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Another vintage away performance by the Diamonds. Hope somebody has put a rocket up all of them in time for Sunday as no excuse for a performance like that.

Why can't we use Kyle Newman instead of Matej Kus, Kyle has a 6.67 average I believe and Plymouth and Poole aren't racing???

Has George still not given you that back!!! People will always want you to do better and if you win by 55 - 35 they will want 60 - 30 the next time and so on and so on. I personally don't care, prefer the win but as long as the racing is good that will do me. Obviously I don't want to go and watch a team get hammered ever week. The race between Wells and Worrall reminded me and probably most on the people on the terrace about what speedway is all about, but sadly those races now a days are few and far between. People have mentioned the Owen brothers and I was only young at the time but I used to love to go and watch them week in week out, along with Beaton, Emerson and Hunter (and of course Robbie Foy!!!!) and often could not wait for the next home match. I think the same can be said for when Larsen and Bach rode for use (speaking of Larsen, did any of the Diamonds fans catch his performance in Sweden on Tuesday night, outstanding!!!!). How I miss those days

Fantastic news that he is out of hospital after such a series accident and in such a short period of time. I also found this article as well: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-33885128

I hope you are referring to Benitez and not Konopka!!!

Your quick off the mark, the dust hasn't even settled from the Worky match yet!!

I'm coming to watch this one from Newcastle as staying over so hoping the weather holds off. Gutted Lewis Kerr not riding though.

Not really the change I was looking for!!!, Does he make us any stronger, no not really. This reminds me of the Jamie Smith incident, I'm sure he got injured, was replaced and then didn't want to come back/didn't come back, hope the same does not happen with Rose as would be a shame to lose a good talented English rider from our team. Looking at weather forecast for Sunday, might not get to see Aarnio make his debut. Interesting to see the scores for Ludvig, Simon and Anton last night, clearly shows nothing wrong with them or equipment so to me clearly shows the track at Brough needs sorting out, looks like we need a bit more material on the outside line for them to prosper. We appear to have no home track advantage, further cemented by the Sheffield result.

Is Hansen still at reserve for the Comets?

I fail to see the point in this remark, so once a team has won the other team/riders should just say f**k it what the point. These guys are racers and they race until the end of the meeting, it is how they make money. Nicki had every right to try and make that pass or do you just want to watch four riders ride around or do you want to see four riders race!!! I would also agree with another comment where philipsr says far more people travel to watch him than you think, I do, I think he is great for the sport and box office. I will await the witch hunt by the other GP riders against Pedersen at Cardiff.

Great result for the Diamonds, unexpected but needed I feel. Great to see all team members contributing equally and although Kerr top scored it looks like we were solid throughout. Did we catch Ippo on an off night, I think so but no better time to do it. Here's hoping we kick on from here and we don't kick ourselves in the teeth on Sunday. Also great to see we did not capitulate after the interval!!! Great result once again.

So very true.

Not really, the match was close and heading for a really close finish. The Ludde exclusion gave the advantage to the Monarchs and they never looked back. Prior to the exclusion Edinburgh had a 2 point lead, they then gained another 4 after the exclusion which is the amount they won by as the remaining 4 heats were tied 12-12. Therefore, had LL not been excluded I would like to think we may have just pinched the win, but that's just my opinion!!

I enjoyed the match as always when the Monarchs come a calling to Brough. Good hard match with some good hard racing. I do think the ref spoilt the match with the exclusion of Ludde as I think Masters did not leave him enough racing room and in my opinion was the cause of Ludde hitting the deck. On the point of people saying Masters was in front, does this pic assuming it is the one taken before the incident not prove that it was Ludde just in front going into the corner??? http://www.newcastlediamonds.co/news/article.asp?id=100398 I think S Worrall is in outstanding form at the moment (both Elite and Premier) and great to watch and as people have said, if the real Christian Henry had turned up we may have gotten something, the same could be said re: his performance the night before at Berwick. Great to see Rose back in amongst the points and looking like he is getting back to his best around Brough. Think it is shocking that S Worrall has not been called into the GP squad when he is in better form than some of the riders picked. Congrats to the Monarch on a great meeting and win but think the result might have been different had the ref made the correct call in my opinion, but thats my opinion.

When you watch the footage you can see that he has no intention of dropping his burger, the bike or someone else is going to have to fight him for it. Only realised recently that the rider was Benji Compton

Your quick off the mark, the ink has barely dried on last nights programme and you've started this thread.

I agree, if no connection exists then the bike should cut out. If the handlebars snapped, the cut out must still have come out as Leigh was not somersaulting down the centre green with the bike and neither was his arm, therefore the cut out must have been pull and the bike should have died, almost instantly. Out of interest, if a person had gotten injured through that incident, where would the buck have stopped, is the machine examiner, clerk of the course, the rider or no one. I'm not pointing fingers by the way just interested or is it a cause of if you are on the centre green you understand the risks and accept them? Incident nice quite as bad as this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Qtu8BiGIVA I thought the Diamonds were good and poor in equal measure last night, we had a good hold on the meeting and let Ippo back in for a point (fair game to them, never give up until the last heat). We kept moving off the line coming out of the fourth and a number of times Ippo riders nipped up the inside and frightened our riders off points (reminiscent of Matty Wethers 21 point max!!!). D King was pretty much as I expected, if he made the gate he won, if not forget it, similar to when he rode for us last year. Steve and Christian were very impressive and they look a good middle order partnership. Our reserves seem to be struggling at the moment and Nielsen seems to have a lack of confidence at home. Good to see Rose trying to solve a few issues after the meeting and Ludvig passing on his words of wisdom. All in all still a great win and onwards and upwards hopefully for the Diamonds and hoping Kerr will be back to his best again next week.

Is he (Cookie) not riding in the Best Pairs on Saturday night as well??

He's at Coventry I believe with Swindon Post #12 "Sheffield’s Josh Bates, who has tasted success guesting for Monarchs, guests instead of Lewis Rose who is with his Elite team Swindon at Coventry."

Great to see Steady back on a bike, remember him from his days at Newcastle and a superb rider and a superb moment.

Just spotted this on BBC news and thought it would be of interest to people, have not read the article in full but seems to discuss the origins of Cycle Speedway, enjoy. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-31013387

Don't know what happened last night, watching updates we seemed to be holding our own then just fell apart.

All change now, Kerr been given the all clear to race: http://www.newcastlediamonds.co/news/article.asp?id=100371 Same link as before just changed the story!!!

Not sure about rider replacement but won't be riding in either fixture. http://www.newcastlediamonds.co/news/article.asp?id=100371 Makes the job even harder now!!!

Great to see the advertising Newcastle Speedway have taken out in the back of NE1 magazine, hopefully it will get some more punters to come and watch.