TheScotsman

Probably a tough decision. Erik had been going really well. Ricky had not been as good as usual. Erik had won his previous 2 rides. Ricky was on a warning. Damned if you do and damned if you don't.

Well I never - great 2 points. Keep the faith. Indeed I had expected him to kick on this season so have been surprised at his struggles. But tonight was an incredible score.

No-one in the Chatzone Predictions thread I don't think!! Ability has always been there. Newcy should be a good kind of track for him too.

Need to ramp up the luck a little bit by the look of the score. And maybe we are getting a wee bit now!! Cleggy - 3 wins!! Pick the bones out of that!! 2 down after 10.

Agree - we've kept faith with him this long we need to give him a run at reserve to try to rebuild some confidence. With a little bit of luck and who knows even a bit of gamesmanship (absolutely don't condone gamesmanship ), we could nick a point out of this. But Newcy are pretty useful round their own field.

It was a fair assumption though.

Bl**dy hell topless and/or factor 50 weather. There'll be sights for sore eyes tonight!

Is shanes going to be the permanent go to 2 point Guest throughout the land now? Nice earners for him whilst still not affecting his 2 point average. The lad is obviously very impressive but it will be a flaw in the system if he can get bookings regularly which fit around his other commitments, where he can stack up the points without any average increase. Maybe there should be a mechanism for taking guest scores into account on the calculation of averages? And of course he's a very attractive proposition for any team needing a wee boost at the bottom end of the team occasionally!!

No surprise at the defeat tonight. Would have been another one last week if the Riss boys had been in town. Hansen & oystercard have been poor.

That's usually a good indication that rain is around.

Are you allowed to be sceptical?

Thought the race had only gone 1/4 of the first lap?

They will be working on it.

The track covers will have kept the racing surface in good nick.

Absolutely not. I was just singing my little song.

Agreed. What happened to the transparency and new rule book that buster and his boys were going to bring in?

Hip hip hip hooray.

Cheers Gazc - glad it's all work in progress.

How's the stadium roof coming along?

Not much home advantage tonight!

Sounds from the updates that it was a great match. Well done to both sides.

I couldn't possibly comment - at least not on a Monarchs v Weegies thread!!

I think others may have had a "sun-off".

First time for everything!!

It was going to be every fortnight. Maybe they are actually going to stick with that.