Glad I stimulated some conversation.
All too often recent owners (Wright & Harrison) of the Dons have only come to the fans when they want money or help, but when it got offered never acted upon it.
Perhaps Mr Hall would rather we just worshipped him for rescuing the Dons.
Hail St Carl !

so why state something that you can't or won't back up ?

seems a pointless exercise or is it supposed to mean something privately to people 'in the know' ?

it's like me saying 'I know where Cooky is playing next season' and not telling you where !

(I don't know by the way)

Whilst realising that the likes of Carl Hall and others have kept the Dons entity going through some extremely lean times I have to point out that directors or any management at a sports club come and go quite regularly. For the fans it's a lifetime commitment. If Mr Hall thinks all of the people who spent good money on the day to see an abject performance from the Dons will simply roll over then he's incredibly naive. Of course a percentage of fans will be upset and will voice their opinions. It's called human nature. Besides, he's a Kiwi and obviously doesn't realise that moaning comes as standard for Yorkshireman.

It is a private thing and pointless as you correctly point out.

What Carl as a kiwi ought to do is get some kiwis in our side.
It seems a bit odd that a kiwi wouldn't do that when kiwis are so good.
Or if not Pacific islanders.

Doubt if overseas players would come for win or loose money . Rather have home grown players !

Yes you are probably right.
But I wasn't thinking of importing them.

Still when we are in the Championship, we can do it then can't we? ... the Eagles do.

By the way I think it is lose money ... I don't think many people of any persuasion would play for loose money.

Well spottttted S-O . my deliberate mistake for the day.

having been a regular supporter of the dons for 55 years i think i am entitled to express my opinion of the dons,thats a lot more than you mr Hall (with respect)

I've thought long and hard about this before finally dipping my toe in but here goes.

The vast majority of Dons supporters who attended the Keighley game were unhappy with the performance they witnessed and some (myself included) chose to express feelings on this messageboard thereafter - [sizethat is our right [/sizeand to be fair it's what these sort of boards are for, comment and discussion. The posts were reflective of the 'general' feelings that day - I note there was little if any applause for the players that day (regrettable in hindsight).

Carl Hall has clearly taken exception to some / all of those comments - [sizethat is his right.[/size Where I cannot agree with Carl is in taking those thoughts to the press. I honestly believe that will only do harm in what at times is already a difficult relationship with some supporters.

Perhaps there are lessons to be learned on both sides. Whilst we the supporters are entitled to our opinions perhaps some of the bluntness could be eradicated. Equally, I feel that Carl needs to accept the fans disappointment at a loss in the same way our positive comments after a 30-0 victory (against Oldham) will no doubt have been much appreciated. Because we are passionate about our team, results can polarise our reactions.

I would add that I feel that sadly there is still a disconnect currently between the Club and it's Supporters and more feedback / information from Club Officials on a regular basis would certainly be a step in the right direction.

Bottom line ... let's try to put personalities aside, we won't always all agree about everything (or even get on all of the time) but we all want the same thing, a successful Doncaster RLFC, so time to draw a line under this and look to push on for play-off success.

COYD

Had an e-mail from Carl this afternoon ... included were the points which (Baz) rugbyman has posted on the 'Bringing Fans Closer To The Club' thread.

Additionally, [sizeand this is important reference discussions on here recently [/size... Carl states categorically that his comments in the press do not relate to the post-match comments on here ... [sizethey relate to comments heard by the players and staff as they sat in the changing room immediately after the defeat at Keighley.[/size

I thank Carl for clearing that up ... although I still wish it hadn't made the press.

Here is hoping that Carl will keep feeding some information our way and that one of us can put this information onto the fans forum....The ball has already started rolling with Carl providing us with info over the last few days.