Edinburgh v Workington Championship 15th August 7.30pm

[eide67]

Think this will be a lot closer than the cup match earlier in the season. Monarchs licking their wounds from a mauling at Ashfield on Wednesday.

Teams from Edinburgh website:

Friday 15th August: Edinburgh Monarchs v Workington Comets (Championship), Armadale, 7:30pm

STELLAR MONARCHS: Victor Palovaara, Paco Castagna (Capt.), Justin Sedgmen, Michael Palm Toft, Kye Thomson, Jonatan Grahn, Jordy Loftus.

GT TYRES COMETS: Troy Batchelor (Capt.), Fraser Bowes, Antti Vuolas, Jye Etheridge, Tate Zischke, Jacob Hook, Vinnie Foord.

[topaz325]

Hopefully the Comets can be competitive but recently we have struggled at Armadale.

[j2ohh]

30 minutes ago, topaz325 said:

Hopefully the Comets can be competitive but recently we have struggled at Armadale.

as have others

[Marksman]

Just throwing away points in this meeting after 4 heats 🫣

[Woke23]

Another battering away from home. This season has been an absolute write off. 

Hook is the only one who can hold his head up high and maybe young Vinnie.

[Woke23]

Pack up lads. You'll be as much use back in Workington.

Edited 5 hours ago by Woke23

[Marksman]

You’d think it was some of these lads first time on a speedway bike tonight. All started with Vinnie throwing away the 5-1 in heat 2

[SteelShoe]

There is a mini track at Worky  would be good practice for the likes of Tate, Antti, Fraser, Jye and Vinnie.

[Woke23]

This is getting awfully embarrassing now. How many falls is that? 

[Marksman]

Credit to Jacob Hook and Batch, can’t believe it’s only 20 points we are down 😂

[Woke23]

6 minutes ago, Marksman said:

Credit to Jacob Hook and Batch, can’t believe it’s only 20 points we are down 😂

Yep. Them two alone have scored 25 pts. 5 other riders scored 7 between them. Embarrassing stuff really.

[Woke23]

Thank God for batch. 

[old bob at herne bay]

Workington a 2 man side. Very disappointing forh te fans in attendance. 

[topaz325]

Tough night tonight at Edinburgh, hope Jye is ok after another fall, we go again tomorrow but it will not be easy most of the Monarchs go well at Northside. 

[Fromafar]

Vuolas has been a major disappointment this season IMO.Tate very hit or miss not a lot of progress.

[SteelShoe]

Apart from our first away meeting at Scunny in the BSN Trophy Batch has shown his class away from home. Well done  tonight Jacob, been riding well lately and has a bit of fight in him and to a lesser extent Vinnie. Seems like a poor one from Tate, 4 points over 2 meetings at Armadale for the Comets , 10 points as a guest for Redcar, hard to fathom that one. Seemed below par performance from Fraser tonight while 2 falls are uncharacteristic from what we have seen this season. Antti really should be pulling closer to his average on these tracks now. We had one fall less than in the KOC but mistakes seem to cost us good points. Gonna be tough tomorrow so we will need a full team effort. A win will do as realistically the bonus is beyond us. UTC !

[Woke23]

8 minutes ago, Fromafar said:

Vuolas has been a major disappointment this season IMO.Tate very hit or miss not a lot of progress.

Let's not sugar coat it. Both have been rubbish. Vuolas has been awful away from home other than at Scunny. Tate has just been awful all season. He's only really been scoring what we'd expect once or twice. Atleast we are getting solid performances from vuolas at home

[JanAndersen]

Is Jacob an Edinburgh asset? Thought he looked brilliant tonight tbh and i'd happily take him back if that's the sort of performances he would turn in. Always felt he was a little unlucky to miss out on team spots over the past few seasons.

[Marksman]

7 points between 5 riders

3 of them scored by beating Loftus and Palm Toft

1 scored because of Palm Toft being excluded

3 of them scored by beating a team mate in 5-1 defeats.

Remarkable to only get beat by 20 points, we’ve had much worse results this season but none feel as bad as this one.

 

[crescent girl]

8 minutes ago, JanAndersen said:

Is Jacob an Edinburgh asset? Thought he looked brilliant tonight tbh and i'd happily take him back if that's the sort of performances he would turn in. Always felt he was a little unlucky to miss out on team spots over the past few seasons.

There are no "assets" any more.   Riders are contracted to a club -- but when the contract ends, they are free agents.