Glasgow Tigers 2026

[Noelinho]

Perhaps if Mario had shown an interest in practicing around Ashfield, he’d have found he had an home advantage.

It’s total nonsense to say there’s no home advantage for Glasgow riders, it’s just an excuse when we lose.

Most of the clubs that apparently have a home advantage get beaten at home more than Glasgow.

[TigerIain]

Mario doesn't seem to like damp conditions, which makes me wonder why he joined Glasgow! 🤣 Maybe Leon Flint only knows how to say 'sunny' in German and not 'rainy' 🤷‍♂️ (I'm assuming as they both ride for Landshut that Leon had some involvement in Mario joining Glasgow). 

As for home track advantage...the extra dirt compared to how other tracks are prepared (especially when Glasgow are visiting) is probably the main point of difference, some riders handle that better than others. For riders that can pass, Ashfield also normally gives them the opportunity to try

[Noelinho]

I think Mario was signed purely off the back of that one good meeting in SoN2.

[TigerIain]

25 minutes ago, Noelinho said:

I think Mario was signed purely off the back of that one good meeting in SoN2.

Having watched that meeting, Mario found an inside line that worked for him (and pretty much no one else in the meeting). Memory is a little hazy but I think he finished 3rd in every heat, beating the other countries number 2 rider, but not their number 1. Blodorn was flying out the gates and won most of the heats and Germany 6-3'd their way to victory (4-3-2-0 scoring). 

I thought at the time that Hausl had over performed in that meeting.

A lack of track time at Ashfield hasn't helped, but I think his own choices in not practising are a big cause of that. Our licence has no, or very little, restrictions on it so he could practice pretty much any time he liked

[Fromafar]

48 minutes ago, Noelinho said:

I think Mario was signed purely off the back of that one good meeting in SoN2.

Plus he never really beat much.