george.m

Away watching Hearts beat Aberdeen last night. Opps, forgot, he claims to be a Hibee.

Hey we are all real speedway supporters and stand in the cold supporting our sport. Sometimes we have good times, sometimes bad. Some of us have more experience of the bad and it makes the good all the sweeter. We all know Embra promotion are very, very good at what they do. This is just a blip, they won't stand back and watch this every week.

At least you've retained your sense of humour mate.

I rest my case.

Was Fisher on his 2016 equipment tonight?

Thanks for providing the evidence for my original point.

Can only speak for myself mate.Don't hate the club nor the support. Unfortunately you have a few smug, arrogant and obnoxious supporters in here and elsewhere that bring it on the rest of you. They love rubbing people's noses in it when the team are successful, so others take the opportunity to even the score when they can.

Bearing in mind Armadale has a micro mentality, sorry climate, does this mean there'll be no meeting now at Armadale on 20th May? Just asking.

Posts with someone looking over his shoulder.Probably waiting to be told what to say.

Looking forward to reading the positive spins that'll be put on this one.

My opinion for what it's worth. With the exception of Dan Bewley, who I think we should all just be encouraging, is it's early doors yet to judge the performance of any rider this season, unless it's those with a track record of consistency who looked like they're carrying on from last year. I'm seeing Embra fans on here saying its early doors when in defence of their riders, yet others making predictions about their riders based on beating a Glasgow one early doors in the season. Hmm

Ah Weymouth. The memories come flooding back. The downfall of many a poor boy. He's not the only one Gaz. Not the only one.

Forgive me FB but I'm hardly getting a semi at the prospect. BTW just fed the lesser talented Monarch(s) a great line there.

Obviously Edinburgh are weaker this season. What I don't see though, is in previous years you could see several riders with the potential to really increase their average. I just don't see that now.

Touché

On a serious note. Running on a Friday or a Sunday is not just down to attendance levels. As has been discussed on this Forum ad nauseam and elsewhere in print and internet, rider availability and other use of Ashfield are factors. The Facennas made public parts of their long term plans for their asset (Ashfield) as well as the speedway team last year, so there is a reference point if we could be bothered to Google it. If we look at attendances in isolation, again there is a reference point - Glasgow ran on Fridays at Shawfield. So anyone who attended any meetings there will have their own recollection. Yes times have moved since then, but not dynamically enough to make such a difference. Not really rocket science is it? As for the argument of which day is better for revenue boils down to: 1. Attendance mix Adult v kids. For every adult you need 18 (eighteen) kids under 11, or 3 (three) 11-15s to bring in more revenue - hardly rocket science. 2. Additional spend - Which days brings in more? Guestimate - Friday due to alcohol and food sales (skip dinner at home and buy at Ashfield). Yes, Fridays might alienate some of the current client base (myself included), but that's business. Unless you're looking for anti-Facenna ammunition. Serious note. The same poster has asked this question before. Well, last time I looked neither Mintel nor Euromonitor nor TNS nor Kantar are members of the forum. So why ask the same question again and again? Try Google for previous responses.

Want to PM you but mailbox if full maybe?

Can't say I really paid any attention to the result yesterday mate! BTW - Your 15 minutes of fame now on FB!

Glasgow v Edinburgh, League Cup, 3rd April 2016 https://www.flickr.com/photos/glasgowtigersspeedway/albums/72157666643777131

A few pics from yesterday for anyone who's interested ... https://www.flickr.com/photos/glasgowtigersspeedway/albums/72157666643777131

Is that revolving door still in the home dressing room then?

Broke!

Close season all we heard about was Glasgow being top heavy, long tail, etc. No evidence of that today from Glasgow, but definitely from Edinburgh.

The only satisfaction today entertainment wise was the result. Obviously early season yet for the Monarchs and a wet track didn't help. Glasgow looked strong through 1 to 7 and it'll be interesting to see how our reserves and Lunna fair away from home. If they can at least hold their own with the home team's opposite numbers and injury's aren't too detrimental then it'll be a good season for us. Coty impressed today, so much more speed than last week. Danny - What can you say? He's a legend already. Ben - Bit more speed and quicker starts needed. Nike - Improved on last week. Richie - Growing in stature. Aaron/Richard - Reliable as ever. For Edinburgh, Masters looked superb - very fast and classy. Wolbert - usual Ashfield form, finishing position was the one he left bend 2 in. Fisher - I think this is a step backwards for all parties. Etheridge - early days. Riss - Ashfield form no different from where he left off last year, not progressed to heat leader form at Ashfield. Clegg - ditto. Young Bewley - has got balls, and speed - definitely one for the future. Well done for him mixing in this level of company. Agree with everything Cj69 says above - a very fair assessment. Good to see baba today. But coffee....? C'mon man!

Where are you seeing that Lioness? BBC website now saying cloudy at worst.