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"Flogging a dead horse" springs to mind but you never can tell - miracles can happen ( allegedly ) just not very often !

Or "Call the Polis and wait another week for them (him) to arrive." ☺️

Have nothing against Polish riders, in fact most are great to watch, however am not so sure about celebrating having one when permission for availability from Polska can change almost overnight. Not the riders fault at all but it does leave a sour taste in the mouth especially as it could well happen again in the future. # bum deal for the paying public.

Does that mean he will be out next Friday also for the second leg or is this just a one off ? Kye, Victor, Jonatan & Max eligible to take his rides ? Not the start to the season we would have wished for so a bit extra pressure on the others . NB OK I see it is a one off thats a relief.

Looks to be a decent Friday for a change and hoping for a close and entertaining contest. Edinburgh have a couple of riders new to UK this year so it remains to be seen if they can hit the ground running. Paco did well last year and would expect Kye Thomson to bounce back better after last seasons injuries. Victor looks to be on a bargain average so he should certainly improve on that and captain Sedgy looks to be on decent early form. Has to be said that Tigers have put together an overall strong looking side with an impressive quartet of Harris, Howarth, Flint and Thompson. If Boughen does what many people believe he is capable of then Tigers could be in for a good season. Very impressed with how Dan Thompson has come on recently in both leagues and I bet that some teams are envious as he will be the one to watch in 2025 I reckon. On paper at least it should be a close encounter especially if Monarchs 2 new boys can master a completely new track to them. That could well be key to the final outcome. .

The "Man of Mystery" syndrome strikes again ! At least there's still a decent amount of time to source a reliable replacement. Better to happen now than later I guess.

Would be a real coup if we are permitted to have Victor at reserve. More likely to be Jonatan Rahn I would have thought. Since he is so new to UK tracks I would have Oskar paired with Sedgy. Would also agree that the Kye/Paco pairing did not consistently work well, so my 7 would be : Sedgmen Polis Thomsen Pavlovaara Castagna Rahn James

That may well be the case and there is no denying that such a signing does have an element of chance to it especially on a 6.00. Possibly more so than the signing of a new to UK Scandic 5.00 for instance. However, best of luck to him and the rest of this newly refreshed team for 2025. Certainly a lot of new interest for the fans to follow.

Monarchs have had two Poles in the past that I recall Darek Fliegert 1992 ( Powderhall ) and Michal Rajkowski in 2009 ( Armadale ). Fliegert had his moments as I recall but was a bit up and down overall. Rajkowski was an all action rider who had a run of good scores but don't think he finished the season due to injury, but not certain of that. UK tracks were a bit of a shock to both I think.

It must be about 12 years since was last with Monarchs and will be 39 in 2025. Thought they may have gone for a younger prospect that they could hold on to for a while. Not that there is anything wrong with 40 y.o. Speedway riders - there are plenty out there. Could turn out to be a red herring though as we've seen plenty of those on here in the past.

The way things are looking at present Monarchs are likely to have a much stronger No.6 next season - say a 5.00. So if Colesy was the one to get the 7 racejacket this may be less of an issue as the senior reserve could take an extra ride and a total of 7 if necessary. Although some clearly have misgivings I reckon that Colesy would still be likely to outscore a rookie 2.00 No. 7 from what is likely to be available. Of course, if Monarchs do manage to conjure up a 6.00 point man from somewhere, the 2.00 would have to come into play. Just a thought.

Clue is Nationality but really just wishful thinking like all the other guesses 😊

It's not always correct mind you, but this crystal ball still says Reidar X: 5.00 and Connor Coles : 3.25 for the final 2.

Cheers that's interesting. You would think he may be on Plymouth's radar as they have over 20 pts left and a good bit closer to London than Armadale.

Well that's one for starters. No idea who he is though.