If you go on the bulls fans forum and click on the thread Donny on the 4th page there's the video of there bloke going over but ajb walloping him over the line, I challenge anyone not to watch at least 5 times!

Sir ... I salute you.

So much for all Carl's hype about the club making a profit , those figures say different.

Problem with that is there is more than one company at play, Club Doncaster's financials are not on there and we don;t know what is being siphoned to what company for what tax reason. Having said that, i think if we genuinely did have more money, we'd have spent it

Agreed Jemmo , the Rovers don't make a profit ,............. it has been well documented the directors make up the shortfall every year from their own pockets.

There was talk at the last Rovers game of one or more of the directors looking to leave the club, or selling to interested parties.
I dont know if this is just idel gossip ,but if true where would that leave the Dons with regards to finances and ownership?

Carl always says the owners back him and would like us in Super League ,but I want a Ferrari and a super model girlfriend ...............,but like our Super League aspirations I fear it is just a pipe dream.

The game's up as far as I am concerned and this early in the season too ...
Not that we are not good ... we are ... just not good ENOUGH.
And whichever way you slice it we are hoping for a play-off spot only.
Horne as said as much ....

The fact is you can't go up on a shoestring budget unless by hook or by crook you recruit in the most judicial and targeted way ... and we haven't done that with our incomers in the main.

We have games like Bradford,York,Worky,Haven,Oldham,Keighley and Hunslet away as well as a couple of banana skin ones.

Other sides will take points off each other because they are similar after the top two so there lies hope.

So we get to the play-offs if we are lucky then what?

We are notoriously rubbish at play-offs.
I can think of a few notable exceptions but generally we are a damp squib at the business end of the season.

So do we give up and crawl away?
Of course not ... there is plenty of very attractive rugby to be played by the Dons ... but that will have to suffice I fear.

A good enough reason to turn out of a Sunday in itself

We need to lower the rhetoric, cut the crap and run this club as though we have a plan.
I say we ... I mean those who supposedly know what they are doing.

Wouldn't it be nice if for once someone said 'We know exactly were we are going wrong and are gonna fix it.'
Much better to be nebulous and say 'we have talked about things.'
I should hope you bloody well have!

And now the negatives ......
lol

With regard to the Dons, people's expectations are raised when suggestions are made on RL Back Chat and in the RL press that the Club's owners 'could easily be one of the richest in the game'.

At the same time, Richard Horne states 'I am happy with where the team is and the balance we have in it' and 'At the moment we are not looking to bring anyone else in'.

I may well be wrong here but conclude the following;

* There may be funds available but RH is happy to go with the current squad.

* There may be a belief that as the season progresses further players from Hull will become available.

My thoughts are that we need to finish second or third in this division for a realistic chance in the play-offs (I cannot see anyone finishing above Bradford).

We cannot afford to lose too many more games in that quest and still have a number of difficult away games (Bradford, York, Oldham, Whitehaven, Workington, Keighley for example) and have already struggled to see off Newcastle (away) and North Wales (home).

I firmly believe that we need something more in the forwards to allow the backs a better platform to play. For me we are still two decent prop forwards away from having the squad we need. If we aren't looking to sign any further players then we must hope that Hull can help out?

My thoughts are that RH is not happy with the balance of the team ... but because of his position cannot say so.
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My thoughts are that he is severely constrained with regard to spending any more money so that is why he has to go with what he has.

My thoughts are that he realises that some of the signings are big mistakes but he has made his bed ....

I mean if he said he was happy with the balance of this side given the clear IMBALANCE then he would have to be an idiot right?

And he can't be an idiot ....
So he is fibbing.

WHY does he keep picking that balloon Ryan Boyle.
Not fit and never will be i commented against HEMEL he'd only been on 20 mins and was absolutely knackered,
lo and behold he was off 3/4 mins later.
THEN he's picked for next game unbelievable, apart from being unfit he has one ounze of skill in him.

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yep your absolutely right,definately worth 5 views.

I don't have any inside info on why Richard Horne picks the teams he does Onedon. I know we'd all pick different sides if the choice was ours.

I'd have probably given up on Jordie Hedges before this season but he'd be one of the first players on my team sheet now. I think the guys been great for us this season and I take my hat off to him for all the work he must have done to improve his game like he has.

Going back to Ryan Boyle, with us only having four props on our books, there probably doesn't seem to be all that much room for manouvre in the front row.

Which ignores the fact that he signed him in the first place.
Which is a plank of your argument that 'Let's judge him when he constructs his OWN team and not an inherited one'.
Well Boyle is down to him and RH is making hinself look silly playing him and not picking better players.
Which also compounds that silliness.
The fact is they have given Boyle a good deal and are stuck with him.
And there is nothing that anyone can do about it apart from dropping him ... the bloody team captain after all.
Another bad decision by RH.
For me he should be stripped of that straight away and give it
back to Kesik.

That says nothing good about RH.

I'm not here to defend Richard Horne's actions. I'm here to pass on my opinions, not defend anyone.

I did previously say that we should judge Richard Horne after he's had the chance to put a team together of his own and I stand by that. I'll draw my conclusions at the end of the season. If you want to draw your conclusions now, then that's your choice.

Yes, I have been disappointed by Ryan Boyle's contributions going forward as we need tackle busters that can continue to make yards after impact. He hasn't been able to do that. Defensively he's seems sound enough. I can't comment on the contributions he makes as captain as I'm not out there on the pitch.

I do think you're being rather harsh in your conclusion that there is nothing good to say about Richard Horne. We're trying to play an attractive entertaining brand of rugby. Surely that's an improvement on the drive it down the middle approach we had in the past?