Re: Dons v Swinton : Sun May 23, 2010 9:42 pm  

Well done lads good defensive display against a big set of forwards and some half decent halfbacks.

Re: Dons v Swinton : Sun May 23, 2010 9:45 pm  

Positives:-
We won.
We nilled the other side, a rarity.
We denied them a bonus point.
We did not collapse in the second half.
The weather was lovely (nothing to do with the Dons).

Negatives:-
Our conversion kicking was sh/te.
We played some dumb rugby at times.
Examples:-
Getting pushed into touch twice when there was no need to go anywhere near the touchline.
Not taking two certain points at 16-0 up and then infringing on the second tackle.
Not targetting Hulse and Holroyd enough by attacking on our right via Leaf, who could have had a bagfull. Instead we persisted down our left wing and got NOTHING.
I suppose I am nitpicking a bit.
I thought Swinton let us off the hook by dropping the ball 5 or 6 times.
Wasn't Holroyd useless?
All in all it was a pleasure to see us win.
COYD.

Re: Dons v Swinton : Sun May 23, 2010 9:48 pm  

Stand-Offish wrote:

Wasn't Holroyd useless?

Its not the first time that Holroyd has spent a game at the Keepmoat just wandering round all the time, then hiding behind other players when the poop hits the fan.

There are positives to take, but Swintons heads had dropped after the second try, and they were definitely there for the taking.

Re: Dons v Swinton : Sun May 23, 2010 10:10 pm  

I thought we did well today. We carried on from where we left off second half at Worky. Better performances all over the pitch, well done lads!! Swinton though were masters of their own downfall.Terrible discipline and ball control and in my opinion too many big name players who werent interested.

SO has picked up on something that we were on about during the game and thats attacking down the right.We all know GH defends out there and we never tested him, only a couple of times and we scored both times. The worst match for the no right hand side attack was up at Gateshead.Do we do this on purpose or is it coached into the lads? I dont know?

Re: Dons v Swinton : Sun May 23, 2010 11:41 pm  

Oh, I forgot to mention it.
Not because we won....but I thought the ref was brilliant today.
He picked up on all sorts, and in particular forward passes, which is something most refs can't be arsed with and end up spoiling games.
Well done the ref!

And one other thing......don't we look slimmed down and fit?
I know Bovill wasn't playing, but we looked mean and lean.
I think the only player who looked to be letting himself down and could do with shedding a stone was one of our half-backs.

Re: Dons v Swinton : Mon May 24, 2010 5:10 am  

well done the lads - can anyone tell me what happened to David Bates ? is he injured ?

[Jemmo]

Re: Dons v Swinton : Mon May 24, 2010 7:49 am  

Yeah Bates is injured at the mo, (along with Ellery, Johnson and Bovill we have 4 of our biggest props to come back...may explain why we were looking skinnier)

Re: Dons v Swinton : Mon May 24, 2010 8:02 am  

All the RL press are stating Kyle Kesik scored the first try , sure it was Ryan Steen .

any thoughts ?

Re: Dons v Swinton : Mon May 24, 2010 8:06 am  

weighman wrote:

All the RL press are stating Kyle Kesik scored the first try , sure it was Ryan Steen .

any thoughts ?

I got it as Steen, although if you talk to Kesik, he said that he scored it.

Re: Dons v Swinton : Mon May 24, 2010 8:15 am  

I have been cynical of late, but have to say a good performance in very hot conditions.
I thought we might have struggled to handle the big Swinton pack, but the players muscled up well.
As has been mentioned above still too many naive mistakes, especially on the left side, but the positives far outweigh the negatives. Agree the ref had a good game which makes a change.