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Re: Lack of Interest : Mon Mar 14, 2022 10:53 pm  
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There's the proof. Interest really has gone down.Still paid the extra £30 though. Maybe if the club got it's act together and connected with supporters it may have been different.


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Re: Lack of Interest : Tue Mar 15, 2022 7:53 am  
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Create the difference. It’s your Club.


How do we create the difference?
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Re: Lack of Interest : Tue Mar 15, 2022 8:18 am  
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There's the proof. Interest really has gone down.Still paid the extra £30 though. Maybe if the club got it's act together and connected with supporters it may have been different.


Not being able to sell 500 season tickets at £60 speaks volumes. Do we live in hope that if we get promoted all the 'lost supporters' will come back? Or is there simply no appetite for rugby league in Doncaster?

The club don't help themselves because many fans feel cut off due to poor communications. Watson Boas, Jordie Hedges, Ben Cockayne to name but three instances where fans want to know what's happening.

Fans need to feel connected to their club. Without that connection, loyalty erodes. It can become 'them' and 'us' rather than everyone pulling together.

It saddens me that a town the size of Doncaster hasn't got a successful rugby club. Club Doncaster also needs to take a look at itself as the Five Year Plan to get to Super League flopped and we're still stuck in the bottom division. Something isn't working.
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Re: Lack of Interest : Tue Mar 15, 2022 8:56 am  
You can't create a difference when there is total apathy among supporters because of the way those at the top of Club Doncaster are running things.The total mess Club Doncaster has made that has left the Rovers where they are is bound to rub off on those who are lovers of sport in the town and are supporters of the Dons who make the obvious connection. Until there is a total change of approach by Club Doncaster that shows commitment to providing success that apathy will always remain.
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Re: Lack of Interest : Tue Mar 15, 2022 10:20 am  
I watched the North Wales versus Seagulls game at the weekend and was impressed by the way North Wales came back into the game in the last quarter and never gave up the game. They threw the ball around to the edges rather than take on the Seagulls down the middle, making for an entertaining match.
They look far better than the side we played last year which could cause us problems come play off places.

I noticed that over the last two weekends Keighley have been beaten by both Oldham and Swinton.

When I look through the league one squads I thought Keighley had a very strong squad again this season and would be there or thereabouts come the play offs, weather they have used these games to play fringe squad players I don't know but they were well beaten by Swinton which doesn't bode well for us.

Looking at our squad I honestly feel we are in for a long hard season and nothing less than a convincing Dons win against The Midlands will convince me otherwise.
They will give us a fair idea where we are , as I think they will be a tough nut to crack this year.

They have signed a few more quality players and have four or five ex Dons in the side who will be out to prove a point.
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Re: Lack of Interest : Tue Mar 15, 2022 11:52 am  
NWC are the best team in the division. Keighley's results so far have surprised me having lost to Hunslet, Oldham and Swinton, particularly with Oldham losing to Lock Lane but I'd expect them to improve.

Swinton are certainly better than Oldham appear to be at this stage.

For me it is NWC top then a free for all between us, Keighley, Oldham, Swinton, Hunslet and Rochdale
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Re: Lack of Interest : Tue Mar 15, 2022 1:27 pm  
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NWC are the best team in the division. Keighley's results so far have surprised me having lost to Hunslet, Oldham and Swinton, particularly with Oldham losing to Lock Lane but I'd expect them to improve.

Swinton are certainly better than Oldham appear to be at this stage.

For me it is NWC top then a free for all between us, Keighley, Oldham, Swinton, Hunslet and Rochdale


I agree Jemmo , we are an average looking side unless we have a significant amount of personnel coming in on loan.

Poor recruitment and player retention will see walk up spectators plummet this season , I would rather pay £150/£200 for a season ticket and watch a competitive side.
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Re: Lack of Interest : Tue Mar 15, 2022 4:41 pm  
Tatty Feeld wrote:
No official news other than rumours about Jordie Hedges and Watson Boas.


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News imminent on the former.


See separate thread re Jordie.
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Re: Lack of Interest : Wed Mar 16, 2022 9:19 am  
I actually think our player recruitment has been pretty good the last few years, generally speaking. It's player retention, particularly at the end of last season, which has been the worry.

An obvious exception is never recruiting an actual fullback, which seems odd
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