Quote ="SteveRoebuck"I am in a similar boat to both my dad and Huby.
Yesterday was my first match this season and while we won I didn't feel enthused to return for another game and I cannot quite put my finger on why as I used to be a home and away follower. For me there needs to be something about the side to capture my imagination as a young lad back in '86 the stories my dad would tell me of Tony Kemp were one of the things that made me want to go and once I saw him on the pitch I was hooked.
I concede Paul Cooke is an excellent player but nothing captures the imagination like an overseas signing, surely with our clubs connections down under we could get one board for next year, A young Kiwi trying to find his was in the game.......If the Eagles can fund three overseas players surely we could sign one..In recent years look at the excitement generated by the likes of Zeb and Corie.
The return of P & R I think would add drama to the mix, I am pretty sure that some of the better teams in CL1 (Leigh, Fax, Fev, Eagles) would have put up a better game against Wigan than London did.
The game isnt the same as the one I started to watch back in '86. It lacks something, the format of everything seems to change every year. Personally I am not a fan of us at the Keepmoat its a lovely stadium but until we start attracting crowds of 2000-3000 its always going to feel empty and without atmosphere.
I think one thing people have forgotten about yesterday was that it was the first weekend of the school holidays so lot of people will have gone away. It was also CC Semi's weekend and a I can imagine a few people would have elected to stay at home and watch the Warrington/Hull match on telly.'"
You have made some good points. I too started watching the Dons around 86 and never missed a game home or away for many years. It was a great atmosphere at Tattersfield under that tin roof and i really looked forwards to a Sunday afternoon. Somehow the game doesn't seem to have the same appeal any more. The advent of Super League has seen the gap between the two divisions grow to an unbreachable chasm. Once upon a time i looked forwards to the Challenge Cup knowing that we really had a chance of causing an upset, but realistically that has gone unless Super league returns to semi pro. The pot of gold at the end of the rainbow has been taken away. We are a Championship side and that is it.
