Mr Blobby Posted April 8, 2014 Report Share Posted April 8, 2014 Well after an unbeaten start to the season we come across our toughest tet yet the Workington Comets The team which is fancied to lift the PL title at the end of the season spearheaded by former tigger Josh Grajczonek and backed up by Bach and Wells. Weather is good for the rest of the week so no problems on that front Edinburgh to win by around 10-12 points. Expected line-ups for friday: Edinburgh Craig Cook Aaron Fox Max Fricke Derek Sneddon Sam Masters Justin Sedgmen Stevie Worrall Workington Josh Grajczonek Mason Campton Ricky Wells Kyle Howarth Rene Bach Chris Mills Ashley Morris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheScotsman Posted April 8, 2014 Report Share Posted April 8, 2014 We'll need our reserves to hit 15+ to have any chance of a win. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Django Posted April 8, 2014 Report Share Posted April 8, 2014 I reckon about 52-38 to the Monarchs with another Cookie max Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylorj Posted April 9, 2014 Report Share Posted April 9, 2014 Heading up with the Supporters bus, been a while since we have brought a bus up to Armadale, so really looking forward to it. Bit of a bogey track for Worky but hoping we can keep it close. Can't see Cook letting anyone get the better of him especially after his slip up with Vissing last week . Having Sedgman at reserve teamed with Worrall could be our thorn in the side. Early on in the season so a safe meeting for all riders , looks all set to be a cracker Come on the Comets !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scaramanga Posted April 9, 2014 Report Share Posted April 9, 2014 Heading up with the Supporters bus, been a while since we have brought a bus up to Armadale, so really looking forward to it. Bit of a bogey track for Worky but hoping we can keep it close. Can't see Cook letting anyone get the better of him especially after his slip up with Vissing last week . Having Sedgman at reserve teamed with Worrall could be our thorn in the side. Early on in the season so a safe meeting for all riders , looks all set to be a cracker Come on the Comets !! only in recent years we used to go well at armadale Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bandit59 Posted April 9, 2014 Report Share Posted April 9, 2014 only in recent years we used to go well at armadale Never used to go to watch Worky at Edinburgh when Lawson was NO 1 he couldnt ride Armadale[just like Berwick]but am going on Friday Josh normally goes ok hopefully a closer match than last week Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Blobby Posted April 10, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 10, 2014 This weeks podcast features Alex Harkess, Tony Jackson and Ricky Wells for anyone that is interested. http://www.edinburghmonarchs.co/podcasts/category.asp?cat=Monarchs_Podcast Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Lucan Posted April 11, 2014 Report Share Posted April 11, 2014 Hopefully, this will be an interesting match up, it would be nice to see the Comets produce a decent performance this time around at Armadale, not nowadays a happy hunting ground for us but with Josh and Ricky going pretty well and Rene starting to look like his old self, we could worry E,boro especially with some solid support from Mason and Kyle and likewise at the tail end with Chris and Ash!! Don't see too much beating Cookie round there but we are more than capable, on a good day, of taking care of the rest which should yield us a good result, not entirely confident of the win but certainly confident of keeping this close and nicking a point!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halifaxtiger Posted April 11, 2014 Report Share Posted April 11, 2014 Should be a cracker. Looking forward to it. Edinburgh has always been one of my favourite tracks, never seen a bad match there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Django Posted April 11, 2014 Report Share Posted April 11, 2014 Wasn't far off in my prediction!!! 22 points for Edinburgh reserves against 4 for Comets (excluding Bonus points) tells everything that is wrong with the team and why we will fall just short of the big prizes. Still think we will give some teams a real going over when those top 5 all fire but with only 3 performing tonight it left too big a gap. Cookie a class apart again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Blobby Posted April 11, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 11, 2014 Didn't look like losing tonight solid performance once again a little blip half way through the meeting other than that looked comfortable. Though aaron was unlucky to get excluded as Campton was constantly locking up and grinding to a hault all night in the middle of the bends, but means nothing now as it hasn't effected the result in the end. Cook - tried to team ride aaron round in heat 1 but it all got a little to tight so cleared off. again untouchable aaron - made a couple of decent starts but just lacked pace Max - was fantastic tonight really looked the real deal this evening Deek - fell hurt his back and withdraw. hope he isn't out for to long Sam - had better nights but still done okay Justin - rode well, nice and solid Stevie - great again tonight struggled in his last coulpe when it got a bit slicker Josh - best i have seen him ride the dale Campton - made good starts then kept pulling massive lockers and basically stopping in the middle of corners Wells - had better nights at the dale Howarth - poor apart from the one ride when he made a gate and was all over the place infront until the he eventually fell off in spectacular style rene - expected more as he has done well before Mills - when he eventually turned up around heat 7 (god knows how he was so late) should have just stayed home Morris - still can't gate and looked a little short on speed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fromafar Posted April 11, 2014 Report Share Posted April 11, 2014 (edited) Didn't look like losing tonight solid performance once again a little blip half way through the meeting other than that looked comfortable. Though aaron was unlucky to get excluded as Campton was constantly locking up and grinding to a hault all night in the middle of the bends, but means nothing now as it hasn't effected the result in the end. Cook - tried to team ride aaron round in heat 1 but it all got a little to tight so cleared off. again untouchable aaron - made a couple of decent starts but just lacked pace Max - was fantastic tonight really looked the real deal this evening Deek - fell hurt his back and withdraw. hope he isn't out for to long Sam - had better nights but still done okay Justin - rode well, nice and solid Stevie - great again tonight struggled in his last coulpe when it got a bit slicker Josh - best i have seen him ride the dale Campton - made good starts then kept pulling massive lockers and basically stopping in the middle of corners Wells - had better nights at the dale Howarth - poor apart from the one ride when he made a gate and was all over the place infront until the he eventually fell off in spectacular style rene - expected more as he has done well before Mills - when he eventually turned up around heat 7 (god knows how he was so late) should have just stayed home Morris - still can't gate and looked a little short on speed Give Max a few more meetings and he will be hard to beat around Armadale Edited April 11, 2014 by Fromafar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bagpuss Posted April 11, 2014 Report Share Posted April 11, 2014 Will say the same about Morris as I have about Newman on a Plymouth thread, it's about time he was scoring decent points in the PL if he is ever going to be any good. One would have thought Armadale would be his cup of tea. In contrast great to see Stevie Worrall starting the season so well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavyH Posted April 11, 2014 Report Share Posted April 11, 2014 My ramblings from the Chatzone..... This was a big test tonight and we passed with flying colours.The turning point was heat 7 when just 2 points ahead Howarth went haywire on the last 2 bends to allow both Monarchs through for a 3-3 rather than a 1-5.Both teams had some bad luck/bad calls from the ref - Derek was elbowed off by Scrabbleman in heat 5 I felt, could have been all 4 back, Aaron came off when Campton parked his bike 1 yard in front of him in ht 8 after slowing to a crawl on every corner then Bach went down in heat 9 as Worrall lifted on bend 2. Surely if a rider falls due to one in front mucking it up the one in front should go?Cookie was rubbish, never got a full max, never got the track record lol. Aaron showed he can gate, a few more meetings and he'll be doing fine. Max was superb, just beaten once in his 2nd ride when outnumbered in the re-run. Derek ran out of room in heat 3, then was unlucky in 5. Sam still has to Master the bends but his speed is there for all to see. The reserves were great, maybe Stevie tired a bit in his last two.For Worky, I thought they looked solid but they couldn't win enough heats - only one apart from the Joker ride. Grajczonek won two, Wells one and Bach is still not back to his pre-injury form. Campton is much improved and had a good night, Howarth had a good second in 14 after spinning out on a paid win in 7, Morris scored a few thirds with Mills earning a 100 lines for arriving late!So a meeting where I predicted a 10 point win ended up as a 20 point one excluding the stupid 3 extra joker points. We hammered Berwick home and away last week, this team look very strong, but there's a long way to go. Luckily, r/r for Derek tomorrow doesn't really weaken us, hopefully he'll get his back sorted for next week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LagutaRacingFan Posted April 11, 2014 Report Share Posted April 11, 2014 Josh G did ok but Richard Lawson would have hit a maximum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Blobby Posted April 11, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 11, 2014 Josh G did ok but Richard Lawson would have hit a maximum. You clearly have never seen Richard Lawson ride Armadale then! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavyH Posted April 11, 2014 Report Share Posted April 11, 2014 Josh G did ok but Richard Lawson would have hit a maximum. Of course! as in his previous Armadale meetings 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HenryW Posted April 12, 2014 Report Share Posted April 12, 2014 (edited) Josh G did ok but Richard Lawson would have hit a maximum the fenceFTFY...no need to thank me Edited April 12, 2014 by HenryW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Lucan Posted April 12, 2014 Report Share Posted April 12, 2014 Oh well, it's back to the drawing board for us again, just never get any better up there, disappointing result?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halifaxtiger Posted April 12, 2014 Report Share Posted April 12, 2014 Wasn't far off in my prediction!!! 22 points for Edinburgh reserves against 4 for Comets (excluding Bonus points) tells everything that is wrong with the team and why we will fall just short of the big prizes. Still think we will give some teams a real going over when those top 5 all fire but with only 3 performing tonight it left too big a gap. Cookie a class apart again I think you are right here. Comets top 5 are as good as anyones (I was impressed with Campton and Grajczonek last night) but the reserves are poor. I don't think they will be convincing at home never mind anywhere else and that will cost Workington dear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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