Ipswich Witches vs Leicester Lions 9th July

[Teromaafan]

Lions battled back in the end after getting to grips with the track and there was the odd decent race. I watched this on the Witches stream and wasn’t impressed with their presentation. The younger of the two commentators was amateurish and at times embarrassing. Makes me realise just how good David Rowe is when doing the stream for Lions TV.

[Youhave2minutes]

Craig Saul is the boy

[40-38]

Anyone know what Morris's illness is? I hope he's not caught it from Lawson 😉

[Phannan]

4 minutes ago, Youhave2minutes said:

Craig Saul is the boy

Saul Goodman is better

[TTT]

Thought Leicester would've hit 50 pre-meeting tbh, Good to see Nicholls scoring some big points.

[Phannan]

Lawson should play the illness card every week. He got 11 tonight without even being there…

[SPEEDY69]

2 hours ago, Aries said:

Track is a shocker riders struggling to even turn the bikes. None of them are happy

Not the good riders🤨

[SPEEDY69]

2 hours ago, Aries said:

It’s never normally as difficult as this where riders are free wheeling around the bends and struggling to turn. Settling a little better now though

Didn't look likethat at all iif you were there? Was it just Leicester riders and pedersen in his first one? Scottt and  Toby had no bother? 

[Aries]

14 minutes ago, SPEEDY69 said:

Didn't look likethat at all iif you were there? Was it just Leicester riders and pedersen in his first one? Scottt and  Toby had no bother? 

The tv stream. None of them were comfortable early doors, they said so when interviewed, including Nicholls. Those early heats were farcical hence the track grade after heat 2 at the request of the riders. 

Edited 10 minutes ago by Aries

[ShanoXtra]

The first four heats I thought I was watching an NDL meeting. Shockingly slow and like watching juniors going round the corners. Only Tobi and to be fair Brennan who really hit the ground running to start. Scotty did decent but he normally does at Foxhall. Edward’s good and then bad but in a 7 then you’d take that. Pedersen’s progress was amazing from his first race to his third so he just needs time. Brennan started good then fell off a cliff again, I don’t know if it’s rider or setup but something just isn’t right. All in all, dead atmosphere, average racing and decent weather. 

[Steve Irving]

18 minutes ago, SPEEDY69 said:

Didn't look likethat at all iif you were there? 

You’ve GOT to be kidding here surely?

5 minutes ago, Aries said:

The tv stream. None of them were comfortable early doors, they said so when interviewed, including Nicholls. Those early heats were farcical hence the track grade after heat 2 at the request of the riders. 

Absolutely. The riders had every right to be unhappy, Douglas and Masters weren’t even remotely interested in their first outing and who can blame them. 

3 minutes ago, ShanoXtra said:

The first four heats I thought I was watching an NDL meeting. Shockingly slow and like watching juniors going round the corners. 

Correct. It was absolutely dreadful conditions in the opening heats. The grade helped slightly after the second heat, but it still took a good few more heats before it settled down properly. Brennan, Nicholls, D Thompson all rightly critical of the conditions in their interviews.