TheScotsman

DON'T look if you are squeemish!!! Pic of his leg - http://instagram.com/p/tU7JSQTFIq/

It used to be good. But it was "Elite" then!! (Though in fairness my abiding memory at Ippo was there were very frequently 2 races per heat - heat leaders up front battling it out followed a quarter of a lap later by a pair of second strings. It seemed to be more watchable at Peterborough.) Should get some abuse for this!!

Superstars should of course be allowed in the PL. They draw people in to watch and set a benchmark for others to try to reach. Certainly shouldn't be forced into the EL - a shambolic place where you stand a fair chance of not getting paid.

I suppose the racing might still have been better than what you see at home.

Craig Cook - Ipswich - 56.3 - 16 October 2014. Ya beauty!

Nah - only increased by 1.49!! (Had a great season though.)

Hasn't really happened in the past.

100% I reckon Rob!!

Moi - smug?!! Why Somerset in particular? (Serious question.) Why were Newcy in it this year?

Sounds a goer. We've all got fed up with the springy thing so a different trophy to win would be SO exciting!!

How does this work? Do Monarchs race themselves? Or against the KO runners up? Or the League Cup runners up?

Far too soon to think about a 2015 Monarchs team.

Not sure how you are going to force British reserves to sign for Scottish teams. It's hard enough getting any Brits to do the travelling on a regular basis.

Well I voted for Sedgy and I don't think that was wide of the mark at all. I dunno what his final figure will be but he started on a sub-5 point average in the reserve berth and despite riding in the difficult number 2 slot behind Cookie (well he actually finished ahead of him a lot of the time!!) he still ended up with over 7 and a quarter. He would have been a heat leader everywhere bar Ippo, Newcy and Somerzet with that average. And he must have knocked up around 70 bonus points on top which would have taken him up way into the 8 plus averages.

Looks like your vote for Biggest Improver 2014 was about right!!

He must be as ready as Lambert was this season.

Morris & Aspgren should be kept on.

Two times - nice to hear it. I also seem to have in my head a picture of Adam Ellis sitting it out in the LC Final at Ippo!! That was awarded as a 5-1 to the Monarchs as well - probably happened same bend / same lap as yesterday. But hey it was only heat 12 so is that better? So the refs must love us. Or playing possum is becoming more of a regular occurrence nowadays. If so then the refs have to stamp it out and what better way than by awarding the race.

Think it was the red body colours that confused you and of course a panther is very similar to a tiger!!

You living in the land of make believe then? What's your problem?

Sorry Gazc I think you got the spelling wrong but I've fixed it for you.

Brummie - you are probably the only one on the whole thread who thinks you should reward cheating with another bite at the cherry. In my book you should reward the team that was on the receiving end of the cheats. I hope Asprin was fined heavily - I have heard that fines are not announced in case it encourages fans to have a whip round. I wouldn't like to see him riding for any of my teams in the future.

Guy Martin? My hero!!

Garrity will be relieved.

Sounds like it was a very poor show from Aspgren in heat 15. Becoming all too common nowadays. Shame - it spoils what was a great night's entertainment.