Nickinho

Tigers fans have already decided that they've won the treble with a weaker side than last season so there's no point in the Monarchs even entering a team this year. What say you Edinburgh fans?

'Team manager Cami Brown said: “This is the team we wanted for 2026. It’s a fabulous mix of youth and experience plus so much entertainment. It’s a side of pure excitement." ' I'm curious as to which would Tigers fans prefer - an exciting, entertaining side or a winning side? I'm only asking because i've seen many exciting sides win nothing and many unexciting sides win silverware. And what does 'exciting' really mean in the context of speedway because sometimes entire meetings can produce 14 heats of unexciting action and then throw up a 'heat of the season' and turn a meeting on its head. I tend to find speedway exciting regardless of whether or not there are lots of overtakes, spills and close results, so personally i'd rather see a winning team than "pure excitement". The same goes for the football where most matches are rather boring affairs these days but it just takes one goal to send me home happy. I know an exciting team can also be a winning team but i'd take a winning team, no matter how exciting/bland, any day of the week,

From what everyone was saying on this forum i fully expected Luke Harrison to be nailed on for a starting spot in the Red & White for 2026. And going by what everyone else was saying i'm probably the only one on here who is happy to see Freddy back for the Tigers. I realise he was up and down all season but he did show signs that he was progressing overall so coming back on a sub-3 point average was a good decision by the club to re-sign him. I hope Max Perry manages to get a spot with another team because he's worthy of a No 7 spot in this league. I'm probably alone though in thinking that this isn't as strong a side as last year and i don't think the Tigers will start off as favourites this coming season as i'm looking at other clubs such as Berwick and Worky and liking what i see being built there. I also think Edinburgh will be stronger than last season when they pushed Glasgow very, very close to a place in the Grand Final so i think now is not the time for Tigers' fans to start getting too excited, at least not until September when an underperforming rider gets replaced by a Tarasenko or a Nagel as has usually been the case. Just my opinion.

Oh yes he can

Lay off the weed. Belle Vue have a lot of sway in UK speedway, far more than you think.

Clubs like Belle Vue would never support one big league. It would be detrimental to everything they are doing there so it won't happen and everyone can hype it up as much as they want, it just won't happen. And in case anyone has forgotten or weren't alive the last time the two leagues merged, it sucked.

It's a very good team and it's possible that Joe T will make a similar breakthrough soon that his brother took last year and Jack Smith is a good enough reserve in this league. The only concerns i would have is Paco and Palovaara as i don't think they will be capable of putting anything more onto the averages they got last season (2025) and i certainly don't think Victor is a 1 or a 5 in this league. I still think it looks stronger than the initial team Edinburgh named going into last season which included an untried Polish rider as their second heat leader.

I can't wait. I am going to write to my local MP. This is an outrage. I may even have to go to the UN and if that fails Points of View.

Who is it?

This just shows how far speedway has fallen over the years. Football in the 80s was heading the same way until they incorporated massive changes to the way the sport was run and how it was promoted.

A toddler could have guided that team to a title. Or even you.

I overheard Kurtz in a bar last week saying that it has always been his dream to quit the GP's and ride for Workington in the Championship. At least i think it was him, he was ginger but i'd had a few jars.

It's looking like a very strong team so far.

He'll be the strongest reserve then.

The Monarchs came within one heat from dumping the Tigers out of the Play-off Semi-Final. What's your point?

If the Tigers couldn't win anything with a Top 5 of Harris (9.55), Thompson (9.50), Howarth (8.84), Nagel (8.61) and Flint (8.17)* along with a couple of reserves who weren't out of their depth in the Championship then i doubt Harrison will be the answer. I think the problem lies elsewhere. *2025 average not GSA

What was the reason for posting this?

Doesn't matter. With Cammy as team manager you could name Bewley, Kurtz, Lindgren, Zmarzlik, Doyle, Kubera and Holder and they will win as much silverware as the Tigers won last year - none.

I doubt that but i guess we'll see, won't we.

Workington?

17, 18 who cares. According to his own website he's 17, you'd better tell him to update it. And remind me of a time when Luke Harrison scored highly around Ashfield, or for that matter looked anything other than a reserve when he visited the place. Hodder is probably a better bet for next year than Harrison (on an average more than 2 points lower).

They'll just sit around deciding on how to drive another nail into speedway's coffin. Like they do every year.

Ashton was talented and was not handed everything on a plate.

After last years experience with Ashton Boughen i can't see the Tigers going for Luke Harrison, another 17-year-old, on a 5 point average. I can see Tate Zischke (5.65?) being targeted due to the promotion's links with Workington. Flint and Zischke would be a very strong 3 & 4, possibly the strongest in the league.

Pedersen on a 5 point average at number 4 isn't likely to happen and wouldn't be condusive to a strong middle order.