Nickinho

Whilst some of the racing in 2026 was fantastic to watch the season was a dreadful one for the Tigers. Ashton Vale ended up on a bigger average (4.00) in last night's meeting than 'Super' Mario Hausl managed all season (3.79). Sam Hagon looked like an NDL rider at times and Freddy Hodder showed flashes but everyone said that about him last season as well. His average looks enticing enough to give him another year in the job though but i can't see KJP staying as his average is tricky to squeeze in if the management decide to go with 3 heat leaders again. He's also in his mid 20s so he's unlikely to kick on anymore. Leon Flint impresses at home but is often found lacking away so he may be shown the door. Cami Brown wasn't really at fault for the poor season but he wasn't exactly the Pep Guardiola of the Championship either. The club itself could look at trying to arrange home fixtures a bit better next season as this year almost 7 weeks went by without a home meeting during the height of the summer. Hot days are generally when the fans come out in large numbers. Just a thought. And on that thought here's my thoughts on what a strong 2027 team might look like, providing all the riders can be enticed to Ashfield: 1 Chris Harris 2 Victor Palovaara/KJP 3 Anders Rowe 4 Jody Scott 5 Dan Thompson 6 Freddy Hodder 7 ??? *it all comes to a fraction under 38 points leaving a fraction over 2 for an NDL rider.

Not on a near 6-point average he wouldn't.

A strong team for 2027 might look like this: 1 Kye Thomson 2 Paco Castagna 3 Jody Scott 4 Victor Palovaara 5 Anders Rowe 6 ? ? ? 7 Jordy Loftus It would come to less that 36.00 so still over 4 points to play with for the last rider. I think Jody Scott is going to be a really good rider next season and he races around Ashfield like he's stolen his bike. Anders isn't too bad around there either. Convincing them both to rock up at Armadale would be a tall order though.

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If the Monarchs hadn't blown a huge lead in the last league meeting at Armadale and then lost the superheat along with the bonus point the Tigers would have finished 4th in the league.

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More serious than your proposed team. Remind me again what the Glasgow Tigers won in 2026. Couldn't even edge out the Monarchs in the BSN Series. But yeah sure bring Flint and Hodder back if winning is no longer important to Tigers fans.

I didn't like the way the team was built for 2026 and perhaps the strategy of trying to get 3 heat leaders squeezed into the team should change and the Tigers should go down the Scunthorpe route and entice Josh Pickering to Glasgow and fill the rest of the team with Tate Zisckshe's and KJP's and someone like Andersen the GP2 winner on a five point average and then back them up with stronger reserves like Eddie Kennett.

This is the trophy which Cami has targeted all season, he even went so far as to throw away the BSN series, the KO cup and the Championship just so he could focus on this fixture and claim the bragging rights in Scotland. I fully expect to see his tactical genius on display tomorrow night and i confidently predict a Tigers win (in a heat 16 run off).

To be fair to the boy at least he's been consistent all season when it comes to not being arsed. If the averages were based solely on apathy he would be on top.

After writing "At least he won a few heats" you forgot to add "over the course of an entire season". Glad i could fix that for you.

Last night was a great advert for the sport and for BSN who broadcast it but for Glasgow to lose to Scunthorpe over two legs was shockingly bad. Scunny only had one out-and-out heat leader and were a team with Nathan Ablitt riding at 3, Hook riding at 5 and they had a 16 year old reserve who never scored a point yet the Tigers STILL couldn't overcome them. David Howe overshadowed Cami Btown with his tactical ingenuity and the Scorpions were never really pushed. The best heat of the night was heat 11 with Pickering going toe-to-toe with Harris but the best thing about that heat for me is that it was hopefully Mario Hausl's last ever appearance in a Tigers' race jacket. He is undoubtedly the worst Tigers signing in the past ten years. I also predict Anders Rowe will be approached over the winter to sign for the Tigers '27 team.

Ablitt was given the number 7 spot at Poole a few seasons ago simply to fill a 2.00 void. There was no pressure on him because the Pirates had 6 very strong riders to offset his poor scores that year and the fans were extremely supportive of him. He's now averaging almost 6 points per meeting at Scunthorpe and could have another title under his belt at the end of this season. One silver lining for Glasgow is that he's hopeless around Ashfield. He makes strong starts but then seems to completely forget the concept of racing lines and always get overtaken.

He's been detrimental to the whole Tigers' season because with Howarth retired Glasgow needed everyone else to step up and be prepared to fight. I'd rather he didn't come back, if only for the team spirit alone because when he did turn up he always looked gloomy and disinterested. He had two good races all season, both of which he made the gate but in one of them he was pressured into a fall. At the start of the season everyone assured me he was the best thing to come out of Germany since bratwurst but even a sausage on a bike would have been more committed to the Tigers' cause than he is. If he's back next season I'll not be.

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Two of the three riders you mentioned had to retire due to injury

That's a guaranteed 18 points for Sunny then.

Being biased is no excuse for being wilfully blind

I don't know why British clubs don't use tarpaulin to keep off the rain to avoid call-offs. And only the corners need to be covered. It would be so simple yet no club has ever done it. There's no excuses anymore. Here's an example of how it's done in Poland (albeit with the straights covered too) - [Go to 9:45 on the video to see the track covers]

What Harris did was nasty and loutish. He clearly stamped on Ben after pushing him and then carving him off the bike. Disgusting. I've lost a lot of respect for Bomber now.

Congrats to Dan T on finishing 5th in the British final. Well deserved as he always seemed to be in the top 2 in every race bar the semi-final.

Ivacic wasn't too bad but at least he turned up and looked interested in riding. Hausl has been pathetic all season, apart from two rides where he shot out of the gate (although in one he was pressured by Dan T and fell). He's been a far worse signing than Ivacic because at least Ivacic went in time and was replaced by a far superior rider for the rest of that season. This year the Tigers are stuck with Hausl until the end. *and i would love to see Basso back at Ashfield or anywhere in the Championship for that matter as he's one of the most exciting riders of the past 10 years. Nagel was fantastic as well.

With the ineffective Hausl out Glasgow look very strong at reserve with Battye coming in for him. Does anyone know if Kye is fully fit after Poole?