Re: Dons v Rochdale now Saturday 26/06/10 : Sun Jun 27, 2010 2:59 pm  

Aaron should have played to hooter !

Re: Dons v Rochdale now Saturday 26/06/10 : Sun Jun 27, 2010 5:21 pm  

Lesson learnt hopefully for the young man. I have never trusted that clock since loosing to Celtic Crusaders. Back to the match. Apart from some daft penalties I came away from that game believing we have a great little team in prospect. Well done to everyone concerned at the club and I will have a very large piece of that humble pie. The key for me is to keep (fingers crossed) the nucleus of the side and provide us with something that has been sadly missing for the past 4/5 years. Speaking to Richard (Huby) at half time filled me with more optimism for the future than I have had for a number of years.

Re: Dons v Rochdale now Saturday 26/06/10 : Sun Jun 27, 2010 9:04 pm  

Rob-Donny wrote:

Aaron thought time was up because of the clock. We have had a few complaints this season about the clock, cant remember who it was now who complained in the after game press conference. Didn't want to say i did the stadium clock as i was writing down his comments

And last night if it was closer with what Aaron did it could have been disastrous. I am considering when the clock gets to about 78 minutes, putting a scroller on saying "THIS IS NOT THE OFFICIAL MATCH CLOCK" or something along those lines. maybe stopping at 80:00 makes it more confusing than leaving the clock running past that mark.

anybody got any suggestions. it is impossible to be spot on with the time keepers. we do regular checks, but bearing in mind i have to run down to pete, and then run back to our room, then you are back to guessing. but would hate for the clock to be blamed for a loss, so lets get this sorted now.

Nobody is blaming you...and you do a difficult job.
But time is up when you say it's up....the clock is just a guide and players should know that.
You would need a system where the time-keepers control the clock...stopping it and starting it on the refs say so.
If that is what happens at present....then it doesn't work properly. Because 80 mins should be 80 mins...it is on SKY etc.
The fans count down.5-4-3-2-1-yippee!

Re: Dons v Rochdale now Saturday 26/06/10 : Mon Jun 28, 2010 1:05 pm  

I really enjoyed the match, it was just a shame we let them sneak the bonus point, but at this time last year we could not buy a win!
I am looking forward to next season already. The play offs this year may be slightly out of reach due to our difficult start to the season with team gelling and injuries but i think it is a good time to be a Dons fan. Has anyone noticed the attendance figures at Swinton and Workington this weekend? 280 & 307 respectively! This makes our 560 very respectable considering that they are both higher in the league than us.