Daniel Smith

This drip feeding rider's isn't about media exposure for me. King's Lynn could be back page headline news in the Lynn News or EDP but if you're not interested in those sports do you read it? Of course you don't. In the same way I wouldn't read about local Basketball, hockey, rugby or motor racing driver's etc if they're back page. To take notice you have to have a smidgen of interest. Let's be honest, if it's about keeping the club in the news in the hope it may entice the lost fans, well, these fans know that only Robert Lambert is of any real quality to watch, plus, they don't forget the reasons they knocked going to Speedway on the head in the first place. This drip feeding nonsense does nothing to sell the sport in the area, all it does is allow those that don't have a clue about Speedway or the signed rider to skip past the article. To get the locals interested you need to sell the sport first, some random in a cheap polo shirt with the club emblem isn't selling anything to the public.

Yep, & Capital, Kiss, Kerrang.

KLFM no sane under 40 listens to that cack. Radio Norfolk is the only place for Norwich fans to vent, apart from the football it's then just the blue rinse brigade listening. Twitter = 4055 followers, lucky to have a 3rd of that turn up on race night. Also down just under 2000 followers from 2016. Instagram = 603 followers, abysmal for a professional sports club. So, clearly the current media stance of drip feeding is delivering F-all except frustration and turning off the supporters.

Belle Vue fans seem very angry recently, what's in the Manchester water?

How would Ash's video benefit him? He has said rev limiters would cut rider's costs. Unless you have evidence to say he'll get more work because they'll be more damaging to engine's (which they won't be).

Yep, the club needs to keep the media exposure and fans on the edge of their seats about top draw signings Kerr, MPT, Riss, Jorgensen What a team to get the ladies juices flowing and the men to get a rock on over

Not really, can assure you he isn't

He does live in this country. Anyway, it ain't Iversen

Seeing as I only intended to attend away matches, with the predicted team it'll be Speedway Updates and Twitter Updates for me. There's nobody really available but Robert Lambert needs backup which the predicted side doesn't have. Also no very inspiring or guaranteed high scoring reserve compared to other sides.

Just a thought, with the fans having the vote on which riders rides heat 15, isn't this going to dramatically increase the delay between heats 14 and 15. Buster already likes a 10min break, are we going to see 20min delays?!?

Quite a lot of sponsorship today comes from social media. Without saying what team they ride for they miss out on local support.

Hopefully Buster's found a buyer for the club.

@PHILIPRISING Speedway Star shouldn't be disappointed by comparison with followers to sales. That will never stack up, but I'm pretty sure you'll have some buyers through social media that don't attend meeting, or not many meetings over the season. For your information Phil, I'm one of those people. Depending on the info from the Speedway Star Twitter account I'll then purchase a copy. With the numbers that attend meetings, Speedway Star do a remarkable job in keeping going as a weekly. Maybe, the margins may be better if the Star goes monthly and charge £5-£7 an addition.

You certainly shouldn't be to far adrift of King's Lynn anyway. Will be a top quality wooden spoon battle.

@PHILIPRISING with regards to Speedway Star struggling with social media, what are you referring too? I'd say nearly 18k followers is pretty decent exposure or are you saying the number of followers doesn't reflect sales? I'm not sure what you mean by it's not working for the Speedway Star.

Huge uplift in the use of social media yes, but have you noticed how every clubs accounts are pretty much the same. Same content, repeated within seconds of the other. There are many like me that follow all club accounts and it's horrendous how unimaginative social media is used. Then there's no real interaction with supporters and any slight negativity then the follower is blocked. Whoever controls and operates the social media side of British Speedway has no concept of what is required to be attractive, not only to existing fans, but those that don't follow the sport that see people they follows retweet. Speedway is run poorly from top to bottom, from start to finish. Social media is THE biggest marketing tool and it's being badly miss used and operated.

Wouldn't Robert Lambert and NKI be included in any clashes too?

And there's no Stockcars at either venue good Friday, Poland have no fixtures that day either so that is pretty disappointing the local derby couldn't be revitalised

It's clear what I mean. The rider's took advantage of promoters that clearly had no idea about Speedway. Is it well done Harris? Through the rider's greed, the club closed down and they wasn't paid their full contract and actually ended up worse off because of it, so it isn't "well done" at all for anyone.

There was a release that all rider's owed were paid out of the bond. Because the rider's were paid out of the bond they can no longer chase the promotion for outstanding debt. Some rumours were that Harris wage worked out more per point that Doyle's Somerset contract, if so, imo Harris was ripping off the Rye House owners and doesn't deserve any outstanding payment.

Meetings are never known until a week before each meeting. Never take any notice of the nonsense fixture list that comes out preseason. I do have to chuckle every year when fans complain about fixture changes because they've prebooked hotels. People never learn. Also, when it comes to the Showground, you can never trust it's owners as they change dates whenever they feel like it.

1. R.Lambert 8.90 2. M.Palm-Toft 5.36 3. E.Riss 6.08 4. T.Jorgensen 6.05 5. T.Proctor 6.67 6. L.Kerr 5.36 7. K.Andersen 4.00 Ave: 42.42 = Abysmal

Harris sacked from Peterborough, then miraculously Ipswich have their final 2 rider's signed

Actually, things are slowly changing in terms of training grounds for young Brits in Poland. In terms of opportunity and progression, the Premiership isn't no longer important. In 2018 Poland had these Brits:- Richard Lawson, Richie Worrall, Adam Ellis, Charles Wright, Lewis Kerr, Steve Worrall, Dan Bewley, Craig Cook. 3 rider's had their progression cut short through injury but the rider's above all competed in the Championship Speedway 2018 season. 1 big league clearly wouldn't hinder the opportunity for our rider's to make a name for themselves. Poland are very open to giving Brits a chance, it's all about our guys being strong enough to make that chance count. The only thing the Premiership is hanging onto is giving rides to (and Buster's biggest asset and probably the reason for him to save the top tier) Robert Lambert. King's Lynn could be making good money in sponsorship from this kid, he's becoming something special. Without the Premiership Buster's biggest income asset (Robert Lambert) would be lost. For me, Robert Lambert is a huge reason for Buster to try and save the Premiership.

They will be silenced. The King's Lynn Supporters Club is a good example of that. Everything has to go through the club/Buster before anything is public.