Ipswich Witches 2027

[szkocjasid]

On 11/7/2026 at 9:17 AM, TTT said:

Riss is much better than his average and he proved that at Oxford when beating some top riders on a consistent basis.

Scored 20 odd one night against Ipswich if I remember correctly and that was with Doyle and Emil in the side which goes to show Erik's ability.

Just got to hope he stays fit, Nilsson would have a familiar face in the pits to help him settle in so it's looking good on the Team spirit front as well which is something that was lacking last year.

It's not easy to judge Riss as he's had a few illness effected seasons, but given his previous scores for Oxford, seems a worthwhile pick as a second string on his reduced converted average.

It's also less risky being signed by a Prem club than a Champ club (same scenario as Craig Cook) as its easier to find a spare second string for the Prem, than a heat leader for the Champ.

[Aries]

31 minutes ago, Witches1998 said:

Definitely someone with that kind of name in the past get some stuff right as an "in the know"

Hopefully find out soon, when we reckon next announcement?

Said on the King press release more in the coming days and weeks so they’re obviously going to spread out the announcements. Probably get another during the week. 

[mikebv]

1 hour ago, Aries said:

Think that’ll be more accurate! And would you bet against them now hastily altering the regs for 2027? 

It wouldn't be a shock would it??.

Obviously nothing has been confirmed yet, however, it does look like a current GP rider is being assessed as just 50% better than a RS...

A quite ludicrous situation, however, as with so many things they do, they paint themselves into a corner by over complicating things, and end up adding more and more additions for what is, after all, just a team sport...

If only they spent as much time promoting and marketing the sport as they do writing, and rewriting, rules and regs...

 

[Siggytastic]

IF Nilsson is on 4.5, didn't other team's have the opportunity to tempt him over?

[topaz325]

If Nilsson is 4.5 then give Ippo the title now!! 😀

[PhilTheAce]

6 minutes ago, Siggytastic said:

IF Nilsson is on 4.5, didn't other team's have the opportunity to tempt him over?

Yes. Deffo. If a club dont sign thorsell or rasmus jensen on a 4.5 average then its the other clubs fault for not picking up KN

[Aries]

5 minutes ago, topaz325 said:

If Nilsson is 4.5 then give Ippo the title now!! 😀

Still wouldn’t start as favourites! Wait til you see the Leicester team.

[Aries]

5 minutes ago, topaz325 said:

If Nilsson is 4.5 then give Ippo the title now!! 😀

Still wouldn’t start as favourites! Wait til you see the Leicester team.

[YeOldPitGate]

25 minutes ago, PhilTheAce said:

Yes. Deffo. If a club dont sign thorsell or rasmus jensen on a 4.5 average then its the other clubs fault for not picking up KN

Both of those should be high up on Lynn's and Northamptons shopping list Phil if both are forced to run without number one's.

[Bagpuss]

1 hour ago, Aries said:

I see that myself, wasn’t he or she a reliable poster here too? And if memory serves me right, got their information from  Rob Lyon? 
 

I could be completely making that up! The Lynn fans will probably know. 
 

@Bagpuss

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