King Jamie

And why would they?

Sunny Armadale hosted its first meeting in 1997. The date? Friday 4th April. The score? 43-47. When do we sign Peter Carr? A few things from tonight: Heats 13 and 15 went as expected. The lack of real top end strength will define this season. Michele Castagna - dreadful lack of team riding in heat 7, leaving young Max to fend off Leon Flint. To follow that up by landing himself in the fence while chasing shadows a couple of laps later was,quite frankly, pathetic. Super Grahn is probably Average Grahn at best. Didn't really attack the track and looked relatively slow throughout. Overall not the worst evening's racing, with a not unexpected defeat thrown in for good measure. Let's hope for warmer weather in the coming weeks. Only two and a half months 'til summer...

Have no fear. We'll get our revenge the next time a Polish club signs a Scotsman...

I like it. Besides, it's only a bit of fun. Surely you're not ashamed of the fact that your very own home town is the only one in the UK with that special 4 letter word contained within?

I have to say, if it's confirmed 2 x 4pt reserves, I'd quite honestly have to say it's one of the worst ever attempts at team building I've ever seen from the Monarchs management. And I've been around to witness multiple efforts. Sedgmen is not a number 1. Castagna is not a number 5. Thomson is adequate at 3 or 4. Palovaara or SuperGrahn must be at reserve. There's no point in having them both in the top 5. The 4-pointers may well do ok at reserve. However, any possible potential gain from that 'strength' will be well and truly cancelled out by those above who have, quite frankly, been thrown to the wolves. I look forward to counting the heat advantages from 13 and 15. Should be fun...

With that amount available (and considering there's no number 1 in the team), I would much rather sign a rider such as Claus Vissing, coupled with a 2pt rider (Max James) at no.7. That would leave Palovaara at reserve initially, probably swapping places with SuperGrahn once they both attain new averages. Having 2 4pt-ish chaps at reserve (unless they're somehow world beaters) will leave the team extremely weak throughout.

Yeah, I hear he brings the sweets for Ed the Monarch to hand out to the kids every week.

ABBA aplenty over the tannoy next season then.

Ok. Just for you... Boughen to Edinburgh. You read it here first 😉

Well done Mods 🙂

Cheetahs 🙂

That could affect the balance of the side.

Thompson for Thomson? Usually people take the p. We've decided to add one instead.

Think 'Cardiff without the roof' and you'll not be too far away. Monarchs scored better than I expected last night. Unfortunately, we discovered "too many Cooks" isn't always a bad thing. Congratulations to Poole. The people's Champions 2024. Say no to the Americanised play offs.

Blobby been out dancing again. Silly boy.