Daniel Smith

That's a random take. I don't think any 'World Class' rider wouldn't sign on the basis of who rides when they're not there. Sheffield's home stats are also showing that Jack being missing shouldn't effect the result that greatly. Jack has averages less than 8.00 so far at home in 2026 & tonight the covering riders managed an 8.00 average. Sheffield was 10 up after 10 and 5-1'd heat 15. Only heat 13 the result could have been different but with that being possibly the strongest heat in a meeting, winning isn't guaranteed. It is an absolutely terrific result for the Stars and some credit should be given to them for turning around a 10 point deficit with 5 heats left. To do that away from home, especially at Sheffield, was an incredible turnaround.

That's exactly what it is, nobody cares, especially about British Speedway. Rider's who have decent contracts in Poland see British Speedway as pocket money, it's no longer 'a wage'. Do folk through the gates even cover riders salaries now or is Sponsorships the main provider? Lap of honours, do they serve a purpose now anyway when fans can't hang over the fence for high 5s anymore? That was a pathetic thing to ban. One of the very last things in the sport that had that close interaction between fans & riders.

Joined (as Screamer) in 2003 as a 24yo.

Back in the good ol' days of the forum there were regularly 2000 live online. During GPs, World Cup, British Finals etc, 3-4000 could be online. Even today, there’s been around 740 online, which is not bad considering the current state of British Speedway.

How bad of a team do you have to be to only score 36 against a side with 3 'Rising Stars'?? 🤣🤣

How bad of a team do you have to be to only score 36 against a side with 3 'Rising Stars'?? 🤣🤣

Makes perfect sense as it was your weakest pairing left to give us some distant hope. The fact Cook flunked it isn't on Lyon.

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???