That's a good point, Jemmo.

Here's the list of ups and downs in recent yearsLeague 1 Up ...................... Champ Down
2015 Oldham/Swinton.................. Dons/Hunslet
2016 Rochdale/Toulouse ............. Workington/Whitehaven
2017 Toronto/Barrow ................... Oldham/Bradford
2018 York/Bradford..................... No relegation
2019 ............................................ Barrow/Rochdale

The Championship looks really tough next season though. There don't appear to be any obvious candidates for coming down. Assuming Toronto go up, the league would be made up of:

London, Toulouse, York, Leigh, Fev, Bradford, Sheffield, Halifax, Swinton, Batley, Widnes, Dewsbury, Whitehaven plus one other.

From past history, Swinton would look at risk but they finished 9th this season and seem to be improving. Dewsbury could have more money to spend with Bradford lodging with them. Widnes survived a 12 point deduction and would have finished 9th without it.

Maybe Batley are vulnerable? What about the Eagles?

With fewer obvious candidates for coming down, maybe the promoted sides will find it a little harder to stay up this time around?

What does everyone else think?

I think it's a point well made. Bottom half of Championship and top half of league one can compete.
Good point though Mike. Championship looks very tough next year. Obviously whoever goes up will strengthen. I'd back ourselves or Newcastle to be more capable of that than Oldham.
Anyway. Let's not put the cart before the horse.

P.S. I'd say Dewsbury, Batley and Swinton are the teams any promoted side should be looking at picking up points at

Baz that is spot on, but that issue appears to symptomatic with the Club Doncaster approach to the media. They will let you know when you need to know. Slightly frustrating in this instant lets be knowing whats happening world, but I fully understand their approach and cannot see it relaxing anytime soon.

Case in point.

According to a post on the Dons fans Facebook page from the player himself Kieron Lawton has been released from the club. Is being loaned out to Cas classed as a release or has something else occurred that we are not party too?

I regularly raise issues such as this at the Fans Panel Meetings as I strongly believe not communicating properly with fans destroys the links between fans and the club. If fans don't feel valued, or important, they will be more inclined to walk away, and in many cases may never come back.

The club must do better.

Spot on.

I fully realise Mike that you take them to task over matters such as this, however it is my believe (rightly or wrongly) that Club Doncaster have a certain prerogative when it come to information. The leaking of information was certainly tightened up when John Ryan finally stood down and certain people left that had access to inside info and it helped fill column inches, say a Nosey Parker or two We hardly ever hear from the re-branded SLO who is no Big Baz in any shape or form apart from an odd post here and there on the Cleggbook.

I have no doubt that this last bit will be seen as having a go at the club but we must be kept up to speed on some issues for the very reasons you have eloquently highlighted.

If you want to know something ask Jemmo ...
Some of the Facebook lads seem to be a lot closer to the club and get to know things quicker and Facebook and Twitter have a lot more participants so any info spreads faster.

No thanks I will stay on this pariah forum. Jemmo will no doubt fill us in if he wants to.

Agree SO, but it can't spread faster than from the club itself, instead of being 2nd hand.
thought that was what the club website is for, club information,otherwise it might as well not be there.

The post from Kieron himself about having to be released has been taken down.

Richard Horne doing himself proud at Newcastle today ... I wonder if he is lounging in the stand with both feet over the seats in front?
As per normal...
Clueless!

Nice touch to get Pete Green to do the pre-match...hopefully he was saving his voice for the half time hair dryer...they ref has give some odd descions but that said we havent threatend them at all. Not a clean break really...40 mins or seasons over and I would continue to say we have employed a coach for next year who failed to achieve his stated goals...we shall see

We can't play a forward game with territory kicks in the wet ... they can ...we can't.
Forwards and kicking very substandard today.