According to Free Press 27/08/09 Tony to put out his strongest 17. Hopes to win the game for us long suffering fans.

Seems Tony was pleased with how the two youngsters played in France i

reckon they deserve a run out in front of our home supporters for thier great effort against a big French side, players like these are our future if we can keep them

If he was quoted correctly in the free press its the best 17 , if the players picked want to stay next season they will put in a performance.

Dons 24 Gateshead 22
Come on You Dons !

the two young guys from the academy were stand out players for the 21's in a disappointing season, dont know much about howlett, but Liam Booth was signed from castleford when we were the lakers however failed to get a chance and went to huddersfield giants, feel they deserve a crack at it as Booths already played at barla under 18 and england students under 18s so seems if we can hang on theyll be ok, should have a good 2nd rower in young howlett and a good 13 with Booth both can also play at 6 so these 2 look promising along with big craig jones having some good steady games in his first season

Mate of mine who has seen a few academy games agrees with Highflyer about these two academy kids and how well they have gone this season.
Howlett is supposed to be from the Hull area who can play in the forwards or the backs, a talented youngster at the age of 17yrs. Apparantly he got one of the MOM awards from the supporters in Toulouse. Hope Tony gives these lads another crack next Sunday, players like these gives us great hope for the future.

Gateshead will marmalise us.
Harsh....... but true.

Yes ive seen Howlett plat at 2nd row, centre and even wing while booth was playing at 13 and moving to stand off when the half backs left the club kicking a couple of 40/20's in one game, beleive he came on at prop away at toulouse however seemed to have done well and impressed tony and the supporters both lads around 6'2 and decent build seem to have a future in the game if given the chance, i'd love to see them sign up and a mention from someone higher up on these two kids futures as we need to hang onto them Howlett coming from Hull and Booth Castleford both travelling quite a way to pull on the dons jersey it would be nice to see their commitment and loyalty rewarded for next season

My heart says would love to see a Dons win,
however my head says that with Thunder in the relegation mire, they will run out easy winners.

Good luck to Carl and his team for tomorrows deliberations from the RFL.

And to remind everyone. The last game of the season is traditionally a suit and tie job

I'll turn up in my work uniform, which is almost that..

I always thought that was the last away game mucker??

I wear a suit everyday for work, so i will give it a miss and be in jeans.

Also everyone dont forget to stay behind at the end.Cheer the lads off and then support the club with the presentation afterwards.See you all in the bar afterwards!!

Just that every last game for a few years has been away recently

Reference the 'presentation' - has anyone heard any more about it? The original suggestion from the Club was an entrance fee of £10 or £15 but it seems to have gone quiet since.