"There’s certainly no doom and gloom": Ipswich Witches boss in message to fans
Witches promoter Chris Louis has spoken out after a tough June left the side outside of the Premiership play-off places
Ipswich Witches promoter Chris Louis says he recognises the team has faced a "disappointing" run of form in the Premiership, but says his side remains "competitive" ahead of the second half of the season.
Witches are 5th in the table on 10 points after a tough June with successive losses against Wolverhampton. Belle Vue and Leicester.
Speaking to the Witches website, Louis said: “I still see no reason this season can’t have an exciting finish for us.”
“There’s certainly no doom and gloom from the management or the team, I can assure you. Yes, perhaps we have made it a bit tougher than I would rather it was.
“But speaking to many fans, I know in the main they are supportive and appreciative of what we’ve done and are trying to do, and they love watching Jason (Doyle) and Emil (Sayfutdinov).
“They enjoy all the wonderful racing antics those two are bringing to the team, but of course it’s currently a little tempered by the fact we are not winning enough meetings. I get that, it’s disappointing."
“My first thoughts on that are that if we had ever been able to put out the team we built, we would be winning more meetings. But obviously that team never even took to the track with Jack (Thomas) suffering his broken back.
“Keynan (Rew) has seen his start to the season also tempered as he has just come back from major injuries and then of course we lose Erik (Riss) within a couple of meetings. So, it has been a tough start for us.”
“Of course, I understand the calls for changes.”
“I’ve heard, why don’t we sign this guy and that guy and the other guy? But you know, we wanted a change, we’ve been down many of these roads, and we needed to do things slightly differently and that’s what we’re doing.
“Now, with Erik back, if his health is maintained, we are back to where we should be and we can win the meetings we need to and get into the play-offs, which I think we can still do.”
Peterborough Panthers visit Foxhall on Thursday in the Premiership, with Witches looking for another win over their East Anglia rivals after success back in March.