Re: Tonight's game vs Barrow : Thu Feb 18, 2010 5:38 pm  

Took in the first game of the campaign last night and when you looked at the Barrow line up you feared the worse. They and Widnes should be neck and neck this year and if I was a Barrow fan I would be purring with anticipation. Why it took Barrow so long to spread it out was a surprise, when they did they were ruthless and the size, speed and class told. I came away feeling that we will not finish bottom of our League, that we may just surprise one or two. The effort was first class and for that I applaud the players for not giving in. I hope that TM can develop a settled side and one that we can look forward to seeing this year rather than the past four years when we have had a 'fresh' look every six months.
To sum up, enjoyed the effort from the players, the breaks did'nt quite go our way ( Jemmo may have covered that in his deleted thread ) I look forward to a settled season, some hopeful surprises and the growth of Doncaster Rugby League. (Oh and watching Rooney on TV getting a buttercup stain on his crisp clean shirt when he may be forced to put a tackle effort in)

Re: Tonight's game vs Barrow : Thu Feb 18, 2010 7:48 pm  

I'd like to add that i'm not too dissapointed. Barrow put out a really strong team and were just too strong and pacey for us. Our young guys never stopped trying and as has already been said we were unlucky not to have posted a couple of scores. The officials were awful and really gave us jack poop, the final try coming from a penalty given against us after the first knock on came clearly from a Barrow player just about summed up their performance.

I'm reasonably optinmistic for the forthcoming season and i also think we may well suprise a few teams. Its not going to be easy and i fear we may be a bit lightweight on occasions but we do seem to have agood spirit about us. The return of Henry, Lawton, Simon Brown and Stanley can only strengthen us. One things for sure, i believe we have a group of players who are committed to playing for Donny and will not give less than 100%.

COYD

Re: Tonight's game vs Barrow : Thu Feb 18, 2010 9:04 pm  

i must admit i feared the worst and was,nt surprised we were well beaten.the lads gave a good show of thereselves and were still trying at the final whistle.all we can hope for in the future is a ref who knows the double knock on rule,ie the team who knocks on 1st do not get the put in at the scrum,and pulling a player back who is chasing a kick throu is a penalty.and as for the touch judges why bother.sorry i cant make sunday due to work but all the best too the lads it can only get betterCOYD