True, I joked on the Coventry thread that I thought the attendance probably included 300 past players!

I suppose it's a nice way to be able to claim attendance figures are going up when they're not really as good as they look.

I would be very surprised to see the club splashing out large amounts of money on one or two players given the dramatic reduction in funding to League 1.

I thought the lads were outstanding today , its a shame that cant be said for the officials.
Numerous high tackles and shoulder charges went unpunished , even the Keighley players in the bar after the game agreed Charlies was never a straight red.

Ben stays on the field and we win the game comfortably.

Hopefully we will have one or two bodies back next week , after yesterdays performance i wouldn't fear anyone in the play offs.

I think Workington are in a false position and would be beaten by every team in the top six , Keighley looked average until the last fifteen minutes when we began to tire and a trip to North Wales will not be a cake walk for them next week.

How many of their star players will be busting a gut to get back to the Championship after dropping out to play in league one.

Can you see the likes of Muzza , QLT and Webster playing in the Championship week in week out when they are already contracted for next season on nice large contracts to play league 1 no way they will be wanting to return to the intensity of the Championship after a couple of easy seasons in League 1, they all have another couple of seasons on their backs and none of them are spring chickens.

The whole League One situation is a mess. How can clubs offer contracts to players for next season when they don't know what the central funding will be or what they'll be playing for?

If the two leagues of ten happens for 2023, how could there be promotion for any League One club into the second league of ten when six teams from the Championship would be relegated?

I'm afraid only the RFL have the gift of making such cock-ups.

No stability to structures and funding makes it impossible for any club to forward plan. Crazy!

Charlatans at RFL can't even say Cockayne was innocent. No further action?!?! So he headbutted him hard enough for sending off sufficient??? These clowns need calling out

I've got a good video clip of the incident sent to me, it isn't a head but, he's trying to get up, the Keighley player doesn't even appeal for it, the touch judge just thinks he should seen something, absolute joke a red card was given out for an incident not seen by the ref, totally ripped off in that game, feel real sorry for the players ad Donny were by far the better team but a man down and a group of officials that couldn't manage their way out of a paper bag made it an uphill struggle that nearly came off, fatigue was the deciding issue.
Hopefully a bounce back next week

Pleased for Ben , not much consolation for the team though

I've seen the video too. Nothing whatsoever in it. Needs calling out as innocent not sending off sufficient

Where's the video guys? It's not included in the Dons' website highlights video.

If the club want to show it Mike they will. I don't want to step on their toes cos they may want to keep the rfl onside and they probably wouldn't like rocking the boat which I fully understand.

Ps. I understand it's on FB page. I don't use FB myself but I have heard this.

Mike its on the Dons Facebook page (someone has posted it has a link, its not the Dons supporters FB page. Actions of a man on his back with an arm round his neck pinning him to the floor in an effort to slow down the play off the ball. Ben trying to free himself from a stranglehold tackle. In Union the tackler would have got at least 10 mins for that type of tackle.

Thank you Wilf. Couldn't describe it better. I'm currently disputing the red card on total RL. I can't understand how a headbutt is sending off sufficient. I have never seen that
Keighley should be challenging that you'd think.
Literally no reaction from their players at the time could mitigate that.

I would not want that young touch judge has an eye witness in a civvy street assault.

Thanks lads. Where's VAR when you need it!

Just to compound matters (no pun intended)
Was this the first half lengthy stoppage for the treatment of one of the Dons players for a neck injury. May have been on Aaron Ollett-Hobson (but not certain)

Just seen that yet another Keighley player (Jack Arnold) given a one match suspension for dangerous tackle to the neck area in the NWC game. Must be something in the water up there.