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Paulco

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  1. sitting in the Horseshoe at half 1 and it was battering down . Not a drop of rain since . I never saw the track , but it recovered quick after the pre meeting downpour at the Rye House meeting . Did we jump in and cancel too quick i wonder
  2. Just been battering down for a while , hope that's the last of it . That half hour's worth will keep the dust down for those Edinburgh fans that seem to take an exception to a wee bit of dust .
  3. No problem , see you there . You can never be sure , but i'm more confident of it being on than not .
  4. I dont recall a nice , sunny , Sunday morning this season , and this week is no different . We've had rain overnight as the pavement was wet when i went for my newspaper . And at the moment it's overcast , with some clouds blacker than others . Forecast is for patchy light rain , which would be okayish . I'm confident we'll be fine . Horseshoe Bar at one o clockish if you're interested . That's far too sensible unfortunately
  5. It's a tricky one . He's not ridden enough meetings to be classed as an asset yet , but he's protected while injured . If we replace him does that protection still exist ? And if he's out for the season , then what ? We dont need a repeat of the Bellego nonsense .
  6. Good to see you giving credit to your source , Screm haha
  7. We're looking at at least another 4 weeks . I think we'll have to try and sign a 28 day replacement as the burden on our reserves is too great . Kasper Lykke in particular visibly tires towards the end of meetings
  8. Why do folk get sniffy about this kind of thing ? Screm's putting it on a Speedway forum for anyone who might be interested . Does it matter where it came from ? Not to anyone who was eating Masters' cake last night it probably didn't .
  9. Bring it on . Ending this run would be a huge boost to our season , unlikely i know , but it would be wonderful - almost sexual
  10. I hope so for the rider's sake , but fans aren't interested in excuses . The majority of fans don't interact with the riders , they roll up every week and want their team to do well . And if a rider underperforms , they can only go by what they see on the track . We have the same problem at Glasgow with Kevin Wolbert . A talented rider who's scores are suffering , so we are told , by ongoing mechanical problems . Yes you feel sorry if a rider is struggling because of things like that , but the bottom line is when a heat leader underperforms , the team suffers as a whole and the fans get disgruntled . Kus has shown great loyality , to Berwick this weekend , and that kind of attitude of putting the team before personal gain deserves any rewards it may bring .
  11. You get a lovely pint of that in the Horseshoe Bar , it's a lovely real ale
  12. Read in this morning's Sun that Matej Kus has chose to ride here for Berwick rather in Slovenia in a European qualifier . Costing him a fair bit of money . I know he gets a bit of criticism , but credit to him for putting his club before financial gain .
  13. No the Edinburgh sun off was long before that , but to them it's still fresh in the memory . They still harp on about Buster Chapman's alleged heart attack in 2003 . Pretty sure the Edinburgh sun -off was 2007 , no wonder it has slipped your memory ...................................not theirs though
  14. It's that time again . Time for our monthly ceromonial pumping from the Monarchs . Yes by the time the Edinburgh juggernaut rolls up Hawthorn Street we'll have lost count how many wins in a row they will have had , probably 47 or something like that . Give them their due though , i thought they looked minging when their team was announced , but a combination of roller extrodinaire ( The Blessed Cookie ) maintaining his position at the top of the averages and signing Richie Worrall and kidding on it's Steve , has given the Smugs another season to look down their nose at us all . Not a two man band though as Masters and The Golden Child have all contributed to the fantastic start their team has made . The only doubt is the fitness of Samantha , might have to use a NL wobbler instead . We will be along the usual moderate lines , with only our French boy wonder missing . 35-58 last time the Smugs turned us over at Ashy , can we manage 36 this time ? Sunday's teams should be - Plucky underdogs 1 Agent Wolbert 2 R/R 3 Mark Lemon 4 Theo Pijper 5 Rusty Harrison 6 Kasper Lykke 7 Anders Thomsen The Smugs 1 The Blessed Cookie 2 Justin Sedgmen 3 The Golden Child 4 Desperate Deek 5 Sam Masters 6 Samantha Fox or a wobbler 7 Honest , nae kidding it isnae Richie Worrall it's Steve I'll turn up more in hope than anticipation , just hope we can give them a match .
  15. Newcastle have a fairly decent record in Smugville , i've enjoyed watching them turn over the Monarchs more than once there - including last season . But i'm sorry i just canny see it happening this time around .
  16. On the minus side , we're pish apart from our two reserves who at least have a go . On the plus side i had a great day . Enjoyed the company and a few bevvys with Ashman , Ashman's missus and Fixerman . Ok we got stuffed , but the racing was pretty good , the heat with Mason , Josh and Rusty especially . I'm well past the stage where Glasgow winning is the be all and end all , i saw some great racing today . Though i wouldn't mind bringing the Smugs' winning run to an end next week , but it's unlikely And i actually thought Mark Lemon had his best meeting in a Tigers bib today , just a shame Rusty had his worst . Oh well we'll maybe all click together one of these Sundays ..........................................................next week anyone
  17. Still , that's better than our football team's ranking
  18. When was the last time Cook was on the wrong end of a 5-1 at Armadale ? Oh and good smugness there
  19. Charlie was as dour as his image portrayed . Once asked why he never smiled or spoke much , he replied " i'm not here to make friends , just score points " . Think he was just an incredibly shy bloke who shunned any kind of spotlight on him . Maybe if he had been a bit more extroverted that might have given him that extra inch to achieve the success at the really top level what his undoubted ability should have brought him . Anyway back to Mr Airey . That year the Nordic / British final was at Hampden was the year he made it all the way to the World Final . In those days if you reached on of those , you truly were a World Class rider .
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