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  1. 2 hours ago, davieb1 said:

    If you knew what I know about our female boss you wouldn't like her much 

    And I've promised not to spill the beans 

    So I wont

    I believe this is just sour grapes as this poster has been told their services are no longer required with the new owners and are known a known trouble maker along with a few others whom thought they were very important but have actually been found out.

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  2. 3 hours ago, Phil The Ace said:

    I did hear the match against us could be in doubt due to track but they have since had good weather so hopefully they have sorted it now. 
     

    but it does seem weird they have not put any pictures up of the finished track yet. 
     

    when is your P&P btw 

    The track is in good condition now but like we all know starting the season in Mid March is risky with the weather as tracks just do not dry very fast at this time of year but if back end of the week is ok all should be fine . If Wet on Wednesday for P&P it’s likely no on track action to save it for the next day.

    The Circus and Stunt show is on next to the stadium but have no shows on Thursday’s but do have two shows on Wednesday which may mean the car park is busier for P&P

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  3. 2 hours ago, JamieE said:

    Been a while since I checked in on this thread...relieved to see it's not being dominated by talk of the return of KK, it's not at that stage yet! :D

     

    My guess for the last 2 riders...Wozniak & Zengota. Neither signed in Denmark yet that I can see, so have a bit of space in their calendars? Was a big fan of Zengi in his season at the Bees in an albeit poor season for the club as a whole, was a fan favourite if I recall but did have a frustrating habit of going something like 0,3,3,0 in a meeting! Looked to be doing a solid job for Leszno last season?

    Leicester tried Wozniak but said that he was going to concentrate on Poland and Grand Prixs  this season but was open to a call later in the season depending on how things were going.


  4. 1 hour ago, iainb said:

    He'd get more varied experience riding at Leicester, where every bend is, erm, unique, than riding on the big flat out continental clone-a-tracks

    But will get to ride against Europe’s best riders regularly which wouldn’t happen if commits to a full season in UK


  5. 37 minutes ago, RoundTheBoards said:

    Because you can only have 7 rides in a team, and since everyone expects Will Cairns to come in once he turns 15, someone would have to make way.

    Not 100% sure William will go straight into Cubs team once he turns 15 as my understanding is that he is still going to be very busy on the continent getting more varied experience including in Poland under the guidance of Mr Hancock so will possibly be missing a number of weekends.

    What may possibly happen is William guests for the Cubs as an unattached 2pt rider when required and available 


  6. Max developed well in 2023 and can ride Edinburgh very well, He was only at reserve last year due to him being in such a successful Leicester team with Thompson x2, Boughen and Max Perry in another team he would have been higher in the team.

    Max has immaculate equipment,Good sponsors and is very keen to listen & learn I wouldn’t have doubts about away meetings he can regularly beat the likes of Harrison,McGurk,Perry,Hagon 

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  7. My understanding is that Leicester had no option to have Joe T and Max Perry in the team  even if they have two 3pt reserves and another in the main body of the team .

    I believe there is a rule being brought out about riding in Championship and NDL with clubs being limited to just one rider that can do both leagues this is to prevent fixture clashes and trying to find guests.

    .So  with Max already signed for Poole and Joe at a track the club had to make a decision and went with Joe as the solid number 1 hopefully Max will be back at Leicester at some point 

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  8. 15 hours ago, FishersGate said:

    If I was the new social media guy dealing with the fricke annoucement...

    Firstly - A short video of his best passes at leicester and in the grand prix

    2. Followed  by a clip of the track record he broke last season

    3. Then a short interview with max about why he wanted to sign for us again

    4. A week or so later I'd have a full interview / Q n A session with max. Can be done over Skype if he's back in Australia.  Can talk about his ambitions, favourite tracks, riders etc. 

     

    The new social media team at Leicester are very much on trend with lots of experience of creating content for the younger market as they themselves are in the 14-23 group with TikTok,Insta Reels and You Tube shorts being their forte. They have some great ideas and are fortunate at Leicester to have some other people involved with the club whom have lots of experience of Media and Marketing 

    There will also be the more traditional social media like X (Twitter) Facebook along with of course the usual press releases  too so hopefully should be something for everyone 

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  9. 4 minutes ago, TTT said:

    No idea but neither party can be a chooser. 

    Joe Thompson is the best RS available around Leicester and he needs the experience and money.

    Dickson needs a RS who can ride Leicester well and have the beating of the oppositions RS at Home most weeks.

    I believe relations are better now and Mr Cairns is keen that the Thompson family are involved at Leicester as he is a huge promoter of British youth Speedway.

    I would agree that Dan or Joe T are probably the best RS round Leicester it was Dan’s away form that was the issue last season but showed that he improved greatly towards the end of the season.


  10. 2 hours ago, Fromafar said:

    Is the mitigation consideration that he got caught.Seems rather light sentence.IMO.Especially suspending 9 months of it.

    The Mitigation was that his drink got spiked on a night out the weekend before the test took place. Which was confirmed in the levels that were in the laboratory tested sample .


  11. Leicester team is all sorted if the points limit and amount of teams competing remains at what was agreed back in September's mini AGM then the Leicester team will have a real international feel to the team . More will become clear shortly with the new owners announced 

    If it increases then a lower order rider will not be in place and an Eastern European rider will be in. 

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  12. 3 hours ago, Triple.H. said:

    So if Leicester don't run the meeting on either Saturday or Sunday and let's be honest they need to call it early both days. But Oxford run there's on Halloween does that leg then become winner takes all ?

    Yes that is my understanding if Leicester is off Saturday,Sunday & Monday but Oxford goes ahead it will be a winner takes all final .

    The same applies to the KO Cup if that does not get completed at the weekend it will be awarded just on the 1st leg at Mildenhall


  13. 21 hours ago, Happy Hunter said:

    From the Oxford website :-

    THE new date for the home leg of our National League Grand Final against Leicester Lion Cubs has been set as Tuesday, October 31st at 7.30pm.

    Oxford have been warned that by waiting until 31st October that if the meeting gets cancelled due to weather then the result will be taken just from the away leg at Leicester.

    SCB wanted the meeting to take place today or Thursday but Oxford have decided to wait 

    If both meetings get cancelled due to the weather then it will be decided upon final league position 


  14. 4 hours ago, NeilWatson said:

    Yes, it would affect the guest for Woffinden as the same rider couldn't guest tomorrow and next Thursday for Sheffield at Owlerton - maybe a different guest will be used tomorrow to free up a preferred guest for the final? Lambert for Musielak is fine as per previous posts.

    I have a feeling that Max Fricke will be guesting for Sheffield at home  in the play Off finals along with Lambert . I don’t think Max is able to guest away though as his average from 01/10 will be too high 

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  15. 3 minutes ago, 40-38 said:

    We’ve had chances to close it out and never took them. Fricke was missing the kind of second heat leader back up that Ipswich, Sheffield and Belle Vue had. 

    In hindsight It could have been so different if a certain rider had not changed their mind about signing for Leicester  at start of August to go elsewhere when a more familiar option became available .

    All I shall say is Laguta has fully put the nail in Leicesters play off chances with his performance tonight and his dislike to the Kings Lynn track .

    Maybe the club should been even more ruthless and gambled to drop Lawson and Allen to bring in a GP star and a weaker reserve before the cut off to give that top end strength that we lacked at the tail end of the season. To me the most disappointing thing is how it has been allowed to slip away especially all the hard work with away wins at Wolves and Sheffield both of which have been home fortresses this year 


  16. Well done to Peterborough for getting all the points tonight Leicester were not fast enough on track personally I would have put Kerr in 15 as he was able to hold the tight lines on the inside and looked faster than Lawson.

    You have to think as well looking back over previous score I think Richie Worrall would have scored more than 3 points tonight that would have made the difference.

    I still say the failure this season has been the home losses to Ipswich and Wolves 


  17. 9 minutes ago, Daniel Smith said:

    So R/R for Cook then? 

    Looks like Belle Vue fancy Leicester over Ipswich in the Play-Off Semi then

    Not so sure about that as Leicester should have beaten KL at home anyway, It’s getting the away win that is more important than anything now if BV wanted Leicester in PO they would have allowed them the bonus points 


  18. 2 hours ago, Phil The Ace said:

    Im One of Kerr or howarth will be in for cook soon after Sheffield make their changes. 
     

    that won’t be enough for you guys though 

    If the rumours at Leicester are correct it may well be both of them plus Ellis  to bring in Holder,Mountain and 3pt rider.
     

    With Leicester getting Howarth and Kerr I agree that’s not going to be enough it needs a more high hitter who is going to get 10+ away from home with Cardiff this week a perfect opportunity for a rider to leave some kit over here but nobody wants to do it now Plus of course we need a miracle to get points away at BV, Peterborough and Wolves 


  19. Just got home after accident closing the motorway but Leicester just do not have enough current top end support for Max Fricke when it comes to racing the opposing 1&5 we come unstuck especially in heat 13 & 15

    The strength in depth option has not worked and now all the GP stars that wanted to do UK have signed elsewhere so anyone incoming is likely to riders released by other clubs as they strengthen for the Play Offs .

    Unfortunately after tonight I feel this may have been one home loss too many to get into the Play Offs and Fan support is going to drop now so Monday will most likely be the last Lions Premiership meeting at home 


  20. 2 hours ago, 2ndbendbeerhut said:

    No way will Sheffield be allowed to win Saturdays meeting.....

    I think the inclusion of Ryan Douglas and Jason Edwards for Sheffield at Leicester shows that both clubs need to beat each other. They could have just gone for RR and used Ashton Boughen as he will already be there for the Cubs match 

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