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Some flawed decision making here. If the track was deemed unacceptable at 2.20 by the referee after 2 hours of dry weather what must it have looked at 12.20 just as the rain eventually stopped. That was the time to call a halt to it. The rain came back on about 4.30 and hasn't gone off. Giving the weather a chance to clear is fine to try to get it on, leaving that to within an hour of the start when fans have started travelling is not. Whilst it was the ref's decision, its one that should have been made before that.

Match put off 40 mins before start time when its been dry since 1.30, the fans have already travelled and its not forcast to rain until 4pm! Poor show.

Rain meant to stop at midday then restart at 4pm. Plymouth are also already up having ridden at Worky last night so I'm sure they will give it every chance to go ahead.

Excellent return from Pijper

Its a shocking forecast from Sunday right through to Wednesday!

Getting points at Ipswich and PB next week will be pretty hard to come by. Would expect a reaction from Ipswich after they were beaten by Sheffield earlier in the week and Peterborough look pretty decent. A point from either would be a bonus.

Be interesting to see how Steve Worrall gets on.

Terrible weather and its freezing. No surprise its off, there was a weather warning for snow just above Glasgow last night.

He spent a summer going round with Shane Parker when he was 15 riding on his own after the main meetings. For his age he looked a good prospect then. He has done more than a few laps at Glasgow.

Be interesting to see what happens when Douglas is fit again. Pijper has been solid for Scunny so far this season.

No match point for the Tigers but hitting 40 points twice in the same season at Armadale, must be some sort of record!

Palovaara is virtually guaranteed 7 rides, I doubt Berge or Phillips will get a point between them. Thereafter the only home riders Kozza can get some decent points off are the Germans, and that's about as likely as Nicola Sturgeon becoming Prime Minister. Sedgmen won't be a repeat of Sunday either. Glasgow TR before ht8!

Its not gone un-noticed and I'm sure I'm not the only one unconvinced by him. Great when he gates, smooth and fast for a reserve but otherwise settles for where he ends up after turn 2. Victor also isn't pulling up any trees, his gating is generally awful and he is moved over far too easy.

A fair point, it depends where they are average wise once Riss gets his proper one, around 3.5 IMO and what fixtures Tabaka has on the continent! Sedgmen today reminded me of his time with Redcar, actually was not unlike Wolbert 2014 and we know how frustrating that can be!

A decent meeting in the sunshine today with ht7 the pick as Summers wound in the dud German and got him round the outside off turn 4, crossing the line just as his bike started smoking. Ht5 was also a good one as Morris and Cook swept inside and out for 2 laps before Morris took the advantage. Glasgow were never really troubled as Sedgmen was remiscent of the Redcar Justin from a few years ago, not gating, not interested and just trundling around at the back. Whilst Masters and Cook stepped up towards the end, Monarchs had little else picking up 9 last places over the meeting. Masters though was illustrious all afternoon. Had the meeting been closer Glasgow's thrown away points could have been costly. Kozza spinning out in ht6 whilst in third gifted Clegg his only point and Lawson clipping the the fence in ht10 gave the Sour Kraut an easy 3 points. Ht14 was scrappy, Palovaara couldn't get a very slow Branford whilst it seemed Berge never turned on his fuel tap having been pushed out on turn 2. Another very decent crowd today, the 0131's again travelled in numbers they must've thought a win was on the cards as they wouldn't have otherwise. When they come back in June, Riss will have a new average and one of his team mates at 6 or 7 will likely have been dispensed with.

We shouldn't be worried after only a couple of weeks. In 2011 it was early June before we really got going and we ran out of steam towards the middle of August. Expect a few teams to strengthen up after first set of averages.

I've been saying for several years we should ditch the Spring Trophy against EDI in favour of opening the season with a challenge against another team. Berwick would do nicely.

Berwick started poorly other than Masters and looked like it would be easy for us. That is until ht7 when they started gating, the Bandits provided all race winners from ht10 onwards. Ht13 was race of the night as both Morris and Lawson picked off Masters who had gated on a 5-1 with Vissing. Summers in ht15 was a surprise as he was hit and miss. Jorgenson in the rerun laid it down IMO having seen he was being left behind at turn 1. Bike problems for Berge and Sarjeant were cancelled out by Crang not scoring and Voldrich not gating.

Great win after a slow start. Hopefully the first of many away wins this season.

FFS breaking 40 points at Armadale, it really might be a decent season for us.

Fair point, we still have the Spring Trophy probably because that's what's always happened. I'd happily ditch it in favour of starting a challenge against someone else, and in April.

Smiler will score more!

The greater good is a one way street, I've never heard or read that opinion from a Monarchs fan. For the last 2 winters we could have closed for good and I doubt very few in the east would have batted an eyelid. We have rightly not been on their radar as we have been uncompetitive for several seasons, however what has been abundantly clear during that time is that they do not need us. The greater good only works when travelling fans reciprocate in the same large numbers and the home team on each occasion benefits from the gate money. Sunday hopefully has heralded a new dawn, an excellent travelling support who turned out on a rotten day. Glasgow look competitive this season, matches with the Monarchs look to be tasty and crowd pullers but rather than undermine the greater good ideology, the hard evidence will be in 3 weeks at Ashfield when we see if it actually is shared amongst the fans of both clubs.

But will they return in 3 weeks or will it be back to the usual handful? It would be a great atmosphere if they did and the weather played its part. #olivebranch #willwaitandsee

Or positive PR for those who don't like dogs at their weekly speedway meet.