Dewsbury are presently next to bottom of the table with one win from 5 league games.

17th March: Dewsbury v Halifax L 24-10
29th March: Dewsbury v Batley W 24-4
7th April: Dewsbury v Widnes L 24-6
14th April: Barrow v Dewsbury L 27-20
21st April: Swinton v Dewsbury L 50-22

Taking the Barrow result as a direct comparison with our result, we seem to have the edge. My guess on the bookies line is that the Dons will probably be giving Dewsbury 12 points start.

Yeah that seems my line as well, if conditions are good i fully think 12pts won't be enough for dewsbury.

I'm pretty sure the Management will have targeted this game. Focus and cut out the penalties and get the points. Good luck lads, really rooting for us on this one.

I would imagine the club will have targeted the likes of Dewsbury , Swinton , Barrow and Haven as our must win games, as these are the teams that will be in the relegation mix come the end of the year.
I am more than happy with our start to the year as I felt we would lose our first four games, so the York result was a massive bonus as they are a good side and currently in a false position.

A few other sides seem to be struggling, notably Halifax and Batley ,are their results down to injuries?

Last year 9 wins was enough to stay up , so fingers crossed we get the job done Sunday.

Dons squad

Boas, Briscoe, Burns, Ferres, Foster, Guzdek, C Hall, Halliday, Hepi, Hey, Holdstock, Knowles, Lovodua, Lyne, Matagi, McConnell, Pauli, Robinson, Smeaton, Tali, Taulapapa

Burns in for Johnston

Bet365 ...

Dons - 18 10/11
Dewsbury +18 10/11
Handicap Draw 16/1

Minus 18pts with not fantastic conditions won't have me rushing to the bookies, we absolutely can cover that but think it will just be a watching brief this afternoon for me COYD

Skybet handicap & odds exactly the same currently.

Agreed, these sort of conditions can be quite a leveller.

I agree with all of the above. Wet conditions generally mean lower scores and a mid-field grind. I think Dewsbury probably look a good bet getting 18 points start. I'll be delighted if we win by that many.

The question for us is whether Barrow had an off day and we were flattered or whether our performance against Fev is a better reflection of where we're at. I suspect we're better than the Fev performance but we need to back up the Barrow result for me to think we're actually that much better than them.

Does anyone know if we will be segregated again? That caught me out at the Fev game and they scanned my season ticket and let me through the away end (why on Earth you would do that if you are segregating I'll never know).

Had to negotiate with 2 stewards and show them my pass to rejoin the folks I had come with (I'd nipped ahead to use the facilities while one of our party was buying a ticket).

While the Stewards were nice enough I cannot fathom why if you have an away end you would accept the season ticket on the gate and have the scanning equipment there too let alone not say anything or have any signs up at the turnstyle.

Also since my season ticket was my proof of belonging at the other side what would happen if someone had paid cash for a ticket would they have been stranded?

I'm honestly also not sure why they had barriers on everything to segregate us all imo as I am unaware of any issues in the past between two sets of fans? The only fans I ever remember us having issues with were Hull KR.

HT Dons 16 Dewsbury 6

FT Dons 38 Dewsbury 12

Good win but it sounds like we should have had a few more points. Speedy recovery for Reece Lyne (hamstring)

Our forwards were dominant , Knowles & Burns outstanding.
Hope Lyne is not out for too long .
Craig Hall showed what a versatile player he is , no doubt he could slot in at centre at Widnes.