I'm not tarring you with the same brush......it was one individual.
Let's get it straight shall we Batley are doing well of late and I don't wish to get into an argument about something that is obvious.
You can appreciate the frustration at watching Handforth do for Batley what he should have been doing for us?
And you can appreciate the pain at watching your side in such a sorry state and watching opposition try after try and not being able to see any end to it?
You helped your points difference yesterday and took the three points......based on the Donny side you watched can you see other sides not being able to do the same?
The original point was don't get carried away by what you saw yesterday....that's all.
Your right winger was running against a bloke with second row forward pace.....a total mismatch......and as a Donny fan that's not nice to watch.
I don't want to get into an argument with Batley fans.....it looks like you have turned the corner.
Yes we have had poor management and yes Batley can show us a thing or two about keeping a modestly supported club financially afloat....none of these things are contentious......but just imagine you were a Donny fan....who through no fault of your own is left watching this sort of thing week in week out.
Anyway well done....and cheerio.

It won t be the first time in our history that we ve been on the end of a tonking and it won t be our last, but each time we have come back stronger and tonked someone ourselves (but we might have to wait a while this time).

The aim is to stay positive and build for the future sensibly to ensure this will be the last time we end up on our knees halfway through a season.

Despite the poorish turn out (I feared a smaller crowd), those that I were near still wanted a club and on the way home I spoke to a nice chap from Fev who wished us all the best.

COYD

What a prat.
For a lot of people, its difficult to sympathise with your club.
Last season I've no doubt you were one of those unrealistic people who were crowing with glee at the appointment of Hanley and the expensive signings of McKenna, Lawrie etc...
You and most of your supporters must have known that it was not the right direction to be heading in following your disastrous over-spending in 2007. Did you question what was going on, when SL and NRL players plus one of potentially most expensive coaches in the game were being signed up by your board?
I bet you were lapping up your success last season, when it was patently obvious to all those outsiders that you were heading towards oblivion (yet again).
Don't say you weren't warned, and if you look back at the various internet forums, I think you'll find that most of you were responding to our doubts by citing 'jealousy' and 'envy'.
Anyway, I've no doubt that as always with your club, some rich (supposedly rich?) benefactor will come and bail you out of the effluent again, so why worry?? You'll be splashing the cash like the Sultan of Brunei within 12 months I reckon.
It actually makes a complete mockery of the smaller clubs who stay afloat year after year through financial prudence and good management.

You came and paid money to support your club......to be be fair..... didn't you?
You'd have gone anyway.
Now't to do with supporting Donny.
You're picking the bits you want to pick......the point is don't read to much into this result with regard to your progress....anyone would have put 70 by us.
You're at home to Barrow next......let's see how you get on.....beat them and you're a force to be reckoned with.
Meanwhile Sheffield will be doing pretty much what you did to us yesterday.
Yet we beat them at their place before we imploded.

Whats John Wright up to these days? Maybe he could auction off his impressive collection of Coi Carp and donate you the proceeds?

And you've got the nerve to call Stand Offish a prat!!

Anyone got the teams from yesterday? With all the old shirts on different players it was hard to tell

Dons: Leaf, Colton, Coady, Lawton, Opie, Weedon, Speake, Benson, Cook, Carbutt, Hall, Holt, Steen, Subs: McKinley, Bassinder, Craig Jones, Ellery.

McKinlay was definately wearing Castles shirt and im sure Hall was wearing Haleys shirt.

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Now now. I had a two hour drive to get there, much more than some of your supporters had, but still decided to go to shout for my team, unlike many of them. My money could have been spent elsewhere, but truthfully, is there a greater need of my money in the Rugby world than your club? I went knowing that my money would be of some benefit to your club. I have picked no bits from anything, only telling it as it is to me. Are you so annoyed with us because we are the unwitting beneficiaries of your downfall? Hardly our fault. Do I think we are world beaters? Nope. And by the way, putting 70 points past you does represent progress because two months ago we most certainly would not have done, even against this team.
Did I enjoy yesterdays match? The fact that Batley won yes, but seeing a fellow club struggle, no.
And for the third time, good luck for the future.

Cheers.....a sensible post free from name calling....which is always nice.

Agreed.

Ellery 21, Jones 16, Bassinder 24, McKinley 15, Hall 8,
others were as normal
i have the Batley team if you need it

Ive done in Derby now matey ill be there.