ANGRY boss Alex Brady ripped into his King’s Lynn side after a humiliating home defeat.
The Stars’ team manager tore into his squad DURING and AFTER their humiliating 22 point home defeat against Sheffield on Monday night.
He raged: “I apologise to everyone who came and to summarise the one word I’d use is gutless!
“There were a couple of decent performances but beyond that it was pathetic.”
Brady had a dressing room inquest into the 34-56 battering, the heaviest home loss any side has suffered this season, as the Stars crashed out of the Knockout Cup at the first hurdle, losing 114-66 on aggregate.
They provided only three race winners and with only two heats left and with the Tigers already through to the semi-finals they trailed by a massive 26 points on the night.
“I’m not afraid to pull my punches,” blasted Brady. “I let the riders know my feelings during the meeting and I’ve let them know again in the changing rooms afterwards.
“All I can say is I hope they can produce a reaction, because we seriously need one.
“We knew it would be tough to qualify because we didn’t do ourselves justice away, but the expectation was to come here and win, and run it as close as we could but from Heat 1 onwards we weren’t in contention.
“You can’t ride the way we rode and expect to win, it’s that simple, and some people need a wake-up call very quickly.
“Preparation was good, the riders on track walk were saying it was the perfect track, and it’s difficult to put into words exactly how I’m feeling.”
Lynn, who lost to Sheffield in the League Cup Final last season, have won only one of their first four matches this year and it was their biggest defeat in front of their own fans since they were thrashed at the Adrian Flux Arena by Wolverhampton in May, 2021.
Words by Holeshot Media.
Images by Taylor Lanning.