[Wanderer]

: Sat Mar 14, 2009 8:22 pm  

Result: Barrow Raiders 34 Doncaster 14.

Not the result we wanted but difficult enough up there without playing more than half of the game a man short.

Two tries on his debut for Luke May must be a positive though and the Dons did score the last two tries so it sounds like they kept going right until the end.

: Sat Mar 14, 2009 8:38 pm  

Well done May.
We never get much at Barrow anyway.....even with better squads.
We didn't get deluged like it looked like we might....but we didn't get a bonus point either.
Things can only get better.
COYD

[Jemmo]

: Sun Mar 15, 2009 10:15 am  

If I'm honest i think the scoreline flattered us yesterday, particularly at half time. The biggest difference on the day was the speed they hith the line at, which seemed much greater than ours until the game was lost.

: Sun Mar 15, 2009 10:27 am  

Getting sent off is pretty poor.......the mind boggles.....as if going to Barrow wasn't hard enough in itself.
Anyway we were a bit cobbled together going into this game.....we will get better I feel.

: Sun Mar 15, 2009 7:56 pm  

Think you're being a bit harsh, Jemmo. We were undone by ill-discipline at the end of the day and some, frankly, inadequate floodlights, in my opinion.

I thought the scoreline flattered them and I'm pretty sure we'll turn them over at the Keepmoat.

: Sun Mar 15, 2009 8:50 pm  

seuseuwho? wrote:

Think you're being a bit harsh, Jemmo. We were undone by ill-discipline at the end of the day and some, frankly, inadequate floodlights, in my opinion.

I thought the scoreline flattered them and I'm pretty sure we'll turn them over at the Keepmoat.

I can't believe you are blaming the floodlights !
I didn't see Barrow sporting night-vision goggles, so it was the same for both teams. Yes, they are bad, we know that, and the club are doing their best to find the £200,000 funding for replacements.

You must have been watching a different match to me (and a lot of your fans) if you think the scoreline flattered Barrow. We missed 4 conversions, had 2 tries disallowed and rarely got out of 2nd gear !

Bauer's try was class, but the second was a simple run-in that any back worth his salt would have scored with a 10 metre head-start.

It'll be tough for us at the Keepmoat, as it always is, but we have Ned Catic, Zeb Luisi and 2/3 others due in the next couple of weeks, so that should take us up another level hopefully.

Good luck for the rest of 2009 (except against us of course!).

: Sun Mar 15, 2009 9:04 pm  

seuseuwho? wrote:

Think you're being a bit harsh, Jemmo. We were undone by ill-discipline at the end of the day and some, frankly, inadequate floodlights, in my opinion.

I thought the scoreline flattered them and I'm pretty sure we'll turn them over at the Keepmoat.

The scoreline flattered us ???????

The scoreline flattered Doncaster in a big way. As has been said We never got out of 2nd gear and still managed to be quicker in all departments. Your bullying tactics never worked either. When we stepped up as gear we cut through your line like a hot knife through butter.

I would say the floodlights did you a favour - during the day in better conditions the score would have been 60 easily.

Im afraid to say that The Dons may struggle this year unless you inject some pace into your game and sort out your discipline.

: Mon Mar 16, 2009 7:38 pm  

It's all about opinions, lads.

Thanks for sharing them.

Just like to point out that you were playing against 12 men or 12 v 11 for 2/3rd of the match.

I hope we both stay up. With crowds like yours you deserve to. If only the Doncaster public were as keen

: Mon Mar 16, 2009 8:15 pm  

seuseuwho? wrote:

I hope we both stay up. With crowds like yours you deserve to. If only the Doncaster public were as keen

The reason why they had a larger than average crowd of 1809 was because the club were giving vouchers or some scheme for there supporters to purchase tickets for there home cup tie against Wigan

: Tue Mar 17, 2009 9:05 am  

The club were giving away vouchers for the Wigan game, but I think we'll average 1,800+ this season anyway. We averaged 1,450 last season with no away fans.

It's true that you were down a man, but only for 35 minutes of the game. We had players in the bin at the same time as you so it was 12 against 12 for 20 minutes of the game. I actually thought we played better in the first half when both sides had 13.

Good luck for 2009.