I thought Kyle Thomsen would have been one of the first names on the Monarchs’ team sheet. Didn’t he end last season on fire? He was outstanding at Ashfield in the play-offs. Almost lapped Harris in one heat. That’s his reminded me of the referee - it might have been the Harris race - accidentally pressing the red light, mid-race.😂

George was a breath of a fresh air for us.  He was our first proper number one since Robert Nagy; our first rider to break the nine-point average barrier in a season since 1994, I believe. He was a classy rider; he would have looked less comfortable in an arm chair than he did on a speedway bike. He was a fantastic gater. Where George struggled was when he found himself not at the front; passing didn’t come easy for him and subsequently, didn’t happen often. Heat fifteen at Armadale on the 12th of April 2002 will always be my favourite speedway race. We hadn’t won at Armadale since 1997 and after fourteen heats, we found ourselves 43-41 ahead. Armadale was packed. George gated and lead Peter Carr and Frede Schott for three-and-a-half laps until Carr came under him going in the third bend of the last lap, but somehow through defying physics, George - millimetres apart from Carr - returned the favour exiting the fourth bend to take the chequered flag. The sea of red on the first bend (now third) erupted. Edinburgh 44, Glasgow 46. 

"If someone had bought the club who I'd want to work with, then I'd probably have said no to riding in Sweden but it hasn't come about - there's no buyers at the moment." That's a killer sentence!

Link to Jason Doyle interview with BBC Suffolk https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/motorsport/articles/ce86gxg9wldo

Is young Max James worth another go ?

In house streaming... I do remember one channel, (Premier maybe?), showing the UK play off final at least once over the last few years... Edit. FWIW, my opinion is that Ice Hockey, like Speedway, is "too small" to have live coverage going out, as, it won't bring too many extra fans into the sport, but could quite easily dissuade some from going along ends and attending in person... And any TV deal won't bring in "millions" given the size of the sports and expected viewing numbers.  At least in house streaming keeps any money raised in the club...