doncasterrugbyleague.co.uk/artic ... le-signing Mitchell Vincent, Alex Palmer and Tom Holt. All from Sheffield having previously been at Toll Bar

doncasterrugbyleague.co.uk/artic ... le-signing Mitchell Vincent, Alex Palmer and Tom Holt. All from Sheffield having previously been at Toll Bar

Alex Palmer's the only one who's played first team there.

Yeah, it says that in the article

That settles it for me, with another three youthful signings, all with potential, there is no way the Dons will be kicking off at 6 on a Sunday, games will end well past the teams bedtime.

Toms a pretty decent signing. He played full back and scored for the Doncaster select side at the Keepmoat a couple of years back.

I must admit , I was pleasantly surprised by you Dons last season and the Keepmoat is my favourite away ground , but after looking at your signings for next season , and Bradford and London joining our League , along with the strengthening of Leigh , Fax , Sheff , and Fev , I think 2015 will be a long hard season for the Dons , I realise its not easy for you , having little funds to spend , but Cooky will be a year older , and with younger players signing , it could be very hard for you , of course I hope im wrong .Best Wishes Charlie .

It looks like the only way can run a reserve team is to make them our first team.

I see your point Charlie, however I have the upmost faith in the Coach, Carl Hall and Gavin Baldwin to know what is required. Club Doncaster appears to have shored up the leaky news boat (thank goodness that gossip Parker was one of them) With that of course goes pretty much silence from the club until there is something worthwhile announcing. So patience is a virtue as my Mother was fond of saying.

I'm sure their will be some big signings still to be announced.

Rome wasn't built in a day...

We may have to take a step backwards next year to take a step forward in the longer-term. We obviously don't have the resources to go out and get the current best players around. We can't compete with the wage budgets of Leigh, Bradford, and some of the other clubs.

We have a shrewd team at Doncaster. We have punched above our weight in many of the recent seasons and 2015 will be another serious challenge for the club. It would be unwise to write us off completely for 2015 but realistically we're going to need some time to build a team, rather than be able to go out and buy a team.

We still don't know the exact make up of our squad for 2015. If we can add three of four more players of good experience, similar to Steve Snitch, we might surprise a few again.

The Dons have a very good track record of achieving the best they can with the resources they've got. We do have more resources this time than ever before, so I'm confident they will use their money as wisely as possible.

If we finish between 5th - 8th and get to play off for the championship final and look to having a chance in that it will be a good result.

Then improve for 2016 to hope to aim a bit higher.

Also have a better year without serious injuries.