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If Richie was good / worth his average then why didn't KL retain him? Could easily have signed Richie instead of Mr. I cba half of the time KK.

Hans has been good this season apart from his usual shocker at the NSS. Where's Worrall has been crap every week apart from the visit to Beaumont Park where he's a track specialist, Take out the Leicester trip then Richie has only scored 15+1 from 13 rides.

We have to be realistic. Play-offs are gone now and we're not beating Ipswich in the cup because Emil, Doyle and King will put up 70+ points between them over the two legs considering the state our 1-7 is in. Our season is now all about making sure we stop the losing streak by beating KL at least once because I can't see us beating anyone else with our 1-7. Sign whoever Leicester release as our No.1 because it's the best we're going to get unfortunately even if does turn out be Harris (Just can't see Buster splashing out big cash now for an Ekstraliga rider) Sign Rohan Tungate for Richie Worrall who will put in Heat Leader shifts at Home which will then take the pressure off Ben Basso. Sign the here and now journey man Craig Cook as a replacement for Ben Cook who'll get us 8+ a meeting at reserve almost every week because theirs no point in continuing with the Ben Cook deal considering Ben is a rider who'll come good in the future, A future that the club doesn't have.

I thought Ben would've been doing a lot better but it turns out Rob Lyon was on the money from Day 1 in regards to second season syndrome.

I agree that we've got a lot of underperformers, I'm just saying that Basso needs to be partnered with a strong No.3 who can a couple of races per meeting. With Richie 3 of his 4 wins came at Leicester where he's a track specialist other than that his scores aren't up to scratch for a No.3 which is no surprise considering he's a No.2/No.6 that's being asked to ride at No.3. Need someone to do a job like Danny King at No.3 in order to take the pressure off Basso.

Good question, Like most other decisions made over the winter, It just doesn't make any sense to me.

As for Basso it's no surprise to see him struggling now after everything that's gone on from Nicki's walkout all the way down to being asked to partner Richie Worrall in the engine room. Richie can't win races consistently at this level, He even struggles to get 2nd places most weeks so expecting Basso to become a solid HL in his second Premiership season is just to much pressure for the young dane.

I agree that other riders aren't performing to expectations. It's just with Ben Cook all we're doing is developing a rider for a club like Sheffield (Example) to reap all of the rewards in the future whilst we don't get anything out of the deal at all other than 3/4 point returns most weeks due to the rider not having enough experience on Prem tracks. It just doesn't make any sense to me when you could have someone like Craig Cook who'd consistently get at least 7+ points from reserve every week that'll actually benefit our club this year. I'd have a different stance on Ben Cook if we were coming to tapes in 2024 with Ben Cook in our 1-7 because then we'd get to reap the rewards going forward that would benefit our club from 2024 onwards.

Which would be a plus, I'm at the point now where we simply have to do everything possible to try and win at least one meeting. Going out losing every single meeting this season with no chance to put things right is the worst exit imaginable. That's why I'm fully with you on the Ben Cook take, Play-offs are gone already and it's all about stopping the losing streak now and for me we'd have a better chance at stopping the losing streak with Hans Andersen at No.6 rather than Ben Cook knowing that we can give Hans 7 rides at Home as well as technical tracks.

I'd actually make those Panthers changes as well. Klindt is better than R/R or Guest considering the guest is always a No.4 anyway. I don't see the point in doing other clubs a favour by developing Ben Cook for them because we're not going to reap any rewards from the situation considering we won't even exist by this time next year.

That's exactly what I'm thinking if it's Fricke who's going to get released (KL - Fricke, Toft, Jakobsen, TJ, Picko, C. Cook & Edwards = 38.98 Fits like a treat) If Harris gets released then he'll certainly be our No.1 because he's already back riding for us anyway and he's not doing a very good job so the signing won't make a difference to our side.

True. Would Buster want to sign Fricke up for King's Lynn instead of Peterborough is another question. I wouldn't put it past the bloke to make a double change at KL that would see Klindt and one other at Peterborough tbh.

I would gladly have Fricke at No.1 as he'll be better than what we've currently got. Wasn't great last year, Don't know what he was around our place before the cancelled 2020 season.

Hans is a small track rider these days and it shows, He'll be a very shrewd signing for a technical track club next year.

You just know Harris will get confirmed as our No.1 at the same time as well. Clown show is only just getting started imo.

No, Could end the season now and I wouldn't care. I just want Leicester to sign Laguta so we can say I told you so in regards to Busters actions, All this talk about nobody being available and yet Leicester are going to snap up a superstar even though we've had a 1 month head start.

Bomber having a mare at No.1 could be our second 0 point return from a No.1 coming up. Still the results don't matter to Buster so why should us fans care.

I'm just guessing with Lawson. Whoever gets released from Leicester will end up at Peterborough imo.

It's called a Buster problem, Hardly a coincidence that we've both got crap teams that can't compete at this level.

Lawson going imo.

Hopefully it's a No.1 as it'll just prove our point down at Peterborough.

Take Worrall from us please lol.

Spot on.

Maybe Nicki should start doing the job his club / clubs paid him to do before the season started.

Nicki P refused to continue a meeting for Grudziadz today because of the track. Maybe he should just retire if he doesn't have the bottle for it anymore.