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28 minutes ago, YeOldPitGate said:

To be fair he has had some dire teams but I take your point.

Kye Thomson 4 rides 1 point

Matej Zagar 4 rides 1 point

Both out scored by the reserves

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Batch takes some stick, much of it deserved, but he was more on the pace tonight than either Zagar or Thomson. 

The Foxes may as well give an ai bot the job it'd probably show more emotion during their team talks and interviews and would certainly be more tactically astute 🤖

Stewart Dickson gets so much more out a bunch of bang average riders than Chris Adams does. Why on earth they went for and have stuck with Adams is quite beyond me, Havvy or Rosco offer so much more. 

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3 minutes ago, Rob B said:

He was riding Iversen’s bike in heat 13

Still, not sure what all the punching the air was about as he crossed the line and the fist pumping afterwards 🤷‍♂️

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Just now, IainB said:

Kye Thomson 4 rides 1 point

Matej Zagar 4 rides 1 point

Both out scored by the reserves

Missed an obvious tab sub in 11

The Foxes may as well give an ai bot the job it'd probably show more emotion during their team talks and interviews 🤖

He always seems a bit more happier than his Dad did though...

So. You know...

Swings and Roundabouts...:D

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One thing is for sure... Lemo will be absolutely bloody fuming about losing so heavily tonight! 🤔

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Just now, IainB said:

One thing is for sure... Lemo will be absolutely bloody fuming about losing so heavily tonight! 🤔

I think he drew overall on aggregate though...

90-90.... :D

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Yawn fest because one team so much better on their track 

If you want to see close racing try Ipswich v Northampton or Leicester v Northampton where the racing would be closer and require all round skills 

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11 minutes ago, mikebv said:

He always seems a bit more happier than his Dad did though...

So. You know...

Swings and Roundabouts...:D

Remember when they used to wheel Pete out for the tv interviews , he was a brilliant manager but a terrible advert for the sport in front of the cameras permanent grimace and you could tell he wanted to be anywhere else but giving an interview.

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5 minutes ago, Gavan said:

Yawn fest because one team so much better on their track 

If you want to see close racing try Ipswich v Northampton or Leicester v Northampton where the racing would be closer and require all round skills 

100%...

All four riders, riding that 2m blue groove certainly takes some doing, lap after lap...:D

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4 minutes ago, YeOldPitGate said:

Remember when they used to wheel Pete out for the tv interviews , he was a brilliant manager but a terrible advert for the sport in front of the cameras permanent grimace and you could tell he wanted to be anywhere else but giving an interview.

Had a face like a camel licking sh*t off a thistle!

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5 minutes ago, Gavan said:

Yawn fest because one team so much better on their track 

If you want to see close racing try Ipswich v Northampton or Leicester v Northampton where the racing would be closer and require all round skills 

It was far from a great meeting but believe it or not there are plenty of us enjoy watching our speedway at full throttle, not Belle Vue's fault that the opposition were beyond poor.

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4 minutes ago, nw42 said:

It was far from a great meeting but believe it or not there are plenty of us enjoy watching our speedway at full throttle, not Belle Vue's fault that the opposition were beyond poor.

 

4 minutes ago, nw42 said:

It was far from a great meeting but believe it or not there are plenty of us enjoy watching our speedway at full throttle, not Belle Vue's fault that the opposition were beyond poor.

Don’t get me wrong the Belle Vue track is by a mile the best track in the uk nothing comes close 

Just that sometimes it’s just as good watching at other tracks that require different sets of skills 

Our track at Ipswich is shocking this season and to be fair it’s never been that good …. But watching riders like Doyle and Emil miss the gate at Ipswich and then pick their way through is to me just as classy as seeing someone just stick it in the dirt and fly by 

Saw an interview with Todd Wiltshire and he said he would have loved the Belle Vue track and his favourite to ride was Bradford … then when asked about the skill of riding Bradford he said that was nothing compared to the skills of Darcy Ward , Mark Loram and Andrew Silver riding at Arena Essex 

 

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It’s not up to Belle vue to lower their standards to make for competitive racing. More the other teams to at least try and make it entertaining for the paying public. These teams and their riders need to try that bit harder when they visit the home of speedway. Bit like Kurtz at the reigning champions Ipswich apparently. Who by the way are making a complete boll*x of defending their title. No wonder doyley gave them a wide berth on his return 

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1 hour ago, Mr Blobby said:

Klindt once again proving his gating tart title. Miles behind all night pops out the start and wins it by a mile. 

Luckily we got to see Kurtz pass everyone in heat 13 when he missed the gate though to make up for others only gating.

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1 hour ago, IainB said:

Cairns having a stormer tonight! I've been very underwhelmed with his NSS scores so far this season, on fire tonight though 👏 

Cairns has been making a significant improvement this season.wish him well he has lot of doubters.

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45 minutes ago, Phannan said:

It’s not up to Belle vue to lower their standards to make for competitive racing. More the other teams to at least try and make it entertaining for the paying public. These teams and their riders need to try that bit harder when they visit the home of speedway. Bit like Kurtz at the reigning champions Ipswich apparently. Who by the way are making a complete boll*x of defending their title. No wonder doyley gave them a wide berth on his return 

Try that bit harder is a daft but expectrd comment 

Belle Vue have built a team that are so good at home (the correct thing to do) that really over 2 legs they should beat everyone 

Nice of you to notice that we aren’t as good as last season but still in with a chance of the play offs ….. you know what they are as whenever you have come up against Ipswich in those you do get beat … luckily for you we was in the other semi in 2024

Very hard to defend a title as you will know after limping into 4th last season after winning it in 2024…. Think maybe Ipswich might limp into 4th this season after winning it in 2025… seems both our clubs are the same but at least in 2025 you didn’t lose your owner and nearly lose your club and where able to keep your top riders and not have to build almost from scratch but still you struggled 

Oh and regards Doyle it’s always wise to check facts before posting ….

He asked Paul Hurry about riding for Ipswich the weekend of the Manchester GP…. Hurry declined saying he would have to release 3 riders to do that ….call that stupid yes possibly …. But to say Doyle gave us a wide berth is just made up by yourself but hey if you feel better go for it

Personally I think it’s great Doyle is back … also means over 2 legs Belle Vue will beat the weakest Ipswich team in years over 2 legs now

You will/should win the league unless Sheffield can get a superstar replacement for Holder … Will be a huge choke if you don’t (unless of course Kurtz, who I want to win the title) has an important GP the weekend after the final

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