Ipswich Witches 2027

[InTheDeepStuff]

1 hour ago, mikebv said:

Assessed averages often just make a team look competitive on paper..

Everyone knows the reality will be very much different...

100% we’ve seen it so often that their assessed averages go south, very few have maintained it in first season 

[mikebv]

2 minutes ago, InTheDeepStuff said:

100% we’ve seen it so often that their assessed averages go south, very few have maintained it in first season 

Good for selling season tickets and to make a team not look like cannon fodder...

Which they then invariably become..

"Look at our league, isn't it competitive?"..

Whilst many followers of the sport will already know it clearly isn't, and be proven right, usually around the end of May....

[TTT]

Would anyone be happy with Janowski @ No.5?

I would take a punt tbh, Clearly something happend at Oxford that made riders check out mentally.

[TTT]

Duplicate post.

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[WookieboyDon]

40 minutes ago, TTT said:

Would anyone be happy with Janowski @ No.5?

I would take a punt tbh, Clearly something happend at Oxford that made riders check out mentally.

I said this here yesterday. I think the Wroclaw link will see at least two riders from their ranks as Witches.

[therefused]

47 minutes ago, TTT said:

Would anyone be happy with Janowski @ No.5?

I would take a punt tbh, Clearly something happend at Oxford that made riders check out mentally.

From a mooted top three of Doyle, Woryna and Musielak to Doyle, Janowski and King, oh dear. 

[TTT]

1 minute ago, therefused said:

From a mooted top three of Doyle, Woryna and Musielak to Doyle, Janowski and King, oh dear. 

I think former Spires riders are cheat codes that every Club should look at signing imo.

Clearly something happend at Oxford that made everyone give up mentally because as soon as riders got out of the Club, They seemed to have very good seasons.

The only disaster scenario for me is Doyle, Nilsson and King because Nilsson would be a terrible signing on a inflated assessed average.

Not GP quality and only qualified due to a silly criteria that can see average riders perform well on the night and find themselves as an out of depth GP rider the following season.

Like King, He'd have a 0% chance of maintaining it so effectively Doyle would be the only real Heat Leader who'd be able to cut the mustard.

[Steve Irving]

25 minutes ago, therefused said:

From a mooted top three of Doyle, Woryna and Musielak 

Mooted by who? Absolutely no chance of fitting those three in average wise which is why Musielak was told he was surplus to requirements.

I’d be far more concerned about your club if i were you rather than throwing barbs Ipswich’ way. Don’t worry about them they’ll be fine.

[Aries]

38 minutes ago, WookieboyDon said:

I said this here yesterday. I think the Wroclaw link will see at least two riders from their ranks as Witches.

I don’t think there’ll be any personally. We’ll see though I maybe wrong. 

[Witches1998]

Whats people's latest thoughts then? The guesses/rumours keep changing haha

[therefused]

9 minutes ago, Steve Irving said:

Mooted by who? Absolutely no chance of fitting those three in average wise which is why Musielak was told he was surplus to requirements.

I’d be far more concerned about your club if i were you rather than throwing barbs Ipswich’ way. Don’t worry about them they’ll be fine.

that exact poster posted those three months ago. not sure why the mention of kings lynn is relevant. 

[Aries]

On 10/26/2026 at 7:24 PM, Aries said:

https://britishspeedway.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/p26_issue_23.pdf
 

The last declaration has 8.62 for Doyley?

Doyle 8.62

4.95

King 7.17

Brennan 5.76

Woryna 7.50

Cairns 3.00

RS

 

51 minutes ago, Witches1998 said:

Whats people's latest thoughts then? The guesses/rumours keep changing haha

I’m still going with this. 

[TTT]

1 hour ago, Witches1998 said:

Whats people's latest thoughts then? The guesses/rumours keep changing haha

I'm keeping faith in the Woryna deal however I've lost a lot of confidence since he was announced as a Lejonen rider 48 Hours ago. 3 Leagues and GP's maybe too much travelling for Kacper.

I'm 100% set on Doyle, King, Brennan and One of Ellis/Kemp being 4 members of the 1-5 and that won't change for me all winter tbh.

If the Woryna deal is toast then I'm hoping for a No.5 like Janowski who'd be Musielak 2.0 when it comes to making a mockery of a low GSA that was down to a previous employer running into issues imo.

[JamesB]

30 minutes ago, Aries said:

 

I’m still going with this. 

I wouldn’t be unhappy with that.

I find it very hard to believe that Coleman used such strong words as ‘stellar number 1’ in his update, if he was not very confident that he could deliver that.

In the UK, Doyle fits that description and I would really like to see Woryna at 5 just for the entertainment value alone.

[YeOldPitGate]

6 minutes ago, JamesB said:

I wouldn’t be unhappy with that.

I find it very hard to believe that Coleman used such strong words as ‘stellar number 1’ in his update, if he was not very confident that he could deliver that.

In the UK, Doyle fits that description and I would really like to see Woryna at 5 just for the entertainment value alone.

Total respect for Richard , but to me a stellar number 1 is a top 5 world rated rider or Emil coming back.

JD has been a brilliant servant to UK speedway and although knocking on a bit he will still be a major force in the UK in his sleep, I just think Richard boxed himself into a corner with that statement as if a rabbit isn't pulled out of the hat there will be some disapointed punters.

[gjcone44]

lets say Ipswich get the team they want, how is that going to improve the drab 6 team premiership we had last year..

[Steve Irving]

14 minutes ago, gjcone44 said:

lets say Ipswich get the team they want, how is that going to improve the drab 6 team premiership we had last year..

Because this year was a 4 team league with 2 late fillers which lacked fairness and integrity. But you already knew that didn’t you?

[Aries]

29 minutes ago, YeOldPitGate said:

Total respect for Richard , but to me a stellar number 1 is a top 5 world rated rider or Emil coming back.

JD has been a brilliant servant to UK speedway and although knocking on a bit he will still be a major force in the UK in his sleep, I just think Richard boxed himself into a corner with that statement as if a rabbit isn't pulled out of the hat there will be some disapointed punters.

Perhaps we all have differing opinions on what a “Stellar number 1” is. 
 

For me Jason Doyle is a stellar number 1 all day long.

[TTT]

34 minutes ago, YeOldPitGate said:

Total respect for Richard , but to me a stellar number 1 is a top 5 world rated rider or Emil coming back.

JD has been a brilliant servant to UK speedway and although knocking on a bit he will still be a major force in the UK in his sleep, I just think Richard boxed himself into a corner with that statement as if a rabbit isn't pulled out of the hat there will be some disapointed punters.

It depends on how fans interpret Richard's words.

Stellar No.1 could be looked at in different ways whether it's an Entertainment factor or a Points factor.

Just my personal opinion, The only Heat Leader in the World I'd sign over Jason is Sayfutdinov because my logic is to sign HL's who are the best fit for your Home track rather than signing someone who's more entertaining but isn't going to be as effective when it comes to points.

I'm a big Dan Bewley fan and he's far more entertaining than Doyle but I wouldn't sign Dan over Jason because the latter guarantee's me more points at Home and he's also someone who you can have more confidence in when it comes Heats 13 & 15 around Foxhall.

[TTT]

17 minutes ago, Aries said:

Perhaps we all have differing opinions on what a “Stellar number 1” is. 
 

For me Jason Doyle is a stellar number 1 all day long.

Realisticlaly we've got 5 stellar riders on these shores who compete every year and any Club who signs at least 1 of them has done well.

Fair enough you may get another top name that might pop up once in a few years but on average it's Kurtz, Bewley, Doyle, Fricke and J. Holder.

With Belle Vue signing 2 it means that a minimum of 2 Clubs will go without every year unless someone can pull off a mega deal which rarely happens.

Hence why riders like Musielak keep finding themselves at No.1 every couple of years.