TheScotsman

Fish & Osty please - total entertainment value! And they can beat anyone round the showground.

So are the awards only based on the last month?

Interesting to see that Sam Masters is on 8.22 the same as Lawson. Would have Sam 365 days of the year ahead of Lawson. But I sincerely hope Sam stays at Edinburgh!

Dunno - they didn't say. Hope it is Sunday.

Not sure about that. They did say they had been approached by loads of riders wanting to sign for next season. They can't all be bad!! Heard Lawson's name mentioned by a few people. Maybe it was William though!!

Good turn out. Decent meeting with a fair amount of openness from the 2 guys. Rathbone seems a decent kind of bloke. Good news about PL again - Fridays not so great given my traffic issues getting there but I'll cope!! Hope there are a few Sundays thrown in for off nights. An amount of negativity from a few but generally there was a positive approach especially after they said they were only interested in the future not the past. Slightly confused about the money aspect though. They need £8.5k per meeting to cover costs but were only taking £6.5k this year BUT they don't need any of the donations/sponsors etc to cover week to week running costs? So do the figures only work if another 150-200 turn up every week? The £40k they need to get going - is this every year or a one-off? But other than that they were about as open as they could be I suppose. Hopefully they have done enough. I'm happy to give them another few quid even though they are not my team.

How about a VIP club? Pay a hundred quid or whatever and get a special area in the stand, a special parking area, a couple of centre green visits and anything else they want to throw in which wouldn't cost them anything or anything much. Still pay normal entrance fee per match.

I admire your efforts! Wish you had shown the aways as well!! I hadn't realised foxy had scored so well but he didn't score well away. Plenty of other teams had reserves scoring better especially away from home.

Weak reserves for the last 4 months of the season!

Disproved this......... "You don't win anything in speedway unless you have one reserve knocking the points in. "

Monarchs did!!!

A 9 point rider has on average dropped 3 points in a meeting, or 4 assuming he does heat 15s. So why is he then likely to be lapping other PL riders? I don't remember any FTR riders being lapped by EL second strings this year and there was a big skill gap down to the most wobbly of FTRs. I'm not suggesting gp riders should be in the PL, but I see No problem with the likes of Cook, Stead, King etc being there. The biggest problem is them doubling up and fixture conflicts.

DON'T look if you are squeemish!!! Pic of his leg - http://instagram.com/p/tU7JSQTFIq/

It used to be good. But it was "Elite" then!! (Though in fairness my abiding memory at Ippo was there were very frequently 2 races per heat - heat leaders up front battling it out followed a quarter of a lap later by a pair of second strings. It seemed to be more watchable at Peterborough.) Should get some abuse for this!!

Superstars should of course be allowed in the PL. They draw people in to watch and set a benchmark for others to try to reach. Certainly shouldn't be forced into the EL - a shambolic place where you stand a fair chance of not getting paid.

I suppose the racing might still have been better than what you see at home.

Craig Cook - Ipswich - 56.3 - 16 October 2014. Ya beauty!

Nah - only increased by 1.49!! (Had a great season though.)

Hasn't really happened in the past.

100% I reckon Rob!!

Moi - smug?!! Why Somerset in particular? (Serious question.) Why were Newcy in it this year?

Sounds a goer. We've all got fed up with the springy thing so a different trophy to win would be SO exciting!!

How does this work? Do Monarchs race themselves? Or against the KO runners up? Or the League Cup runners up?

Far too soon to think about a 2015 Monarchs team.

Not sure how you are going to force British reserves to sign for Scottish teams. It's hard enough getting any Brits to do the travelling on a regular basis.