King's Lynn Stars 2025

[longmeadow]

11 hours ago, SpeedwayFan91 said:

If our team is the team that’s been suggested (B Cook, Iversen, Kvech, Klindt, Lawson, Harris, Boughen) then I think we have a good chance of making top 4… but if it’s any worse than that 7 then we’ve got no chance! I won’t be going if the team is worse than that stated above

 

[longmeadow]

How very loyal of you. If i dont get the team i want im not going?. At least youve got a team to watch. Be grateful

[customhouseregularisback]

1 hour ago, longmeadow said:

How very loyal of you. If i dont get the team i want im not going?. At least youve got a team to watch. Be grateful

Very good response. I travelled all over the country in the late 60’s to support West Ham. Statistically we were not going to win many matches but I still travelled to Scotland twice iin one year. True supporters stay loyal to their team. 

[Daniel Smith]

1 hour ago, customhouseregularisback said:

Very good response. I travelled all over the country in the late 60’s to support West Ham. Statistically we were not going to win many matches but I still travelled to Scotland twice iin one year. True supporters stay loyal to their team. 

Do you still go to West Ham week in week out, home and away??

[Daniel Smith]

Just now, Daniel Smith said:

Do you still go to West Ham week in week out, home and away??

Scrap that, you mean the speedway 👍🏻

[Daniel Smith]

2 hours ago, longmeadow said:

How very loyal of you. If i dont get the team i want im not going?. At least youve got a team to watch. Be grateful

You know this is nonsense right??

Under that theory every track should have between 5,000-10,000 every week.

There's always something that 'breaks the camels back' to make someone to no longer go.

In 2024 the "use it or lose it" speech doesn’t suffice anymore. 

Value for money is the be all & end all to a fan.

[SuperStarsFan91]

10 hours ago, longmeadow said:

How very loyal of you. If i dont get the team i want im not going?. At least youve got a team to watch. Be grateful

So I should waste 20 odd quid on a ticket, another 10-15 quid on food and drinks plus do a 100 mile round trip at least once a week to watch a team that is 2 points below the limit and worse than the team stated above?…

Edited November 9, 2024 by SpeedwayFan91

[RoundTheBoards]

28 minutes ago, SpeedwayFan91 said:

So I should waste 20 odd quid on a ticket, another 10-15 quid on food and drinks plus do a 100 mile round trip at least once a week to watch a team that is 2 points below the limit and worse than the team stated above?…

I guess whether you want to spend money on the admission fee and the travel, comes down to how much you enjoy the sport, versus how much you just want to support a winning team.

But I have to wonder why supporting King's Lynn requires you to eat £15 of extra food in a week.  

[SuperStarsFan91]

8 minutes ago, RoundTheBoards said:

I guess whether you want to spend money on the admission fee and the travel, comes down to how much you enjoy the sport, versus how much you just want to support a winning team.

But I have to wonder why supporting King's Lynn requires you to eat £15 of extra food in a week.  

Because I leave home at 5:30 when I go to speedway and I don’t get home until around 11-11:30… I don’t eat usually until 7pm ish, so you expect me to not eat or drink anything for the 6 hours I’m out?

[SteveLyric2]

1 hour ago, SpeedwayFan91 said:

Because I leave home at 5:30 when I go to speedway and I don’t get home until around 11-11:30… I don’t eat usually until 7pm ish, so you expect me to not eat or drink anything for the 6 hours I’m out?

Have you heard of making your own sandwiches and taking a flask or similar?

Edited November 9, 2024 by SteveLyric2

[SuperStarsFan91]

1 minute ago, SteveLyric2 said:

Have you heard of making your own sandwiches?

I shouldn’t have to… but even so, take the food and drink out of the equation, why should I waste 20 odd quid on a ticket and petrol on a 100 mile round trip if we had a team that clearly wasn’t capable of getting top 4 from the start and being 2-3 points under the limit?… to be capable of getting into the top 4 we need a team that is no worse than Cook Iversen Kvech Klindt Lawson Harris Boughen!! It’s as simple as that 

[RoundTheBoards]

1 hour ago, SpeedwayFan91 said:

Because I leave home at 5:30 when I go to speedway and I don’t get home until around 11-11:30… I don’t eat usually until 7pm ish, so you expect me to not eat or drink anything for the 6 hours I’m out?

I expect you to eat every day.   Regardless of whether you go to speedway or not.

I know I eat every day.   I don't only eat on days when I'm at a speedway meeting.

[SuperStarsFan91]

49 minutes ago, RoundTheBoards said:

I expect you to eat every day.   Regardless of whether you go to speedway or not.

I know I eat every day.   I don't only eat on days when I'm at a speedway meeting.

I don’t usually spend £15 a night on food and drink though…

But as I’ve already said, take the food and drink out of the equation, why should I waste 20 odd quid on a ticket and petrol on a 100 mile round trip if we had a team that clearly wasn’t capable of getting top 4 from the start and being 2-3 points under the limit?… to be capable of getting into the top 4 we need a team that is no worse than Cook Iversen Kvech Klindt Lawson Harris Boughen!! It’s as simple as that 

[Col]

On 11/8/2024 at 7:00 PM, SpeedwayFan91 said:

I think Ben will kick on, his average is 6.99 as it stands and I expect him to finish 2025 in the 7’s… can’t see him going down 

His average will go down if he's at #1 rather than #4.

On 11/8/2024 at 6:23 PM, 4BenMoran said:

Be interesting to see if Ben Cook can take that next step as a Star in 2025, there’ll be more pressure on him in that side than there was at BV in 2024 

Why would there be more pressure on him in a team that clearly won't compete, than in a team which expects to win the league?

On 11/8/2024 at 10:21 PM, SpeedwayFan91 said:

If our team is the team that’s been suggested B Cook, Iversen, Kvech, Klindt, Lawson, Harris, Boughen) then I think we have a good chance of making top 4…

That septet will endure humiliation away from Saddlebow road almost every fixture.

[SaddlebowRoad]

6 hours ago, Col said:

His average will go down if he's at #1 rather than #4.

Why would there be more pressure on him in a team that clearly won't compete, than in a team which expects to win the league?

That septet will endure humiliation away from Saddlebow road almost every fixture.

cheers for that happy harry 👍

[Pauldoveyspeedway]

2 hours ago, SaddlebowRoad said:

cheers for that happy harry 👍

Course it will go down if he's number 1 ...

[SuperStarsFan91]

9 hours ago, Col said:

His average will go down if he's at #1 rather than #4.

Why would there be more pressure on him in a team that clearly won't compete, than in a team which expects to win the league?

That septet will endure humiliation away from Saddlebow road almost every fixture.

If he stays at number 1 though then surely his average will go up… as Kvech and Lawson will add to their averages I’m sure… and if Cook doesn’t stay at 1 then his average will start going up again when he moves back to 2, 3 or 4 

[SuperStarsFan91]

10 hours ago, Col said:

His average will go down if he's at #1 rather than #4.

Why would there be more pressure on him in a team that clearly won't compete, than in a team which expects to win the league?

That septet will endure humiliation away from Saddlebow road almost every fixture.

If you think that septet won’t win any away matches then you’re clueless, yeah it won’t win them all but it will probably win 20%, which will be enough if they win 90% of home matches (which will happen if all fit)

[Daniel Smith]

9 hours ago, Col said:

That septet will endure humiliation away from Saddlebow road almost every fixture.

That's what the management want (regardless of what they say publicly).

King's Lynn is built on the cheap. The aim is simple, just to TRY to win at home, and not by big margins, and be battered away.

Let me explain by numbers because all we'll get back is King's Lynn do pay well blah, blah, blah.

Here's an example.

Say Ipswich average 44 per meeting at £400 per point for their septet that's £17,600 per meeting. 

King's Lynn could offer their septet exactly the same terms but it's built "on the cheap."

King's Lynn average 40 per meeting at £400 per point, that's £16,000 per meeting.

Over a season

Ipswich pay £422,400

King's Lynn £384,000

Say, both clubs have similar attendances, King's Lynn are making better profits by being a cheaper, losing team.

This is why King's Lynn is always built "on the cheap" these days, the management know, and don't want, big home wins & to many (if any at all) wins away.

As long as you can get enough through the turnstiles, British Speedway don't actually offer real incentive to put together a 'winning team'.

[ouch]

11 hours ago, Col said:

His average will go down if he's at #1 rather than #4.

Why would there be more pressure on him in a team that clearly won't compete, than in a team which expects to win the league?

 

Next season, Ben whilst at 1, will ride against the same opposition in his first three races. The difference for his fourth race will see him against 3&5 instead 4&7. You would think this will impact his scoring. 

The silver lining is that he will be partnered by a lesser rider than Jaimon and is more likely to be in front of his teammate. Ben scored the highest number of bonus points for The Aces (24) and had he finished in front of his teammate his average would have been 7.53.