Glasgow 2025

[Jaizer]

I can't see why have gone for Max Perry personally, didn't show anything last season that was champ ready albeit coming back from a terrible injury. I'm never a fan of 2 2 pointers at reserve as a good reserve can turn a meeting. but 4 out of top 5 imo are capable of improving their averages and should be capable of winning meetings on their own. 

Definitely more positive than last season if this is the side with 3 of the top British talents should be entertaining to watch at least. 

[szkocjasid]

3 hours ago, Diamonds85 said:

If the above rumoured team is true you could easily set it up so Leon had an easier role. He's clearly a very promising rider and probably riding Sheffield rather than Birmingham in the PL will do him all the world of good, with all due respect to Birmingham. He is the highest averaging RS for a reason.

1. Chris Harris

2. Leon Flint

3. Ashton Boughen

4. Kyle Howarth

5. Dan Thompson

6. Max Perry

7. Freddy Hodder

Ride like that for the first few months and if he excels and gets his confidence up swap him to 3, if not he's always going to do a good job at number 2.

Same applies for Kyle and Dan, depends on who's performing the best is who rides at 5 and who rides at 4. It's a very flexible team. Reserves suck though.

I'll have to disagree with the idea behind this comment "you could easily set it up so Leon had an easier role" Flint has a 6.85 average, which is 3rd heat leader standard in the current Championship era, if I felt I had to set up the riding order to give a "3rd heat leader" an easier ride then I'd have to question why he's in the team.

I'd suggest, it should be Boughen who gets the easier role, a 17 year old in only his second full year in the Champ.

[szkocjasid]

3 hours ago, Fromafar said:

Boughen at 3 will be weak .IMO

Depends how the opposition run their team, for example Berwick, Edinburgh, Oxford, Redcar, Scunthorpe & possibly you could argue Workington too ran with a stronger number 4 & a weaker number 3 last year.

Personally I'd put the weakest top 5 rider at 2. I do sometimes wonder why clubs don't switch around the riding order more often depending on their opponents or with track specialists away from home etc.

Edited 4 hours ago by szkocjasid

[Fromafar]

Just now, szkocjasid said:

Depends how the opposition run their team, for example Berwick, Edinburgh, Oxford, Redcar, Scunthorpe & possibly you could argue Workington too rav with a stronger number 4 & a weaker number 3 last year.

Personally I'd put the weakest top 5 rider at 2. I do sometimes wonder why clubs don't switch around the riding order more often depending on their opponents or with track specialists away from home etc.

This subject is just a matter of opinion.That was mine.

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2 hours ago, Jaizer said:

I can't see why have gone for Max Perry personally, didn't show anything last season that was champ ready albeit coming back from a terrible injury. I'm never a fan of 2 2 pointers at reserve as a good reserve can turn a meeting. but 4 out of top 5 imo are capable of improving their averages and should be capable of winning meetings on their own. 

Definitely more positive than last season if this is the side with 3 of the top British talents should be entertaining to watch at least. 

I think any youngsters coming to Glasgow has a good chance to greatly improve, with the 2 tracks big and small and unrestricted track time they would have a great chance to really develop.

[Noelinho]

6 hours ago, TheWellBehavedWorrall said:

I appreciate where you’re coming from and Pearson’s impressive average at Ashfield didn’t go unnoticed, but I believe the famous quote of ”There are three kinds of lies; lies, damned lies and statistics” is very much applicable.

I don’t care if you end the season with average of beyond ten; if you start the season in the main body of the team, but find yourself relegated to the reserve berth, it hasn’t been a great season.

The relegation to reserve came with the inevitable improvement in scores because he should be riding in heat two.

He ended up at reserve because we signed a clown on a 6.00 average. Absolutely nothing to do with James. He also spent a fair amount of time riding at 4, also nothing to do with him.

[AndiCapp]

Hodder and Perry to Glasgow

[szkocjasid]

3 hours ago, Fromafar said:

This subject is just a matter of opinion.That was mine.

I'm not disagreeing, I'd say Boughen does sound like a weak number 3, just pointing out that other clubs may also have weaker number 3s too.

[szkocjasid]

4 hours ago, Jaizer said:

I can't see why have gone for Max Perry personally, didn't show anything last season that was champ ready albeit coming back from a terrible injury. I'm never a fan of 2 2 pointers at reserve as a good reserve can turn a meeting. but 4 out of top 5 imo are capable of improving their averages and should be capable of winning meetings on their own. 

Definitely more positive than last season if this is the side with 3 of the top British talents should be entertaining to watch at least. 

To be fair there's not many 2 pointers who i'd expect to excell next season (apart from Cairns). Think they all may end up a similar standard. I'd say Jody Scott & Max James are two of the more promising ones, but there's not a lot in it.

Hard to say if there's better options than Perry when you don't know who else has signed up 2 point reserves.

Glasgow will likely miss a high scoring reserve, but their top 5 could almost do enough on their own.

Edited 42 minutes ago by szkocjasid