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They're many names that I've considered as a replacement for Niels, but slowly and surely they are being snapped up by other teams. This waiting about for announcement of the team is all very good but I get the impression as we are missing the boat every time. KK would have been an ideal candidate. Assuming now we will have a team similar to last year, with only just Niels replacement to be found. I don't think we will feature too highly in the honours stakes, even if we do managed to persuade Herbie Hancock nor Nicki Pedersen to join in. Not too optimistic........

No doubt the Coventry Storm entrance is considerably cheaper, and affordability is everything. There are a lot of elderly people worse off than others and struggle to make ends meet., .To put their admission up is the decision you've made. Hope it don't back fire on you. but time will tell.... Point of thought though!!!: For every elderly person who stays away next year, you will be need 4 people to pay extra to equal what you received previously That's 20% drop in attendance.......If that figure is a drop of, say 25% then you are on a loser......... Lose money; lose attendance; lose spin-offs; lose atmosphere. That's a big gamble...... in a time when you need all the support you can get............

Always like to have my two pennies worth. I understand the reasoning of lowering the cost of the younger person, hoping to attract more to the sport, but not at the expense of those who already support the sport. From my visit to various tracks the crowd always have a big percentage of older patrons. But persecuting them is wrong. Some will continue to follow the sport, while others will say sod this. Its quite obvious from the new pricing structure the older generation is not favoured. Weighing the extra income against the absenteeism of others will be a close call, all it will do is drive people away............. That's the last thing any club wants. The terraces are empty enough already,,, At a time when stupid decisions are creating havoc with the sport, to me, this is another one to add to the list.........This decision will benefit no one.....

It appears to me whoever you pick he's on the HL lists. When we were told of this highly secret list, there were only suppose to be 24 names. It seems to me every rider is now on the list. It must be terribly difficult for the Team Managers to assemble a squad. Not only have most of the top riders not available, what we have left we cant use them cause most are heat leaders. I suggest we make everyman a heatleader and each have an accessed average of 6pts Raise the Team Points limit to 42, points and everybody will be equal. Once a rider has scores his 6pts he than starts of 15mtrs.... Sorted......

Probably my wording in (post 500) has been misconstrued. When it was said that Michael Lee put a thousand on the gate we were talking much bigger gates than we get now. When talking with Alan Littlechild, he admitted the average gate being about 2000 plus, but when Michael rode, he would always attract around the 3000 mark. My comment was to highlight the fact that star name puts bums on seats, NOT THAT EVERY TOP RIDER PUT 1000 ON THE GATE. In Niels case it would have considerably less as the numbers now are quite low, but nevertheless a percentage would go solely because Niels as there....... What did we win..... We won respect, and expectation from the opposition. Kings Lynn also gained recognition from around the globe because of Niels exploits on the world Stage....

As a seasoned follower of the sport it really disappoints me when we lose the cream riders. I hear all this talk about 4 riders, racing round with no brakes, but that don't pull in the punters. Its the star riders fans come to see. You can't charge top dollar for a product that doesn't have top riders. Without top riders we may as well be watching Premier League Years ago, it was said that Michael Lee would put a thousand on the gate, no problem. Its been the same with all the top riders at Lynn, and Niels was no different. Even when watching the young Stars, supporters would come just to watch the new sensation in Robert Lambert. The problem now with the sport, based on decisions made by the BSPA in driving these top riders away, will have a detriment effect on the appeal to the fans and the numbers will continue to dwindle. I know many fans who only went to marvel at Niels in full flow.... Getting an instant replacement will be virtually impossible....... I just hope, with a drop-off in numbers, the sport can survive these troubled times.....

You say that with so much thought and kindness........ an sarcasm Such wonderful supporters out there......... with Niels not riding, not only damages the Stars side but also the whole of the Elite League concept.

I hope that now the BSPA has driven all the top boys away, they're happy. We can revert back to being unimportant..... What was the saying about ' Piss up on a brewery', Better keep that a secret too....... Just great.!. Niels was our team, and you come out with crap like that............

A Any chance of having a good team has just disappeared. .

Wow !! that's a new one....... Never been called that before. When I use to work, was always up and about before 6. Now retired, I take thing more easily. Still up early though....... The papers don't get delivered till 8.

What time of day do we expect the news? Now gone 6.30am and still waiting to hear. Papers are dropped off in the town at 4.30, pity the Web-site wasn't up at the same time.... ...

Once upon a time a Doctors certificate was not necessary because all excuses were genuine .....

I think you're missing the point here. Good ole Matt Ford has highlighted a way for managers and Promoters to legalise the non appearance of riders when accompanied by a Doctors certificate...

Surely, two clubs as close as these two, could run on alternate weeks. When the League eventually goes to specific nights, this would be a ideal situation when supporter s from both clubs could follow the sport on a weekly basis. I very often go to EESG to support Peterborough as well as Lynn. Having a weekly fix would be brilliant.....

You know that, I know that, and no doubt so does Buster as well. Niels is that good his inclusion would make an ordinary team very good. Unfortunately they're not many top No1's available, so the choices are few. Looking through the team announcements so far, we don't have many true No1's and most teams seem to have a strong middle order. Probably that's the way Buster and Rob have chosen to go...... Either way; I have faith, in that Buster will put together a decent team, he could even pull a rabbit out of the bag, and bring in someone new and exciting from Poland. We will have to wait and see. There's still no announcement of the date for the Supporters meeting yet!! .... or have I missed it????

Although, never been a member of the Ford appreciation society, one has to admit the signings for next year shows brilliant awareness and puts all other promoters to shame. The signing of Andersen was a masterstroke, a quality rider on a workable average. Buczkowski was another example of positive thinking. Destined to be a big scorer and will benefit big time, from his previous experiences in the Elite League. Kurtz was the signature everyone wanted. so hats off to Ford for acclaiming a brilliant youngster.. Constantly exchanging places with Newman at reserve , he will come on in leaps and bounds.... Not one to blow sunshine up his arse, but , after doing some astute work, what's the betting that he will undo all the positives he done by breaking rules that pisses everyone off.... Is there any need ???????

Freddie has quite a few good years left in him yet. Form is temporary but class is permanent . In this watered down League of ours Freddie fit the bill perfectly. OK there might be one or two better than Freddie, but not many... He'll finish in the top rank of riders......

Having a Heat leader list is a mockery. How can anyone name 24 riders as heatleaders before any one has been signed.? What happens when a rider, not on the list (foreign ex.) signs for a team. ? does that mean the list is altered ? What happens to someone on the list who cant get a place as a heat leader? ... Do we tell him to sod-off ? Why did we ditch the 7 point plan? I know the CMA are laughable but everyone knew the rules and Team Managers could work around them. This way, the heatleader list could change every day, and teams already on the boil could prove too have too many Heat leaders. The secrecy of the list highlights what is so desperately wrong with our sport. Making complicated secret rules, just shows contempt to those remaining fans there are left. .

Me too!!! There's two ways of looking at this. Bearing in mind what you say about KL close to Norwich, Had Niels said NO, then Buster would obviously, have gone all out to sign Doyle as his replacement. So thinking along those lines and the shortage of true No1's now I'm feeling more confident that Niels will be riding for Lynn again this year....

None I imagine, but there're quiet a few from the BEL

Providing the opposition are in agreement , and not have riders missing, because they're racing in Sweden...

It's all very well, you keeping count of the so-called successes Poole have attained, but do you keep up to date, with information on the number of supporters lost to the sport, simply because they were fed-up with all the rule breaking and underhandedness going on, to achieve those successes???? To me that's far more important.......

I have always felt the British Final should be at Coventry. Plenty of space, Big Car Park, Centrally situated. It ticks every box. When considering this will possibly the last year at Brandon, what could be a better send off than to have the British Final there one more time. Lets see what the track is like at Belle Vue first, before it gets all the prime meetings... There's plenty of time for them to stage the BF in the future....

You can't imagine how many mistakes I made when I was 18. I thought I was invincible and could do exactly that I wanted. Fortunately I learned from my mistakes as I grew older and wiser.. With age and experience, I sure young Robert will learn as well. He has immense talent, and no doubt, he will eventually be totally focused to reach the very top. When he does, I just hope he'll be wearing the Stars colours.....

I don't think he's ready for the Polish top league yet, but I would have thought, he should be looking at places better than Newcastle. If he has ideas of reaching the top he has to aim higher than the Premier League.