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Edinburgh vs Leicester - Championship play-offs semi final first leg


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18 minutes ago, JanAndersen said:

Not even a contest sadly. The score flatters Edinburgh if anything. 

Not a flattering scoreline, Masters and Pickering getting beaten so many times is unusual at Armadale, not the best time for them to have off nights, possibly Poole giving Leicester a mauling may not have helped Edinburgh, it seemed to get Leicester fired up.

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32 minutes ago, Steve Shovlar said:

Doesn’t do the weekend northern clubs as he runs a weekend family business.

Not really that committed then, not a great example to set the riders... wasn't he playing golf for the Plymouth match?

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31 minutes ago, iainb said:

Not really that committed then, not a great example to set the riders... wasn't he playing golf for the Plymouth match?

I suspect the weekend family business is a more sustainable way of paying his bills. Think they said he was on holiday for the Plymouth match. Fair play - nothing wrong with not constantly bending over backwards at the expense of your family.

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1 hour ago, iainb said:

Connor Mountain: Man of the Match

 

1 hour ago, marko said:

Never saw that coming, Lasse and Kye looked different riders to last week against Redcar.

MOM must be Conner Mountain

 

1 hour ago, foreverblue said:

Max Clegg I thought. 

Mountain beat Masters, Thomsen, Castagna, Fredriksen (x2), Hook & Sarjeant. Only lost to Pickering.

Clegg beat Castagna, Fredriksen, Hook (x3), Sarjeant (x2). Lost to Pickering, Thomsen & Hook.

No contest between the two of them for man of the match imo!

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It’s very easy for me to say standing watching it and not on the bike but a lot of our boys don’t seem to be aggressive enough. Pickering (to en extreme) is obviously and Sam knows what he’s doing but the others are too timid a lot of the time. Leave too much space, don’t go on hard on opposition going into bends etc. 

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13 minutes ago, szkocjasid said:

 

 

Mountain beat Masters, Thomsen, Castagna, Fredriksen (x2), Hook & Sarjeant. Only lost to Pickering.

Clegg beat Castagna, Fredriksen, Hook (x3), Sarjeant (x2). Lost to Pickering, Thomsen & Hook.

No contest between the two of them for man of the match imo!

Yes but you have to take in to considration Clegg is a reserve.

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30 minutes ago, szkocjasid said:

 

 

Mountain beat Masters, Thomsen, Castagna, Fredriksen (x2), Hook & Sarjeant. Only lost to Pickering.

Clegg beat Castagna, Fredriksen, Hook (x3), Sarjeant (x2). Lost to Pickering, Thomsen & Hook.

No contest between the two of them for man of the match imo!

Agree,Pickering had to bust a gut to pass him or he would have had a paid Maximum,can’t think of a second string rider  ever doing that at Armadale.(Could be wrong  though).

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Speedway results (but not score margins) are usually fairly predictable, but not always, as this week has shown with the Lions. Admittedly Poole are a stronger team than the Monarchs, but nobody could ever have seen this coming tonight. Dickson’s motivational talk combined with a size 10 steel toe cap boot seems to have worked, although young Joe remains a worry away from BP.

Tomorrow’s meeting is now of zero interest and many Lions fans will no doubt not bother attending. As a speedway supporter, I find it quite sad that tonight was the last time Monarchs fans would see their team until who knows when (hopefully not too long) and they have belly flopped. Any Monarchs fan attending Leicester tomorrow should be admitted free and given a voucher for a free beer.

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1 hour ago, Trackrat said:

What a boring man you are zzzzzzzz

Not a boring man, just a confused one !!as he says Leicester are favourites by the proverbial mile, but also says Poole have the heat leaders to equal Leicester and the 2nd strings to beat them ??

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2 minutes ago, KEITH M said:

Not a boring man, just a confused one !!as he says Leicester are favourites by the proverbial mile, but also says Poole have the heat leaders to equal Leicester and the 2nd strings to beat them ??

Not forgetting Glasgow are favourites, by his logic everyone will be winning it.

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12 minutes ago, Gazc said:

Not forgetting Glasgow are favourites, by his logic everyone will be winning it.

Steve doesn't often look at it positively!  As i said once before if we had Bewley and Janowski he would find a reason why we would lose! My feeling is we should win especially with Hume out but i am sure Glasgow will make it very difficult for us and it will be close.

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Congratulations to Leicester. Beaten fair and square tonight. Hit us hard from heat 1.

Consistent from the start and not afraid to ride aggressively into first / second bend.

heats 1 to 8 - 13 points ahead.  Honours even 9 to 14 until heat 15s 5-1.

A lot more fight from the Lions than our boys.

3 ex Monarchs scored 35 points, 1 less than our 7. Says it all. 

 

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