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Not for me that Phil. Sometimes being part of a works WhatsApp group has its downsides 😂

Or even Kerry Katona’s… 😭

Is right. One of the best racers and entertainers out there at the moment along with Woryna. An obvious, and sensible choice.

Was gonna say the same it’s one poster just giving examples 😂 Nothing stoping Poole or anyone else moving up and signing any of those.

Sake 😩 Sorry Danny love ya an all but no 🤦🏼‍♂️

Speedway rider Cooper Rushen lives in Essex, England. [1, 2] Background Details Hometown Origin: Born in Colchester and raised in Essex, where he was homeschooled to accommodate his busy racing schedule. 😉

Essex lad ain’t he Phil?

Not really and as ever, the devil is in the detail. Could say the same about Musielak being on a 6 after his stint with Birmingham. Oxford relied far too heavily on Janowski to be the heatleader in two poor teams with little top end strength. He was one of their two heatleaders at 1 or 5 until the closing weeks of the ‘25 season. That clearly affected his average. Sign two heatleaders and leave him alone in the middle order where he’s not likely to move from, and there’s a point increase minimum on his GSA of 6.06. It may not be a sexy signing, but it would definitely be a smart one. IMO obviously.

Not sure why I had 7.27 in my head. I agree totally and why I’m puzzled at some of the comments particularly on Facebook when it comes to next years Team. Some of the suggestions on there you’d need a 50 points limit, others are frustrating because I know a fair few of them and they’ve been going so long that they SHOULD know how team building works in terms of averages. Some don’t even bother to look at the figures and just go “Sign Musielak and King next year because they’ve been great this year” Yes, they have indeed but that’s exactly why you DON’T sign them. They’ve maxed out their averages. Sign those two and you’ve got your second and third heatleader already. Do fans want to win the title again or not? In the words of Coleman “We’re not there to make up the numbers”. Whoever we manage to get as a number 1, our biggest rival (amongst others) will be Belle Vue who will no doubt retain Kurtz and Bewley. Musielak just isn’t on their level however you slice it so we’ll always be at a disadvantage going in to the crucial last few heats. We won our title with Doyle and Emil. We only really started seriously competing when we signed them. Belle Vue have been there or thereabouts, with Kurtz and Bewley. Sheffield been there with Jack Holder, but he was backed up by a stronger second and third heatleader in C Holder and Pickering. You ain’t winning a Premiership title with Musielak and King as two of your Three heatleaders.

Run this through a translator. Not sure we’ll get too much help from Uncle Artur this winter! He seems to have his hands full dealing with the aftermath of Wroclaw’s failure.

No. Both of those are sensible signings. If it’s say 34 points for a top five with two U21’s at reserve, you can then still add two eight pointers for a powerful one and five, and still have room for another six pointer to slot in at two.

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We could all put our preferred line ups on here and I doubt any of us would name the same septet. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t think Janowski is a world beater capable of a 9, or even 8 point average here anymore. But for me he’s a seven pointer potentially therefore a point increase. Janowski on a 6 in the middle order makes much more sense than King on 7.27. Not all signings have to Jump out at you, you just have to build smart to be successful. Despite being without doubt our best riders this year, neither King nor Musielak have much (if any) improvement in their averages therefore you don’t sign them for ‘27.

Hence a 6 point average. He’s better than that.

Generally speaking, clubs would do well not to jump the gun on their team building this year. There could well be good options developing further down the road with riders choosing Poland and GB as their leagues this year and joining the Sweden exodus. If clubs go too early, they could end up regretting it. Edit: On the other hand and I’m contradicting myself here, maybe the best strategy is to strike quickly before Sweden backs down and resolves the tyre issue..

You beat me to it! Wroclaw connection, 6.06 average is hardly a risk either. Would slot in the middle order.

Think that was fairly obvious the way they were banging on about him all week on the socials.

You’re right it isn’t. Let’s hope that vastly improves after the winter track work.

Wonder who is going to be doing our track work this winter? I hope it isn’t those responsible for doing the Wroclaw track! Their supporters are absolutely fuming on social media after losing to Torun yesterday, many blaming the way the track is prepared and the chronic lack of “racing” 🥴

Yeah that one went too far and is an obvious giveaway 🙄 Another for the ignore list.

A Premiership club would struggle to get Mikkel Andersen over! Glasgow or anyone else in the Championship, zero chance.

Thank you for the detailed reply.

Had a few Skid. Will read it and reply tomorrow. All the best

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Forget rivalries aside, Kings Lynn are a fine Speedway Club. They’ve always been a big part of top flight speedway going back to the Terry Betts and Michael Lee days, had some of the best riders in world speedway. The fact they’ve never celebrated a top flight title isn’t right really. They’ve a loyal fan base and they deserve their spot in the sun. Until change happens, I doubt that will come unfortunately for them.