Oxford 2026

[Technik]

Dayle Wood is a great guy. A late comer to speedway & over the last couple of seasons with regular racing he has improved & his development is showing in his Aussie form. When the 2026 season gets underway he will give Oxford 100% & maybe a bit more on & off track. I doubt he will ever reach a massive average but I can see him getting up to 5.00 in this team.

[szkocjasid]

I wouldn't be too concerned about the reserves. The top 5 should be good enough to carry them.

I do think they could be 3.00 reserves, but don't expect massive improvement. But even that would be stronger than Glasgow's bottom 2 & they topped the table.

[foreverblue]

22 minutes ago, szkocjasid said:

I wouldn't be too concerned about the reserves. The top 5 should be good enough to carry them.

I do think they could be 3.00 reserves, but don't expect massive improvement. But even that would be stronger than Glasgow's bottom 2 & they topped the table.

Glasgow have a stronger reserves now.

[szkocjasid]

1 minute ago, foreverblue said:

Glasgow have a stronger reserves now.

I agree, but also a weaker top 3 / top 5.

Just pointing out weaker reserves doesn't mean you can't win anything. Glasgow were only a superheat away from the title.

Don't think Oxford will be favourites, but think they'll be up there challenging.

[Fromafar]

3 hours ago, Technik said:

Dayle Wood is a great guy. A late comer to speedway & over the last couple of seasons with regular racing he has improved & his development is showing in his Aussie form. When the 2026 season gets underway he will give Oxford 100% & maybe a bit more on & off track. I doubt he will ever reach a massive average but I can see him getting up to 5.00 in this team.

Looking at Berwick line up so far I would have had him back at Shielfield. Wish him well though.

[foreverblue]

12 minutes ago, szkocjasid said:

I agree, but also a weaker top 3 / top 5.

Just pointing out weaker reserves doesn't mean you can't win anything. Glasgow were only a superheat away from the title.

Don't think Oxford will be favourites, but think they'll be up there challenging.

Glasgow had a terrific top 5 especially with the addition of Nagel, Oxford have a good top 5 but nowhere near last season's Glasgow. I think this season's Glasgow are the team to beat especially if Pedersen and Hausl go as well as expected.

[Fromafar]

4 minutes ago, foreverblue said:

Glasgow had a terrific top 5 especially with the addition of Nagel, Oxford have a good top 5 but nowhere near last season's Glasgow. I think this season's Glasgow are the team to beat especially if Pedersen and Hausl go as well as expected.

Not so sure about Tigers ,big pressure on Hausi and Pedersen. Flint will have step up. Boughen let them down last season , it doesn’t take much to go wrong in Speedway.

[foreverblue]

10 minutes ago, Fromafar said:

Not so sure about Tigers ,big pressure on Hausi and Pedersen. Flint will have step up. Boughen let them down last season , it doesn’t take much to go wrong in Speedway.

Not totally convinced with Hausl but Pedersen could easily put two points on his average in my opinion.

[szkocjasid]

1 hour ago, foreverblue said:

Glasgow had a terrific top 5 especially with the addition of Nagel, Oxford have a good top 5 but nowhere near last season's Glasgow. I think this season's Glasgow are the team to beat especially if Pedersen and Hausl go as well as expected.

I agree Glasgow had an awesome top 5, was pointing out it's weaker this year as you mentioned their reserves are stronger.

As the league is weaker Oxford's top 5 wouldn't need to be on a par with Glasgow's from last year.

If Riss goes back to his best, plus McDiarmid & Killeen ride to their potential, then Oxford could be close to Glasgow's 2025 top 5 though.

This year rate Oxford's top 5 higher, but Glasgow's reserves as stronger. With Poole the favourites (assuming they've signed Rushen).

Pedersen and Hausl could make the difference though, be interesting to see how they go. Think Oxford should be happy with McDiarmid & Killeen though with more British track experience.

Edited December 17 by szkocjasid

[Technik]

With the "only one over 8.00 rule" I don't think we can look at last seasons squads & say weather or not they are stronger or weaker than the coming year. Oxford have Masters as their one over with a 10+ & that brings in  issues further down the list & that of course means the reserves are from the NDL on minimal averages.

Whilst Masters will be expected to maintain his form & Riss may improve the next 3 Rowe McDiaramid & Killeen must return at least their average or better for Oxford to achive their goals.

The current Oxford setup has long stood by their faith in developing riders to a higher standard & that list continues to grow.

I hope the pair at reserve can improve & I'm sure there will be no shortage of effort as there will be other members of the clubs NDL team looking to grab a chance at the higher level

[PersonalResponsibility]

9 hours ago, foreverblue said:

Not totally convinced with Hausl but Pedersen could easily put two points on his average in my opinion.

I'm not saying he won't do, but KJP averaging 7+ would be an incredible achievement. I don't think he's shown anything so far that would suggest he could manage that in his first season. Out of the two of them, I think Hausl looks like he has more potential. Still, good to see 2 new faces instead of the usual, good luck to them both.

[foreverblue]

36 minutes ago, PersonalResponsibility said:

I'm not saying he won't do, but KJP averaging 7+ would be an incredible achievement. I don't think he's shown anything so far that would suggest he could manage that in his first season. Out of the two of them, I think Hausl looks like he has more potential. Still, good to see 2 new faces instead of the usual, good luck to them both.

Ok fair enough there is hope for the rest of us then.

[therefused]

10 hours ago, foreverblue said:

Glasgow had a terrific top 5 especially with the addition of Nagel, Oxford have a good top 5 but nowhere near last season's Glasgow. I think this season's Glasgow are the team to beat especially if Pedersen and Hausl go as well as expected.

Poole are stronger than Glasgow by a long mile, lot of question marks over the Glasgow team for me. 

[TheWellBehavedWorrall]

4 minutes ago, therefused said:

Poole are stronger than Glasgow by a long mile, lot of question marks over the Glasgow team for me. 

What question marks, out of curiosity?

I’m not challenging it; I’m genuinely wondering where the concern is because as a Glasgow fan, I’m blinkered.

[foreverblue]

8 minutes ago, therefused said:

Poole are stronger than Glasgow by a long mile, lot of question marks over the Glasgow team for me. 

Do not see that at all, Glasgow top 3 are at the very least comparable, reserves are also comparable, I have seen Sam Hagon have some terrific meetings at Poole passing other riders in the process, yes it is possible to make passes at Poole! Hodder has also had good meetings and is improving, our reserves are the key because I  would think KJP and Hausl should outscore Gilkes and Bowes any day.

[CoffeeandTV]

13 minutes ago, TheWellBehavedWorrall said:

What question marks, out of curiosity?

I’m not challenging it; I’m genuinely wondering where the concern is because as a Glasgow fan, I’m blinkered.

I'd say mainly over Pedersen and Hausl. How are they going to perform over here? Pedersen hasn't really shown that much overseas for me to think he'll be a world beater, and Hausl is a complete unknown. He could come in and perform like Nagel and take to UK tracks, or he could be another Francis Gusts and really struggle. Too many unknowns to make Glasgow favourites at this stage, but that could all change.

I'd say Poole look the strongest so far (if they get Rushen), with Oxford second and Glasgow third.

[Neila]

14 minutes ago, TheWellBehavedWorrall said:

What question marks, out of curiosity?

I’m not challenging it; I’m genuinely wondering where the concern is because as a Glasgow fan, I’m blinkered.

The young German lad, could be a master stroke, but seems to have been signed on the back of the SON 2 event, will probably be like a lot of others and crap himself at the dump and Plymouth 

[CoffeeandTV]

2 minutes ago, foreverblue said:

Do not see that at all, Glasgow top 3 are at the very least comparable, reserves are also comparable, I have seen Sam Hagon have some terrific meetings at Poole passing other riders in the process, yes it is possible to make passes at Poole! Hodder has also had good meetings and is improving, our reserves are the key because I  would think KJP and Hausl should outscore Gilkes and Bowes any day.

Gilkes will outscore both KJP and Hausl if he stays fit. 

[Fromafar]

5 minutes ago, CoffeeandTV said:

I'd say mainly over Pedersen and Hausl. How are they going to perform over here? Pedersen hasn't really shown that much overseas for me to think he'll be a world beater, and Hausl is a complete unknown. He could come in and perform like Nagel and take to UK tracks, or he could be another Francis Gusts and really struggle. Too many unknowns to make Glasgow favourites at this stage, but that could all change.

I'd say Poole look the strongest so far (if they get Rushen), with Oxford second and Glasgow third.

I like the look of Oxford.

[foreverblue]

12 minutes ago, Fromafar said:

I like the look of Oxford.

Oxford team look good but still question marks over Riss and Rowe tailed off a bit at the end of last season so no guarantee he will improve much. Killeen and Mcdiarmid should improve a bit but they all have to cover for the weak reserves.