Daniel Smith

Never disputed he's a good, improving rider. I'm just not sure he's capable of being a No1. I don't believe we have the strength at No1 & No5 some believe we have.

That's some call on a rider that's never been a regular heat 13 - 15 rider?? Up against Fricke, Doyle, Cook, Holder, Ellis, you fancy Pickering to take points away from them?? Some ask even at home

As do all Speedway rider's

Seems like your very good question has fallen on deaf ears

If rider's were allowed to pick & choose where they ride, Ipswich & Wolverhampton fixtures would be pretty tough to fulfil as they're not enjoyable places to go as an away rider by choice.

That's right, because Woffinden would never rider for anyone else would he

There lies the problem with Speedway. Pushing it to the back of you mind for the next winter will prove to be to late. There needs to be written, tight, legal paperwork of promise & contracts for rebuild on future grounds for Speedway. Without this, any reference to a regulation means nothing without land registered & planning permission granted for a new stadium. Words coming out the mouth of a Councillor should be taken with a pinch of salt. People within Speedway & it's fans never learn, just believing "we'll never close for good".

Though I'd highlight the important part for you. Nearly every time averages are never ammended except exceptional circumstances, i.e. if a rider has been out the league with a 4.00 but is now a well established GP rider. Woffinden being around the 7.00 ave will not have his average altered.

That's the thing, like Swindon, when house building gets closer & closer it get harder & harder to keep Speedway open. Also like Coventry, anyone can promise a new plot for Speedway to gain approval for housing. If the housing gets approved, Peterborough Panthers will be no more

It comes from delusional Wolves fans

Maybe a conversation needs to be had with the excellent councillor Swindon had who promised housing development wouldn't effect the Robins racing. That's gone well hasn't it. If you trust these people, more fool you

But it's not, it's lower. He gets the 2.5% for being a past National League rider too

Trousers, shirt & waistcoat

I'd put Batchelor at No2. Batchelor is very unreliable but has always done well alongside Doyle. There's absolutely no way you can have the engine room No3/4 as Batchelor & Heeps, an absolute disaster waiting to happen

Unless they're in the GP's they're not a big name imo. So any of the 15 not riding Poland, Sweden or Denmark??

Never thought or seen these words mentioned ever in terms of Ryan Fisher:- World Champion & safe. People used to go in on Nicki Pedersen for the way he rode but Fisher was far worse imo. Only 3 name come to mind as rider's who could have & should have been World Champion are:- Leigh Adams Emil Sayfutdinov Darcy Ward I'd give an outside shout out to Fredrick Lindgren too but he's cost himself a few time just by being reckless

The gate choice was trialled a few seasons ago & scrapped due to teammates wiping each other out on a regular basis into turn 1.

It's all swings & roundabouts for sure but I always feel it's best to have your strongest rider's at No1 & No5. Gives more strength to the 2nd half of meetings.

Maybe not & I hope not but things don't look great as it stands with this team

It's a bit of a yes & no answer. King's Lynn are now between a rock & a hard place. Of course, sticking within budget is important but just as important is to get out of being the worst team in the league. Fans are walking away or picking & choosing meetings more & more & finishing last year in year out will speed up the process. Thus also speeding up the lack of available funds to build decent teams. Sponsorship opportunities get smaller too the worse you get as you start accepting smaller incomes. Finish 6th (as most expect) this year the prospects for 2023 & beyond look horrific

Don't disagree with any of that at all. It's all to do with the makeup of a team too in terms of rider's & increasing averages. Howarth is Sheffield's weakest (team) rider but if they perform as a group they can cover him & his average can increase naturally purely by their strength. They look like a team that can rattle off 5-1 after 5-1. Similar to the super teams we had in the 2nd tier. With our side I don't see that connection happening. I just feel we don't have that capability throughout the team. Obviously that's my opinion, some see it differently. We may go on to smash it & finally win the top league title, it's not impossible & I ove that as much as the next Stars fan. On paper though, we look poor and as I said before, nearly every speedway fan across the country has us bottom.

It's all about what level of rider you think you have. Whether you see improvement or depreciation. I don't see improvement on averages except for Pickering. Jorgensen, Kerr, Lawson & Worrall are at their level. Kildemand average is higher than his recent history suggests he'd perform too. It's all about finding those rider's on an upward trajectory, I don't think we've done that at all. To me we've put a team together that's flat, should be a consistent team just don't see anyone coming in & jumping to the next level.

Again, I haven't criticised the club, and every club should play to a budget, nothing wrong with doing that. I've said it before, this team is waaaaaaaay better than last season but compared to the other (predicted) teams we're still finishing bottom. To still predict us to finish last (that's nearly every Speedway fan by the way) the thought process at this club is out of sync. It's all about hope for us, but what I will say though, it's possible we'll finish above Peterborough & Ipswich imo. Doyle apart, Ipswich are dreadful & I'm not convinced Peterborough can be as good as last year, another year older, Ostergaard won't be as good, losing Pedersen & an unknown Basso. We're heavily reliant on others failures though rather than being on the front foot

I haven't criticised the team or the club. You've chosen to read it that way. My point was that there hasn't been any real thought needed to put this team together. 3 rider's signed last season, 2 released by their club rather than 'wanting' to be at King's Lynn & a young local lad. Kildemand is the only 'outside the box' because no fan would've picked him. Now he's here I hope he does well but he's been absolutely awful for a while now. Pickering can be a great signing, the team could be solid but compared to the others (on paper of couse) we're looking like ending up bottom of the league again.

Really?? Kildemand is the only 'out side the box' signing. Jorgensen, Lawson & Kerr sorted last season. Pickering & R.Worrall released from their clubs & King's Lynn their only other options available, rather than King's Lynn poaching. Thomas a local lad. Don't see any 'thinking put in to it' at all