Daren't ......?

so we haven't got a clue who might be in the squad and who might be playing, brilliant doesn't fill anybody with much confidence.

Dons ... the Forrest Gump of rugby ....
The Dons are like a box of chocolates .... etc

Squad not on Official RL Site either.
I do not know whose responsibility it is to put the squad on our site but have a good idea whose responsibility it is to put it on the RL site.
Its all about communication or lack of it !

Kesik , Foster, Feka & Carr should be available according to other sources.
COYD

No Jordon Howden on Sunday and Matt Nicholson is ruled out for the rest of the season. Not good news!

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Betting for Sunday's game is interesting:

The Dons can be backed at evens with Bet365. They have Barrow at 5/6.

Barrow can be backed at 11/10 with Ladbrokes. They have the Dons at 8/11.

Due to the disagreements between bookies, on the handicap, you can back the Dons at 10/11 getting a two point start. You can also back Barrow at 10/11 getting a two point start.

I thought this game was about a 50/50 call before learning that Jordon Howden is out. As much as I don't like to say it I reckon the Dons are now slight underdogs. The bet on Barrow at 11/10 seems to be the smart bet.

Bet365 ... Dons + 2 10/11 or 11/10 for the win.

Skybet 10/11 both teams.

Without recognised half backs, I couldn't back us, even with 2 start.

We may scrape a win but I fully agree, with no recognised/established 6 & 7 Barrow should be favourites.

Barrow to win by 6

Big game from our forwards is required today & get on top of Barrow early doors.
We beat them with 1 short so we can do it again Dons by 7.

COYD & come on you fans get down & support the Boys.

The story with regards to Howden .... was .... it (his bad hip) was causing him discomfort, but that it was manageable with a bit if rest etc until something could be sorted out at the end of the season.

So why is he not turning out against Barrow?
He hasn't played for weeks now ... and IS rested!

All the time he doesn't play he loses vital match fitness and will be a shadow of himself when and if he does turn out.

My conclusion is that it is worse than it was painted and we are all but shafted.
When and if he does play it will be too late AND it is only gonna make the problem worse.

Big ,big mistake not sorting this out earlier ....

I could be wrong, but I recognise the smell of fish ....

It does have a bearing on me viewing next year, what with Toronto being allowed to do a Toulouse.
I am not watching any more rugby in this division after this season.
It's crap!

We seem to have landed ourselves in a mess with the Jorden Howden injury situation. Couple that with Jordie Hedges suspension for almost half of the rest of the season and we're in a right old mess.

I know we can't have superstars waiting in the wings should these things happen but I can't help thinking that we should have tried to make sure the DR with Hull gave us better cover if we needed it, given situations like this.

I really hope my pessimism for today's game is unfounded but there is a huge pressure on our forwards today to over-run Barrow. I read on the Barrow site that they're bringing a couple of supporters coaches down. It should make for a good atmosphere.

Not all of it is 'crap' S/O. Toulouse and York both dished up some top rugby yesterday, great entertainment. It's just a pity the spectacle was ruined by some very dubious reffing from Mr Miklauskas.