Trees Posted April 30, 2013 Report Share Posted April 30, 2013 (edited) Not sure if I like 'win at all costs' speedway! If David doesn't do the biz, he'll be gone, where does it end!! Edited April 30, 2013 by Trees 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
em1500uk Posted April 30, 2013 Report Share Posted April 30, 2013 Not sure if I like 'win at all costs' speedway! If David doesn't do the biz, he'll be gone, where does it end!! Neither do I. All these team changes are getting a bit much so early on in the season. I mean, we only started league racing a month ago and already the axe has been swung twice. I'd just love to end a season with the team we actually started with! The only reason I can see David Howe coming in is to just keep Richie at reserve for longer. I think I'd rather have him at reserve for a bit longer rather than have him at 2 or 4. With Seb and his 'golden gate' moments, I'm not too concerned about him being in the main body for a while. All this is a bit hard on Nicolai as a stint at reserve may have have been what he needed, but at the same time, looking back to last Wednesday's heat 14 where he just seemed to shut off in the first turn, that alone makes you wonder if he would've scored anything in a reserve berth? May be he would. May be wouldn't. I'd like to think he would've done, but obviously the club didn't feel they had enough time to wait around and see and give him chance. They're certainly more ruthless this season than they have been in the past 2 EL seasons and I'm not so sure I like that myself. Then again, I am a woman with sentiments, and apparently this is why they're not team managers (or so I was told on Twitter)...by a man of course LOL! I seriously hope that Nicolai finds somewhere else to race as I have no doubt that he has the ability to do well. Just feel he's lost his way at the moment and is going through a bad patch. I myself can't really make out from the press release if David Howe coming in for Nicolai is a temporary move or a permanent move for the rest of the season? If it is temporary, and in light of Daniel Nermark's name being mentioned, I think he's out injured at present after having a fall this Saturday just gone in Poland whilst racing for Stal Gorzow. Think he may have a metacarpal fracture, least that's what I can make out from SportoweFakty's website... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bagpuss Posted April 30, 2013 Report Share Posted April 30, 2013 The more I think about this change the more it makes sense.....May is a pretty crucial month and had Klindt dropped to reserve and continued to struggle (quite possible in the short term IMO) you'd have Alden and Worrall more than likely finding life difficult in the top five, Mads struggling with injury and just one reserve firing, not a good recipe. At least with Richie staying at reserve and David not shutting off into the first bend the team has a bit more solidity about it. Far less risky making this move for me. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orion Posted April 30, 2013 Report Share Posted April 30, 2013 Thou I can understand this move in the long term a KL team with David Howe and Alden in the top 5 is not going to win you a league . Such a shame about Klindt but as others have said he looks like he has lost his bottle . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bagpuss Posted April 30, 2013 Report Share Posted April 30, 2013 I think Buster has shown already this season that he's not frightened to make changes, if Klindt can't get his head right and Howe struggles then expect more changes. I think the management acknowledges that this could be their best chance ever of winning the EL and they are going to pull out all the stops to achieve that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelvinht Posted April 30, 2013 Report Share Posted April 30, 2013 I think Buster has shown already this season that he's not frightened to make changes, if Klindt can't get his head right and Howe struggles then expect more changes. I think the management acknowledges that this could be their best chance ever of winning the EL and they are going to pull out all the stops to achieve that. Agreed....and we are one rider away from that at the moment....unless Howe does te biz.....or Klindt can sort himself out and come back in...or plan c... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
semion Posted April 30, 2013 Report Share Posted April 30, 2013 With 2 riders already shown the door, it does feel like things at Saddlebow are changing. This was never the 'Kings Lynn' way. We have always stuck by riders going through a rocky patch. Klint opened up with 3 decent meetings for the Club, followed by 3 ropey ones. Does he become a poor rider overnight ? I think Buster is really after that first ever title. Thats why I feel Klint out and Howe in has to be a short term measure. I hear what you are saying Baggy, and maybe they have given a lot of thought to this change, but I fail to see how the change is going to help in the long term, unless a new rider is earmarked to come in. Or is the hope that Klint will take a break, re-discover his recently lost form and everything is rosey in the garden. and Plan B is ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bagpuss Posted April 30, 2013 Report Share Posted April 30, 2013 I think its pretty clear that Howe isn't a long term signing, I believe he is here for a month while Klindt gets himself sorted in other leagues. If Klindt can't do that I think there will be another rider coming in to take Howe's place, unless David does what Ludvig has done and makes himself undroppable. I accept Klindt has three good meetings and three poor ones but its the manner of the poor ones which has done for him, while I'm sympathetic that he is clearly going through a crisis in confidence I don't pay to watch riders shutting off going into the first turn I'm afraid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
semion Posted April 30, 2013 Report Share Posted April 30, 2013 I agree, its doing no one any favours with his lack of competiveness into the first bend. I just cannot stop looking at those first 3 meetings, and thinking he did a decent job. So begs the question, what has changed for him in that short space of time. I would have rather have seen us stick with him for a another couple of weeks. Swindon and Wolves were both home tracks for him, so that would have been the test to see if he could snap himself out of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bagpuss Posted April 30, 2013 Report Share Posted April 30, 2013 Trouble is the time frame for changes with new averages coming into force means that replacing him a couple of weeks down the line would probably have reduced Buster's options considerably. Also as I mentioned earlier if he continued to struggle despite being at reserve then you'd be looking at three riders finding points hard to come by and only one reserve to take extra rides. Thats a recipe for falling down the league table and a fair old risk to take. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
semion Posted April 30, 2013 Report Share Posted April 30, 2013 (edited) I dont feel Worrall will struggle for points in the main body. The guy will get better and better. If there was a ready made replacement coming in for Klint, then I would get it, totally. I just feel that it is a risk with Howe coming in, that if he doesnt fire, then that is no different to sticking with Klint for a short while longer. I accept what you are saying Baggy, but let me ask this one... Who do you feel as the greater potential going forward...Klint or Howe ? Edited April 30, 2013 by semion 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bagpuss Posted April 30, 2013 Report Share Posted April 30, 2013 Klindt without a doubt, and hopefully some meetings abroad over the next month will see him get his mojo back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LagutaRacingFan Posted April 30, 2013 Report Share Posted April 30, 2013 Keep Howe until August and then bring in a trump card like Tomas H Jonasson and him at reserve, you have a team capable of toppling swindon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g13webb Posted May 1, 2013 Report Share Posted May 1, 2013 Not sure if I like 'win at all costs' speedway! No, neither do I. I liked the fact that Lynn stuck with their team through thick and thin, so what if we didn't win the league, At least we did it right way . I always thought that team spirit was paramount. Plenty of money has been spent trying to generate this, now it's being undermined and destroyed by the hiring and firing of team members. Just because the riders aren't performing every match , is not a reason to kick them out, we should stick by them and persevere. I thought this year was going to be special , but apparently not. In my mind, the morality issue is far more important then winning a league, that only few people even bother to compete in. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreverblue Posted May 1, 2013 Report Share Posted May 1, 2013 It is sensible to let klindt go and Howe could be a good replacement and if it doesnt work out you have more to play with. You will forget about letting him go come the play offs, it would do your club no favours persevering with a out of form rider. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
em1500uk Posted May 1, 2013 Report Share Posted May 1, 2013 Just realised that both Howe and Worrall should be missing for our away meeting against Wolves on Monday. Both Newcastle and Scunthorpe racing that day... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g13webb Posted May 1, 2013 Report Share Posted May 1, 2013 Just realised that both Howe and Worrall should be missing for our away meeting against Wolves on Monday. Both Newcastle and Scunthorpe racing that day... it gets better by the minute........ D/ U....What a joke.!!!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pubichair Posted May 1, 2013 Report Share Posted May 1, 2013 (edited) Fed up of elite speedway this year!! Boring racing. Never two full teams. So would rather save my money for more important things. Good luck stars though will be watching from updates Edited May 1, 2013 by hair Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
semion Posted May 1, 2013 Report Share Posted May 1, 2013 (edited) I dont get why people are surprised that riders who double up are going to have problems riding for 2 teams in this Country. I would suggest that Buster's main concern would be to make sure that riders signed are available for every home meeting. Lynn are lucky in the respect as we have Wednesday as our home night, with the odd off night thrown in here and there ( Sky, Bank Hols etc). The facts are using D/U is a cost saving exercise and couple that together with not enough riders to go around, gives you the answer why we have them. Thats Speedway 2013. Edited May 1, 2013 by semion 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starboy118 Posted May 1, 2013 Report Share Posted May 1, 2013 I dont get why people are surprised that riders who double up are going to have problems riding for 2 teams in this Country. I would suggest that Buster's main concern would be to make sure that riders signed are available for every home meeting. Lynn are lukcy in the respect as we have a Wednesday as our home night, with the odd off night thrown in here and there ( Sky, Bank Hols etc). The facts are using D/U is a cost saving expercise and couple that together with not enough riders to go around, gives you the answer why we have them. Thats Speedway 2013. It also results in a product that loses an awful lot of its appeal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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