Re: Current position / fixtures / play off chances : Thu Jun 21, 2018 11:39 am  

The losses to Hunslet, Oldham and Workington were drubbings ... let's be honest.
So away at Bradford, York, Hunslet, Whitehaven and Keighley will be losses barring accidents.
So best scenario is 8-0-5 ... a mirror of the first half of the season ... except the Keepmoat is not a fortress is it?
So slip-ups are possible as well.

Anyway we will finish in a position where we have next to no chance.

So for me it is done!

Time to ask bigger questions about just what it is that Horne brings to the party and why we have little idea what constitutes a well balanced side.
And why we keep buying turkeys when it ain't Christnas.
And why we claim to have money when we clearly haven't.
The end!

Re: Current position / fixtures / play off chances : Thu Jun 21, 2018 11:55 am  

When you think about how it all started ... the goodwill, the anticipation surrounding the Dons.
That has ALL been dissipated and that goodwill will not be there at the start of next season even if they do the cheap season ticket offer again.
They have little substance and don't deliver ... unlike pizza takeaways.
A house of cards.
Smoke and mirrors.

Now where did I put my Pro Plus Pretty Potent Positivity Pills?

Re: Current position / fixtures / play off chances : Thu Jun 21, 2018 1:41 pm  

It is a good point is that about the goodwill. I call it smile back on your face, the optimism, the upsurge in confidence regarding the team and the season. I hate the thought of grumbling and being dragged back into the negativity, but one thing is certain. it is down to the selected seventeen not us on here. I posted at the start of the season about Doing it for Don. What happened to that because the bloke deserves have a season dedicated to him to remember and certainly not one were we finish just above the emerging clubs.

Re: Current position / fixtures / play off chances : Thu Jun 21, 2018 2:36 pm  

The erosion of my positivity towards this season started with the Lane/Litten on loan for the season to oh there dual reg now and the whole Albert brother fiasco.

The sale of Harris to Hull was the final straw, despite Carls comments that it was the best deal for the club.....I can see no evidence it was on the pitch.

While RH is "employed" by both clubs his loyalties are going to be towards whoever pays him the most...ie Hull FC. Though I cannot blame him fully for the current situation it has been proved over 3 years now that low investment in the team and an over-reliance on DR doesn't work from DRLFC.

It didn't work for Paul Cooke
It didn't work for Gary Thornton
Its not working for Richard Horne

I cannot see us making the playoffs this season, if we do by some fluke it will only be a fleeting visit, maybe then Club Doncaster can review there the entire policy regarding DRLFC and we can actually be realistic about our aims and recruit accordingly rather than promises of "jam tomorrow".

Re: Current position / fixtures / play off chances : Thu Jun 21, 2018 2:50 pm  

Moonshine wrote:

It is a good point is that about the goodwill. I call it smile back on your face, the optimism, the upsurge in confidence regarding the team and the season. I hate the thought of grumbling and being dragged back into the negativity, but one thing is certain. it is down to the selected seventeen not us on here. I posted at the start of the season about Doing it for Don. What happened to that because the bloke deserves have a season dedicated to him to remember and certainly not one were we finish just above the emerging clubs.

Every season that passes without gaining promotion does threaten the goodwill of the fans. There's no doubt about that. It becomes harder to sell a vision if you've not succeeded with a similar vision previously.

What happens this season is still in the players, coaches, and club's hands. Are we good enough to get in the play-offs if we have our best 17 players on the pitch week-in, week-out? We should be! We looked much better than Whitehaven at the start of the season, Newcastle were much inferior in the cup game, and we could have beaten York in a close game. We can do it. It's obviously harder to do it when the pressure is on, or when you're seemingly out of form, but that's the challenge facing us now.

It's time for everyone to show some grit and determination, not to feel sorry for themselves.

Re: Current position / fixtures / play off chances : Thu Jun 21, 2018 3:17 pm  

Yeah but the players know they ain't going anywhere.
I suspect.
If we do ... they do.

Re: Current position / fixtures / play off chances : Thu Jun 21, 2018 6:19 pm  

I agree with Double Movement the best team available has to play.DON'T use squad rotation it doesn't work

Re: Current position / fixtures / play off chances : Thu Jun 21, 2018 6:48 pm  

wahs wrote:

I agree with Double Movement the best team available has to play.DON'T use squad rotation it doesn't work

I totally agree that we should be playing our strongest 17 week in week out... the problem is Horne has said repeatedly that he won’t pick any player if their not 100% fit or even carrying a slight knock. As the season goes on most players will be carrying some sort of niggling injury or not be 100% fit so be interesting to see if he sticks to that policy.

Re: Current position / fixtures / play off chances : Thu Jun 21, 2018 9:15 pm  

Horne said recently he would play the strongest side with no unnecessary rotation.
So presumably that side that went to Worky was that!
He must have cringed if that was his strongest team of those available.

[Wanderer]

Re: Current position / fixtures / play off chances : Fri Jun 22, 2018 8:47 am  

And now further injuries to a couple of our more consistent players to contend with.