Glasgow Tigers 2026

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9 hours ago, arnieg said:

He's 7 years older than Mitch McDiarmid with all the additional experience that implies, yet it was McDiarmid who had the higher average in the Polish under 24 league this year.

If I was going to sign a Pedersen he'd only be fourth on my list behind Bastian, Villads and Rasmus.

Oh that is interesting but that is a list of very good riders. I am sure he will put over a point on his average maybe 2.

[Bandit59]

9 hours ago, Justgotmecpc said:

Yes he can

Oh no he can't (it's panto season)

Edited 6 hours ago by Bandit59
Extra word

[Wee Eck]

10 hours ago, arnieg said:

He's 7 years older than Mitch McDiarmid with all the additional experience that implies, yet it was McDiarmid who had the higher average in the Polish under 24 league this year.

If I was going to sign a Pedersen he'd only be fourth on my list behind Bastian, Villads and Rasmus.

I usually rely on you to be the oracle but, how much implied additional experience does he have? Mr Google isn’t very helpful here with both riders being shown as coming to prominence in 2022. (And I wouldn’t normally split hairs but it’s just about 6 1/2 not 7 years between them)

[SharpenRake]

20 hours ago, foreverblue said:

Definitely favourites even Brown can:t mess this up.

Perhaps you can explain how Cami has messed things up in the past when it comes to winning trophies? Yes he has appeared to have made some mistakes in some matches but fans don't know why decisions were made at the time. Also fans have the benefit of hindsight. However these were in what you might call qualifying meetings. I can't think of any final or semi final where he has made a 'mistake' that cost us a trophy. So please enlighten us or are you just another armchair troll?

[Robinh88]

13 minutes ago, SharpenRake said:

Perhaps you can explain how Cami has messed things up in the past when it comes to winning trophies? Yes he has appeared to have made some mistakes in some matches but fans don't know why decisions were made at the time. Also fans have the benefit of hindsight. However these were in what you might call qualifying meetings. I can't think of any final or semi final where he has made a 'mistake' that cost us a trophy. So please enlighten us or are you just another armchair troll?

Another stirrer on the forum

[Robinh88]

Double post

Edited 4 hours ago by Robinh88

[BackInTheDHSS]

On 9/23/2022 at 5:45 PM, Steve Shovlar said:

Glasgow go into it as favourites 

On 8/24/2023 at 2:54 PM, Steve Shovlar said:

There’s really no doubt whatsoever that Glasgow will win the Championship this season.

On 9/8/2023 at 9:37 PM, Steve Shovlar said:

And that shows why Glasgow are clear favourites for the title.

On 6/7/2025 at 6:26 PM, Steve Shovlar said:

So last night came as a pleasant surprise that we turned over the clear favourites for this season on their own patch.

On 8/9/2025 at 10:50 PM, Steve Shovlar said:

Glasgow will walk the final. Everyone can see it. 

13 hours ago, Steve Shovlar said:

May as well give the title to Glasgow right now. Even Cami knickers can’t mess this up.
Question is, will they manage the treble? Clear favourites by the proverbial mile. Hearing the Faccenas have ordered a large pot of Brasso.  

  Give it a rest, Shovvy! Glasgow clearly living rent free in your brain for the past three years.

Edited 4 hours ago by BackInTheDHSS

[Nickinho]

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.

[Nickinho]

'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, 

Edited 3 hours ago by Nickinho

[SteveLyric2]

17 minutes ago, Nickinho said:

'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, 

Wow!

[ragdoll64]

29 minutes ago, SteveLyric2 said:

Wow!

Wow indeed…….is there an exchange system in place for Glasgow/Poole supporters?….lol

[Noelinho]

53 minutes ago, Nickinho said:

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'm not sure where the Luke Harrison thing came from. I think it was thrown in to throw people off the scent because it was a little after some people had worked out the full seven.

I'm happy to see Freddy back. He should improve his average next year. I didn't want to see two news reserves, and carting both over probably wasn't the best idea either. Given Freddy fits and has the higher average, I think it's the right move.

Leon should be a #3 next year and our reserves should be stronger compared to this year. The question is simply how our second strings perform. They may take a little dialling in early on, but hopefully they'll be very strong come the second half of the season.

This season, there were heats we knew we'd struggle in. With this team, I don't think that will be the case once they're all settled in.

[Noelinho]

In terms of what I'd prefer, definitely an exciting team. Winning is nice, but entertain me first. An exciting team is usually competitive at least.

[TigerIain]

3 minutes ago, Noelinho said:

In terms of what I'd prefer, definitely an exciting team. Winning is nice, but entertain me first. An exciting team is usually competitive at least.

Can't put it better than that.

Shawfield was mainly gate and go. Tigers were mainly winning but I didn't go, due to a lack of entertainment.

Edited 2 hours ago by TigerIain

[TigerIain]

1 hour ago, Nickinho said:

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.

Too early to say who is favourites, add we only know one 1-7.

I'm happy to see Freddy back, there was signs of improvement and having a stronger partner take some pressure off him. I hope that he kicks on this season. 

Max is a little unlucky not to be back, not that much between them and he was a match winner on occasion. Mainly away from Ashfield, but certainly in the home playoff semi. I hope that he gets a team place somewhere like Berwick where he scores lots of points (although preferably not when we visit 🤣)

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2 hours ago, SharpenRake said:

Perhaps you can explain how Cami has messed things up in the past when it comes to winning trophies? Yes he has appeared to have made some mistakes in some matches but fans don't know why decisions were made at the time. Also fans have the benefit of hindsight. However these were in what you might call qualifying meetings. I can't think of any final or semi final where he has made a 'mistake' that cost us a trophy. So please enlighten us or are you just another armchair troll?

Well in my opinion it was very surprising after Howarth came last in heat 15 he came out again in the super heat especially as the track had changed and a gater like Dan T would have been a better choice. Only my opinion as obviously I have no idea what was said between the riders in the pits prior to the super heat.

[arnieg]

3 hours ago, Wee Eck said:

I usually rely on you to be the oracle but, how much implied additional experience does he have? Mr Google isn’t very helpful here with both riders being shown as coming to prominence in 2022. (And I wouldn’t normally split hairs but it’s just about 6 1/2 not 7 years between them)

KJP made his Danish Lge 1 debut in 2018

10 points in 2020 Danish under 21 Final was probably his first notable result (but for covid he would probably have made his DSL debut that year)

2021 DSL regular - sitting between Lasse Bjerre and Philip Hellstrom-Bangs in the averages

2022 DSL av 4.95 and 2nd in danish under 21

2025 DSL av 3.38 (only 3 matches); Pol Nat Lge 4.63 (an easier league than DSL, where Ivacic averaged 6.74).

 

Mitch McDiarmid made his 500cc debut on 11  May 2024.

 

KJP is a perfectly solid signing and a 6 point average should be a reasonable target to aim at. He is a competent rider who has shown steady but not spectacular improvement. There are several younger Danes who are already ahead of him, not just the obvious ones like Bastian Pedersen, Mikkel Andersen, Drejer and Nagel - but also riders like Heiselberg, Breum and Thorst who have largely been unnoticed.