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That's what I thought as a disqualification for tape touching when replaced, is also recorded as a ride for calculating averages,

Do you not think the paying spectators at Ashfield this afternoon are being short changed by the Rockets choice of guests to replace Bowen ( a junior who is not even an NL regular starter) and Jakobsen (a 3pt PL rider). ? If Rockets did really try to get better options such as Doolan/Hansen for Busk and Ashley Morris/Perry for Bowen, then it's unfortunate they failed. But there is no getting away from this being a one sided contest from the outset.

Congratulations to the Comets on being the only PL team with a 100% home record in all competitions this Season.

Don't think double point TRs are now allowed in Play-Offs. That'll be 51 - 39 then.

As others have stated, if Theo has a med cert deeming him unfit to ride Speedway on Friday, then Scunny will be entitled to a facility. Whether or not he participates in the Long Track practice is irrelevant as you cannot equate the physical demands of practising alone, for a duration of his choice, to riding competitively in 4 lap, 4 rider, league racing.

Dates for Prem Trophy Final now confirmed as 25/9 & 27/9.

Teams as per Official Edinburgh website:- EDINBURGH BORDER ROOFING MONARCHS: Craig Cook (capt.), Justin Sedgmen, Kevin Wolbert, Erik Riss, Sam Masters, Max Clegg, Rob Branford. NEWCASTLE SAPPHIRE ENGINEERING DIAMONDS: Stevie Worrall, rider replacement for Christian Henry, TBA (Guest), Anton Rosen, Ludvig Lindgren (capt.), Simon Nielsen, Matthew Wethers (Guest). Following on from their comprehensive quarter final victory over Glasgow on Sunday, the rejuvenated Diamonds will be formidable opponents over the two legs, The choice of Kenneth Hansen as a guest replacement for the injured Lewis Kerr was a shrewd choice for a rider currently producing his best form in the PL. Unfortunately now withdrawn due to being injured in Denmark on Wednesday. Aarnio has now been declared unfit and is replaced by Matthew Wethers, which should strengthen the Diamonds. Would not be surprised if the scoreline in this match was as close as it was at Ashfield on Sunday.

Would not rule out Tigers yet. Remember 2013 when Monarchs lost the home leg in the Ko Cup to Diamonds by 1 pt and then went to Brough Park on the the Sunday and against all odds, won by 2pts

According to Speedway Star 4/4/15 p29 it's 1 vs 3/6 & 2 vs 4/5 in semis

Strange choice in Kus who only scored 2 when there with Redcar. Ryan Fisher goes well at Ashfield (14+1, inc 6pt TR, from 5 for Plymouth) and will be guesting at Berwick on Saturday. If Bandits are also using him on Sunday at Worky, he could probably still be able to do both,

Thanks for actually answering my original query in a rational way, instead of the paranoid retorts from Gazc, who was more concerned in referring to Worrall's actions and childish name calling. towards myself. Re the Tabaka crash in 2013, for which it was announced that Morris was excluded for dangerous riding by the referee, if you revisit that topic, you will find that apart from one poster, all the other posters reckoned it was a misjudgement by Nick, rather than anything malicious. Agree every side has it's blinkered supporters who embarrass the rest by their irrational, often aggressive utterances.

My you really like to spout out your unproven paranoid theories - bitter little Monarch, anti Glasgow etc To remind you, my original post sought comment from those who had been commenting on the incidents in heats 3 & 14, regarding the Live Update report on ht7 namely:- "More carnage . Lawson excluded for putting Charles Wright off on the back straight lap 1. Charles Wright being treated in the ambulance for what looks like a shoulder problem." Rather than respond to the query, you launch into a diatribe regarding my motive in asking a perfectly innocent question. You finally admit I never condoned Worrall's actions but then point I never condemned them either. I'll answer that - as I was not present, I am not in the habit of condoning or condemning rider's actions based on partial third party reports. Likewise you will note I have not condoned or condemned what happened in ht 7, merely enquiring whether those present agreed with the above Live Updates description. Time to take a chill pill my wee Glasgow pal, and stop trying to bully anyone whose posts you dislike

On what basis can you confirm there was intent or no intent by the riders concerned ? Did they confide in you after the events or are the above your subjective presumptions ? Certainly your presumptions about my posts certainly display a clear lack of comprehending what was actually stated by concluding that I condoned what happened in heat 14.

You obviously have a comprehension problem in presuming I condoned what happened in heat 14. To remind you the Updates stated : "More carnage . Lawson excluded for putting Charles Wright off on the back straight lap 1. Charles Wright being treated in the ambulance for what looks like a shoulder problem." If the above description was inaccurate then say so, if not, then my query was why was no comment made about Lawson's exclusion in heat 7 also ? Anyway thanks for clarifying that Lawson being excluded for putting Wright off on the back straight lap 1, which resulted in Chas being treated in the ambulance was merely a "racing incident".

The Tigeratti on here are going on about Worrall's exclusions from heats 4 & 14, What about the following regarding heat 7 as per the comment from Live Updates :- "More carnage . Lawson excluded for putting Charles Wright off on the back straight lap 1. Charles Wright being treated in the ambulance for what looks like a shoulder problem." Was Lawson's misdemeanor not worthy of mention/condemnation also

This could be a double edged sword as it would be unrealistic to expect Sam to be fully match fit right away after his injury lay off. Also Brady Kurtz will surely improve on his previous one point return. Whatever the final outcome is, it will be a novel experience to watch two full strength, guest free, sides contest this match

Well done to the Tigers who gave us a our biggest defeat of the season. For those who reckon we are all bad losers, here are some extracts from the match report on the Edinburgh website:- "Well you can't be good all the time - and we weren't tonight at Owlerton where we went down 51-39 to the Sheffield Tigers, a fair reflection of the match." "It was our worst score of the season, and this came against a team missing key riders in Jason Garrity and Arthur Sissis." "Kurtz was tremendous for Sheffield, as was recent signing Nicolai Klindt who had his best UK meeting of the season." "Josh Bates was the most exciting rider of the night, his win in heat 8 being the best race as he passed not only Branford but also Sedgmen later in the race".

Forgot he was part of the 61 - 31 match

Easily solved for Bandits on the night ,- r/r for Thornblom, Worrall for Vissing.

Teams as per Official Monarchs website:- EDINBURGH BORDER ROOFING MONARCHS: Craig Cook (capt.), Justin Sedgmen, Kevin Wolbert, Erik Riss, rider replacement for Sam Masters, Max Clegg, Rob Branford . SOMERSET CASES REBELS: Brady Kurtz, Rasmus Jensen, Charles Wright, Richie Worrall, Josh Grajczonek, Paul Starke, Ollie Greenwood. One of the few occasions where a full strength visiting side will be appearing at the Dale. Expect Somerset to be seeking revenge for their Sky televised home defeat by the Monarchs. Worrall, Grajczonek, Wright, and Starke are decent round the Dale, and although this will Jensen's first appearance here, if he adapts as well as Redcar's Andersen did, then this could be a tight match.

Even allowing for 7 for Lysager in place of Wilson, think Scunny could still replace the injured Douglas with Lanham, who scored 11+2 at EWR for Rebels there recently.

Confirmed on Official Site - MATCH ON http://www.edinburghmonarchs.co/news/article.asp?id=2164

With the caveat that meteorological forecasting is not foolproof, the link below for Friday does not look unreasonable, given that Doc Bridgett & his crew are probably the best guys in the Universe at resuscitating previously wet tracks into superb racing strips http://www.yr.no/place/United_Kingdom/Scotland/Armadale~2657067/

What a mean spirited response to a young talented rider who has just suffered injuries which may curtail his season.

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