Ellis' neck - A really classy move 💫

Why did he do that ? Surely your not saying the guest rider accepted a Premiership winning medal after riding in a single meeting  😀 

[Col]

Not a bad watch, fair play for Leicester for keeping it interesting throughout the meeting despite losing at home.  Think Lions can consider themselves a little unlucky in the early heats.  Congratulations to the Witches on their first title since TRick, Gollob & Clouting!

[dontforgetthefueltapsbruv]

Now if you could take even half that crowd, the atmosphere, the passion and commitment, bottle it and replicate it at say 8-10 tracks for even half the meetings each year you would have quite a sporting spectacle on your hands.....

[PersonalResponsibility]

13 minutes ago, Fullmax said:

Why did he do that ? Surely your not saying the guest rider accepted a Premiership winning medal after riding in a single meeting  😀 

What, and ruin the unbridled joy of these hard-working guests?

[Gavan]

1 hour ago, Fromafar said:

Kemp is one of the reasons throughout the season that they reached the Final though ,he had issues which can happen,others didn’t exactly ride to form in Final without blaming it solely on Kemp.

I get that but he let you down badly in the final that’s all and your manager was obviously not impressed with his attitude … he took a point of Dan T late on when Dan’s bike packed up 

Also when a rider makes an error why do they not just hold their hands up

From someone in the pits King went up to Masters and apologised …. Howarth was shouting off that he never touched Doyle …. Nothing against Howarth a good team man and wasn’t deliberate but he can’t actually think there was no contact lol 

[therefused]

9 minutes ago, PersonalResponsibility said:

What, and ruin the unbridled joy of these hard-working guests?

a big difference in one of these pictures is he wasnt a guest. Dont people want less guests?

[Fromafar]

5 minutes ago, Gavan said:

I get that but he let you down badly in the final that’s all and your manager was obviously not impressed with his attitude … he took a point of Dan T late on when Dan’s bike packed up 

Also when a rider makes an error why do they not just hold their hands up

From someone in the pits King went up to Masters and apologised …. Howarth was shouting off that he never touched Doyle …. Nothing against Howarth a good team man and wasn’t deliberate but he can’t actually think there was no contact lol 

Agree regard Howarth, how can he say he never touched him, but stupid with TV cameras there as well.

[Fromafar]

5 minutes ago, Gavan said:

I get that but he let you down badly in the final that’s all and your manager was obviously not impressed with his attitude … he took a point of Dan T late on when Dan’s bike packed up 

Also when a rider makes an error why do they not just hold their hands up

From someone in the pits King went up to Masters and apologised …. Howarth was shouting off that he never touched Doyle …. Nothing against Howarth a good team man and wasn’t deliberate but he can’t actually think there was no contact lol 

Agree regard Howarth, how can he say he never touched him, but stupid with TV cameras there as well.

[ouch]

35 minutes ago, therefused said:

a big difference in one of these pictures is he wasnt a guest. Dont people want less guests?

Don’t let the truth get in the way of a good trolling. 🤣

[SJA]

1 hour ago, IainB said:

While Speedway is very much a numbers game it is also about completing 4 laps. As I've said before I absolutely hate riders not completing 4 laps when they are clearly able to do so and last night it all came home to roost, some will say it didn't make any difference in the eventual outcome, but sport is all about the moment and had Lions needed a 5-1 instead of a 5-0 in that last race that's a whole different ball game mentally.

Kemp has displayed attitude problems throughout his career, will he learn from last night? Personally I doubt it, his attitude is in his make up, I do hope he learns from it... just not at Leicester.

Whether Mr Dickson sees it the same way I wouldn't be so sure... he looked very prepared to take Nick Morris back during the summer and did so with Berwick.

I thought Jamie Courtney picked the Berwick team 

[The Cheese]

Well done to Ipswich. Deserved winners, despite what the table says they were the best team in the league. Credit to their management who come across as very professional and have built such a strong side over the last few years. Others could learn a lot from them on how to successfully run a club.

Good effort from Leicester to effectively take it to the last heat, a few errors on the night cost them a better chance. 

[Fromafar]

1 hour ago, IainB said:

While Speedway is very much a numbers game it is also about completing 4 laps. As I've said before I absolutely hate riders not completing 4 laps when they are clearly able to do so and last night it all came home to roost, some will say it didn't make any difference in the eventual outcome, but sport is all about the moment and had Lions needed a 5-1 instead of a 5-0 in that last race that's a whole different ball game mentally.

Kemp has displayed attitude problems throughout his career, will he learn from last night? Personally I doubt it, his attitude is in his make up, I do hope he learns from it... just not at Leicester.

Whether Mr Dickson sees it the same way I wouldn't be so sure... he looked very prepared to take Nick Morris back during the summer and did so with Berwick.

Kemp finished at No1 at Berwick. Can’t be as bad as his critics think.Quite sure Berwick fans would have him back (if he wants to return).Everything’s depending on this marvellous restructuring we are dreaming of no doubt.

[crescent girl]

2 hours ago, W9 Lion said:

Kemp has put the greatest percentange on his starting average at Leicester (based on the October Averages) and has put the largest amount on his starting average. Up 0.89 in comparison to Douglas +0.82 and Fricke +0.75.

Also, since joining Berwick in the Championship, Drew Kemp has added more than THREE POINTS to his starting average!    Bandits fans will be gagging for his return.

Edited 6 hours ago by crescent girl

[Hamish McRaker]

3 hours ago, SJA said:

Leicester have suffered in the Premiership for always having one of the latest rising star picks. And next season will be no different if there is no change in the rules.

Joe Thompson had twelve rides across the semi final and final and did not score a single point. It makes the performance of the team even more remarkable when you take this into consideration. 

Congratulations to Ipswich who had the strongest 1-7 and were worthy of the favourites title many gave them at the start of the season

The loss of Dan Gilkes to a season ending injury, so soon after being signed, proved to be a terrible blow to the Lions.

Since the re-birth of the Lions in 2011, it is almost like the number 7 position has had a curse over it, regardless of the league being competed in.

Like Leicester Tigers rugby team did with the dressing room they used to use for matches they played at Leicester City football stadium, maybe the Lions owners need to hire the services of a Shamen to lift the curse of No.7

[Mick Bratley]

Pleased for Ipswich, it’s been a long wait, tough on Leicester but hopefully their time will come. Especially chuffed for Danny King who has now won league titles at all three levels of British Speedway, I wonder how many riders can say that?

I was concerned at one point that the winners would win by a single point and eclipse the Panthers 2006 final win, thankfully that honour remains intact!

As always, great presentation from the centre green by Kevin Long. 27 years, it’s been a long time, I hope everyone connected with Ipswich savours every minute of it.

The crowd was mahoosive, we didn’t stay for the trophy lift as we wanted to get out of the car park before Friday evening. 🤪

[PolskiZuzel]

9 hours ago, Nikki said:

It's up on You Tube

Many thanks for guiding me in the right direction. I very much appreciate it as I don't have access to TNT Sport1.

[Aries]

Well we got there in the end! Well done boys. 
 

Fricke was superb. 

[tyler42]

4 hours ago, W9 Lion said:

Kemp has put the greatest percentange on his starting average at Leicester (based on the October Averages) and has put the largest amount on his starting average. Up 0.89 in comparison to Douglas +0.82 and Fricke +0.75.

So that gives him a free pass tor try when he feels like it? The other two riders mentioned ride their hardest in every race, does kemp?

[tyler42]

1 hour ago, crescent girl said:

Also, since joining Berwick in the Championship, Drew Kemp has added more than THREE POINTS to his starting average!    Bandits fans will be gagging for his return.

His average for 2024 was it not 

And his Average this Season 

That certainly is not more than three pts on his average from 2024.

[foreverblue]

3 hours ago, therefused said:

a big difference in one of these pictures is he wasnt a guest. Dont people want less guests?

Almost he only rode in the play offs