On the positive side, we won the second half and we defended much better than the first half.
I thought we didn't have the bounce of the ball very much and there wasn't that much in it at the end, although I think York were quite content to run at 80% throttle in the second half, knowing the game was as good as won. So we shouldn't get too carried away with the second half revival.
They are a division above us and looked fit and lively, so we shouldn't be too disappointed. However this was the game in this group that must have been targeted as a win, and we lost.
Castle was the stand out forward and is showing fitter looking guys (no gay reference
) completely up.
Please note other Dons forwards ... it's called effort and enthusiasm!
What struck me was the difference between York's defence and ours.
York were up fast in one unified line and into our faces, going forward into the tackle. Result ... we got about 4 yards per play.
Doncaster let them come to us and defended on the backfoot with no forward momentum. Result ... York made double that every play. You are asking for it if you defend like we did.
700 crowd, that's good, but they were treated to a pathetic first half. The guy behind me had obviously come to have a look see and was going to walk out if York had scored again after that soft second half offload try to their right winger.
But we fought back and he stayed. I doubt he will be there for the Eagles game along with about 200 others.
That's over £2,000 lost.
What a shame.
Two games in 4 days ... total bollox ... and don't get me started about Laughton.
COYD
PS They weren't going to catch Cunningham were they?
Also ... who was the guy in the black scrum cap playing down the left in the second half for the Dons? He played really well.