At 14-12 and 20-12 we had chances but either bombed them or were a touch unlucky, however a couple of back-to-back tries by Blackpool at 20-12 put the game firmly out of reach and we struggled from that point.

A fantastic first half again but we are simply not getting through 80 mins. That said the final score did flatter the Panthers.

Well if that's the case we should be heartened for the Oldham game.
We're gonna win.....you heard it here first.

With the additional backroom staff who have arrived to support Head Coach Tony Miller (we have six on the coaching staff now including TM), the players should be getting more and more quality coaching, information, guidance etc and I do feel that we are improving. We will be a force to be reckoned with once we get to the point that we can compete for the vast majority of 80 minutes.

As far as Oldham are concerned, they will present another difficult challenge. A 64-10 victory over Gateshead Thunder this weekend shows it would be very dangerous for anyone to under-estimate them.

We're not going to underestimate them....we are just going to thrash them.

Fine by me.

Watched Scott howlett play for hull Fc reserves yesterday had a good solid game,

Think this is a real positive in what the club is trying to achieve in bringing on its young players

Shows the coaching staff have ambition and are committed to the development of players not just this season but for the future of the Dons and hopefully in time they will be able to have their own academy/reserve sides to bring players through.

Are we in a position to thrash anyone?

The final score on Friday definately flattered us. You were well in the game fo the first 55 minutes are were probably the better side.

Your pack was very aggressive and we simply couldn't raise our game after the Whitehaven match. Gomersall was very impressive in the backs for you.

The one thing that was obvious though was that looking at the shape of many of your side, especially the pack, there was no way you'd keep up that level of intensity for 80 minutes. We picked up on that at half time and had you scored when we were a man short it may have been a different outcome, but once we went 20-12 up there was only one winner as our much superior pace and fitness told. 48-12 was harsh though, your first hours' efforts deserved more.

Till you get the likes of Bovill off the kebabs though you'll struggle



Good luck though for the rest of the season, it'd good to see the Dons alive and well.

I am boosting them see........it's psychological.

Agree with all the comments so far. We did play well up the incident in the corner.I thought Collins could have caught it but it hit his leg and just bounced dead over the line.It was very close. Next minute they went up field and scored and the heads seemed to drop after that.
There was another chance in the same corner about 5 mins before that as well when Gomersall just couldnt get the pass out to Collins properly and the ball went straight out otherwise he would have been in in the corner.

If we can play for the full 80 like the first 55 we would have won.If we can get some lads back fit again the wins will come.

Not many fans made the trip though only about a dozen i would say.

We happened to hear a bit of the Blackpool prematch meeting in the ground before the game, and they were emphasising the need to pay particular attention to Lee Gommersall

Anyone know why we were missing Henry, Leaf , Johnson & Stanley.