: Sun May 17, 2009 8:45 pm  

Moonlight wrote:

We are destined for Championship 1 next year that is a safe bet.(if we last out) The really sad thing is having to go through loss after loss getting there and the demoralising effects that getting hammered week in week out brings with it. Yes, a lot of us are old enough to have seen all this before but that does not make it more palatable. The Fred Karno's circus that has prevailed over the last three years is affecting the crowds, the ardent fans and in truth is showing up the Town of Doncaster. Thursday night will surely do us no favours at all and could do with calling off. I see no light at the end of this tunnel and I really wish that I could say otherwise. We have a state of the art Stadium and a set up that is not fit for purpose to play in it. If this club was a dog then the best bet would be a trip to the Vets.

Cool lets all walk away- I'm sure the people running the club are qualified to find work elswhere with a lot less pressure attached.

: Sun May 17, 2009 8:59 pm  

Marshland wrote:

Cool lets all walk away- I'm sure the people running the club are qualified to find work elswhere with a lot less pressure attached.

Folk are walking away and this needs addressing. If you loose your die hard support who will replace them ?

: Sun May 17, 2009 9:31 pm  

Moonlight wrote:

Folk are walking away and this needs addressing. If you loose your die hard support who will replace them ?

Don't you get it ! The purse is empty, Zilch, now't left - what the club has left is what the club has to play with, next week it may or may not be in the CRAP a little deeper. Probably all it has left at this moment is the die hards and when they decide to walk away maybe it's time for Dave Marshall and Co to do the same. Your heartbreak will be his heartbreak but he has the pressure of where to turn next.

: Sun May 17, 2009 9:37 pm  

Watching the club today you wonder if we have anyone capable of running the club.
May be it would be better if we went away, died gracefully and restarted like Bramley or Nottingham with no silly aspirations.
This would give an opportunity to dispose of the links to the old Doncaster clubs of the past as you can t help thinking whats happening to the money, eg shirt sponsorship, lottery, the sky & gate money (we had a budget at the begining of the season!). And of course allegiances to ex players who can neither drive a coach never mind a rugby league team or play a part in running one.

: Sun May 17, 2009 9:47 pm  

Trotsky wrote:

:DEPRESSED:
Watching the club today you wonder if we have anyone capable of running the club.
May be it would be better if we went away, died gracefully and restarted like Bramley or Nottingham with no silly aspirations.
This would give an opportunity to dispose of the links to the old Doncaster clubs of the past as you can t help thinking whats happening to the money, eg shirt sponsorship, lottery, the sky & gate money (we had a budget at the begining of the season!). And of course allegiances to ex players who can neither drive a coach never mind a rugby league team or play a part in running one.

The only problem with that is the RFL only allow 1 team per-area, That place has already been taken by Moorends, who will be moving into their own ground very shortly with their own clubhouse.

: Sun May 17, 2009 9:57 pm  

Marshland wrote:

The only problem with that is the RFL only allow 1 team per-area, That place has already been taken by Moorends, who will be moving into their own ground very shortly with their own clubhouse.

It might be more worthwhile getting behind Moorends then, rather than lurching from crisis to crisis with the Dons.

: Sun May 17, 2009 10:12 pm  

Trotsky wrote:

It might be more worthwhile getting behind Moorends then, rather than lurching from crisis to crisis with the Dons.

We would love to be the stepping stone to re-launch the Dons, I'm sure it could be worked in the same way as Bramley & Stanningley share the same ground.

: Mon May 18, 2009 7:22 am  

Conceding 50 points in 40 minutes is a standard that is quite frankly unacceptable in a top fllght league.......or most others for that matter. Well more than a point per minute is ........ ....and quite clearly demonstrates that players introduced to fill in are just not up to it.....probably their fitness levels more than their skill level.
Size matters as well and speed.
We were overpowered out wide....we were OK down the middle in defence.
There is only so far that grit and resolve will take the Dons.....once we have had a few tonkings like this one....then what?

: Mon May 18, 2009 8:07 am  

Maybe the half time team talk was the news they were playing for free of reduced money?

Certantly not a great motivational tactic.