Well we are certainly not making it easy for ourselves by letting our number 6 go before an important game..... stupid if you ask me.

The timing is strange unless it's already been accepted that the play-offs are now out of reach.

Early betting ...

Handicap betting ... Dons +14pts 10/11 Bet365.

I am sure you are giving credit were it is not due.
'Clueless' comes to mind.

I hope that the replacement number 6 can prove us wrong and that we can beat Blackpool.....but it doesn't bode well.

We will see.
COYD

Dobek set to start (unsurprisingly) and Bovill available following a holiday.

... Ely and Butterfield need to shake off knocks picked up in the defeat at York.

We need our strongest 17 available players out on pitch this week end !

It seems such a long time ago that we playing them midweek in the NR dead-rubber and in terms of tomorrows match that is a pretty meaningless result.

The league fixture at Fylde towards the end of April is in theory a better yardstick and the Dons competed well in the first half before falling apart in the second. Worryingly, that comment could apply to last weeks effort at York.

Digging a little deeper though reveals some points which suggest a much closer contest ...

1. Blackpool have lost three of four away fixtures since the Clubs financial issues were revealed.
2. The Dons squad has been bolstered significantly from around the time of that away fixture (though losing Simon Brown is a blow). Rob Lunt and Paul Hughes arrived during the week of that fixture and there have been a further half a dozen additions since.
3. 20 of Blackpool's 48 points in the April fixture were scored by Josh Charnley (on loan from Wigan) who made his SL debut for Hull KR last night.

COYD.

Hills only +12pts 5/6.

Bet365 Match betting ... Dons 5/1.

York calling us Dirty Donny, well after video evidence by the disciplinary panel no charge for any Donny player but Benson charged see link below: So then York who were the dirtiest team on the day www.therfl.co.uk/about/disciplin ... hp?id=2072

York calling us Dirty Donny, well after video evidence by the disciplinary panel no charge for any Donny player but Benson charged see link below: So then York who were the dirtiest team on the day www.therfl.co.uk/about/disciplin ... hp?id=2072

Skybet ... Handicap betting ... Dons +12pts 10/11 ... Match betting ... Dons 3/1.

Bet365's quotes remain the best for the Dons.

Ladbrokes have now matched Bet365's +14 on the handicap betting at 10/11 although they only go 9/2 for the win.