Some good news www.thestar.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/doncaster-dons COYD

Some good news www.thestar.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/doncaster-dons COYD

Good, because I want no excuses before ... or after ... the game.
We are up for it or we are not ...
We are good enough or we are not ...

Seeeemples!

COYD

www.doncasterrugbyleague.co.uk 19 man squad announced .

www.doncasterrugbyleague.co.uk 19 man squad announced .

A fit squad, players all rested and a massive game in front of a big crowd there's zero excuses to why we shouldn't perform (pretty sure the neighbours cousins dog will get the blame though if we lose!), but I'm really confident of a win and looking forward to what should be a good game

I'm probably going to struggle to get to the game due to other family commitments but I've not given up all hope yet!

I reckon it's going to be a close one with discipline and decision-making being key.

We could do with Newcastle beating Keighley.

Just a final word on the implications of the Louis Sherriff yellow card. In a game in which defence depends on 13 players on one side lining up against 13 on the opposing side the loss of one of those players has a massive effect provided the attacking side uses its resources intelligently to create holes in the defensive line. Of course we have all been at games where the depleted side has managed to survive the 10 minutes without conceding but that has been the result of poor attacking play. I don't know if our players' heads went down or not and I set little store by the opinions of radio commentators. The fact is that Workington exploited their advantage to great effect. The lesson to be learned is to play within the laws.

I have still not discovered how Sherriff's crime was heinous enough to warrant a sending off. High tackles happen all the time in rugby league matches. Most of them are accidental and many of the most deliberate and dangerous get no more punishment than a penalty and possibly a strong word. Sherriff is not a dirty player and being one of the shortest players on the pitch would need a ladder to get to head high on many of the Workington players. There appears to be no footage from the match on You Tube. However the decision was made and we suffered.

I am not sure what Richard Horne was supposed to do in the circumstances. For a start he is the wrong side of the whitewash. He can't get his kit on and take the place of the sin binned player. And even if he makes a substitution there are still only 12 men on the pitch.

Moving on to the York match I assume that Horne will have drilled into the players the need to keep their brains unscrambled and not give away penalties. Coupled with that is the need to complete our sets of 6. I believe this match is winnable. Let's hope my faith is rewarded.

www.thestar.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/doncaster-dons

www.thestar.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/doncaster-dons

Here are the details of the Dons and York’s last six matches:

Dons:

Work L 21-22
White W30-22
Barr L10-14
Keigh L24-32
Gloucester W42-4

York:

Barr L19-26
Work W28-18
Keigh L20-22
Tor W26-16
Work W34-0

Using Workington as the yardstick, it looks as though York are better. Taking Barrow as the measure, there’s not much between us. Both sides lost to Keighley but we lost by slightly more. The stand-out result is York turning over Toronto.

The bookmakers think York are the better side because they’re offering 10/11 for a Dons win with a 12 point start. Are York 12 points better than the Dons?

Are York 12 points better than the Dons? I hope not, but if that's the case we will have to accept our position among the Oxfords and Gloucesters.How many are willing to pay for that remains to be seen.

York who at the start of the season had no ground no players or anything else, to have a season like they have had they have really put us to shame both on and off the paddock this year

www.doncasterrugbyleague.co.uk Horne wants ........... COYD

www.doncasterrugbyleague.co.uk Horne wants ........... COYD

Let's hope it doesn't go from ... 'Horne wanting' to ...'Horne found wanting' by Sunday tea-time.
lol

Dons +12 10/11 with Skybet.