Roger Jacobs Posted March 2 Report Share Posted March 2 9 minutes ago, TTT said: Understandable imo. King doesn't exactly go well at most tracks away from Foxhall where's Klindt can score points everywhere bar Sheffield imo. Klindt had a couple of league meetings at reserve for KL last season, which helped to boost his away average. His best away scores in the 1-5 were at Brum and Oxford. King didn't really have any major away performances, but an absolute stinker (0) at Leicester and two poor meetings (2 and 2+1) at Oxford. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Irving Posted March 2 Report Share Posted March 2 (edited) 1 hour ago, Dave_minall said: For a team who are competing in the top league in the UK, this image is very poor. I'd have thought now Mayfield are in charge they'd have a decent graphic designer at hand but clearly not 😂 They’ve literally just completed a takeover 48 hours ago ffs! Pretty sure graphic design wouldn’t have been on a list of priorities 🙄 Edited March 2 by Steve Irving 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Jacobs Posted March 2 Report Share Posted March 2 17 minutes ago, ShanoXtra said: Disappointed by Ipswich personally, having Jenkins in the plans for 2026 until Jan came and then changing him isn’t the club I thought we were. I'm guessing he was in Louis' plans, but he put the club up for sale, and the new promotion decided they would take a punt on Hellstrom-Bangs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShanoXtra Posted March 2 Report Share Posted March 2 1 minute ago, Roger Jacobs said: I'm guessing he was in Louis' plans, but he put the club up for sale, and the new promotion decided they would take a punt on Hellstrom-Bangs. Apologies, he was in the plans SINCE December. He sounded gutted, is rather have a bit of loyalty and chose him over any news riders, especially to then come out and say they basically don’t care about this season and gave Scotty a sent off season. Do the right thing and put Jenkins in, speedway is failing in a lot of ways for me. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainB Posted March 2 Report Share Posted March 2 5 minutes ago, ShanoXtra said: Apologies, he was in the plans SINCE December. He sounded gutted, is rather have a bit of loyalty and chose him over any news riders, especially to then come out and say they basically don’t care about this season and gave Scotty a sent off season. Do the right thing and put Jenkins in, speedway is failing in a lot of ways for me. Especially when you've got 3 39+ year olds "bike blockers" in your team, who really should be seeing out their days in the CL at this stage of their careers. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Irving Posted March 2 Report Share Posted March 2 7 minutes ago, ShanoXtra said: Apologies, he was in the plans SINCE December. He sounded gutted, is rather have a bit of loyalty and chose him over any news riders, especially to then come out and say they basically don’t care about this season and gave Scotty a sent off season. Do the right thing and put Jenkins in, speedway is failing in a lot of ways for me. Was he? “I spoke briefly with their new promotion, but it seems a change in the rules has put a stop to me having a low enough average for them to fit me in” This weeks Speedway Star. Doesn’t sound to me like they’ve promised him anything? And that’s also only his version of events. There’s always two sides to a story. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Irving Posted March 2 Report Share Posted March 2 5 minutes ago, IainB said: Especially when you've got 3 39+ year olds "bike blockers" in your team, who really should be seeing out their days in the CL at this stage of their careers. Why should they when all three can still comfortably outperform Jordan Jenkins? What a weird thing to say. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShanoXtra Posted March 2 Report Share Posted March 2 7 minutes ago, Steve Irving said: Was he? “I spoke briefly with their new promotion, but it seems a change in the rules has put a stop to me having a low enough average for them to fit me in” This weeks Speedway Star. Doesn’t sound to me like they’ve promised him anything? And that’s also only his version of events. There’s always two sides to a story. Speedway star is clearly factual!!! I’ve got an email from Andrew Skeels on my phone apologies for miss information the paper has previously put out so don’t believe everything they say. Two sides to a story but I am willing to believe a Witches rider of a new promoter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Jacobs Posted March 2 Report Share Posted March 2 10 minutes ago, IainB said: Especially when you've got 3 39+ year olds "bike blockers" in your team, who really should be seeing out their days in the CL at this stage of their careers. You only need to look at the Witches Facebook page to see the popular reaction to Nicholls. He will bring paying customers into the stadium, and is worth the risk if he can score. It also ensures Hellstrom-Bangs starts at reserve. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreverblue Posted March 2 Report Share Posted March 2 2 hours ago, ouch said: No Brady due to our famous Play Off injury jinx. The Worralls took four of his play off rides with Jye Etheridge taking one. Ouch! Haha, I suppose losing Hans Andersen after one race in the final was a benefit to Peterborough!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ShanoXtra Posted March 2 Report Share Posted March 2 (edited) 21 minutes ago, Steve Irving said: Why should they when all three can still comfortably outperform Jordan Jenkins? What a weird thing to say. Because when they retire and leave the sport people like Jordan are the new generation then people like you will probably say they aren’t good enough… so give them a chance in the here and now to become the future. Not look to the past. It’s not a weird thing to say. It’s a get out from the promotion to get the fans on side with a club legend, yet they said they are trying to build a sustainable sport. Edited March 2 by ShanoXtra . 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aries Posted March 2 Report Share Posted March 2 Riders sound out clubs, clubs sound out riders. It happens all the time and you’ll get situations where riders will be in a team one minute, and out the next. It’s commonplace. Until you actually sign a contract then nothing should be taken for granted. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cowboy cookie returns? Posted March 2 Report Share Posted March 2 19 minutes ago, ShanoXtra said: I don’t think we have seen the last of Jenkins at Ipswich. While I don’t think we’ll see him this year I think he’ll be back in 2027. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fortythirtyeight Posted March 2 Report Share Posted March 2 2 hours ago, TTT said: Understandable imo. King doesn't exactly go well at most tracks away from Foxhall where's Klindt can score points everywhere bar Sheffield imo. Can’t agree with you at all on that, King has a respectable away average and if Klindt doesn’t like the way the wind is blowing , he’ll do nothing at all as he will be on his usual guarantee. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aries Posted March 2 Report Share Posted March 2 1 hour ago, ShanoXtra said: But as has been said, there’s two sides to every story. We don’t know to what extent he was in the plans do we? I also read the Star this week where he says his average wasn’t a low as they thought it was. Maybe they assumed he’d get the 25%, and he’d be in on the provision they managed to get a number 1? Ok you could say they should know the rules, but let’s face it they’re new to this game and the rules are hardly crystal clear. We also don’t know how long Paul Hurry has been in place. Maybe they started to build the team, and then Paul Hurry came in and decided to change things. We just don’t know. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShanoXtra Posted March 2 Report Share Posted March 2 7 minutes ago, Aries said: But as has been said, there’s two sides to every story. We don’t know to what extent he was in the plans do we? I also read the Star this week where he says his average wasn’t a low as they thought it was. Maybe they assumed he’d get the 25%, and he’d be in on the provision they managed to get a number 1? Ok you could say they should know the rules, but let’s face it they’re new to this game and the rules are hardly crystal clear. We also don’t know how long Paul Hurry has been in place. Maybe they started to build the team, and then Paul Hurry came in and decided to change things. We just don’t know. I’m sorry but how this has all been handled is a shambles. It’s far from a professional sport let’s be honest. Speedway in Britain needs some drastic changes and these promoters won’t do it alone. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1 valve Posted March 2 Report Share Posted March 2 3 hours ago, IainB said: Business as usual then? We can't afford the top riders while Poland are paying what they are, not without a TV deal and a very good tv deal at that. And how you can say that not having a NDL standard riders in a single league is not the way to develop the sport I can't fathom 🤷♂️ There are still riders looking to ride over here, Ippo's signing of PHB this year and Lynn bringing in Kvech a few years back shows this and there are other new faces in the CL this year. Think about what you have said. in one breath you state UK can’t afford top riders then mention Kvech & PHB who can only ride in the UK because they will ride on Mondays & Thursdays. Also please consider that having NDL riders in same meetings or even races as the two aforementioned is in no way the best approach to providing competitive racing and confidence development of younger riders. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPEEDY69 Posted March 2 Report Share Posted March 2 4 hours ago, ouch said: No Brady due to our famous Play Off injury jinx. The Worralls took four of his play off rides with Jye Etheridge taking one. Ouch! I think the Peterborough guest only scored one and Andersen was injured withdrawn in his first ride, so a terrific Panthers performance. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPEEDY69 Posted March 2 Report Share Posted March 2 41 minutes ago, Aries said: But as has been said, there’s two sides to every story. We don’t know to what extent he was in the plans do we? I also read the Star this week where he says his average wasn’t a low as they thought it was. Maybe they assumed he’d get the 25%, and he’d be in on the provision they managed to get a number 1? Ok you could say they should know the rules, but let’s face it they’re new to this game and the rules are hardly crystal clear. We also don’t know how long Paul Hurry has been in place. Maybe they started to build the team, and then Paul Hurry came in and decided to change things. We just don’t know. He didn't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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