Lasse Bjerre. Refusal To Ride.

[Hamish McRaker]

Hang on a minute. Has Somerset management said anything yet or has this been started off by some trigger-happy twitface

[paulboy]

Belle Vue had a back up for tonight. Professional approach. Fail to prepare, prepare to fail.

 

They weren't very professional when they were at Somerset a few weeks ago!

I cannot believe Lasse would have cried off without very good reason, he was there with money to be made, no point in him not riding unless he couldn't!

[Star Lady]

There is of course another aspect to all this. Will Somerset be fined for fielding an understrength side? That might be seen as unfair as they had done all they could to ensure a full team. What effect will this have on paying customers (was a very big crowd from all accounts) who are not regulars, will they be impressed....I doubt it. That will affect Swindon and possibly Somerset in the future.

 

A team down to 4 riders has happened twice now in the space of a week. After last week at Lynn folk were saying it couldn't happen again!. Injuries cannot be accounted for that's accepted but whose responsibility is it to ensure fans see a full team performing on track. It could be argued that Somerset should have ensured there was a bike available for a guest to use, or Swindon (of the staging club of a double header) should ensure machinery is available or should the onus be on the rider. Whichever it is the long suffering paying customer is the one that suffers.

 

Maybe double headers should only be allowed if a substitute Guest rider is on standby and also spare machinery, provided by the staging club. Personally I'd ban double headers, they should not be needed in an 8 team league with 24 weeks to fit fixtures into.

[junior fan]

Yes, he did have a fall and a retirement but finished with a second, maybe he's caught this 24hr injury bug that seems to be going the rounds (last seen at KL)?

You have the 24 hr idiot bug, oh wait you've had it all your life.

 

Junior

[Norfolk Bear]

Yet another example of a thread started purely to assassinate a riders behaviour. Lasse Bjerre is usually very reliable, and him not riding must have been a real let down. But judging from all the information on here, both his bikes were not rideable, he had injuries that didn't help. I say give the chap a bit of slack, he's not that bad person who normally lets people down' if it could be helped....

 

The amount of meetings held this weekend,, it was inevitable some riders would have problems with crashes and machinery. If there is any fault here, it should be directed to the fixture planners

Lasse Bjerre reliable, you are having a laugh , he fell out with another rider at Redcar last season & then proceeded to drop his average from 8.5 to 6.5 with 2017 in mind. That's reliable....

[Tsunami]

Bring back the Track Spare

I think she got married.

[bigcatdiary]

The problem with giving him a "bit of slack" is it sets a precedent. It opens up the door for any rider in the future to refuse to ride because he has no usable equipment.

 

He should be reported, the SCB should consider all the evidence and make a ruling. If they decide his actions were justified and no further action is taken - fine. That at least would mean in the future any rider refusing to ride would know his actions would be subject to scrutiny.

 

If no action is taken I can foresee a scenario where a rider considers a track to be dangerous, has no medical issue so cannot get a certificate but somehow manages to render his bike unusable and refuses to ride. That must never be allowed to happen.

Barker accepted a guest booking for Peterborough at Glasgow cried off on the day saying he was unwell and then practised the same day at Stoke later on, the SCB apparently were not interested in doing anything about it.

[lionking]

What has fueled this is the announcement made at the stadium was " Lasse Bjerre had agreed to ride for Somerset as a guest during the week but he has today declined the guest booking " so people have assumed that he refused to ride.

 

Having then spoken to Lasse both his frames are bent from incidents in the Leicester match along with his knee being inflamed.

 

Josh Bates was fenced by Jason Doyle so was struggling & Erik Riss was willing to ride as long as Somerset footed the bill for a new flight home as he would miss his flight plus points money of course . But Somerset were unwilling to do this.

[dump that clutch]

What has fueled this is the announcement made at the stadium was " Lasse Bjerre had agreed to ride for Somerset as a guest during the week but he has today declined the guest booking " so people have assumed that he refused to ride.

 

Having then spoken to Lasse both his frames are bent from incidents in the Leicester match along with his knee being inflamed.

 

Josh Bates was fenced by Jason Doyle so was struggling & Erik Riss was willing to ride as long as Somerset footed the bill for a new flight home as he would miss his flight plus points money of course . But Somerset were unwilling to do this.

no he wasn't, JD was in front and JB tried the big lick on the dirt line, Doyley got there first but Josh thought he'd keep going... throttle goes both ways

[spin king]

http://www.somersetrebels.co/news.php?extend.2083

 

Taken from the Somerset website.

 

Lasse was unable to ride, not refuse to ride.

[Star Lady]

It amounts to the same thing, fans were short changed. What the sport needs to do is learn from this and Lynn last week and ensure it can not happen again. I won't hold my breath tho.

[womble53]

http://www.somersetrebels.co/news.php?extend.2083

 

Taken from the Somerset website.

 

Lasse was unable to ride, not refuse to ride.

 

 

SK, If your going to quote the website article, please quote it correctly, as it doesn't quite read as you may like it to. Something of a subtle difference, I fancy if, quoted correctly.

 

It actually reads as follows:

 

With the Leicester duo of Lasse Bjerre and Kyle Newman coming in as guest replacements for Heeps and Kerr respectively, the Somerset management were rocked when Bjerre informed them in the lead-up to the start of the match that he could no longer able to ride for them, leaving the Rebels short-handed to the extent that they would be forced to go into at least 3 heats with just 1 rider.

 

[Hacksaw Jim Duggan]

I find the idea this could become a regular occurrence slightly farfetched

 

You would need to be a pretty big earner and pretty big hitter to be able to pick and choose your meetings and chances to earn.

[Cue Ball]

 

 

SK, If your going to quote the website article, please quote it correctly, as it doesn't quite read as you may like it to. Something of a subtle difference, I fancy if, quoted correctly.

 

It actually reads as follows:

 

With the Leicester duo of Lasse Bjerre and Kyle Newman coming in as guest replacements for Heeps and Kerr respectively, the Somerset management were rocked when Bjerre informed them in the lead-up to the start of the match that he could no longer able to ride for them, leaving the Rebels short-handed to the extent that they would be forced to go into at least 3 heats with just 1 rider.

 

 

What's the difference between `Lasse was unable to ride` and `no longer able to ride`?? An extremely subtle difference which amounts to no difference I would humbly suggest

[waiheke1]

 

 

SK, If your going to quote the website article, please quote it correctly, as it doesn't quite read as you may like it to. Something of a subtle difference, I fancy if, quoted correctly.

 

It actually reads as follows:

 

With the Leicester duo of Lasse Bjerre and Kyle Newman coming in as guest replacements for Heeps and Kerr respectively, the Somerset management were rocked when Bjerre informed them in the lead-up to the start of the match that he could no longer able to ride for them, leaving the Rebels short-handed to the extent that they would be forced to go into at least 3 heats with just 1 rider.

 

I bet they were rocked if that's what he told them, most Danes are quite capable of constructing a sentence in English!

[RobMcCaffery]

I bet they were rocked if that's what he told them, most Danes are quite capable of constructing a sentence in English!

Rather better than most British people's attempts to construct a sentence in Danish.

[TesarRacing]

You wouldn't be happy if a copper turned up to arrest someone then said sorry I can't I lent my handcuffs to my brother.

 

The copper won't even be making a crime visit anyway soon, if you can speak 'proper' English so the cuffs don't come into it!! Modern speedway, modern policing!

[Long Eye]

Bring back the Track Spare

Each track would need 2 as Lasse has small frames made for him

[Fromafar]

SK, If your going to quote the website article, please quote it correctly, as it doesn't quite read as you may like it to. Something of a subtle difference, I fancy if, quoted correctly.

 

It actually reads as follows:

 

With the Leicester duo of Lasse Bjerre and Kyle Newman coming in as guest replacements for Heeps and Kerr respectively, the Somerset management were rocked when Bjerre informed them in the lead-up to the start of the match that he could no longer able to ride for them, leaving the Rebels short-handed to the extent that they would be forced to go into at least 3 heats with just 1 rider.

 

What about the title of the thread,is it misleading?

[DunRobin]

It must be said that he seemed determined to wreck his bikes last night at the Abbey. He had one good race win but he seemed totally out of it in his other rides. 2 trailing at the rear & 2 crashes

What about the title of the thread,is it misleading?

Anything from SS is misleading!