GLASGOW boss Cami Brown admitted it was a very “disappointing performance” after a heavy defeat at Poole.
The Allied Vehicles Tigers crashed to a 62-28 defeat on the south coast in the BSN Final first leg.
It was a night when nothing went right for the visitors with Tom Brennan suffering a frightening crash in Heat 7 and Lee Complin enduring mechanical issues.
But Poole were far too quick out of the starts all night. Brown said “It’s another very disappointing performance. Poole have outridden us out of the starts and that’s what it takes to win matches here.
“It’s going to be extremely difficult in the second leg. We are very disappointed in some of the performances tonight, not happy at all.
“Poole were electric out of the gates. It sounds like sour grapes and I don’t mean it to be, but there’s not much passing after that. If you don’t get out of gate after half a lap the race is over.
“We are racers and come up to Glasgow and you’ll see lots of passing. It’s a track if you miss the gate, you still get a chance. If you miss the gate here, you’re lost.
“We need to try and re-group. It wasn’t for the lack of trying, they changed everything.”
Brown revealed that Brennan did not pick up an injury from the heavy crash and that 16-year-old Ace Pijper’s five-point return was the only highlight of the night.
He added: “Tom hit a rut in the middle of the corner and it spat him off. He’s been shaken up but he’s OK. Tom’s a tough lad.
“Ace did really well but there were too many failures as well. We have to look at that.”
Poole 62: Steve Worrall 14+1, Richard Lawson 13+1, Ben Cook 11, Zach Cook 8+3, Anders Rowe 7+2, Kyle Newman 5, Adam Roynon 4+1.
Glasgow 28: Chris Harris 7, Ben Basso 7, Ace Pijper 5, Claus Vissing 5, Tom Brennan 4, Marcin Nowak 0, Lee Complin 0.
Images by Taylor Lanning.