Endeavour

With seven in your team you sure would Gaz.

Should be when a club is denied using a programmed rider. I support Edinburgh BUT am not blinkered. Would have said the same no matter Team. Left Edinburgh completely disadvantaged

Referee’s mistake is not Edinburgh’s fault. They never wanted R/R for Josh that’s why they hired Kyle. Why would you want R/R which would mean tracking Speedy Lawson?

Tone out of order. Rory Schlein travelled up to Edinburgh for photographer Ron’s funeral today. Says a lot about the guy.

Only people losers here are Edinburgh. Denied the services of a rider. This home defeat could cost us at end of season. Couldnt make it up. Howarth would surely have scored more than four. Should be re-run.

Who I think and indeed should go are no doubt different who will be going.

Who is going?

Fully exspected some team changes today. ☹️

Kyle Bickley along with Cookie have been stand outs for Glasgow this season. Yes he got away with a tape infringement on Friday. Up to referee to call out. Don’t understand anyone rising to his bait, a young kid that should probably know better. Don’t give him the satisfaction of a response. You play into hands of folk like that. What goes around comes around. We at Edinburgh are having a torrid time of it with injuries and to top it off Dr Howarth and his Medics. Hopefully tide will turn soon for us albeit with some desired team changes.

ALL six monarchs ? I will give you 5

Night Nurse now a slimming agent Gaz?

Don’t have Face ache so do tell.

If that is right I stand corrected but there is someone quoting ruling on Monarchs thread which suggests differently. As Howarth was programmed rider and deemed to have failed test; his team was not entitled to R/R. They had to ride with 6 riders.

Agree but you can replace him. We were left high and dry by his stupidity last night. Referee was wrong to let us ride rider replacement. His actions could cost us at the end of the season.

Thought our boys put up a spirited performance, well six of them did. Shows how low our ambitions currently are when I am satisfied scoring 35 points at Glasgow. Thanks to Nathan Greaves for his efforts. Would hope that is the last time we see Lawson in an Edinburgh race jacket.

What riders would you ditch to strengthen the team?

And for the team he let down big time on the night.

Thanks for the kind words Dot about hospitality and wishing us well in the future at home. I don’t think we will improve much unless we jettison our number 6. For someone with his experience to pull out another bike from a van without having been examined is totally shocking. Should have been sent packing weeks ago. I said before Glasgow can only beat what’s in front of them. Referee unusually for him was a bit lax but that is not fault of the opposition. I coach sport and think fans sometimes need to look at situations with a more non biased and balanced view. Must be hard for management to get beat by your nearest and dearest in such circumstances but they need to act and address how to take team forward.

Quite a glib comment at the end by the promoter. Short term this has probably cost Edinburgh a home victory. Don’t see a Monarchs away victory coming soon but if it did this home defeat could come back to haunt them at the end of the season. Can’t remember a season when everything has seen to have gone wrong for us. Injuries, off form riders and Drug Gate. ☹️

Totally unprofessional of any sportsman to take medication without knowing what the contents are. Info freely available from WADA.

Not really any excuse for professional sportsmen failing drug test. WADA publish info freely available to all sports. In the past included things to watch out for in day to day medicines.

Probable legal reasons they couldn’t announce. The “Drug test story” was flying round stadium quicker than Lawson on his push bike. Hard to think of what they could actually announce what was credible. Howarth let down promotion, fans and team. Cost us the match along with lamentable secret weapon reserve. On another topic. Really enjoying Liam and John presenting. Still miss Scott Wilson but they are going from strength to strength every week.

Never felt as disappointed being an Edinburgh fan this season. Monarchs promotion always prided itself on assembling a team with riders with potential to improve, not necessarily riders who just maintain their starting average. Ricky - going through a bad patch. Needs more support to help him through it from the other 2-5 riders. Cameron - our rider of season so far Josh - Mr Entertainment, need him back fit urgently Joel and Victor - great when they gate but struggle when at the back to make an impression Justin and Willie - wouldn’t have had them back this season. Justin had a year out and struggled season before. Rode well in title winning years but need to remember he rode alongside Cookie. Lawson should be cleaning up at reserve. Not fully committed in his approach. Always great to watch Cookie, just a pity it’s in a red suit. Well done to young Bickley.

Lawson showed “little bit more fight” when? He should have cleaned up tonight against other reserves and then he wouldn’t move over for Joel in a crucial race. He has unreliable equipment and despite living in Scotland invariably turns up late and totally unprepared. No pride in either machinery or Kevlars. Riding a bike not inspected coupled with Howarth’s “family” crisis cost us the match. The two Cumbrian boys rode well and Glasgow can only beat what’s in front of them. Ricky is going through a bad spell perhaps highlighted more because of injuries to two riders who were expected to share the load. Our boys need to develop a more ruthless streak.

Would Josh McDonald fit in? I am not a great one to study the averages and how it works.