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There isn't a single redeeming feature from this awful season. My 2015 season ticket must be one of the worst purchases I've ever made. I won't be buying one next year.

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Quote: Stand-Offish "Well the only comments now can only be about playing in the lower division

Spare us any talk of staying up please.

Someone said that Leafy has been advised that this was his last game.'"


Sad that Brian if it is Leafy's last game, the bloke IMO deserved better.

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It's a blessing he got up out of that hoisted tackle without serious damage.

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Memories and heritage are very precious THE DONS and BLUE & GOLD forever.:



First half as bad as I have ever seen from a DONS team in my 55 years of watching them, after saying that EVERYTHING that Haven did worked for them and as for the ref he was as Bad as it gets.

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Quote: huby "First half as bad as I have ever seen from a DONS team in my 55 years of watching them, after saying that EVERYTHING that Haven did worked for them and as for the ref he was as Bad as it gets.


And that Richard is saying something. Up most respect on that observation. I just hope the powers that be are reading this.

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What bad luck for Shaun Leaf. He really does cop for some bad luck. He's been a great servant to this club and shame on the RFL for not allowing him a testimonial. It's not fitting that his last season with the club is going to be the Dons worst in recent memory.

As for today's performance, it was a horror show. It emphasized all our weaknesses. Every glimmer of hope that comes our way is snubbed out by a grim return to reality.

Before the game, I said I thought it was wrong of the club to build this game up as the most important in the club's history. It certainly wasn't but it probably ranks amongst one of the worst performances. Having said that, I don't think we need to have a go at Carl Hall. Anyone who is as committed to Doncaster rugby as Carl gets my support any day.

On the field, amongst other things, we committed the same ultimate sin twice in the same game: No dummy half waiting to collect the ball. That is just unforgiveable icon_exclaim.gif

The teams we've come up against this season have all been bigger and faster than us, They've had more skillful players too. The end result is that we can't stop them when they get near our line and we struggle like hell to break theirs.

Some of the decision making was awful again today too. Sometimes it's not how good you are, it's how well you think the game out, and we came up short in that department too.

On reflection, I think we perhaps didn't give Paul Cooke enough credit for his on-field expertise last season, and we've been sadly lacking that this season.

Ultimately, the club really got it badly wrong with the recruitment policy during the winter. This has resulted in our demise.

I recently posted that I thought most of the current players wouldn't be at the club next season. After today's showing, I doubt the new coaching team will have been impressed enough to consider offering many new contracts.

To the players' credit they did keep going in the second half when they were so far behind. Effort is great but when you're being outclassed, there is only one inevitable outcome. Well done to Lee Waterman on his performance. He always gives his best and will run through a brick wall for the team.

Unless Club Doncaster decide to invest some money, I fear for the calibre of player who may be at the Dons next season because RFL funding, sponsorship, and gate receipts will all be well down on this season.

Sadly, we must now be a very short price to go through the season without recording a win. The Dons' fans don't deserve this.

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Sorry DM, and I know we want the best for the Towns RL fans, but Carl Hall has to take some of this. I take no pleasure in this at all but the Clubs fans deserve better and this heartfelt posting comes out of being associated with one of the Clubs most ardent fans. Like Huby he has been there since the Greyhound track days and the bloke who is 86 this year deserves better than this awful mess. Not sure how many years (fingers crossed) he has left but he and all the other die hards do not deserve this bloody awful mess. The bloke got me into RL and although I couldn't believe some of the stuff served up in the late seventies and early eighties this is taking the biscuit. ( None of this is aimed at you DM)

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I almost came to Castle Park today as I thought we stood a chance of a win I am glad I saved my money if that was the best we could do against our fellow strugglers.

People on the book of many faces already calling for GT's head which is uncalled for I don't think Houdini could have saved us this year the team are beaten before they get out on the pitch and something is very rotten at the club from the team upwards.

It did occur to me today that what if relegation to CL1 was the "Club Doncaster" plan after all, relegation means the club is no longer a viable concern and therefore wound up or best case scenario relegated to the athletics track, this would leave the Keepmoat the sole province of the Rovers which is something they have always wanted. They have played the long con with us, kill off support recruit on a tight budget to ensure failure..make some token signings when its already to late.

Compound that with the fact that PC left us in a "cannot play anymore" state and has score 2 for Fev today and apparently been the difference between the two sides....makes you think that he knew the writing was on the wall and jumped.

I think its now pretty safe to say we are relegated so with that in mind we need to look forward (if we do survive) and have a complete root and branch audit of all the staff at the club, this may mean that some players who are fans favorites move on but clearly there hearts are not in the Donny shirt this year.

Something drastic has to have happened at the club for us to go from a top 4 side to one that is on course to loose every game of the season and have a loosing run of over 365 days.

I think the club should refund the ticket price to every single Dons fan who turned out today to watch that shambles.

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have not posted for a long time.I can't believe this result.There is no Desire.The team is changed every week.GT needs to get a settled team and stop tinkering.defence is weak in the middle but yet wingers get dropped.whats going on????

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It would not surprise me if the club merged with either Wakefield or Sheffield

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A double dose of Steve & Geoff , too much after todays performance !

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There are some misery-guts out there ...
we won that second half 18-14.

Mind you Haven were 30 miles up the A1 by then.
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Not going again to watch players feeling sorry for themselves.

I will have a look see again when they win a game.
If I live that long.

I joked about Bloody Sunday the sequel ... but it's becoming reality!

There is something very sour in this Rovers link up and I think this is the end.
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Quote: weighman "A double dose of Steve & Geoff , too much after todays performance !'"


So Paul what reasons would you give for the position the club finds itself in at the present?

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Bad recruitment during the off season is the main reason. I think PC's hands were tied.
However with out Club Doncaster we may not have started this season.

Clearly now we are playing without confidence .

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Quote: SteveRoebuck "I almost came to Castle Park today as I thought we stood a chance of a win I am glad I saved my money if that was the best we could do against our fellow strugglers.

People on the book of many faces already calling for GT's head which is uncalled for I don't think Houdini could have saved us this year the team are beaten before they get out on the pitch and something is very rotten at the club from the team upwards.

It did occur to me today that what if relegation to CL1 was the "Club Doncaster" plan after all, relegation means the club is no longer a viable concern and therefore wound up or best case scenario relegated to the athletics track, this would leave the Keepmoat the sole province of the Rovers which is something they have always wanted. They have played the long con with us, kill off support recruit on a tight budget to ensure failure..make some token signings when its already to late.

Compound that with the fact that PC left us in a "cannot play anymore" state and has score 2 for Fev today and apparently been the difference between the two sides....makes you think that he knew the writing was on the wall and jumped.

I think its now pretty safe to say we are relegated so with that in mind we need to look forward (if we do survive) and have a complete root and branch audit of all the staff at the club, this may mean that some players who are fans favorites move on but clearly there hearts are not in the Donny shirt this year.

Something drastic has to have happened at the club for us to go from a top 4 side to one that is on course to loose every game of the season and have a loosing run of over 365 days.

I think the club should refund the ticket price to every single Dons fan who turned out today to watch that shambles.'"

At last someone else has cottoned on to the Club Doncaster intentions. In the days of Sunday Bloody Sunday we were awful and could do nothing about it because of a lack of funds. This season we have also been awful and Club Doncaster could have stopped the rot back in March if the commitment had been there. The supporters have been conned all season by the management.Even the appointment of Thornton with Green as a sweetener was a charade to cut down on any money the other so called quality candidates would have wanted to spend.Totally disgraceful treatment of loyal supporters and sadly I can see the days of another supporters consortium to keep the club going not too far around the corner.

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