Re: Dons vs West Wales Raiders 8th March 2020 @ 3:00pm : Sun Mar 08, 2020 8:39 pm  

No disrespect to W Wales but a half-decent side would have severely punished us for the first half mistakes.

If we make that many errors, and give away so many penalties, against any of the top half sides, we won't beat them.

Well done to Sam Doherty and Ross Peltier for excellent performances. Ryan Dixon looked strong and should also be better for the outing.

Late on in the game, W Wales confidence was building, especially after they scored, and credit to them for keeping going.

A tricky outing at Keighley is coming up next ....

Re: Dons vs West Wales Raiders 8th March 2020 @ 3:00pm : Mon Mar 09, 2020 8:01 am  

After that performance my only positive is " thank God it was West Wales" , as any other side would have put us too the sword.
Yes we won , but other than a fifteen minute purple patch we looked awfully ill equipt to worry the mediocre sides in league1 let alone the promotion challengers.

Is Chase injured or just uninterested , his performance yesterday looked like a bit of both.

We lacked direction with the fifty point scoreline really flattering us.

We have a week off now to regroup and focus on what is always a tough game away at Keighley.
With a number of our ex players and staff there im sure they will raise their game to the challenge ,...………….. I only hope we can do the same.

[Jemmo]

Re: Dons vs West Wales Raiders 8th March 2020 @ 3:00pm : Mon Mar 09, 2020 9:39 am  

Tries from the game https://youtu.be/l_zQF3XQne4

Tries from the game https://youtu.be/l_zQF3XQne4

Re: Dons vs West Wales Raiders 8th March 2020 @ 3:00pm : Mon Mar 09, 2020 10:56 am  

Wasn't there, but it went pretty much as I imagined.
One poster on the Cleggbook said it was brilliant with stubborn defence.
We looked very right sided again going on the video.
The left edge attack and defence is a bit wanting.
I thought that Rangi looked great against Sheffield. He was sharp, fit and his kicking was good.
Looking at the video, we seemed to pass the ball along the line well to the right.
Dunno about defence ...
Perhaps players like Smeaton, Rickett and Carter will come good when they know their fit in the side, but how hard can it be? They are experienced RL players aren't they?

Keighley, went last year to the usual disappointment, so wouldn't surprise me if we get bogged down again.
Not going ...not going there ever again after that Bank Holiday traffic nightmare of last year.
COYD

Re: Dons vs West Wales Raiders 8th March 2020 @ 3:00pm : Mon Mar 09, 2020 2:04 pm  

Stand-Offish wrote:

Wasn't there, but it went pretty much as I imagined.
One poster on the Cleggbook said it was brilliant with stubborn defence.
We looked very right sided again going on the video.
The left edge attack and defence is a bit wanting.
I thought that Rangi looked great against Sheffield. He was sharp, fit and his kicking was good.
Looking at the video, we seemed to pass the ball along the line well to the right.
Dunno about defence ...
Perhaps players like Smeaton, Rickett and Carter will come good when they know their fit in the side, but how hard can it be? They are experienced RL players aren't they?

Keighley, went last year to the usual disappointment, so wouldn't surprise me if we get bogged down again.
Not going ...not going there ever again after that Bank Holiday traffic nightmare of last year.
COYD

Saw that on Cleggbook must be deluded if they thought that was brilliant.
Its not always winning that matters, the performances do, and thats something we haven't had yet
a decent performance and that is very worrying.
one of there tries was caused by someone rushing out the line for a big hit and missing leaving us wide open, no names!
YES we won yesterday but at times was completely shocking and good teams don't act in that fashion.

Re: Dons vs West Wales Raiders 8th March 2020 @ 3:00pm : Mon Mar 09, 2020 7:36 pm  

Just watched RH post match interview and thought it was very
honest and accurate.

Re: Dons vs West Wales Raiders 8th March 2020 @ 3:00pm : Tue Mar 10, 2020 1:09 am  

I would be happier if he sorted his side out better.
He must be under pressure to do just that.
He is not having a lot of luck of late ...out of a trio of halfbacks that folk said were the best in the league, one has had to go back home for an indefinite time, one seems out of sorts and one is just getting his fitness back.
The elements of a good side are there however, but he ain't lucky.
COYD

Re: Dons vs West Wales Raiders 8th March 2020 @ 3:00pm : Tue Mar 10, 2020 9:20 am  

I thought RH was very honest about our performance .

When we moved the ball we looked dangerous, however at times silly errors crept into our game and we tried to force passes that just are not there.

Against sides like West Wales you can get away with it ,however against your serious rivals you cannot expect to turn the ball over as many times as we did and get a result.

We need to play to our strengths , we are not a big physical side and RH has assembled a side that is mobile ,with a style of play conducive to hard ground and expansive rugby.

We controlled the game against Barrow very well but let them get out of jail with sloppy errors and numerous penalties , the same errors that almost cost us an embarrassing defeat at Thornhill.

Keighley is always a tough place to go , the surface is never great and more rain will not help us , we need to cut out the errors and play smart ,as too lose two of our first three games would be a disaster.

Re: Dons vs West Wales Raiders 8th March 2020 @ 3:00pm : Tue Mar 10, 2020 7:26 pm  

[quote="Stand-Offish"]
Not going ...not going there ever again after that Bank Holiday traffic nightmare of last year.

I have been working in Keighley today be warned there are major roadworks on the A650 Hard Ings Rd which is the main road which goes past Cougar Park

Re: Dons vs West Wales Raiders 8th March 2020 @ 3:00pm : Wed Mar 11, 2020 7:23 pm  

i did,nt go on Sunday for the following reasons,, as a pensioner (over 60) the non concession for over 60s is an increase of 40% ish. not very customer friendly is it. Im not willing to sit and watch us put 50 points past what is nothing more than an amateur team (no disrespect intended) and by the sounds of it that was,nt that good to watch..untill we beat a good team Im staying away I dont care whos at fault but someone needs to address all the issues because were not improving as a team at all, (Imo) and the main issue for me is THE DONS PLAY IN BLUE AND GOLD nobody asked if they could break 50 odd years of tradition ...did they ??