Re: Doncaster : Sat May 25, 2024 7:53 am  

Hudd-Shay wrote:

I wonder who decided to let him go? Rat & Ratchet shuddersfield, White Rat 4.0% Mmm!

Simon Grix. Fax have made so many recruitment and retention errors over the past few seasons, its unreal. Doro one now who looks like he is going to be off back to SL with Hull KR. Given the reasons for letting him go maybe Fax had no choice but lets not foget before that incident he was hardly getting any game time anyway. Imagine the pack we could have now with the likes of Doro, Gwaze, Springer and others. Instead we are left with players that try hard.

Re: Doncaster : Sat May 25, 2024 10:47 am  

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terry silver wrote:

Finn as been dealt a poor hand squad wise but he does not help himself with some of his post match comments.

If we were losing say 12-4 we could claim the effort was there,but injuries were affecting our attacking structure etc and there would be some justification.Conceding 40 points to a poor team who bombed various other line breaks confirms the exact opposite.

Re: Doncaster : Sat May 25, 2024 1:29 pm  

Greg Florimos Boots wrote:

Simon Grix. Fax have made so many recruitment and retention errors over the past few seasons, its unreal. Doro one now who looks like he is going to be off back to SL with Hull KR. Given the reasons for letting him go maybe Fax had no choice but lets not foget before that incident he was hardly getting any game time anyway. Imagine the pack we could have now with the likes of Doro, Gwaze, Springer and others. Instead we are left with players that try hard.

Exactly!

Re: Doncaster : Sat May 25, 2024 2:15 pm  

Ilkley Fax wrote:

Thankfully all 4 of our Leeds DR not incld in Leeds starting 17 tonight although Ruan is named as 18th man so could theoretically be involved. If Jouffret is fit no idea how they'll use Sinfield.

It’s for options if Jouffret isn’t fit along with JWH & Barber being missing.
Choice between Salty going to 1 and either McComb, Pons or McCormack into the backs or Widdop to 1 and Sinfield into the halves.
Davies returning earlier than expected along with the Ruan, options for the pack if McComb drops back.

PS: Or sack everything to do with the Leeds connection and play just with our own who are fit with no 9 not enough backs and Joufrett with a dodgy knee, that’s Finny’s other option for the weekend.

Re: Doncaster : Sat May 25, 2024 2:32 pm  

It’l be another tough game for a side that’s doing it tough in a season where nothing has clicked either in Attack or Defence.

That being the case I can’t decide wether to expect to see more of the same or to expect to see some improvement because we can’t play any worse.

Re: Doncaster : Sun May 26, 2024 12:28 pm  

It will be interesting to see how Fax line up. Jack Sinfield is supposed to be a bit of a live wire, hope he plays, and would make a refreshing change to see Pons and the Leeds kid on one flank which should add some punch.

Re: Doncaster : Sun May 26, 2024 4:27 pm  

Wasn’t expecting such a good win, or a win. Doncaster looked a big team. We played well ref was awful as always.

Re: Doncaster : Sun May 26, 2024 4:35 pm  

How did Ruan go ?

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Re: Doncaster : Sun May 26, 2024 5:06 pm  

Ruan wasn't very impressive tbh but McCormack was brilliant.

Re: Doncaster : Sun May 26, 2024 9:42 pm  

Seemed a better balance to the side this week which contributed to the result which they fully deserved.
They’d looked at and trained with a couple of options that I’d mentioned in an earlier post to do with the backs and second row.
Apart from those already ruled out the biggest doubt was LJ and with him coming through they went with him and Keyes in the halves (who went well) with Keyes, Salty, McCormack outstanding and Louis and a few others not far behind.
Widdop going to 1 organised the defensive line much better than what we’ve seen before and he backed up well in attack on a couple of occasions.
Completion rate dropped off a bit second half which affected the field position but the D held out when being tested.
Tough selection decisions for Finn next week if the same lads are available if JWH and Barber come back into contention on whether to change a winning side.
Too soon to see if a corner has been turned and need to back it up but I’ll gladly take the 2 points.