bigcatdiary 3,165 Posted September 13, 2019 It’s not the fact that Bjerre was missing that bothered me it was the fact it took them until around 9.00am today to inform the fans he was injured. He was listed to ride in the pre match review even commenting on the fact they had a full side for once. Personally I think it’s unforgivable in this day and age with social media available to everyone at a moments notice. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GAH 409 Posted September 13, 2019 9 hours ago, Pirate Nick said: And that is all that is wrong with speedway, of course it makes a difference. The guy was clearly delayed by over 2 hrs and wouldn’t have made the start of the meeting if he made it at all. Then all of a sudden he’s injured? It stinks that the powers that be (such as they are) have allowed this. coming from a poole fan poole are off the scale for pulling fast ones enough said !! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rob B 1,256 Posted September 13, 2019 41 minutes ago, bigcatdiary said: It’s not the fact that Bjerre was missing that bothered me it was the fact it took them until around 9.00am today to inform the fans he was injured. He was listed to ride in the pre match review even commenting on the fact they had a full side for once. Personally I think it’s unforgivable in this day and age with social media available to everyone at a moments notice. It was posted on Twitter and Facebook at 6.22pm last night he was injured 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Aces51 2,778 Posted September 13, 2019 (edited) I wasn't happy about the Bjerre situation last night but I don't think that any rules were broken. Bjerre said on Twitter on Wednesday night that he had crashed in his last 2 races in Denmark and published on Instagram the photograph of him coming off the back of his bike. I have no doubt that he would have suffered injury as a result. On Thursday his flight was delayed by more than 2 and a half hours meaning he would miss the meeting. The were therefore two reasons for his absence and unsurprisingly Belle Vue decided to use the injury, which gave them the better facility of r/r. It was bending the rules but not in the way some have done to get in a better rider. We were weaker without him. The rule book needs to be rewritten but it isn't easy to legislate sensibly for every eventuality. The persistent rain meant that the racing was processional in the first half of the meeting but improved as the track dried out with some very good races. I didn't expect us to win by 8 without Bjerre but doubt it will be enough. Bewley and Lidsey were impressive as was Musielak who fought hard for his points. Edited September 13, 2019 by Aces51 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phil The Ace 2,860 Posted September 13, 2019 (edited) We could have just used the rr anyway. Which qould have resulted in bjerre getting a ban and we could have used s guest thursdsy. So no difference really by saying he was injured Edited September 13, 2019 by Phil The Ace Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
foreverblue 6,096 Posted September 13, 2019 1 hour ago, geoff58 said: coming from a poole fan poole are off the scale for pulling fast ones enough said !! Just because he's a Poole and well done for recognising that he is a Poole fan, doesn't mean he agrees with everything Poole do. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mikebv 10,274 Posted September 13, 2019 Will Kenny be fit for the 2ng Leg? What did the World Class Medical team at Brussels' Airport diagnose?.. Strange place, and a long way to go with an injury to an Airport but he must trust the Doctors there I suppose.. And got the chance to take some photos of planes too, so all in all not a bad afternoon for KB.. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pirate Nick 1,801 Posted September 13, 2019 (edited) 3 hours ago, geoff58 said: coming from a poole fan poole are off the scale for pulling fast ones enough said !! Usual constructive reply from geoff58. Edited September 13, 2019 by Pirate Nick 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SUPERACE 440 Posted September 13, 2019 As Phil Said Belle Vue would have had r/r anyway, it's just Bjerre would then have been banned from the 2nd leg. Makes no difference to last night. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hagonshocker 1,956 Posted September 13, 2019 (edited) 16 hours ago, SUPERACE said: You definitely didn't go tonight then lol. Suspect this guy never actually goes....very similar to that other poster with multi aliases saying it goes when in fact it never does, funny coincidence that....not making assumptions of course Edited September 13, 2019 by hagonshocker 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GAH 409 Posted September 13, 2019 55 minutes ago, Pirate Nick said: Usual constructive reply from geoff58. correct tho !! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Speedtiger 327 Posted September 13, 2019 Better result than expected at one stage. Given the rain we had it was lucky to be on. Not sure if 8 up will be enough at Robins. Bit of a dodgy cheating stuff with KB but nothing that hasn’t been done by others in the past. People in glass houses etc..! Tbh I’m not a big fan of this MMC comp and the odd rules. And judging by the poor attendance others thought the same and stayed away. Still we might just get something from it, for what it’s worth? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
acef 795 Posted September 13, 2019 1 hour ago, hagonshocker said: Suspect this guy never actually goes....very similar to that other poster with multi aliases saying it goes when in fact it never does, funny coincidence that....not making assumptions of course You are very good at addressing other people in 2nd hand conversation about me. Be a man and have the balls to talk to me directly. There are people who will vouch that I attend every meeting, some on these boards. Not that I have to prove a thing to you. Grow some bollox 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phil The Ace 2,860 Posted September 13, 2019 I can vouch that acef does attend every meeting. And is not one of the alias 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
craigACE 91 Posted September 13, 2019 I actually think we have done enough to win it. We will be edged out by 2 away. So that will do us. GET IN. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites