Ipswich v Belle Vue PO Semi 1st Leg

[cowboy cookie returns?]

The best team won no complaints.

Given the lateness we were confirmed as starting to get in to the play offs is a result.

I still believe Mayfield & Coleman are both good for Ipswich & uk speedway looking forward to 2027.

Interesting comments by Coleman after heat 14 role on 2027

[Fromafar]

Tonights the reason when there should be I league in GB next season,while lowering the throughout the Teams you will able to have competitive meetings between Teams of equal standard.Would pay money to watch mismatch meetings for most of the season.

[THE DEAN MACHINE]

If I was Richard Coleman I would be really embarrassed after tonight,not only for teams performance but for the quality of the product on show, it was a tough watch

[Hackett]

1 hour ago, cowboy cookie returns? said:

Interesting comments by Coleman after heat 14 role on 2027

Can you divulge more ?? 

As for the result no surprise whatsoever and with the Aces reserves easily outscoring the Witches reserve pairing never in question. I would imagine the Foxhall faithful will only want to see Musielak, Brennan (2nd string) + King returning next season.  

[KevtheRev]

2 minutes ago, THE DEAN MACHINE said:

If I was Richard Coleman I would be really embarrassed after tonight,not only for teams performance but for the quality of the product on show, it was a tough watch

We've had 1 decent meeting thus year, the rest have been appalling racing wise. Either too grippy or mega slick.  Track guy, who does whatever he wants and not what he's told, has got to go pronto.

Well done to the Aces as predicted far too strong for the witches.

[TB1]

9 minutes ago, THE DEAN MACHINE said:

If I was Richard Coleman I would be really embarrassed after tonight,not only for teams performance but for the quality of the product on show, it was a tough watch

It certainly was from the terraces. Really concerning and more importantly where this sport is heading. A sport with no participants surely ceases to be a sport eventually. Please correct me if I am wrong but I believe you said before that something like 90 odd British riders have been lost to the sport in the last decade? If that's the case then that far outweighs anything to do with silverware.

[TB1]

2 hours ago, Hawk127 said:

This is a far cry of how things use to end and it is a shame for those who turned out tonight for the last meeting of the season. The Aces have also been short changed as the second leg is a non event and if it were possible it would better to save money all around by not running it and the Aces await the opposition from the other leg. Why waste money on opening up the stadium to run a meeting which has nothing riding on it and will no doubt cost the club money. 

I believe we have had 14 meetings this season. Quite shocking when we used to have nearly 30. What I want to know is with all these defunct teams wanting to come back, where are we getting the riders from? And even if we get riders from abroad, how the hell are most clubs going to pay them on pitiful gates.

[Aries]

16 minutes ago, THE DEAN MACHINE said:

If I was Richard Coleman I would be really embarrassed after tonight,not only for teams performance but for the quality of the product on show, it was a tough watch

The meeting the other week against Sheffield was very good, some excellent racing with lots of passing. But most of the riders were having a whinge on both sides that the track was “tricky to ride” and they were struggling a bit with it. 
 

Tonight most of the riders were praising the track because it was smooth and easy to ride, but was serving up next to no entertainment to the supporters. 
 

Give me the track like it was against Sheffield and tell them to get on with it!

[Aries]

53 minutes ago, KevtheRev said:

Track guy, who does whatever he wants and not what he's told, has got to go pronto.

Bob Ellis. Been a terrific servant over so many years, but tonight was his last meeting 

https://ipswichwitches.co/tru7-group-witches-boss-hurry-beaten-by-the-better-side-as-aces-win-play-off-semi-final-opener-at-foxhall/

So we’ll definitely have someone new next year. 

Edited 3 hours ago by Aries

[Bellers101]

34 minutes ago, TB1 said:

I believe we have had 14 meetings this season. Quite shocking when we used to have nearly 30. What I want to know is with all these defunct teams wanting to come back, where are we getting the riders from? And even if we get riders from abroad, how the hell are most clubs going to pay them on pitiful gates.

All these teams wanting to come back. Which teams?

[TB1]

2 minutes ago, Bellers101 said:

All these teams wanting to come back. Which teams?

Coventry, Swindon, Arena, Peterborough to name a few.