Ipswich Witches 2027

[Aries]

4 minutes ago, JamesB said:

Using the final Green Sheets - Issue 23, 6th October, I make the averages as follows:

Bewley (including reduction) - 8.56
King (including reduction) - 7.17
Doyle - 8.62
Cairns - 3.0
Nilsson 4.5

That totals 31.85. 

If it’s 37, then that leaves 5.15 for the last rider.

Also, let’s not forget that Coleman in his interview with Radio Suffolk the other day stated that the 2027 number is 40!
 

He did, but I think he must have counted a rising star as a 3 pointer because I’ve since had it confirmed to me that it’s 37 plus a rising star.

[TTT]

1 hour ago, Paddy The Rebel said:

So how come Nilsson would be a 4.50 rider then? 
 

The rumoured Ipswich team top 5 is 

Upskill Teams

 

Doyle,Bewley,King,Nilsson and Kemp,I’m surprised at Kemp because when I spoke with Richard Coleman he wasn’t that keen on Kemp due to him giving up a lot of the time.

Kemp isn't great but he's a more reliable option then others on the table.

I personally look at it this way....

 

ERIK RISS

Postive

Good rider if he's fit (Big If) and he's been part of the Landshut setup with Nilsson so it's a good combination for Team spirit.

Negative

The illness keeps coming back so if it's him then you're playing poker because if the illness returns after others have improved GSA's then it could be a case of scrambling around for a rider on a 3 something to replace him.

 

4.50 YOUNGSTER

Positive

If they click, Then they really click to a point where you end up with a gem who makes a mockery of an assessed average.

Negative

They're BOOM or BUST merchants as we saw this year with Hellstrom-Bangs and if another one falls into the BUST category then it's a scramble for a replacement because with the RS not likely to score many points (If any) then it's too risky to keep the faith by running a Team with two riders not scoring points.

 

DREW KEMP

Positive

Can ride Ipswich and Leicester very well and has a good few years worth of PREM experience.

Negative

Can be frustrating and his head does go at times.

Edited yesterday at 05:11 PM by TTT

[Racin Jason 72]

50 minutes ago, TTT said:

Kemp isn't great but he's a more reliable option then others on the table.

I personally look at it this way....

 

ERIK RISS

Postive

Good rider if he's fit (Big If) and he's been part of the Landshut setup with Nilsson so it's a good combination for Team spirit.

Negative

The illness keeps coming back so if it's him then you're playing poker because if the illness returns after others have improved GSA's then it could be a case of scrambling around for a rider on a 3 something to replace him.

 

4.50 YOUNGSTER

Positive

If they click, Then they really click to a point where you end up with a gem who makes a mockery of an assessed average.

Negative

They're BOOM or BUST merchants as we saw this year with Hellstrom-Bangs and if another one falls into the BUST category then it's a scramble for a replacement because with the RS not likely to score many points (If any) then it's too risky to keep the faith by running a Team with two riders not scoring points.

 

DREW KEMP

Positive

Can ride Ipswich and Leicester very well and has a good few years worth of PREM experience.

Negative

Can be frustrating and his head does go at times.

I’d argue drew kemp has had one fantastic meeting at foxhall and rest were poor.  Be interesting to see his foxhall average with and without that meeting included 

[cowboy cookie returns?]

One thing that’s been over looked, who is the presenter going to be? Can’t have another year of Foz

[cowboy cookie returns?]

One thing that’s been over looked, who is the presenter going to be? Can’t have another year of Foz

[Aries]

25 minutes ago, cowboy cookie returns? said:

One thing that’s been over looked, who is the presenter going to be? Can’t have another year of Foz

Lovely fella is Foz, but yes that needs rectifying.

[cowboy cookie returns?]

2 hours ago, TTT said:

Kemp isn't great but he's a more reliable option then others on the table.

I personally look at it this way....

 

ERIK RISS

Postive

Good rider if he's fit (Big If) and he's been part of the Landshut setup with Nilsson so it's a good combination for Team spirit.

Negative

The illness keeps coming back so if it's him then you're playing poker because if the illness returns after others have improved GSA's then it could be a case of scrambling around for a rider on a 3 something to replace him.

 

4.50 YOUNGSTER

Positive

If they click, Then they really click to a point where you end up with a gem who makes a mockery of an assessed average.

Negative

They're BOOM or BUST merchants as we saw this year with Hellstrom-Bangs and if another one falls into the BUST category then it's a scramble for a replacement because with the RS not likely to score many points (If any) then it's too risky to keep the faith by running a Team with two riders not scoring points.

 

DREW KEMP

Positive

Can ride Ipswich and Leicester very well and has a good few years worth of PREM experience.

Negative

Can be frustrating and his head does go at times.

I’ve always liked Riss & was happy when he joined us a few years too late mind. However with his illness you have to steer clear.

Kemp the talent is certainly there, Louis didn’t persist with him due to attitude & he hasn’t really done anything to address that. Maybe & it’s a big maybe being in a team alongside Doyle possibly Bewley & having Coleman as a boss might change that.

Overall I think we’d be better off with a youngster from over seas or Rushen.

[cowboy cookie returns?]

2 hours ago, TTT said:

Kemp isn't great but he's a more reliable option then others on the table.

I personally look at it this way....

 

ERIK RISS

Postive

Good rider if he's fit (Big If) and he's been part of the Landshut setup with Nilsson so it's a good combination for Team spirit.

Negative

The illness keeps coming back so if it's him then you're playing poker because if the illness returns after others have improved GSA's then it could be a case of scrambling around for a rider on a 3 something to replace him.

 

4.50 YOUNGSTER

Positive

If they click, Then they really click to a point where you end up with a gem who makes a mockery of an assessed average.

Negative

They're BOOM or BUST merchants as we saw this year with Hellstrom-Bangs and if another one falls into the BUST category then it's a scramble for a replacement because with the RS not likely to score many points (If any) then it's too risky to keep the faith by running a Team with two riders not scoring points.

 

DREW KEMP

Positive

Can ride Ipswich and Leicester very well and has a good few years worth of PREM experience.

Negative

Can be frustrating and his head does go at times.

I’ve always liked Riss & was happy when he joined us a few years too late mind. However with his illness you have to steer clear.

Kemp the talent is certainly there, Louis didn’t persist with him due to attitude & he hasn’t really done anything to address that. Maybe & it’s a big maybe being in a team alongside Doyle possibly Bewley & having Coleman as a boss might change that.

Overall I think we’d be better off with a youngster from over seas or Rushen.

[1 valve]

19 minutes ago, cowboy cookie returns? said:

I’ve always liked Riss & was happy when he joined us a few years too late mind. However with his illness you have to steer clear.

Kemp the talent is certainly there, Louis didn’t persist with him due to attitude & he hasn’t really done anything to address that. Maybe & it’s a big maybe being in a team alongside Doyle possibly Bewley & having Coleman as a boss might change that.

Overall I think we’d be better off with a youngster from over seas or Rushen.

Kemp needs managing. If that can be done then Ipswich will have a great rider. 

[Neila]

Any news coming out of tonight's end of season party 

[Steve Irving]

Erik Riss.

For that team to fit, Kim Nilsson must be on an assessed 4.50 average. He’s a solid 6.50 rider in this league so you’ve got a two point average jumper right from the off.

As well as getting two thirds of a point shaved off for Cairns exiting the rising star scheme.

[Aries]

5 hours ago, cowboy cookie returns? said:

One thing that’s been over looked, who is the presenter going to be? Can’t have another year of Foz

The white jacket getting another airing?

We can only hope…

[SuffolkWitch]

2 hours ago, Steve Irving said:

Erik Riss.

For that team to fit, Kim Nilsson must be on an assessed 4.50 average. He’s a solid 6.50 rider in this league so you’ve got a two point average jumper right from the off.

As well as getting two thirds of a point shaved off for Cairns exiting the rising star scheme.

I’ve heard his name too. If the rumours are to be believed it’s 

Doyle

Riss

King

Nilsson

Bewley 

Cairns

Foord

 

a decent side on paper with a few gambles in there. King would do well to retain his current high average so you’re reliant on Nilsson being the steal he looks like on a low average. Riss for me is a huge gamble. A real good rider on his day but, his health issues that haven’t went away since the last time he rode for the Witches concern me. I personally would have gone for Rushen or a newcomer or returner to the league on an assessed average. Can only assume the management have had some kind of assurances regarding his health.

a lot of pressure on Cairns to make a big jump this season as with the nature of the rising star scheme now meaning he could end up carrying a lot of weight in the reserve birth. The RS standard is very low and a lot of these guys are getting thrown to the wolves and only ever really going to be likely of beating one another and getting 3 rides a meeting (even more reason why maintaining a fit side will be key) With Foord you know you’re getting a trier at least.

[Aries]

On 11/3/2026 at 8:50 AM, szkocjasid said:

Riss would be available on a 5.05 ave. As long as he rides one league match in the Prem he'd revert to his rolling ave from 2025 (6.93) so if he did suffer from illness again, which we hope he wouldn't, Ipswich would have more scope for a replacement.

It’s worth quoting this from szkocjasid again because this will be a safety blanket if things go wrong again for Riss. His recent average is used so that’s his much lower converted Championship average.

Once the season gets underway and he reverts back to his Premiership GSA, we’d have much more options in terms of guests or permanent replacement.

Hopefully that won’t be needed and he’s back to full fitness. There was an article in Poland recently about his return to full health and his return to racing where he went and won the world long track championship.

[Diamonds85]

I'm surprised the Wozniak talk has died down considering, as far as I can work out, he'd come in on a 6.00 average, since he hasn't been a GP rider in 2 consecutive seasons in the last 5 seasons and doesn't have an Ekstraliga average above 6.00 but rather a 2.Ekstraliga average above 6.00? Has he signed anywhere else yet? Sweden? Denmark?

He'd easily but 1.5+ points onto that average.

[Diamonds85]

1	Jason Doyle	8.62
2	Mikkel Andersen	6.00
3	Danny King ©	7.17
4	Kim Nilsson	4.50
5	Szymon Wozniak	6.00
6	Kyle Howarth	4.63
7	Vinnie Foord	RS

I know it ain't realistic but this team would walk the league

[Diamonds85]

Or what about Francis Gusts? He'd be on a 3.00 average and he has links to Wroclaw... I know he wasn't amazing for Oxford, but surely he's only going to increase that average as he's seen every track multiple times now (Except Northampton) He's a great rider on the continent, so once he gets more settled surely he'll be better.

[ouch]

If signing Eric is purely for the reasons set out on here then it’s the most horrible bit of ‘strategic’ planning I’ve seen in over half a century of following our wonderful sport. Factoring in a major illness to take advantage of a quirk in the averages - really!

 

[Steve Irving]

57 minutes ago, ouch said:

If signing Eric is purely for the reasons set out on here then it’s the most horrible bit of ‘strategic’ planning I’ve seen in over half a century of following our wonderful sport. Factoring in a major illness to take advantage of a quirk in the averages - really!

 

I’m fully aware this is pure engagement farming, but not a single person has suggested the signing of Riss is purely to take advantage of illness and quirk in averages you insufferable fuc*ing bellend. 

Edited 12 hours ago by Steve Irving

[Gavan]

3 minutes ago, Steve Irving said:

I’m fully aware this is pure engagement farming, but not a single person has suggested the signing of Riss is purely to take advantage of a quirk in averages you insufferable fuc*ing bellend. 

You can have a laugh and banter with the Belle Vue fans on here but this guy is just moronic and tedious