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Nagel won't be back, and Dan not allowed back as his average is over 8 and Tigers will keep Bomber. I expect Flint and Howarth will be back. Jenkins would make a good number 4 in that team, and allow a stronger bottom 3 than Drew Kemp would, so if that was the choice I would prefer Jenkins

Richard Juul rode one season for Glasgow around year 2000. He signed from top division Wolves on a converted average of about 9.5 and was nowhere near that. Think he only ever averaged about 6 in his div 2 career. Rode with Newcastle after that and I think ended up as co-owner or co-promoter there. Peter Juul could also have made the list though

If it is just one rider over 8, then you won't be competing with Tigers for Dan Thompson. Tigers will have Bomber back, so Dan T will move on. Glasgow, Poole, Oxford, Scunthorpe and Redcar won't be able to fit him in, so Workington only competing with Edinburgh, Berwick and Plymouth. Unless Workington have already signed Klindt, in which case I would think Plymouth are favourites to sign him

If the rumoured 40 point limit is true, and only 1 rider over 8.00 is accurate, then only Scunthorpe can strengthen up, and Poole and pretty much everyone else have to start next season weaker than they finished this. Berwick finished under 40 but Kildemand and Jeppesen were both over 8. Plymouth and Workington may be under 40 with Brit reduction if still in place. Poole finished on 44.53 so will have to loose quite a few points even with the British reduction, about 3.5 points (which for context roughly equates to keeping the 2025 team but replacing Anders Rowe with Ace Pijper)

He also had a skid round Ashfield after one of the Tigers matches, before his individual meetings. Could have been arranged through Nagel or hours Landshut teammate Leon Flint. Jonas Seifert-Salk I believe also had an after match practice session at Ashfield last year. Both of which could be completely unrelated to 2026 team building. Glasgow have ruled out using Danes in the recent past seasons as Poole and Oxford ride on Wednesday nights, but Danes have generally done well for Glasgow in recent years (Nagel, Basso, Rasmus Jensen, Vissing), but there have been a few misses (Sam Jensen, Anders Thomsen and Richard Juul) over the years.

That probably means that Max Perry would fit as number 7 in that line up. With the entire team benefiting from the Brit reduction, it is likely to do well. But whilst both Perry and Hodder showed flashes of potential but I'm not sure that Tigers will have them both back

Scunthorpe just ruined the "we've got 9 riders over 8 and 9 teams so let's give them all 1 each". Great signing for Scunthorpe fans though especially after ensuring a tough season last year

Statement also says "Josh comes in on a high average so we have had to look at riders who we feel will improve their own average and I am quite happy with the balance of youth and experience in the team." Sounds like they have 7 signed already

Nagel went be back in 2026. Even if he wanted to be back, he missed too many matches, including some of the one arranged after he joined and the guest facility for him was rank rotten for Tigers last year (Thomsen, Cairns, Hook, Palm Toft, Hume and Bowes in particular). Only Edwards (6+1 from 4) could be considered an adequate replacement. Great rider, fantastic to watch, but just too many foreign commitments. (I make it he rode 13 and missed 8 matches last year)

Could be. One comment suggests they might go NDL only, one suggests Premiership (a rumour that someone floated on one of the threads here recently). Is it likely that they are announcing an announcement that they are staying in the Championship? For the benefit of those not on Facebook it says "Tonight, at 6PM, there will be an announcement about Scunthorpe Scorpions 2026 plans" To me that suggests that it will be about what league they are racing in rather than any signing plans, but we'll find out in a could of hours

Their Facebook page has the announcement of the announcement but didn't say where it will be made. I presume that it will be on their website and social media, and on the British Speedway website and social media not long after

40 point Premiership limit? Or 40 point Championship limit? Also bear in mind, only 4 Premiership teams actually had proper heatleaders last year, 3 didn't and it showed in the final table. How are you going to make that work in one big league? And are there enough riders to make everyone ride to a 40 point Championship limit? In one league, would GP riders like Jack Holder and Bewley etc sign up to ride against 2 point Championship riders?

He also wasn't quite the same rider for Glasgow after his wrist injury. One thing to note though, is that he spent all season at the slightly easier number 3 rather than 5. Being number 1 will be a big step up for him, but hopefully he will take it in his stride, and if he does go back to Plymouth then he'll have Scott Nicholls supporting him

I can see Kildemand pricing himself out of the Championship, unless he gets a doubling up spot

Personally I wouldn't sign Rowe, his drop in form in 2024 seemed to coincide with him signing for Poole before the season ended. I also think that he has already signed for Poole (2 year deal last year). Personally, I'd have Howarth back after the season he had last year. After our experience with Nagel this year, with him missing about as many matches as he rode in, I'm not sure that we'll have a young Dane in our team next year.

It is likely to even out the league. Last season, the was a clear difference between the 'have top heat leaders' and not in both top leagues. So, on one level it makes sense. The question I have is do these nine 8+ riders all want to come back to the Championship, and can clubs in question meet wage and add on demands? If one of the nine doesn't work out a deal, does that render the whole thing pointless?

But Thompson looked slow in heat 12 when Kerr picked him off. So did Howarth in heat 13. This season, Howarth had been absolutely outstanding for Tigers in last heat deciders. It's easy to pick the riders after the event, but I think that picking Howarth was the right call. Clearly it didn't work out, but there is no guarantee that picking Thompson or Flint would actually have worked

Absolutely, it's just a pity that his back was so sore that night that he couldn't turn up at Ashfield and prove the internet doubter trolls wrong. On a more positive note it's fantastic that his back improved so much overnight that he could take part in the individual meeting at Poole the next day and that he was well enough to get second

Interesting that after the BSN semi at Glasgow, where it was leaked early in the day that random fuel testing was taking place and Rocketfuel, sorry Rocketman, missed with a sore back his scoring fell away. I'm certain that it was pure coincidence and that he's not a cheat

Poole. He agreed to go there for 2026 quite a while back. As under 16 I don't think he has actually signed yet. Never seen him race, but if he's as good a racer as he's said to be then it's a shame for the sport that he's chosen a gate and go track

I'm sure everyone enjoyed watching Nagel when he was actually here (I certainly did). Just as I'm sure that no one particularly enjoyed watching Hook, Lambert, MPT, or Thomsen scoring hee haw between them in his absence. The difference between having and not having Nagel was huge (ignore the play off semi when he clearly wasn't fit). Too big. I'm confused by your argument about how few fixture clashes there were when we signed him, cause there were plenty when it actually came to racing. So saying we could avoid clashes next year doesn't make sense because we thought we had done that this year. His other fixtures will take priority over Tigers matches, and a rider as good, and as exciting, as Nagel will be in high demand in Poland, Denmark, Sweden, Germany, U19, U21, U23 and the other international events that the big guns swerve like euro pairs etc. I would love to see him race regularly in the UK, and for the Tigers in particular but with so many commitments abroad, that take precedence over Tigers matches, I cannot see Glasgow resigning him. It's a pity cause he is exciting to watch, he would up his average and he is a future superstar but I would not sign him unless he cuts down on other commitments (although I suspect that the UK is most likely where he will cut back). If he does come back then I'll look forward to watching him race, but in reality I can't see it happening.

Can't see Nagel being back. Shame as what a talent, and exciting to watch, but too many foreign commitments meant that he missed far too many meetings (not counted, but it felt like he missed half of them) and that's likely to be the same again next year

He pretty much single handedly ruined our 2024 season. Can't see the promotion touching this druggie with a barge pole

Watching the live feed, the commentator said that Jake Allan was on his feet and walked away. Nothing more was said apart from the meeting was tied on aggregate, it has been abandoned, and it will be up to BSPA to decide what happens next

Villads Nagel is looking like he will give him a run for his money for best newcomer. Nagel hasn't had the benefit of starting from reserve but has been hugely impressive so far, he can gate, can pass outside, inside and cut back. He's had 7 matches and been paid for double figures in his last 5. Nagel has still to go to tricky away tracks Armadale (1 possibly 2 times), and Wimborne Rd (1 possibly 2 or 3 times) but so far is averaging above McDiarmid - who didn't have a great meeting at Ashfield this week, although unusually despite being taken out of his 3rd ride for Masters, McDiarmid still got into heat 15