The Panthers head to the Keepmoat minus Andy Hobson who serves the final game of a 5-match ban for incidents in a fixture against York.

That should lower the penalty count.

What a shame i was looking forward to some more confrontations and livening up the croiwd!

Might lower Blackpool's penalty count. But what about ours ?

Dons now without Simon Brown , lets hope we have a few more forwards available Sunday !

We need 2 or 3 points from this one me thinks.

We certainly got caned at York!

Even if we had it would nt mean Miller would pick them!

Looks like the RFL are about to launch an enquiry into a possible Salary Cap breach by Blackpool Panthers. The Club also has much-publicised financial issues but so far the squad remains pretty much intact.

Do you mean he is injured? Or he's left?
Silly question I have just seen the other thread.

Well we are certainly not making it easy for ourselves by letting our number 6 go before an important game..... stupid if you ask me.

The timing is strange unless it's already been accepted that the play-offs are now out of reach.

Early betting ...

Handicap betting ... Dons +14pts 10/11 Bet365.

I am sure you are giving credit were it is not due.
'Clueless' comes to mind.

I hope that the replacement number 6 can prove us wrong and that we can beat Blackpool.....but it doesn't bode well.

We will see.
COYD

Dobek set to start (unsurprisingly) and Bovill available following a holiday.

... Ely and Butterfield need to shake off knocks picked up in the defeat at York.

We need our strongest 17 available players out on pitch this week end !

It seems such a long time ago that we playing them midweek in the NR dead-rubber and in terms of tomorrows match that is a pretty meaningless result.

The league fixture at Fylde towards the end of April is in theory a better yardstick and the Dons competed well in the first half before falling apart in the second. Worryingly, that comment could apply to last weeks effort at York.

Digging a little deeper though reveals some points which suggest a much closer contest ...

1. Blackpool have lost three of four away fixtures since the Clubs financial issues were revealed.
2. The Dons squad has been bolstered significantly from around the time of that away fixture (though losing Simon Brown is a blow). Rob Lunt and Paul Hughes arrived during the week of that fixture and there have been a further half a dozen additions since.
3. 20 of Blackpool's 48 points in the April fixture were scored by Josh Charnley (on loan from Wigan) who made his SL debut for Hull KR last night.

COYD.

Hills only +12pts 5/6.

Bet365 Match betting ... Dons 5/1.

York calling us Dirty Donny, well after video evidence by the disciplinary panel no charge for any Donny player but Benson charged see link below: So then York who were the dirtiest team on the day www.therfl.co.uk/about/disciplin ... hp?id=2072

York calling us Dirty Donny, well after video evidence by the disciplinary panel no charge for any Donny player but Benson charged see link below: So then York who were the dirtiest team on the day www.therfl.co.uk/about/disciplin ... hp?id=2072

Quote ="rugbyman"York calling us Dirty Donny, well after video evidence by the disciplinary panel no charge for any Donny player but Benson charged see link below: So then York who were the dirtiest team on the day www.therfl.co.uk/about/disciplin ... hp?id=2072'" Thought I was going mad or maybe it's that deja-vu thing ... then I realised I'd read it on the the York v Dons thread. You are a one Baz.

Quote ="rugbyman"York calling us Dirty Donny, well after video evidence by the disciplinary panel no charge for any Donny player but Benson charged see link below: So then York who were the dirtiest team on the day www.therfl.co.uk/about/disciplin ... hp?id=2072'" Thought I was going mad or maybe it's that deja-vu thing ... then I realised I'd read it on the the York v Dons thread. You are a one Baz.

Gary i think i have a problem with my memory, i thought i had put it on then couldn't find it.

Old age is definitely creeping up on me.

Not alone there mate ... see you tomorrow.

Skybet ... Handicap betting ... Dons +12pts 10/11 ... Match betting ... Dons 3/1.

Bet365's quotes remain the best for the Dons.

Ladbrokes have now matched Bet365's +14 on the handicap betting at 10/11 although they only go 9/2 for the win.

Ladbrokes now in line at +12 on the handicap. Bet365 have shaved the win price to 9/2.

Made a rare visit (these days) today and reminded myself why they are rare. Utter crap, thick end of £40 for myself, our kid and a couple of beers each and it was money down the pan. Some of the players on show would struggle to get in the Comps or Toll Bar side. I'll not name them but there is at least one forward, half back and back (you can name them if you like) who are getting money under false pretences. The club is going nowhere, and the coach doesnt seem to have a 'Plan B', even 'Plan A' (one up rugby, exactly the way he ALWAYS played) is a none starter.
God help us.

Your right of course..despite all the bull predictions for next season.
I was going to leave at half-time because we were so inept....but I persevered.
We got back to 18-28 and were in the game.
So what happened next?
A simple kick off by Blackpool was met, not with someone getting to the pitch of the ball, but the dull foot of someone so badly attuned to the needs of the situation that he let the ball bounce a good 15 metres forward off his foot to a grateful Blackpool player and a try came as a result...[size=200GAME OVER!!![/size
We were rubbish all game at collecting kicks.
The bull about us being a force next year is just that...... bull.
Anyone with any ability will desert this sorry bunch....and we will be back to a team of wet-behind-the-ears youngsters once again.
I can't be doing with it.
Contrast that with a Blackpool side, alright a bought in Blackpool side, that were fit as fook, muscular and fast and in direct comparison with some fat, unconditioned Dons players.