Daniel Smith

Finally, some questioning of the management at King's Lynn in the media 🙏🏻 Yes, it's a very gentle poke, hopefully some eyes can be opened https://www.lynnnews.co.uk/sport/foxes-loss-will-hurt-more-than-most-for-stars-fans-9476157/

Looking at the 'Users Online', I'm wondering if they're Bots. Some of the threads being read are going back a decade. Who reads threads going that far back?? 2+2 does suggest the numbers ain't genuine.

Sack them all, getting humped by Nohopeton is beyond embarrassing.

Absolutely, hence why I am adamant that the pinnacle of the sport should be a closed shop. All other world class forms of motorsport don't have qualifiers. All drivers/riders are hand picked as the best available. The best way for the SGP/FIM selectors to do that is by League racing from the top 4 divisions over a 3 season period.

Yes, the system is flawed, but, why can't we criticise the rider's?? Tungate is, always has been and always will be sh!t.

Happens every year an absolute shocker of a rider makes it through 🤣 It's the reason I'll repeat again. The Speedway Grand Prix Series should be a closed shop. The best rider's in the world should be hand picked. The top 12 automatically qualify & the best 4 rider's with the highest amalgamation of averages from at least 2 leagues from:- •Ekstraliga •Elitserien •Speedway Ligaen •Premiership

What's a nude tan bra got to do with it??

Hence why I said "many fans" as it's not directed solely at you. We want and need change to move this sport on and genuine ideas CAN help. As much as they deny it, promoters, managers and riders do read this forum. Ideally, we should be paying £15 admission. Ideally we should have Zmarzlik, Laguta and especially Lambert over here full time. Ideally we should be have major brands as sponsors. We are where we are because British Speedway has been stuck in this mentality that the fans don't matter. A constant dumbing down but increasing prices on us. Because of such measures, even the hardest of hardcore fans have been picking and choosing meetings. Many have given up all together. At fault for all that has been and always will be the clubs owners/promoters. It's never ever the fans fault if a club fails. Seeing Coleman's message, so sadly, makes me laugh. Why, you say?? If this guy keeps "running his mouth" to improve the sport, the other promoters will run him out of town within 4 years. Shamefully, Sandhu, Frost, J.Chapman and to a point M.Ford all ran out of the sport for trying to be 'progressive', many before them and since have also come and gone. Very loudly, it needs to be said to a number of this current promotions:- "You're fukkin s#!t at your job."

B ) is not and never will be an option. No TV deal in 2027 would pay out the numbers to make top tier Speedway "exclusive". It's not just the BSPL that needs to give their heads a wobble, it's very evident fans do too. It's why a a whole, we don't get listened to either. The concentration has to be on maintaining and/or expansion of what we have. There's still this mentality amongst many fans that we're a big player and we're not, it's not even close. Banning doubling-up (if it's 2 leagues) and guests would be a catastrophic move in such a weak position the sports in. Selfishness is what is killing our once loved sport. It's as simple as that. Me, me, me, me, that is all that's the focus for promoters. Doubling-up and guests is not, never has been and never will be the problem. That is such a fickle issue to this sport. Years gone by, we owned the sport. Everyone wanted to be here and 1000's would turn up to watch. Terrific atmospheres up and down the country. It's now Poland's sport. We need to get over ourselves and embrace being their support act. I've said it before, we can really strengthen our position by being a feeder league to those guys and it's us fans and Promoters that need to get their heads out their ar5e and work with and alongside Poland. Only then, could the pendulum swing back or way. Switch the mindset away from rules and regulations. They will absolutely fix nothing for nobody.

Wasn't it 45 but that also included bonus points??

Does anyone know the cut the host club takes from the meetings?? Has to be 40/50% at least no?? What's the viewing numbers during live and replays?? It's possible more profit could be had with totally empty stadiums & streamed meetings only.

There has been numerous mentions of significant dropoff of attendances within the Premiership clubs. This would be of have concern to many clubs but why? Will you / won't you continue as a fan in 2027 under the current structure? Why are attendances down? Why are Promoters so blind to public opinion?

Currently, "Thank you for watching, see you all back again in 2 weeks time."

How bonkers is that, the season has only just started, middle of July, yet there's only 5 home meetings left. Genuine questions: Every club fan up and down the country, do you have any drive left to bother attending in 2027?? If you have, why??

To be a multi World Champion, you're automatically up there as a great of the sport. Many have Zmarzlik as a great yet he's had the easiest era to complete his fate

To attract the LGBTQ whatever they wanna be called loony toons, how about: 'Catch That Dirty Little Young Person From Behind' Each team has to pick a brand & that becomes their team colours. It's the future

That's a random take. I don't think any 'World Class' rider wouldn't sign on the basis of who rides when they're not there. Sheffield's home stats are also showing that Jack being missing shouldn't effect the result that greatly. Jack has averages less than 8.00 so far at home in 2026 & tonight the covering riders managed an 8.00 average. Sheffield was 10 up after 10 and 5-1'd heat 15. Only heat 13 the result could have been different but with that being possibly the strongest heat in a meeting, winning isn't guaranteed. It is an absolutely terrific result for the Stars and some credit should be given to them for turning around a 10 point deficit with 5 heats left. To do that away from home, especially at Sheffield, was an incredible turnaround.

That's exactly what it is, nobody cares, especially about British Speedway. Rider's who have decent contracts in Poland see British Speedway as pocket money, it's no longer 'a wage'. Do folk through the gates even cover riders salaries now or is Sponsorships the main provider? Lap of honours, do they serve a purpose now anyway when fans can't hang over the fence for high 5s anymore? That was a pathetic thing to ban. One of the very last things in the sport that had that close interaction between fans & riders.

Joined (as Screamer) in 2003 as a 24yo.

Back in the good ol' days of the forum there were regularly 2000 live online. During GPs, World Cup, British Finals etc, 3-4000 could be online. Even today, there’s been around 740 online, which is not bad considering the current state of British Speedway.

How bad of a team do you have to be to only score 36 against a side with 3 'Rising Stars'?? 🤣🤣

How bad of a team do you have to be to only score 36 against a side with 3 'Rising Stars'?? 🤣🤣

Makes perfect sense as it was your weakest pairing left to give us some distant hope. The fact Cook flunked it isn't on Lyon.

Probably, but he had a 'Speculate to Accumulate' attitude which was working. Advertisements across the region in a 20/30 mile radius. Tiny initiatives on race days that kept kids & teens entertained during breaks / stoppages. All sorts of things happening. Importantly, the teams were always competitive too. Right from the day he left you could visibly see the decline in standards throughout. Same thing happened when he was in charge of the British Speedway events. He created a huge uplift in individual & team events, fans returned through the turnstiles to previously struggling meetings. Absolutely convinced King's Lynn would of had a league title (finally) & he had the minerals to push British Speedway forward to be competitive against the fight with the growth of Polish Ekstraliga.

I've said it many times & I'll say it again. Jonathan Chapman is the biggest miss to this club & British Speedway overall. I'm absolutely convinced we'd of had a top flight title with him by now.