Mr Blobby Posted April 20, 2018 Report Share Posted April 20, 2018 Better late than never to start the thread for this I guess. No worries weather wise for a change, fancy the tigers tonight with Worrall, Harris, Starke, Kerr and sarjeant all liking and riding the place well. With ex monarch Vissing who can be an awkward road block round the Dale also. Will be a tough one but hopefully we can come out on top. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SharpenRake Posted April 20, 2018 Report Share Posted April 20, 2018 11 minutes ago, Mr Blobby said: Better late than never to start the thread for this I guess. No worries weather wise for a change, fancy the tigers tonight with Worrall, Harris, Starke, Kerr and sarjeant all liking and riding the place well. With ex monarch Vissing who can be an awkward road block round the Dale also. Will be a tough one but hopefully we can come out on top. An easy win for the Monarchs. Glasgow have suffered lots of engine problems and aren't clicking as a unit. And surely a bit of poetic licence when you say riders 'like' the place. I honestly don't know anyone that likes it Monarchs by 10. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tapeworm Posted April 20, 2018 Report Share Posted April 20, 2018 Updates anywhere ? Nothing on Speedway Updates yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ekimba Posted April 20, 2018 Report Share Posted April 20, 2018 45 minutes ago, Tapeworm said: Updates anywhere ? Nothing on Speedway Updates yet. Try this http://www.edinburghmonarchs.co/live Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazc Posted April 20, 2018 Report Share Posted April 20, 2018 Well done lads a nice 4 pointer. Seems to have been an abnormally high amount of falls even for Armadale standards. But this sets us up nicely for Sunday. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joseq7 Posted April 20, 2018 Report Share Posted April 20, 2018 Pumped but it was only Edinburgh so nothing to rave about I suppose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazc Posted April 20, 2018 Report Share Posted April 20, 2018 3 hours ago, SharpenRake said: An easy win for the Monarchs. Glasgow have suffered lots of engine problems and aren't clicking as a unit. And surely a bit of poetic licence when you say riders 'like' the place. I honestly don't know anyone that likes it Monarchs by 10. I always love our reverse psychology tactic gives them false hope. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SharpenRake Posted April 20, 2018 Report Share Posted April 20, 2018 54 minutes ago, Gazc said: Well done lads a nice 4 pointer. Seems to have been an abnormally high amount of falls even for Armadale standards. But this sets us up nicely for Sunday. I'm glad the track is always well prepared at Armadale otherwise goodness knows what might have happened Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JanAndersen Posted April 20, 2018 Report Share Posted April 20, 2018 Glasgow throroughly deserved their win. While i suspect it wouldn’t have changed the overall result, heat 9 going from what looked like a 3-3 to a 0-5 gave the tigers a real boost and set the tone for the remainder of the meeting Was impressed with Max but Joel and Matt looked quite a bit off the pace and Ricky didn’t seem himself. Improvement required. The track seemed a bit tricky especially at the first and second bend (even more so than normal!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone Posted April 20, 2018 Report Share Posted April 20, 2018 (edited) First of all Tigers thoroughly deserved their victory, with both sides throwing away points to each other. Must admit the racing was mainly processional, apart from when riders got into problems on some areas of the track. Hopefully the track preparation will improve as the surface recovers from the weather ravages of the opening month, otherwise they need to bring back Alan Bridgett pronto. Even the performance of the referee, Stuart Wilson, was like the Monarchs, below par, when he correctly stopped ht 10 when third placed Vissing fell on bend 3 and fourth placed Starke laid down. However obviously he is unaware of the new ruling that for the re-run, Starke should have started on 15m in such circumstances. Whilst I recognise that it's early days, the abject performances of Joel Andersson so far, even for a newcomer, is a cause for concern. By all means give him 4 home & 4 away in Official fixtures, but if there is no significant improvement, then let's seek someone else (Kasper Lykke Nielsen or Frederik Jacobsen or Oleg Mikhailov or Patrick Hansen?) as prolonging the agony will do no favours for the rider or the fans. To end on a positive note, rather than slit my wrists now , Max Ruml impressed again with a further improved performance. Edited April 20, 2018 by cyclone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fingersfin Posted April 21, 2018 Report Share Posted April 21, 2018 Track was very poor last night which completely spoiled the event. However a win is a win over the nearest and dearest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
george.m Posted April 21, 2018 Report Share Posted April 21, 2018 (edited) Puting aside my allegiances. Having invested time and effort, via Social Media, etc, to bring newbies to the sport I cannot understand why there was no effort made to rectify the obvious issue with bend 1 and 2. For a neutral, or unfortunately any newbies, that was a detrimental advert for our sport. Edited April 21, 2018 by george.m 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mimmo Posted April 21, 2018 Report Share Posted April 21, 2018 Did the NJL match take place between the two sides in the 2nd half? 9 minutes ago, george.m said: Puting aside my alegencies. Having invested time and effort, via Social Media, etc, to bring newbies to the sport i cannot understand why there was no effort made to rectify the obvious issue with bend 1 and 2. For a neutral, or unfortunately any newbies, that was a detrimental advert for our sport. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edmon Posted April 21, 2018 Report Share Posted April 21, 2018 It did not. I believe they could not get riders to be able to hold the match. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mimmo Posted April 21, 2018 Report Share Posted April 21, 2018 30 minutes ago, edmon said: It did not. I believe they could not get riders to be able to hold the match. Thank You. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sings4Speedway Posted April 21, 2018 Report Share Posted April 21, 2018 11 hours ago, cyclone said: First of all Tigers thoroughly deserved their victory, with both sides throwing away points to each other. Must admit the racing was mainly processional, apart from when riders got into problems on some areas of the track. Hopefully the track preparation will improve as the surface recovers from the weather ravages of the opening month, otherwise they need to bring back Alan Bridgett pronto. Even the performance of the referee, Stuart Wilson, was like the Monarchs, below par, when he correctly stopped ht 10 when third placed Vissing fell on bend 3 and fourth placed Starke laid down. However obviously he is unaware of the new ruling that for the re-run, Starke should have started on 15m in such circumstances. Whilst I recognise that it's early days, the abject performances of Joel Andersson so far, even for a newcomer, is a cause for concern. By all means give him 4 home & 4 away in Official fixtures, but if there is no significant improvement, then let's seek someone else (Kasper Lykke Nielsen or Frederik Jacobsen or Oleg Mikhailov or Patrick Hansen?) as prolonging the agony will do no favours for the rider or the fans. To end on a positive note, rather than slit my wrists now , Max Ruml impressed again with a further improved performance. I believe the joys of the new ruling is that Starke could start from 15m back if the referee decides so. Basically another appallingly worded ruling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewmac Posted April 21, 2018 Report Share Posted April 21, 2018 (edited) Max impressed for sure. He has all the qualities needed to make a success of things . Very disappointing that the track surface was so poorly prepared, and it appears it was deliberately so too. Ricky Wells confirmed in an interview last night, repeated in the local paper report today, that it was how they had asked for it. Problem was, of all 14 riders, only Erik Riss looked truly comfortable on it and even he is quoted on the website as saying that conditions were tough! When you have your biggest crowd, for your best derby match, along with lovely weather, the last thing you should do is prepare a track that proves so difficult to race on. Massive own goal by the promotion. Edited April 21, 2018 by stewmac 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazc Posted April 21, 2018 Report Share Posted April 21, 2018 11 minutes ago, stewmac said: Max impressed for sure. He has all the qualities needed to make a success of things . Very disappointing that the track surface was so poorly prepared, and it appears it was deliberately so too. Ricky Wells confirmed in an interview last night, repeated in the local paper report today, that it was how they had asked for it. Problem was, of all 14 riders, only Erik Riss looked truly comfortable on it and even he is quoted on the website as saying that conditions were tough! When you have your biggest crowd, for your best derby match, along with lovely weather, the last thing you should do is prepare a track that proves so difficult to race on. Massive own goal by the promotion. Hopefully lessons have been learned but there is not a promotion out there that have not done this at one point or another. Sooner or later the penny will drop that it is an entertainment business and not win at all cost business to the detriment of the paying public. Or will they as they don't seem to care about the paying public. I was at Berwick last week and the track prep was spot on , gave both teams a chance to attack it result being a fantastic speedway meeting it is not rocket science. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gr8scot Posted April 21, 2018 Report Share Posted April 21, 2018 Well done Tigers... came, saw, conquered As they say so often in politics, lessons have been learned...... let’s hope so (mind you - politicians never seem to learn) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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