Paulco

We know and we know exactly what the Monarchs are capable of at Armadale . So taking nothing for granted

Surely even we canny blow that lead tomorrow night

I dont know , the lengths some people will go to - to avoid riding at Armadale . Britain's premier erm technical track .

Much the same as when we last won the league in 2011 . Had it won by early August , then ran out of steam . Meanwhile Newport drafted in Doyle , Gjedde etc and steamrolled everyone . Had they play offs existed in 2011 , the title would have headed for South Wales

Are ye raging ?

Well I hope today the riders are hurting just as much as the fans are and that we get the scoreline a bit closer

Thank god I'm in Manchester and not freezing my nuts off watching another bottle job

Oh well I expected to miss one Scottish Derby this weekend ( down in Manchester ) , but disappointed that I'll miss two of them .

An assumption or keeping options open incase Redcar come up with some kind of miracle . But the play offs take preference over the KO Cup

The practice for the SON is Saturday morning, so if we were at Armadale on Friday there's no reason Tom couldn't be there

Delighted with that lead , tie not over , but thats a defendable lead

Anyway back to the present , let's set about this mob from the east today and see if we can take a decent lead over to Armadale for the second leg . No more of this beautiful Sunday nonsense haha

I dont get why the test match upsets you so much . We're in the fortunate position to own our stadium, so we could squeeze a test match in that week and aqueeze anything else in any other day as long as the other club and riders agreed .

I get that , but why couldn't the track ambulance not have took him to hospital before quarter to nine . It was a horror crash , so it was obvious James was hurt , so surely the ambulance could have took him to hospital much earlier .

Thats the real reason then , he's still stood in the Peterborough pits trying to free his finger from.the neck of a bottle

To be fair , Redcar overturning a twelve point deficit at Armadale is highly unlikely . He's not risking himself for a lost cause when he has the other league final on Monday

Thats good to hear We don't have a meeting tonight so I'll venture behind enemy lines on a spy mission

Hows the weather looking ? Been pouring down in the West all night

It was obvious Leon Flint was going to play a part in the play offs at some point . Pretty sure this occasion won't be the last time

Didn't work yesterday either as Howarth was rotten

Bad case of dandruff maybe , anyway it didn't make much difference . Kennedy tried his heart out and took the majority of the r/r outings , but Howarth was minging so his outing never did any damage

Might be tempted to come over from the west for this one , c'mon the Bears

Conditions were fine . Yes there was a couple of small showers and the track was slick because of the threat of rain , but there was no issue for any of the riders . Andersen didn't look as if he wasn't trying

Average fixing in the last three heats haha

Thought they were still below Redcar ? Just starting to rain at the track