Glasgow 2025

[Gazc]

6 minutes ago, SteveLyric2 said:

But surely its not about the result, its all about the exciting racing?!😉

It’s more about having your full 1-7 at the part of the season that matters most out with injuries which we haven’t had.

But your attempt at sarcasm has been noted.

[SteveLyric2]

24 minutes ago, Gazc said:

It’s more about having your full 1-7 at the part of the season that matters most out with injuries which we haven’t had.

But your attempt at sarcasm has been noted.

I did finish it with the winking emoji!!😉😄

[tyler42]

1 hour ago, ragdoll64 said:

Just as a point of interest, who would you have replaced Max Perry with?

 It's a shame Cooper Rushen is only 15. He has an average 3pts higher than Perry in the NDL In only his 1st season of racing. It was always going to be tough for Glasgow with two young reserves who didn't pull up too many trees the season before.

Fair play to Hodder In the 2nd half of the season he has come on leaps and bounds, as showed last night in beating Cairns twice. Unfortunately Perry has shown no progress imo and is out of his depth. Regarding who can replace him. It's a tough one as barring Tom Spencer. Perry has the lowest average in the league.

Which proves does it not, that for all what Vatcher raves on about. Their are not too many young English riders coming through at this moment in time. We have no one imo who could replace Perry, regardless how poor he has been riding.

[GoGoDaz]

Nagel is having a tremendous season for someone so young and is so exciting to watch. His high scoring makes his absence, or having an off form rider, more noticeable in close matches as our track is so popular with the visitors - who've by and large kept most meetings close. Unfortunately 😜

There's no disrespect intended to Max or Freddy, who have provided vital points that have sealed wins for us over the year. Both have been trying very hard with scant reward some nights. I'd expect one or both to be an option again next year for us. Think they've both learned a lot and I think they'll push on next season if they both stay.

But Nagel is in demand, he's been involved in individual and national honours (as well as various team ones) which he'll potentially be swayed by. Ideally we see him back on Friday and our season lasts a bit longer. Thoroughly enjoyed our racing this season whatever happens, but would absolutely love us winning the league title if we can get the results needed. Should fear no-one with our full side.

[Fromafar]

3 minutes ago, tyler42 said:

 It's a shame Cooper Rushen is only 15. He has an average 3pts higher than Perry in the NDL In only his 1st season of racing. It was always going to be tough for Glasgow with two young reserves who didn't pull up too many trees the season before.

Fair play to Hodder In the 2nd half of the season he has come on leaps and bounds, as showed last night in beating Cairns twice. Unfortunately Perry has shown no progress imo and is out of his depth. Regarding who can replace him. It's a tough one as barring Tom Spencer. Perry has the lowest average in the league.

Which proves does it not, that for all what Vatcher raves on about. Their are not too many young English riders coming through at this moment in time. We have no one imo who could replace Perry, regardless how poor he has been riding.

On the other hand Cairns beat Hodder 3 times.

[Diablo]

3 semi finals for Glasgow & could they possibly “hibs/spurs” it  & come out with a duck this season ? 

[tyler42]

5 minutes ago, Fromafar said:

On the other hand Cairns beat Hodder 3 times.

But how many times did Perry beat Cairns. Surely two is better than none!!

Edited Wednesday at 11:49 AM by tyler42

[Fromafar]

9 minutes ago, tyler42 said:

But how many times did Perry beat Cairns. Surely two is better than none!!

Personally don’t see why they signed Perry.Hodder was signed on 1 good guest appearance ( never really improved with Berwick last season). Hodder is showing signs of improvement though( main at home).

[TheWellBehavedWorrall]

3 hours ago, ragdoll64 said:

Just as a point of interest, who would you have replaced Max Perry with?

It’s not a like-for-like replacement; it’s deeper than that.

We took a risk when building this team and while it may still work, it’s cost us several times this season.

We’re top heavy and that isn’t Max Perry or Freddy Hodder’s fault, but unless our top five are firing on all cylinders- which hasn’t happened on several occasions - then there’s more pressure on those two teenagers to deliver, especially the one riding at number six.

Perry and Hodder have had a tough gig this season, but they should be proud.

Next season, keep Hodder and compliment him with a stronger reserve.

[ragdoll64]

38 minutes ago, TheWellBehavedWorrall said:

It’s not a like-for-like replacement; it’s deeper than that.

We took a risk when building this team and while it may still work, it’s cost us several times this season.

We’re top heavy and that isn’t Max Perry or Freddy Hodder’s fault, but unless our top five are firing on all cylinders- which hasn’t happened on several occasions - then there’s more pressure on those two teenagers to deliver, especially the one riding at number six.

Perry and Hodder have had a tough gig this season, but they should be proud.

Next season, keep Hodder and compliment him with a stronger reserve.

I was responding to colsimmo’s remark that Perry should have been replaced at the start of the “league” fixtures, which at that point would have been like for like. 

[tyler42]

1 hour ago, TheWellBehavedWorrall said:

It’s not a like-for-like replacement; it’s deeper than that.

We took a risk when building this team and while it may still work, it’s cost us several times this season.

We’re top heavy and that isn’t Max Perry or Freddy Hodder’s fault, but unless our top five are firing on all cylinders- which hasn’t happened on several occasions - then there’s more pressure on those two teenagers to deliver, especially the one riding at number six.

Perry and Hodder have had a tough gig this season, but they should be proud.

Next season, keep Hodder and compliment him with a stronger reserve.

This was always going to be a problem, especially when you were also putting a lot of faith in Boughe having to ride in the main body of the team. If you could have started with Boughen at resrve :"I know team averages" But an experienced No2  could have made such a difference to your campaign with Boughen and Hodder down at reserve.

 

[MANSE]

22 hours ago, ragdoll64 said:

Just as a point of interest, who would you have replaced Max Perry with?

No reply to this post yet,dont know seems to be the answer and Cami is the match manager

[Youhave2minutes]

23 hours ago, Gazc said:

It’s more about having your full 1-7 at the part of the season that matters most out with injuries which we haven’t had.

But your attempt at sarcasm has been noted.

Having a bit of an issue trying to find where it has been noted. 

[Youhave2minutes]

23 hours ago, Diablo said:

3 semi finals for Glasgow & could they possibly “hibs/spurs” it  & come out with a duck this season ? 

All was needed was one good reserve, you can’t carry two especially when you reach the business end

Edited Thursday at 10:52 AM by Youhave2minutes

[Noelinho]

1 hour ago, Youhave2minutes said:

All was needed was one good reserve, you can’t carry two especially when you reach the business end

Very easy to say, until you have to remove another main body rider and bring in a weaker rider to make room for a stronger reserve.

[szkocjasid]

On 9/24/2025 at 4:25 PM, tyler42 said:

This was always going to be a problem, especially when you were also putting a lot of faith in Boughen having to ride in the main body of the team. If you could have started with Boughen at reserve :"I know team averages" But an experienced No2 could have made such a difference to your campaign with Boughen and Hodder down at reserve.

Boughen's starting average was over 3 points above Perry's. So for Boughen to start at reserve, would have meant replacing Harris with a 6 point rider (roughly guessing averages). Any alternative for another top 5 rider would have been starting at reserve, not Boughen.

Naturally fans will want to improve on a weak part of the team, Monarchs fans want a stronger top end (but that means no Grahn at reserve) but with a low points limit, it's not easy to do.

[szkocjasid]

On 9/24/2025 at 1:00 PM, Fromafar said:

Personally don’t see why they signed Perry. Hodder was signed on 1 good guest appearance (never really improved with Berwick last season). Hodder is showing signs of improvement though( main at home).

I didn't see a lot of potential in them (apart from 1 good guest appearance) but if Glasgow wanted 4 heat leaders, 2 x 2.00 reserves was their only option.

But I've been impressed with both of them this season. Scored more than I expected, well done to them.

If I was Glasgow I'd start with both again*, expect the team to have to weaken (if the Champ stays the same) would would mean they can keep more of their top 5.

*Unless Rushen could be signed that is.

[Fromafar]

Personally I have not been impressed with them.

26 minutes ago, szkocjasid said:

I didn't see a lot of potential in them (apart from 1 good guest appearance) but if Glasgow wanted 4 heat leaders, 2 x 2.00 reserves was their only option.

But I've been impressed with both of them this season. Scored more than I expected, well done to them.

If I was Glasgow I'd start with both again*, expect the team to have to weaken (if the Champ stays the same) would would mean they can keep more of their top 5.

*Unless Rushen could be signed that is.

Personally I have not been impressed with them.

[Noelinho]

On 9/25/2025 at 11:51 AM, Youhave2minutes said:

All was needed was one good reserve, you can’t carry two especially when you reach the business end

Well we topped the league table, got the highest team average in the league and got to the playoffs final, so we've done better than seven out of nine teams.

Who is the stronger reserve you would've taken if you were Glasgow? I wanted us to get Jody Scott, but no idea if we did (or if he would have wanted to).

Same for next year. Jody is taken, surely Redcar will want to keep him. Cooper Rushen seems unlikely to come to Glasgow. Edinburgh will want to keep Jordy Loftus. Of more experienced reserves, Ace seems happy at Redcar. There aren't a lot of obvious options, and some of the teams with strong reserves didn't even make the playoffs so it's not a guarantee of success. That's the great thing about the points limit. Everyone has to compromise somewhere.