Why not keep Cooke then? You never heard me calling for his head. I never heard anyone else calling for his head at the end of last season either.

He cant be one of the best upcoming coaches around last year and then the worst this year. As I said a few weeks ago something is wrong at the club (I don't know what and ive not heard anything either) . Be it training , staff , DR or whatever the first the club had to do was find out the problem and nip it in the bud.Once that had been sorted maybe Cookey could have been left in charge. As I said not one person was doing any complaining after the league season last year.

Also regarding Noble , do you think on gates of barely over a 1000 we are in a financial position to be employing him and the playing staff he would want to bring in?

There are some players out there in the twilight of their careers who have played under some of the best coaches in the world who have picked up loads of knowledge and ideas.

Again ill ask the question who would you bring in as coach?

I would agree with your observations Moonlight.

Cooke on form was a joy watch so much time on the ball and could make magic happen, Kemp and Mansson also could do this with a drop of the shoulder or a turn of pace...glad to have seen them all in the Blue and Gold.

Its that kind of player we need again someone with a spark of genius who can turn a game in a flash, the Dons history has a few of these over the years but there also sadly appears to be times when we go without em.

I think who the club goes for as next coach will be a good marker as to the direction Club Doncaster wants us to go, do they show ambition with a coach or do we settle, of course a coach lives and dies by his results so at the moment anyone who can get us showing passion and being competitive is a step up. I think removing the reliance on DR well be a massive help if we can put out the same 17 week on week and build a team spirit once more like we had in previous seasons.

I feel for PC (I know I called for his head a while ago) but to me it was clear he had lost confidence in the team I think the retirement and the players leaving just fed that self doubt that transferred over to the team.

I did read an interesting post on the Hull FC forum speculating that as part of the DR we were expected to play to the Hull FC playbook and therefore Radfords play style which lets be honest isnt pulling up any trees at the KC.

Settled team with players who want to be here and play not just turn up and wear a shirt will do for me. The fans who have seen most everything that this game can throw at you deserve something to cheer for the rest of this disaster of a season. The people running the Club owe this to every single one of the faithful few who turn out week in and week out to support Doncaster RL.

No fancy dan excuses just sheer honest graft and too give a damn whilst wearing the blue and gold.

agree totally with the last 3 posts from moonlight and steve.heart goes out to cookie,but i think his hands have been tied,one way or another.

Heres a little snippet on the last 3 Dons coaches.

Cooke
P39 W17 L21 D1 F815 A1027
Miller
P107 W46 L54 D7 F2598 A2881
Hanley
P22 W15 L7 D0 F672 A426

Win % -
Cooke - 43.58
Miller - 42.99
Hanley - 68.18

Points per game
Cooke - F-20.8, A-26.33
Miller - F-24.3, A-26.9
Hanley - F-30.5, A-19.4