Daniel Smith

Probably, but he had a 'Speculate to Accumulate' attitude which was working. Advertisements across the region in a 20/30 mile radius. Tiny initiatives on race days that kept kids & teens entertained during breaks / stoppages. All sorts of things happening. Importantly, the teams were always competitive too. Right from the day he left you could visibly see the decline in standards throughout. Same thing happened when he was in charge of the British Speedway events. He created a huge uplift in individual & team events, fans returned through the turnstiles to previously struggling meetings. Absolutely convinced King's Lynn would of had a league title (finally) & he had the minerals to push British Speedway forward to be competitive against the fight with the growth of Polish Ekstraliga.

I've said it many times & I'll say it again. Jonathan Chapman is the biggest miss to this club & British Speedway overall. I'm absolutely convinced we'd of had a top flight title with him by now.

King's Lynn running with 3 Rising Stars then. Even though it sounds ridiculous, it's better than Castagna.

Anyone know anything about Kevin Juhl Pedersen??

That's not mine, yours or any fan to find out. That is exactly what the management team should be doing. Club's with that winning mentality always manage to find someone. At reserve, just find someone that's a terrific gater. Someone whose willing to be a roadblock is great for the team even if they end up scoring 1s & 0s. Being able to gate and getting their teammate to the front is a winner compared to right now. Sometimes, someone who scores 2 can be better for the team than a 4 average rider that blocks his teammate. A bit of thought & knowledge and that rider can be found. As I say, other teams always manage to find that someone to fill spaces, regardless of averages.

It's all dependent on what you view as ambition. This is Speedway. Regardless of who the original septet is, it's irrelevant to ambition. 2-3 injuries / flop performances are highly likely in this game within every team year in year out. A clubs ambition for the season is always only shown by how they cope with adversity. King's Lynn always shows their ambitions year in year out by, if that initial 1-7 doesn't work, it's "oh well, go again next year." There never is any effort to remove poor, underachieving performance from the team. The fact Cook & Castagna can still roll on as they are shows an incredible 'lack of ambition'.

I don't think it can be about the rider's anymore. King's Lynn fans have had this for years now no matter who the rider's are. Excuses from the management team are never ending as to reasons of failure but nothing ever gets done & the same septet is rolled out the following week. "There isn't the rider's available", "nobody want to come" blah blah blah. Yet, in the next breath, another team finds someone as replacement from somewhere, somehow. Year in year out, excuse after excuse but King's Lynn fans just sup this s#!t up like an ice lolly from Bonny Blue's dingy tw@ after 1000 gimps have washed around in it. Let that sink in 🤢🤮

If only there was a Speedway podcast out there somewhere where real serious questions could be asked of the running of this club 🤐 I cannot believe anyone can be happy spending £30-£40 a meeting for what's being dished up?? Yes, it's on paper of course, but, there's no chance Leicester & Ipswich should be above this King's Lynn septet. Yet, it looks like Northampton have a great opportunity to finish above King's Lynn. This should not be accepted by any genuine King's Lynn fan out there, but guess what, silence 🤫 WHAT THE FECK IS GOING ON?!? Zero words, zero passion. Does anyone actually give a feck or what???

That's King's Lynn laying all their hopes on an improvement Castagna at No6 then. With the state of British Speedway, it's all they've got to work with I suppose. Fingers firmly crossed for the remainder of the season. As for this meeting, King's Lynn should still have enough to win this one, just:- 47-43

My point is that 0.4 is irrelevant as teams never find replacements at the exact number. There is nothing of worth from the Championship averaging between 6.33 & 5.79 who could add anything to the team at reserve imo. There's no standout new foreigners on a 4.00 to choose from who wants the UK. King's Lynn's position is super weak right now, it's keep Castagna or employ basically a 3rd Rising Star.

Cooper's average doesn't change the whole teams average, it's individual as a new rider. I think the confusion is people still think Castagna is currently 4.22, he isn't. He's already 3.82 as of 1st June but hasn't ridden since to update the rolling average. Any replacements for Castagna will already be poor / risky change. Is it worth giving Castagna the reserve birth or make the change is the question? If it's change, it has to be NOW before he returns from injury & possibly lower his average further, even at No6.

Cooper's average change is irrelevant, Castagna needs replacing before 1st July or any changes become impossible thereafter.

The change HAS to be made quick sharp if King's Lynn has any hope of challenging. The side is currently running at 39.04. It absolutely needs a Castagna replacement ASAP.

Name a club where the attendance is rising year on year over the last decade? Or even maintained the numbers year on year? Belle Vue, the best track in the UK, the most modern facilities, in a major, modern city, they struggle for 2000. Over the past 10-20-30 years the bodies across the board, are finding something else once winter arrives or they're just brown bread. Especially when you move from junior/teen to full paying adult, many don't bother returning.

Well done Ipswich on their emphatic win & 3 points. On to the next one for King's Lynn.