[Jemmo]

Update from Carl Hall : Thu Jan 24, 2019 4:09 pm  

There's an update video from Carl on the website, including a large proportion about the dual reg arrangements. Can't imagine anyone changing their views because of it, those pro will be appeased, those against I think will continue to be so http://www.doncasterrugbyleague.co.uk/a ... pdate-from

There's an update video from Carl on the website, including a large proportion about the dual reg arrangements. Can't imagine anyone changing their views because of it, those pro will be appeased, those against I think will continue to be so http://www.doncasterrugbyleague.co.uk/a ... pdate-from

Re: Update from Carl Hall : Thu Jan 24, 2019 8:07 pm  

Yep, it all depends how we go.
No way of knowing yet, so lean back and relax for a few weeks.

I like having the Hull lads, but only the mature ones.
And I am not quite sure how you can guarantee the quality of those we get.

So a bit nebulous for my liking.
COYD

Re: Update from Carl Hall : Fri Jan 25, 2019 9:34 am  

After listening to that im still unsure how this deal Carl has agreed is any different to how DR has worked the previous few seasons. He said we have always paided Hull for DR players but now we are giving them a sizeable chunk of our budget for the same service. We will only get the Hull players that Hull want us to have. They already have a number of injuries.
Carl says that this new deal ensures that if say for example we have maloudi one week but then Hull recall him to play for them, then they have to send us a player of similar or even better quality. This for me is just total garbage. If someone like maloudi gets recalled then his replacement for us won’t be as good or he would be playing for Hull. Their not going to send us someone better are they...

Fast forward 9 months, if we’re still in league 1 then it’s time to say good bye to Mr Hall, Horne and more importantly Hull.

Re: Update from Carl Hall : Fri Jan 25, 2019 12:20 pm  

After listening to Carl's interview ,he seams very content with the new arrangement with Hull and sounds confident this year we can deliver.

Reading between the lines, in previous years it looks like Hull have offered us players when it has suited them to do so , with the quality varying from first team players ie: Jacob Miller , Dean Hadley and Feka to kids from their academy.

However it now looks like we have a pool of players, that when not required by Hull will be offered to us to play on a regular basis.
Given Hull have the best part of 40 players available to them it makes good business to provide said players with regular game time …………..even if it is Championship one.

By the sounds of the interview we are more likely to see the likes of Hakim , Litten ,Langtree, Bieniek, Lane, Logan and Harris rather than the academy lads that played against Leeds and London which I would be very happy with.

How this works in principle we will have to wait and see as Hulls injury situation will obviously have a large say in who is made available.

Given Hulls injury situation last year all of these players have Super League experience and should give us the quality we severely lack at the moment.

Re: Update from Carl Hall : Fri Jan 25, 2019 3:04 pm  

Having said goodbye to Dull RLFC, I will probably be blasted for posting again.However all this talk about Hull players and the rubbish talked by Hall in his interview has prompted me to reinforce my point of view be it right or wrong.
How many Hull players are going on the team building exercise to Catterick?
How can set moves be worked on when different players are in the side nearly every week?
How can a part timer like Horne be as passionate about the club compared to the likes of Tony Fisher and John Sheridan for example?
How can this super deal with Hull work when already their injuries are piling up in their camp?
Yes you can argue the Dons went ten games unbeaten with the help of Hull players but where were those players when needed in the playoffs?
Despite a squad of 40 players at Hull Horne can't even say at this stage who the two loan players will be so why is this?
Turning away from the Hull fiasco,I don't recall seeing any information on the number of season tickets sold for 2019 or the crowd numbers for the three games so far,not even a figure for the Kyle Kesik testimonial that supporters I'm sure would have been interested in.
The way the club is being run is a joke and it's beyond me how you loyal supporters put up with the repetitive contemptuous treatment.
In 2013 when the club was taken over by Club Doncaster,the Dons were in the Championship and Hall said the merger would take the club to a higher level.What a false promise that was.
Finally and most importantly for me,in 1995 the Dons were nearly forced into a merger with Sheffield driven by Gary Hetherington. I was one of the many supporters who attended meetings and through hard work forced that loss of the club's identity to be overturned.
But now although of a different nature the same is happening again where it is no longer truly a Dons team and the precious identity of a team that has seen so many highs and lows is in danger of possibly once again being lost forever.

Re: Update from Carl Hall : Fri Jan 25, 2019 3:23 pm  

The proof of the pudding ... etc
I am a results not a promises man.
So we can't see what's what until we get some .... results I mean.
No use getting all uptight yet ... we could be worldbeaters.

It's just that if something looks like a turkey and sounds like a turkey then it's probably a turkey.

Re: Update from Carl Hall : Mon Jan 28, 2019 8:55 am  

Jemmo wrote: There's an update video from Carl on the website, including a large proportion about the dual reg arrangements. Can't imagine anyone changing their views because of it, those pro will be appeased, those against I think will continue to be so http://www.doncasterrugbyleague.co.uk/a ... pdate-from So this explains why Hall voted with the SL clubs on the restructure last season. This is an extension of Dual Reg which will only cause feeder clubs long term.

Jemmo wrote: There's an update video from Carl on the website, including a large proportion about the dual reg arrangements. Can't imagine anyone changing their views because of it, those pro will be appeased, those against I think will continue to be so http://www.doncasterrugbyleague.co.uk/a ... pdate-from So this explains why Hall voted with the SL clubs on the restructure last season. This is an extension of Dual Reg which will only cause feeder clubs long term.

Re: Update from Carl Hall : Mon Jan 28, 2019 1:49 pm  

Personally I wouldn't trust anything that comes out of his mouth, the man is a serial dreamer.

Over the last five years he has single-handedly killed off our fan base, with his moronic drivel about promotion and how big our budget is only to be found wanting time and again.

Even with season tickets at a poultry £60 the club will be lucky to sell more than a couple of hundred given the performances in our three warm up games.
I'm sure even the most ardent Dons fan (myself included)are now looking to find other forms of entertainment on a Sunday afternoon after the dross served up already.

The first four weeks of the season will be make or break , with no easy games our season could be over before its even begun.

I'm sure the Carl Hall book of excuses will be close at hand if, as expected Newcastle , Hunslet and Workington walk away with the two points.

I expect the usual replies………... "AAARH well were not far away" Bla Bla we have the richest owners in the league and are only eight years in to our five year plan " AArh Radders will help us out but Hull are struggling for numbers".

Please change the record and take resonsability for our failings.

Re: Update from Carl Hall : Mon Jan 28, 2019 3:10 pm  

No disrespect, but I think £60 is expensive for poultry ...
It's a bit early for anything yet ... we need to play those first 4 games.
They will get a shitstorm though if they have underestimated once again.

Re: Update from Carl Hall : Mon Jan 28, 2019 3:19 pm  

Stand-Offish wrote:

No disrespect, but I think £60 is expensive for poultry ...
It's a bit early for anything yet ... we need to play those first 4 games.
They will get a shitstorm though if they have underestimated once again.

A make or break year ahead , fail to fulfil expectations and forget about any support next year.
Congratulations to Bentley on their performance against the Army , maybe a trip down to watch them next year if the poop hits the fan this season for us.