Glasgow v Edinburgh, BSN, Sunday 3 May 3pm

[Pinny]

3 hours ago, Dekker said:

Or Steve Gresham, there ain't any really hard men these days the likes of Compton.Hurry,Goodwin,Morris,Schott.

The bikes are just so fast you just can't do the block passes & riders seem less inclined to put the front wheel where a leg is like the days of old.

Agree,  the days of seeing Henriksson stuff Morris into the turn 1 fence three times in one afternoon or Compton shoving Mullet over the fence are long gone. 

[TheWellBehavedWorrall]

17 hours ago, kerry said:

Honestly, I've never understood Hodder's retention. If it was from last year's reserves, Perry would have had my vote. Perry never gave up, sometimes to his detriment with more tumbles, but certainly more fire than Hodder.

Not having that @kerry, despite the fact Hodder has been poor.

Stevie Wonder could see Hodder was the only reserve returning after last season.

Perry was an empty race suit in the play-off final, scoring only 1+1 across both legs. He had 25 heats in the post-August “business end” of the season and didn’t score in 17 of those heats.

Hodder scored 9+3 in across both legs of the play-off final.

Hodder outscored Perry all season, ended with a greater average and 90% of that was from the more difficult number six while Perry was at seven.

A no brainer of a decision to retain Hodder at the expense of Perry. It’s unfortunate it isn’t working out.

[kerry]

1 hour ago, TheWellBehavedWorrall said:

Not having that @kerry, despite the fact Hodder has been poor.

Stevie Wonder could see Hodder was the only reserve returning after last season.

Perry was an empty race suit in the play-off final, scoring only 1+1 across both legs. He had 25 heats in the post-August “business end” of the season and didn’t score in 17 of those heats.

Hodder scored 9+3 in across both legs of the play-off final.

Hodder outscored Perry all season, ended with a greater average and 90% of that was from the more difficult number six while Perry was at seven.

A no brainer of a decision to retain Hodder at the expense of Perry. It’s unfortunate it isn’t working out.

Perry was riding those last few races injured, was he not? Despite the numbers, I just think Perry's attitude & fight goes further, and maybe had more potential to grow.

When it comes down to the crunch, neither are in the same realms as some of their reserve counterparts. That's the bigger issue.

[Noelinho]

By my reckoning, Hodder outscored Max 41-34 head to head last year. He was also much stronger at home, where Max struggled (he had a higher away average).

They definitely kept the right rider IMO. It seems other teams agreed, given Max didn't pick up a spot until Workington replaced their #7. His championship average has progressed, but his national league average hasn't. To me, that says Max has hit his level.

Freddy's average progression has been slow, but it is still going up. That said, when I watch him ride, I'm not convinced there's a lot of progression left. He often chooses the wrong lines and looks tentative.

[TheWellBehavedWorrall]

1 hour ago, kerry said:

Perry was riding those last few races injured, was he not? Despite the numbers, I just think Perry's attitude & fight goes further, and maybe had more potential to grow.

When it comes down to the crunch, neither are in the same realms as some of their reserve counterparts. That's the bigger issue.

Agreed and I think the bigger issue is our numbers two and six.

[MD]

2 hours ago, Noelinho said:

By my reckoning, Hodder outscored Max 41-34 head to head last year. He was also much stronger at home, where Max struggled (he had a higher away average).

They definitely kept the right rider IMO. It seems other teams agreed, given Max didn't pick up a spot until Workington replaced their #7. His championship average has progressed, but his national league average hasn't. To me, that says Max has hit his level.

Freddy's average progression has been slow, but it is still going up. That said, when I watch him ride, I'm not convinced there's a lot of progression left. He often chooses the wrong lines and looks tentative.

He is often tentative at the start line, and takes time to settle, even in ht2.  Never a good sign.

Now that the team is openly struggling it places more pressure on the under performers. There is no hiding place in a struggling team, we don't have half a season to carry FH this year until he wakes up.

[Gazc]

On 03/05/2026 at 16:45, Neila said:

Oh dear poor tiggers 😜🤣🔵⚪🏁

Don't think we are poor, i am pretty sure the owners have money left.

But we are not very good at speedway at the minute, I am sure changes are in the pipeline. 

[JanAndersen]

Welfare check on Gazc. 
 

Edinburgh 2-0 Glasgow. HHGH

[szkocjasid]

13 hours ago, TheWellBehavedWorrall said:

Not having that @kerry, despite the fact Hodder has been poor.

Stevie Wonder could see Hodder was the only reserve returning after last season.

Perry was an empty race suit in the play-off final, scoring only 1+1 across both legs. He had 25 heats in the post-August “business end” of the season and didn’t score in 17 of those heats.

Hodder scored 9+3 in across both legs of the play-off final.

Hodder outscored Perry all season, ended with a greater average and 90% of that was from the more difficult number six while Perry was at seven.

A no brainer of a decision to retain Hodder at the expense of Perry. It’s unfortunate it isn’t working out.

Agree with everything you've said 👍

[szkocjasid]

On 5/4/2026 at 12:14 AM, Pinny said:

Glasgow showing that top heavy teams with gash reserves very rarely work. 

To be fair to Glasgow, they picked 2 reserves who should improve from last season. 

Hodder dropping from the harder number 6 to the easier number 7 spot, Hagon dropping from second string to reserve.

Not the strongest reserves on paper, but both capable.