Unfortunately a lot of fans have thrown the towel in . That is why the crowds are top of the agenda at tomorrow nights forum !

If he has signed for us, I think he will spend quite a bit of time on loan at Donny, along with a couple of others.

I hope we use loans rather than DR as it's better for both clubs and players.

We started brightly today, but penalties was the killer again for us. We were in control of the game then LS got 10 mins for a high tackle. They made us pay for being down to 12 men. We cant seem to play when under pressure. Think there will be a few players leaving us at the end of the year.
This stupid Workington fan telling us that the PNG playing 13 needs to go back home, the look on his face when we told him that CM is a Yorkshireman soon shut him up.
NR was taken to hospital but got released about 8pm.

I am sure Radford has said he will loan players to Championship clubs only , so probably rules us out .

Thanks for the update Baz , was hoping the poor discipline was behind us . Any news on Miloudi was he injured . I agree about players leaving , think RH will want his own players next season .

I haven't read that anywhere, so maybe missed it.

Still think he will help out Horne, seeing that he is still working for Radford.

Not dual reg I hope !

Miloudi was injured last game.

The two singlest biggest drivers for attendances are:

1) On-field performances, and
2) The quality of rugby on offer.

There is also a clear link between the levels of support a team gets and it's league position. A successful club will be one where appropriate investments are made by the management and the supporters also get behind the team.

Take football as an example: The four best supported teams in League Two last year were the teams that finished first, second, third, and fourth. Okay, winning is likely to bring in more fans so there is probably a link between the two but if we explore further, taking the football Championship into account, 75% of all teams finished within 5 places of the levels of support they got.

In the Championship, there were six teams averaging fewer than 13,000 in their home league games, they finished 10th, 11th, 20th, 22nd, 23rd, and 24th. Unless a team is getting more than 13,000 fans, it seems as though it's very difficult to survive at that level. The two teams that were significantly better than their attendances suggested were Brentford and Preston. Preston are currently 7th and Brentford are 24th this season after four games. It'll be interesting to see if Preston can continue to buck the trend or whether they'll revert to the norm for their supporter base level.

In terms of having a sustainable team in Super League, a minimum fan base of 5,000 looks like the appropriate level with a 10,000 fanbase being needed to be in with a chance of sustaining a place in the top four.

If the Dons have aspirations to get into Super League, the management of the club won't be able to do it on their own. The people of Doncaster will have to get behind the club too. Similarly, the fans can't do it on their own and Club Doncaster will have to play their part as well. They may have to play a considerable part considering the position we're presently in and the number of towels that have already been thrown in!

Whichever way we look at it, all sporting clubs have a greater chance of success if they're well supported (compared to their opponents).

I'm going to the Dons meeting tomorrow. It's the first meeting I will have been to. I've already forwarded a list of suggestions to the club saying what I think we need to try do to improve attendances. I'm going to the meeting because I care and I want to try to do something to help. I also recognise there are no easy answers.

I hope the rest of the Doncaster public also care and want to do their bit to help bring success to Doncaster. If they don't, I fear the upper levels of our ambitions will probably always be limited to getting out of this league and then trying to survive for as long as possible in the Championship.

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I wonder what sort of high tackle merits a sin binning? No match is complete without a number of high tackles yet I can't remember any one of them resulting in a yellow card or anything more than a penalty award. Surely Louis Sherriff should now be in police custody for such a heinous offence. Oh and I expect that certain so-called fans on here will be blaming this on Carl Hall to add to all his other crimes against DRLFC.

Next season?
Who gives AFF about next season?
We have now completed the set... the set being that we have lost to EVERY team in the top eight.
Shocking!
Turn the lights off I say.
RH has a shocking record yet people bang on about him ... get rid I say.
Is he any better than GT?
He bangs on about cutting out mistakes and nothing happens.
Another bullter.
Shouldn't we be walloping teams by now?
That aside everything is just dandy.
COYD

Please feel free to be optimistic.

Well I do for 1 .

I think RH will be a good choice of coach for the Dons .

COYD

It's unrealistic to bring in a new coach and expect everything to be perfect after he's had half a dozen games in charge.

Similar to there being a link between crowds and success levels, there is also a link between player ability and what a coach can achieve with them. Every coach must be given the chance to assemble his own squad before he can be judged.

Playing styles have changed since Richard Horne arrived. The defence has looked better organised. We've looked more dangerous going forwards but we're still lacking quality.

I'm happy with Richard Horne and believe we have got the right man for the job.