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13 minutes ago, Jaizer said:

While his home form has improved, leon was never going to do big things this season at a track been so poor at in the past

It hasn't though, to be honest. He might look a little better, but scoring has been pretty consistent. Removing his heat 15 rides, he's scored 8,9,6,4,8,8,5.

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Just now, Noelinho said:

It hasn't though, to be honest. He might look a little better, but scoring has been pretty consistent. Removing his heat 15 rides, he's scored 8,9,6,4,8,8,5.

Yeah fair enough, like you say just on the eye he looks better

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41 minutes ago, Fromafar said:

Which is Ok,but would have thought Tigers were expecting better things from him.

The decision makers certainly were but like I mentioned previously the wrong rider in the wrong season. In 2023 we could have carried him along and let him find his feet at his own pace with Bomber and Basso doing the heavy lifting. That may have set him up better to ride for us in 2024.

Glasgow now have a dilemma, do they keep him having given him a season to bed in and bank on him improving next season or thank him for his efforts. The points limit will be a crucial factor however Claus is currently 0.3 below Leon in the newest averages.

 

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6 minutes ago, MD said:

The decision makers certainly were but like I mentioned previously the wrong rider in the wrong season. In 2023 we could have carried him along and let him find his feet at his own pace with Bomber and Basso doing the heavy lifting. That may have set him up better to ride for us in 2024.

Glasgow now have a dilemma, do they keep him having given him a season to bed in and bank on him improving next season or thank him for his efforts. The points limit will be a crucial factor however Claus is currently 0.3 below Leon in the newest averages.

 

Worrell was probably expected to do better.

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23 minutes ago, MD said:

The decision makers certainly were but like I mentioned previously the wrong rider in the wrong season. In 2023 we could have carried him along and let him find his feet at his own pace with Bomber and Basso doing the heavy lifting. That may have set him up better to ride for us in 2024.

Glasgow now have a dilemma, do they keep him having given him a season to bed in and bank on him improving next season or thank him for his efforts. The points limit will be a crucial factor however Claus is currently 0.3 below Leon in the newest averages.

I'd take Claus over Leon all day long. 

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14 minutes ago, Fromafar said:

Worrell was probably expected to do better.

He was brought in to help us at one particular track we toil on. Perhaps another flawed decision that he would thrive on a racers track. Unfortunately his season is kaput.

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3 hours ago, Fromafar said:

All this”increased average” what a load of bull.

Its a sport governed by averages, individual and team, so when a rider increases his averages it at least shows an improvement which is a good thing.

No ?.

 

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3 hours ago, screm said:

Leon has increased his average this season so he must be doing something right.

Most will have increased there average due to a watered down league.

Leon bar a couple of meetings has been average around Glasgow but we knew that when he signed ,he hasn’t mastered it and he probably won’t if he still hasn’t worked it out by now.

His comfort zone is Berwick and that’s were he should be to maximise his scoring, nothing against the lad he is just not suited for Glasgow as even when he gates the multiple racing lines means he invariably gets passed as last week proved.

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3 hours ago, screm said:

Leon has increased his average this season so he must be doing something right.

As teams averages will rise from 38 at the start of the season to one close to 42 at the end of it, most/all riders should be expected to raise their starting average by about 10% without actually improving their under lying performance. A starting average of 6.5 would need a season end average of over 7.00 (7.15) just to stand still. 

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26 minutes ago, Beirao said:

As teams averages will rise from 38 at the start of the season to one close to 42 at the end of it, most/all riders should be expected to raise their starting average by about 10% without actually improving their under lying performance. A starting average of 6.5 would need a season end average of over 7.00 (7.15) just to stand still. 

Exactly

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I know multiple people have called for the Championship to be 2 home & 2 away, due to long gaps in the fixture list, but after tonight's postponement, tje next Friday Glasgow & Edinburgh are both available is 13th September (Edinburgh have a home NDL match that day).

Does anyone know when the cut-off for fixtures to count ahead of the play-offs is?

May mean Glasgow having to race on an off night or a double header etc. If this situation happens when there's far less fixtures, how will clubs manage racing 16 home matches instead of (the minimum) 11?

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4 minutes ago, szkocjasid said:

I know multiple people have called for the Championship to be 2 home & 2 away, due to long gaps in the fixture list, but after tonight's postponement, tje next Friday Glasgow & Edinburgh are both available is 13th September (Edinburgh have a home NDL match that day).

Does anyone know when the cut-off for fixtures to count ahead of the play-offs is?

May mean Glasgow having to race on an off night or a double header etc. If this situation happens when there's far less fixtures, how will clubs manage racing 16 home matches instead of (the minimum) 11?

Honestly, it just means having some fixtures on a different night, which we all manage when it's in our interests.

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15 minutes ago, szkocjasid said:

I know multiple people have called for the Championship to be 2 home & 2 away, due to long gaps in the fixture list, but after tonight's postponement, tje next Friday Glasgow & Edinburgh are both available is 13th September (Edinburgh have a home NDL match that day).

Does anyone know when the cut-off for fixtures to count ahead of the play-offs is?

May mean Glasgow having to race on an off night or a double header etc. If this situation happens when there's far less fixtures, how will clubs manage racing 16 home matches instead of (the minimum) 11?

That is what the off night is for is it not.16 Home matches in a season is not unrealistic.IMO

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15 minutes ago, Noelinho said:

Honestly, it just means having some fixtures on a different night, which we all manage when it's in our interests.

 

5 minutes ago, Fromafar said:

That is what the off night is for is it not.16 Home matches in a season is not unrealistic.IMO

If clubs are happy to race on their off night & support each other when re-arranging fixtures, then 2 home & away could easily work.

But clubs haven't always shown they are so helpful to others, so that's why I'm thinking it'll be a struggle to fix all the fixtures in. Get rid of the play-offs & you'll have no trouble.

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22 minutes ago, szkocjasid said:

 

If clubs are happy to race on their off night & support each other when re-arranging fixtures, then 2 home & away could easily work.

But clubs haven't always shown they are so helpful to others, so that's why I'm thinking it'll be a struggle to fix all the fixtures in. Get rid of the play-offs & you'll have no trouble.

We coped when there was about 20 teams in our league ,and we had the fours too 

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