adonis Posted December 2, 2018 Report Share Posted December 2, 2018 2 hours ago, WalterPlinge said: Whilst Hunters is a nod to past Leicester Hunters teams, it doesn't seem appropriate at the moment. Having the senior team called "Lions" and the NL team called "Hunters" really doesn't go together! Cubs is the obvious nickname. Certainly the 4 crap suggestions on the official Leicester twitter account cannot be taken seriously. the whatevers are a standalone team in their own league no need to tie them to any other team, In fact trying to tag them onto another leicester team will have a negative effect Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WalterPlinge Posted December 2, 2018 Report Share Posted December 2, 2018 1 hour ago, adonis said: the whatevers are a standalone team in their own league no need to tie them to any other team, In fact trying to tag them onto another leicester team will have a negative effect Not sure who the "whatevers" are that you're talking about, but we're talking about the Leicester NDL team, the second team to Leicester's Championship Lions. Just as Belle Vue have the Aces and the Colts, Leicester will have the Lions and the ????? Lions and Cubs makes sense. Lions and Hunters seems a bit incongruous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sings4Speedway Posted December 3, 2018 Report Share Posted December 3, 2018 Always tricky and always going to be some who don't like the name whatever is chosen. Personally i wonder if a better tactic might have been to track the side as Long Eaton? (If the current name holders don't object/would like to come on board?) Would have tapped into that crowd base plus the Coventry/Leicester/Speedway supporters who would go and watch anyway will not really care what the name happens to be. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GiveusaB Posted December 3, 2018 Report Share Posted December 3, 2018 How about getting the race track right...rather than the name ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adonis Posted December 3, 2018 Report Share Posted December 3, 2018 11 hours ago, WalterPlinge said: Not sure who the "whatevers" are that you're talking about, but we're talking about the Leicester NDL team, the second team to Leicester's Championship Lions. Just as Belle Vue have the Aces and the Colts, Leicester will have the Lions and the ????? Lions and Cubs makes sense. Lions and Hunters seems a bit incongruous. Pretty simple really . unless of course you want to invent something else , at the moment they dont have a name ,so whatever they may be called . not rocket science is it . If you think tieing the 2 together as leicester 1 and 2 is a good idea , fair enough , who cares really , except not too far away there are at least 2,000 speedway fans who have no team and will have nothing to do with leicester in any form . if you dont want any of their support ,fine ,call them Lions 2 if you like . lions cubs hunters all mean exactly the same thing .... Leicester Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ONTWOMINUTES Posted December 3, 2018 Report Share Posted December 3, 2018 Leicester cavaliers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GiveusaB Posted December 3, 2018 Report Share Posted December 3, 2018 'East Midlands Mavericks' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpeedyOne Posted December 3, 2018 Report Share Posted December 3, 2018 Since there's very little shale on the track, a good nickname would be... Leicester Sweepupafterwards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GiveusaB Posted December 3, 2018 Report Share Posted December 3, 2018 'City SLICKers' ??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W9 Lion Posted December 4, 2018 Report Share Posted December 4, 2018 23 hours ago, adonis said: Pretty simple really . unless of course you want to invent something else , at the moment they dont have a name ,so whatever they may be called . not rocket science is it . If you think tieing the 2 together as leicester 1 and 2 is a good idea , fair enough , who cares really , except not too far away there are at least 2,000 speedway fans who have no team and will have nothing to do with leicester in any form . if you dont want any of their support ,fine ,call them Lions 2 if you like . lions cubs hunters all mean exactly the same thing .... Leicester They must be the same 2,000 who had nothing to do with the Coventry Bee's when Leicester hosted their home meetings for them last season. As a result of poor support they have no team to support this season which is a shame for all concerned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cupidstunt Posted December 4, 2018 Report Share Posted December 4, 2018 Just Guessing Dan Thompson Joe Thompson Ruddick to start with Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mac101 Posted December 4, 2018 Report Share Posted December 4, 2018 29 minutes ago, Cupidstunt said: Just Guessing Dan Thompson Joe Thompson Ruddick to start with Would also like Luke Harris back he goes well there and scores a few points on the road as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Al Posted December 4, 2018 Report Share Posted December 4, 2018 On 11/30/2018 at 9:17 PM, flagrag said: Thompson Twins and an ex Tiger looks like the starting point for the Leicester NL team. So that's either Martin Johnson or Ben Wilson. Can't see Johnno on a speedway bike.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Posted December 4, 2018 Report Share Posted December 4, 2018 Shelby Rutherford is a steal on a 3.16 average the twins at reserve and Shelby at 2 would make a good bottom end. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cupidstunt Posted December 4, 2018 Report Share Posted December 4, 2018 5 minutes ago, Greg said: Shelby Rutherford is a steal on a 3.16 average the twins at reserve and Shelby at 2 would make a good bottom end. why 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Posted December 4, 2018 Report Share Posted December 4, 2018 Just now, Cupidstunt said: why Because that way you would have good reserves all year which is key in the league . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adonis Posted December 4, 2018 Report Share Posted December 4, 2018 7 hours ago, W9 Lion said: They must be the same 2,000 who had nothing to do with the Coventry Bee's when Leicester hosted their home meetings for them last season. As a result of poor support they have no team to support this season which is a shame for all concerned. thats correct , but this team wouldn't have a group actively working against it , so a few might turn up to watch , Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adonis Posted December 4, 2018 Report Share Posted December 4, 2018 1 hour ago, Cupidstunt said: Just Guessing Dan Thompson Joe Thompson Ruddick to start with Tom Woolley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben91 Posted December 4, 2018 Report Share Posted December 4, 2018 45 minutes ago, Greg said: Shelby Rutherford is a steal on a 3.16 average the twins at reserve and Shelby at 2 would make a good bottom end. No he isn’t, he’s been around Donkey’s years and is still a NL reserve/second string. Reached his level. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoldenGauntlet Posted December 4, 2018 Report Share Posted December 4, 2018 Realistically, nothing is going to get more votes than Cubs, which personally I think makes them sound like a kids team and would be difficult to market to new fans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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