They won't. Oldham are ordinary

I agree, Rob. From what we saw of Oldham at the Keepmoat earlier in the season they are ordinary but do you know, I can't believe they're quite as bad as they looked that day. They've got a points diff of +222, ours is +218.

Newcastle have plenty to play for so there's no likelihood of them taking their foot off the gas. Surprises happen though. I just hope one doesn't happen at Oldham today. We need them to lose today, and lose against us at their place so we can jump above them!

It's nice to dream ...

Pack it in Brian. It's not fake optimism. We're well capable as you well know.

HT Dons 16 Skolars 12
(We had led 16-0)

FT Dons 23 Skolars 22

Oldham beat Newcastle 28-20

Lucky to get the 2 points today. Some nice tries by us . London looked quicker & fitter to day .

Guy Armitage:
Plays for us v Newcastle - looks nothing out of the ordinary, barely sees the ball.

Plays against us, scores three tries & looks like London’s main attacking threat.

What is that stops us getting a performance out of a player? Could it be coaching or tactics?

We’re even starting to make Rangi Chase look ordinary. Must say he looked well off the pace today. Hope it’s still a case of regaining some match fitness but the season is running out rapidly.

Good to see Frankie Mariano back in action. Thought he had a solid game.

The Oldham match suddenly looks a whole lot tougher after today’s results & performance.

Over to Rob...

up to 16-0 we looked ok
what happened after that i don't know.
left after their last try
don't know how we've won that, the best team lost.
no chance of promotion on that performance , its got to be the coaching nothing else
Even Chase programmed to look ordinary.

my first post for ages,,,, nothing has changed ,, this is the first game Ive seen at the keepmoat since April,,, nothings changed,,, to confirm the views of "onedon" the best team lost today somebody involved with running this club needs to take a serious look at what we are producing on the pitch (third class rugby) The team STILL look like they have never even met before never mind played rugby as a team before.. This season has been a total flop from day one the super dooper DR deal with hull is a sick joke, the league table tells you exactly where we are,,, average at best. As for all the deluded fans who believe we will do well in the play offs,,,"GET REAL" the season ended today. I cant wait for 1st sep, last game at home (thats in donny not fev by the way) and then we can put this season behind us,,, as for next year ... you could not give me a season ticket never mind sell me one... If there are no changes ,,starting with the coach., then Im done with rugby league forever. I really feel for our players they ARE GOOD but made to play poorly as said above Chase is now just another average player hardly saw him today..Wish I could end on a possative ...... no can not think of one.

Couldn't make my mind up today whether it was Rangi Chase or Chevy Chase
Beryl deserved man of the match because he was playing 7 AND 6.

Full credit to London for coming back from 16-0 down after 20 minutes. We got the start I was hoping for, then we lost our way.

Guy Armitage is a player with some potential. Without him in the London team, I suspect we would have won a little more easily. He was very much their 'go to' man. In the end, the game could have gone either way and we were perhaps quite fortunate to win.

Matty Beharrell has been an excellent signing for us. I sometimes wonder where we'd be without him.

We played with an energy and enthusiasm early on, typified by some of the brave efforts made by Jordie Hedges. London looked ordinary. Once London got their act together, they started to look dangerous and we began to look ordinary.

Our line speed in defense was particularly poor in the second half. This gave London quite a lot of momentum. We weren't able to stop their forwards making good metres when driving out of their own half.

Whilst London had a plan that they stuck to well, our strategy seemed disjointed with too much one-man rugby. Watson Boas tried hard when he came on but I feel we missed the extra buzz we've had from Jez Litten. Rangi was really off the pace today.

League Table (Pld, Pts, Pts Diff, Max Possible Points)

1) Whitehaven 17, 26, +130, 32
2) Oldham 17, 24, +230, 30
3) Newcastle 17, 23, +261, 29
4) Hunslet 17, 22, +241, 28
5) Dons 17, 20, +219, 26
6) Worky 18, 19, +126, 23
7) London 18, 15, -80, 19

Matches left to be played

WhitehavenOldham Dons (H), Coventry (A), Hunslet (A). If Oldham beat the Dons, we cannot finish above them. If we win all three remaining games, and Oldham only beat Coventry, we could be level with them on points at the end of the season.

Newcastle Coventry (H), N Wales (H), Keighley (A). Two wins for Newcastle sees them definitely finish above us. They should manage that.

Hunslet London (A), Workington (H), Oldham (H). Three tricky games for Hunslet, although two of them are at home. We could do with London beating them in their next match.

Dons Oldham (A), Keighley (H), Workington (A). Anything short of three wins probably means fifth place will be the best we can achieve. If we only beat Keighley, Workington could demote us to sixth spot but that would also mean Worky would have to beat Hunslet as well as beating the Dons in the last match.

Workington Hunslet (A), Dons (H).

The Dons still have plenty to play for but a defeat at Oldham may mean we will finish fifth. A win at Oldham means we might still overtake Oldham and/or Hunslet to finish third or fourth.

With three games to go, we could still finish anywhere between third and sixth. I suspect it will go down to the last round of games to determine our final position. On the last day of the season we're at Worky whilst Hunslet are at home to Oldham.

London must be gutted not to have done the double over us after a shambolic performance by the Dons at the Keepmoat.

At 16-0 up we looked to be cruising until...……as usual we press the self destruct button and low and behold, stupid play after stupid play , allowed London their way back into the game.

Armitage looked class, and was obviously their go too man , with three tries he looked head and shoulders above our left side.

After all the hype regarding the signing of Rangi I don't think he has made a real difference to the side.
In attack he has merely handed the ball on and showed non of the running game that made him Man of Steel.
In most of the games he has been well off the pace and yesterday he was invisible.
I know he needs game time ,however time is running out quickly and another year in Championship 1 beckons.

After Oldhams win over Newcastle yesterday it just proves what a tough ask next week is going to be.

We need three wins to improve our chances of a home draw in the play offs, but with Workington finding form and Keighley already beating us this season we are on the back foot.

With others on here calling for a new coach, I would say this, is it the coach that misses tackles or that makes the ty pass that ends up being thrown to nobody in particular ,
is it the coach that gets forced into touch on the second play, after defending our line.
No its so-called semi pro players that cant seem to manage a game when the pressure is on.

I have said it before and i will say it again , we are where we are because that is our level , for all the hype ,
we are an average team in a poor division that needs to stop pretending we are a top of the table side waiting for promotion because we are not.