Hi peeps, l have to agree with most of the points that our long lost fan "Rupert bear" has put on here, every season going way back we have had concerns about falling attendances, But in my opinion we need to stop looking at ourselves ( the club, the players, the fans)n that's not where the problem is, the issues are with the whole of the structure of rugby league, everything is centred around SL, but even the big clubs are struggling so the lower leagues have no chance. We have to stop looking over our shoulders at rugby union and making comparison we will never compete with them at club or international level. The rugby football league attendances across the board are poor terrestrial TV coverage is non existent. sky only care about SL.
The RFL are responsible for OUR demise not the club or the fans.
Rant over going to the pub, I will be there Sunday and l recruited a new fan last week who had a great day and is coming again this week..

Well I am at the Knights tomorrow, so I will review the facilities and compare them with the experience at the Dons.

Good stuff S-O. Can you print off a few flyers and hand them out at the game? Only kidding. Looking forward to hearing what you make of it.

Let folk in FREE .

You are a clown Charlie

That's a cross I have to bear ,anyway im over the moon with Donnys success , its my Favorite away game , I love the Keepmoat , I call it Little Wembley , and cant wait for our game there later in the Season . .

hope to see you there.
Hope plenty of fans get down from both sides for what should be a cracking game.

Thought i would put in my two penneth, i know some won't like it but here goes, the club needs to have something to capture the imagination of young kids, something they can identify with. I thought Doncaster Dragons was a good name, and a good marketing opportunity, just badly done at the time. Something needs to be done, we are all aware of that, the club cannot rely on an ageing fan base, it needs younger people to get involved, so give them something that they can talk and get excited about, and gives the club an opportunity to cash in on merchandise that kids want to wear etc. Just my thoughts.

I can tell you what won't help. Been today and found out that the bar upstairs is open to season ticket holders only from the official start of the season. Well that's one punter less as I'm not getting my massively overpriced half time pint from the dinghy bars on the concourse. I have to work some weekends so a season ticket isn't viable, but when I do attend I want to spend my hard earned in a nice comfortable setting. It's not as if the bar is ever heaving anyway!
Who the fook thinks up these ideas? You couldn't make it up.

Car Park one is also now only for Pass Holders (not the same as season tickets) which is a pity as its the nearest Car Park to the main East Side entrance. PS the burger from the concourse wouldn't have been allowed in had I brought it - deemed a dangerous heavy object..

Attendances at the Keepmoat will never improve as far as Dons supporters are concerned.I amongst many others don't see the Keepmoat as a true home of rugby like the wonderful Tattersfield that attracted support from the rugby side of town including such as Askern,Bentley and Toll Bar.
In fact it seems tome that the Dons are treated as "Hangers On" and not really part of the Sport Doncaster set up. There isn't even a banner on the Keepmoat signifying it as the home of the Dons.
Furthermore I believe that the plight we are in now as far as results go is because the team strengthening that was planned has been knocked on the head by the Rovers Board/Executive and Cooke has had to sign other teams cast offs that will never make the grade because they are not likely to get any game time.
Look at Kitrick who allegedly was snapped up ahead of other interested clubs and didn't play against Workington.Instead we played a DR hooker at scrum half. Farcical.
And this is another reason why supporters don't attend, the hook up with the Rovers is not seen as trustworthy.
I'm just grateful that so far the Knights have repelled the idea of jumping onto the Club Doncaster bandwagon.

Careful, Jemmo must be severely tempted to have a moaners only thread.
In fact that might be a laugh ...
The others could throw the cyber equivalent of rotten tomatoes at them.
e.g.
This week in the moaners only stocks is ..... stand-offish .... fill yer boots ... lol

Tatty Feeld, we all have fond affection for the old ground but what can the present set up do to win you and others like you around?

I understand your concerns but do you really think Carl Hall, John Scarrow, and Paul Cooke would accept being used in the way you suggest? I think they are men of integrity and wouldn't stand for it.

Personally, if the people in charge of the Dons are happy with the arrangement, then I'm prepared to give them my backing. Why can't you do the same?

They are happy with the arrangement because they have got to be. Where else would they play,certainly not by moving to Castle Park because Carl Hall told me it' s too expensive to play there.
That's why the Rovers have got them over a barrel.Increased season ticket sales,allegedly the biggest budget ever,money from Sheffield playing at the Keepmoat and to date an increase in attendances.
Get real,where do you think these benefits are going,certainly not into the Don's coffers.
And by the way I am backing them by still going down to matches even though I don't enjoy it any more. I wouldn't go if I hadn't bought a season ticket on the strength of what Carl Hall told me pre season.That was that if he gets his targets he had lined up I would be very exited.
They didn't materialise,I wonder why?

Who were they trying to sign? I've always assumed the majority of our signings were the targets. It's whether they are as exciting as they thought which is the question