Glasgow 2025

[Nickinho]

7 minutes ago, tigger63 said:

basso is around 9.5 ...... tarasenko is around  9.00...... the average set for next season is around 38 pts ...... not 48 .

What kind of excuse is that?! You're attitude is really poor. Do you think my grandmother would have survived the mortar shells at Gallipoli with that kind of attitude? She'd have been court martialed and shot and deservedly so! The league should make an exemption for the Tigers and let them have an extra ten points no matter what Poole fans may think. In fact Poole should start with a 14-point limit imho.

[Noelinho]

40 minutes ago, tigger63 said:

basso is around 9.5 ...... tarasenko is around  9.00...... the average set for next season is around 38 pts ...... not 48 .

Higher, actually.!

Basso 10.34

Tarasenko 11.25

[Beirao]

2 hours ago, screm said:

https://glasgowtigers.co.uk/brown-admits-hunger-for-25/

A more interesting read would be 

brown-admits-messed-up- team-selection-for-24

[Fromafar]

10 hours ago, SpeedwaySlider72 said:

That depends how you assess the product. Anyone watching speedway at Ashfield would say that the racing has improved year on year. If that is the product and it has improved then does the points limit really have much impact? Have admission prices increased by much more than inflation in recent times?

It seems that too much importance is placed on the points limit every year by promoters and fans alike when there is so much more to the sport.

Speedway fans often like to throw stones at their own sport rather than enjoy the sporting spectacle which is just as good as most other sports. There is room for improvement but are things so bad to warrant the frequent negativity that is on display on this forum?

Ashfield is a great spectacle for the sport.The general watering down does nothing help in general.IMO

You have to ask why the sport is not attracting new fans and retaining them based on what you are saying.

[Bandit59]

On 9/18/2024 at 5:46 PM, TracksideView said:

3 riders currently signed for the 2025 season. Anders isn't one of the signings and won't be signing for Glasgow.

Would that be Bomber,JP and Hodder ?

[Noelinho]

14 minutes ago, Bandit59 said:

Would that be Bomber,JP and Hodder ?

Suspect Leon, almost certainly not JP though 😑

[Nickinho]

57 minutes ago, Noelinho said:

Suspect Leon, almost certainly not JP though 😑

Flint is hardly likely to increase his average and is neither a 1 or a 5

[Noelinho]

28 minutes ago, Nickinho said:

Flint is hardly likely to increase his average and is neither a 1 or a 5

I don't disagree.

[Wow68]

1 hour ago, Noelinho said:

Suspect Leon, almost certainly not JP though 😑

Why not JP?

[tyretrax]

11 minutes ago, Wow68 said:

Why not JP?

Never mind average fitting does his face fit?

[Wow68]

28 minutes ago, tyretrax said:

Never mind average fitting does his face fit?

Maybe I’m missing something - but I don’t understand what you mean?

[Noelinho]

8 hours ago, Wow68 said:

Why not JP?

They don't like his away average. They seem to ignore that he's barely ridden those tracks, is still only 19, and has shown fantastic week-by-week improvements at Ashfield.

The away improvements would come naturally, but I keep hearing this line about the away average from too many people, so either someone is playing a weird bluff, or they're not interested in having him back.

Sad if they're not willing to invest a second year in the one guy who has shown real potential. I hope he makes them regret it if that's the case, because he was first on my list. He's not the complete package yet, but he's working it out pretty fast.

[arnieg]

5 minutes ago, Noelinho said:

They don't like his away average. They seem to ignore that he's barely ridden those tracks, is still only 19, and has shown fantastic week-by-week improvements at Ashfield.

The away improvements would come naturally, but I keep hearing this line about the away average from too many people, so either someone is playing a weird bluff, or they're not interested in having him back.

Sad if they're not willing to invest a second year in the one guy who has shown real potential. I hope he makes them regret it if that's the case, because he was first on my list. He's not the complete package yet, but he's working it out pretty fast.

19 years old, 5pt average, not made the progress hoped for. That's where Dan Thompson was 12 months ago - sure any team would have been happy to benefit from the progress he made in 2024.

[Kerryxo]

Can I ask - and sorry if this has been asked before - why do Glasgow only run one team? If Oxford can run 3 in a shared track, why can Glasgow not have at least 2?! IMO would be great for attracting and retaining new fans, especially if the 2nd team was prem.

[Jaizer]

Adds 1.5 to his average despite woeful management of him at reserve and not deemed good enough to return. Madness. 

[Noelinho]

42 minutes ago, Kerryxo said:

Can I ask - and sorry if this has been asked before - why do Glasgow only run one team? If Oxford can run 3 in a shared track, why can Glasgow not have at least 2?! IMO would be great for attracting and retaining new fans, especially if the 2nd team was prem.

I think they were considering an NDL team for 2024 late last year, but decided against. There were a few factors: it would require more volunteers, more track staff time, probably another team manager as it would be a lot for Cami to do that as well - he does have a life outside of speedway!

Also, they were pretty pissed with the way the end of the NJL season was handled.

No idea how much the extra cost of running a team in NDL factored in, but the practical side of things was definitely part of it.

[Gazc]

46 minutes ago, Jaizer said:

Adds 1.5 to his average despite woeful management of him at reserve and not deemed good enough to return. Madness. 

The woeful management will continue next year.

Unless they send him on a crash course of some sort.

[szkocjasid]

1 hour ago, arnieg said:

19 years old, 5pt average, not made the progress hoped for. That's where Dan Thompson was 12 months ago - sure any team would have been happy to benefit from the progress he made in 2024.

Remember nobody wanted Dan T last year. Started without a Champ club, Birmingham used him for 28 days but didn't keep him, then finally got signed by Plymouth & sadly go injured.

It's a surprise no one saw his promise.

Hope he remembers this & stays loyal to Plymouth.

As for Pearson he reminds me of Connor Bailey, had a 7 home but 3 away average, so they let him go.

[Wow68]

1 hour ago, Noelinho said:

They don't like his away average. They seem to ignore that he's barely ridden those tracks, is still only 19, and has shown fantastic week-by-week improvements at Ashfield.

The away improvements would come naturally, but I keep hearing this line about the away average from too many people, so either someone is playing a weird bluff, or they're not interested in having him back.

Sad if they're not willing to invest a second year in the one guy who has shown real potential. I hope he makes them regret it if that's the case, because he was first on my list. He's not the complete package yet, but he's working it out pretty fast.

I completely agree with your comments, unlike the UK kids he has only raced three times maximum on the away tracks and only twice at Poole - surely seeing a 4 point average rider consistently score 8+ at home anyone can see that will also be the same next year on the away tracks. Seems like UK speedway doesn’t see the potential - unlike his Polish club who Flint also rides for but JP average a lot better then Flints. Some very strange decisions being made for sure.

[DJC]

4 minutes ago, szkocjasid said:

Remember nobody wanted Dan T last year. Started without a Champ club, Birmingham used him for 28 days but didn't keep him, then finally got signed by Plymouth & sadly go injured.

It's a surprise no one saw his promise.

Hope he remembers this & stays loyal to Plymouth.

As for Pearson he reminds me of Connor Bailey, had a 7 home but 3 away average, so they let him go.

The move away from Leicester and possibly the comfort of riding with his brother, has done him the world of good. There was always a rider in there and fair play to Plymouth for helping it show. 
It would be good to see him lead them next year but I have a feeling Louis may want him somewhere more competitive if he's to stay at Ipswich (who'd also be mad to let him go). 

Glasgow would be a great place for him as a second/third HL dependant on points limit.

Harris and Pearson should be the ones they build a side around next year, if they can keep Rowe as well that would be a great start.