Outstanding performance's by everyone wearing the Dons shirt today and the Eagles were very very lucky to come away with the spoils.

Looking forward to the Cookie and Castle show when the season proper begins.

Well-Done.

Thought the lads played really well and did not deserve the score line.
Castle played like he's never been away, and with somebody on his shoulder we'll make brakes.
The ref let seagulls slow the play of the ball really down which is something we need to learn.
All in all very promising.

Thought they were slightly quicker than the dons, but not much else was different.
As you say ran out of steam towards the end, but a good run out.
Was my first game today and i saw enough to convince me to get a season ticket, which i will be doing in the coming week.

yes pleased with the hunslet game and very impressed today against a good team if we take the effort amd power the forwards are showing through the season we will not only get promoted but i can hear the song championies being sung at keepmoat! ( tad optomistic but thats what beer does) coyd

Well done to the guys today, thought we played some good stuff against a big strong side. Thought that Sheffield were the better side, but as stated in a earlier post they got away with slowing the play of the ball down.

But we have to remember that they are a division above us and got to the play offs last year.

Big well done guys

I have to say that I don't think that we particularly 'ran out of steam' (and I'm not falling out with anyone when I say that).

I think that we just made a couple of mistakes which received the ultimate punishment. At 28-22 when the Eagles had finally got back in front we tried to keep the ball alive to get back level. As it turned out we got intercepted and they went 50 or 60 yards for a try.

On the restart we kicked out on-the-full and gave Sheffield good field position which it looked like we'd defended but unfortunately Butts spilled the ball (having been first to it) to present the Eagles with another try.

40-22 certainly flatters Sheffield although you couldn't argue that in the end they deserved to edge it.

If I'm being honest, I also felt that the visitors were given a fair amount of latitude with regard to slowing us down. It's a tricky one this, are we too honest when the opposition has the ball or do we need to read referees better???

All that said, we have shown enough in the two games so far to suggest we ought to be amongst the better teams in C1, especially when we get a proven SL player on the pitch to give us even more direction.

Another very solid effort today, no complaints here.

You've been reading my notes ....


I totally agree we didn't run out of steam.
On 60 minutes at 22-16 ahead we were pressing to make it 28-16 and yet once again a spear tackle went relatively unpunished and the Eagles went down the other end of the pitch to record another forward pass try.
The ref was a complete joke.
He was that bad he could ref in Superleague.
The difference in the two sides was the wind in the second half and the INCOMPETENT OFFICIALS.
Oh! and while I'm at it, the gatesperson that allowed that drum into the stadium needs it shoving up his@rse.
You can't bring an umbrella in but you can bring in a drum??????
Both are fooking potentially dangerous!!!!

The Dons were ace today.
But I almost puked watching Sheffield hoist that cup.

Prior to the game I saw a Don's fan with a drum, would you wish to inflict the same punishment on one of your own?

God yes! Luckilly said drum never made it in, nor has it ever been in the Keepmoat ever!

i have never seen a Dons fan with a drum, but then again i could be a rugby league official as i am blind, on the perfprmance the only improvement i could see on a very solid and pleasing performance could be more yardage on kicks to to touch, am sure on occ we could double that.

What the hell do you think???
I have never heard a Dons fan playing a drum, and if there was such a numpty, he should be shot!!!

I am not a believer in the view that the game was better in Geoff's day, however the amount of holding down today was criminal.
Approaching the levels of the prime exponents WIGAN it was ludicrous.
Sheffield put 4 into the tackle sometimes (Wigan regularly use 3). And so one gets off and then another gets off and then another gets off and then another gets off and then the ball is played.
Meanwhile??????????? The ref scratches his @rse!!!
Fook my pit cap!!!!!!!
If every rugby league game was like that, you could stuff it!!!
Geoff would be right!!!

Anyway, on a brighter note ... the crowd was double last week plus another hundred.
I suppose I ought to thank the Eagles supporters for coming.
I suppose.