Paulco

Very true , smugs will run out of steam by the time the play offs arrive . Teams can look very different by then . Had there been play offs in 2011 i've no doubt Newport would have been champions instead of us .

On a Sunday afternoon ? I believe Andre Compton is guesting for us in place of Dimitri again tomorrow . Not sure if that nonsense Theo is away riding in is important or sanctioned enough to enable us a facility if Rusty still has a sore head

Well weather watchers , nobody knows what kind of side we will have out . We know Dimitri is out , that's the easy one . Theo wont be there , he's away riding in the Southern Mozambique best pairs or some nonsense like that . Will Rusty still have a headache ? All this and more will be answered , maybe , during our weekly Sunday battle with Mother Nature .

True , they were popping wheelies on the back straight while ours hadn't reached the first bend . And thinking about , anyone wanting a pop about me complaining about last night , just be thankful you weren't stood beside me when we'd amassed the grand total of 12 points after heat 8 . I went there last night , not expecting my team to win but at least hoping to give them a run for their money , what we witnessed in those first 8 heats was nothing short of embarrassing .

Yes , and the 2003 , 2008 , 2010 the smug years shirts

How it finished 58-32 is the biggest mystery of all tonight . From heat 9 onwards Glasgow only finished 2 points down .

That was absolutely dreadful . Fair enough Edinburgh are a very good side , but those first 8 heats tonight were the worst i've ever seen from a Tigers side . 36-12 after heat 8 and two taccy rides producing zilch , i thought were were going to be lucky to get 20 never mind the 32 we managed to muster . No heart , no fight apart from Anders Thomsen , a truely abysmal performance . We showed more fight during the average fixing meeting in 2010 than we did in those first 8 heats tonight . Where we go from here god only knows , but we have to take a long hard look at ourselves , cause we still have a decent following , but we are being force fed garbage . Wolbert starts to ride once the meeting is lost , Pijper looked as if he'd never seen Armadale before . We're having to watch Cook popping wheelies half a lap ahead of our riders . It's just not good enough .

What's wrong , not predicting defeat . Anyway it is a lovely morning , hope it stays that way - even within the Armadale micro climate

deary , deary me

We've struggled for guests since Stoney and Lee Complin retired

oh i see , oh well when i eventually lift that water fountain and throw it at Nurse Ratchett , i'm sure i'll be cured

paranoid about what exactly ?

The cup tie has been rescheduled for the 14th/15th June

oooooooo touchy

very true , though it just seems like for like to be honest

Yeah i heard , it's ok we're beginning to expect it to be off every Sunday

yeah i realise that and of course rider availability might be an issue as well . Was just wishful thinking on my part .

it does get tiresome

When planning a wee speedway holiday , i noticed there's no meeting at Peterborough on the 15th of July . Glasgow are at Ipswich on the 17th , so is there any reason why this meeting couldnt take place on the 15th ?

i know the feeling

There is one thing missing from British speedway these days , which produced a wealth of funny moments in days gone by .................................the centre green phone link to the referee . Get it out of the pits and back onto the centre green . Watching the great Ivan Mauger kick it all over the grass at Coatbridge was hilarious . Neil MacFarlane was the Glasgow promoter in the early nineties and he would use it to get the crowd riled up . He was probably asking the referee what he had for his dinner before the meeting , but the gestures etc made it look like world war 3 was going on .

They've obviously been monitering the weather forecast , which looks horrendous for the Peterborough area . I would expect an early call off if the expected wet weather transpires .

I thought the same . There was no rain at all in the city centre after that really heavy shower just before one o clock .

Why right off next Sunday ? The Monarchs might be the form side , but everybody is beatable .

Good stuff . There aren't that many people willing to do this type of thing , so good on you .