Stars look to bounce back against Sheffield

King’s Lynn bid to return from a bad night at Belle Vue when they head north again tonight to visit Sheffield in the ROWE Motor Oil Premiership (7.30pm).The PSH Environmental Stars went down to a 57-33 defeat in Manchester in a meeting where there was little to take in the way of positive outcomes.And skipper Nicolai Klindt summed up the mood in the camp, having been reduced to an uncharacteristic score of just 1+1 from three rides.Klindt said: “Very embarrassing for myself and just as disappointing on a team performance, with only two race winners all night.“The track was the same for everyone, but the Belle Vue boys got on with it much better than we did.“The fact is I was miles behind in every single start, and no matter where I rode, I was slow.“We can’t do anything about it now, we just have to focus on the next task ahead of us.” That next task comes up in South Yorkshire where Lynn face a Sheffield side who suffered a hammer blow just prior to their league campaign with the serious injuries suffered by Tai Woffinden in a crash in Poland. But the remaining six Tigers riders galvanised as a unit to slam Birmingham 61-29 in their opening home outing last week, with former Stars reserve Anders Rowe scoring a paid maximum on his debut.Elsewhere in the side, Josh Pickering and Chris Holder are also ex-King’s Lynn riders, and rider replacement will operate for the stricken Woffinden.Stars bosses Rob Lyon, Dale Allitt and Keith Chapman are naturally keen to see their side respond after Monday, with mechanical matters amongst the issues to address. They said: “We are fully aware as a club that we need to do a great deal better than on Monday.“With the way the team is built, everyone needs to be firing, and this is the same team which won home and away against Oxford, which feels a long time ago now. “We need to see a response and an improved performance at Sheffield, and then it’s a very important home match against Leicester on Monday.”Sheffield: Jack Holder, Anders Rowe, Josh Pickering, Tai Woffinden R/R, Chris Holder, Danyon Hume, Leon Flint.King’s Lynn: Ben Cook, Richard Lawson, Nicolai Klindt, Niels-Kristian Iversen, Jan Kvech, Chris Harris, Ashton Boughen.