I recall Gary asking the question at the meeting last July. All questions must be able to be asked without fear or favour. When difficult questions are asked, the club should see them as an opportunity to provide clarity to the fans on positions that are unclear.

Since Friday, I have remembered some other points that were discussed and not in the minutes.

I asked how many of the current squad have contracts beyond the end of this season. Carl said that only Jason Tali had a contract that runs to the end of next season.

I asked when League One clubs are able to approach soon to be out of contract players presently at other clubs. Carl said the date is 1st September for players below Super League. The reason I asked the question is that I presume the Dons will need to make their minds up about DR by this date.

Should we keep the enhanced deal with Hull, this would need to be tied up before then. Should we choose not to spend our money in this way, we will need to be active in the markets at the beginning of September, before other teams snap up the better players.

I asked Gavin Baldwin whether in order to achieve our long-term goal to play in Super League we would need extra financial investment from other backers, or whether Club Doncaster is able to invest the levels of money needed to get us there.

Gavin said that the club had budget levels in mind for each step of the way and everything could be funded from within Club Doncaster.

I am reassured by this message as I believe some fans may have been wondering whether Club Doncaster were still committed to the Dons.

As the minutes of the meeting show, communications between club and fans need to be improved. There were some very positive points that came out of the meeting (as detailed above) but even they were overlooked in the minutes.

As a postscript to all the of the previous comments, I will add that at the Meeting, I complimented the Club on all the successes connected with the 2021 World Cup (not included in the minutes), adding that it would be my aspiration that we were playing in the Championship before that arrived.

Mark my words. Castle Park won't be available next year, so it will be the annual trip to our other ground in Featherstone.

Is this just a hunch or do you know something about Castle Park?

Did I read correctly that Jordan Cox has been released by the club ?

Yes, unfortunately.

On a coach trip on Monday, I got talking to two Knights supporters and the pitch maintenance came up. They were both adamant that Castle Park will definitely not be available next year.

Thanks Guildford, that's interesting.

Do we know why he’s been released and why the silence from club on the matter.

RH's decision, there may have been an issue with training.

At the meeting, Carl said it was the coach's decision. No additional information was given.

No formal announcement has been made by the club. It was not included in the minutes of the meeting and no announcement has been made since the meeting. Why the silence from the club? I do not know, Returning Don.

Mike?Gary did you get a response about Townsend ?
Any mention of Ryan Dixon ?

Ryan Dixon wasn't mentioned as far as I can recall, Paul.

Carl said that Elliot Townsend had signed for us to provide cover due to injuries. Whether it was temporary signing or a permanent deal, it wasn't made clear.

Sometimes a few conversations break out at once at these meetings and it's not always easy to take everything in. Maybe Gary has some recollection of what was said?

Carl said re Elliot Townsend that we had signed him but he wasn't currently getting picked by the coach.

Thanks .