Another trip to Featherstone....

The other quarter-final ties are:

Leigh v Barrow
York v Batley
Widnes v Dewsbury

The semi-finals take place on Sunday 28th July. No League One games are scheduled for this particular weekend.

I can't help but think this is a distraction we could do without. Winning at Coventry three days later is more important.

Sheffield beat Rochdale in the league 46-24 last Friday night.

Totally agree.

League Express are reporting that Menzie Yere will not be permitted (by Sheffield) to play for the Dons in this fixture.

I didn’t hear any attendance figures announced for the Newcastle game.

Will be interesting to find the numbers for Wednesday but I’m guessing the omens aren’t looking good, given 1) it’s at Fev, 2) it’s midweek, 3) we’re coming in on the back of a disappointing loss, 4) it’s not covered by the season ticket.

Ok, we’re effectively only 80-minutes from Wembley but this is only a distraction from our priority goal.

I’m not sure if we have the luxury of resting any players but I’d certainly rather see us come back from Coventry with the two league points.

Good luck to those that decide to travel, I really hope it’s worthwhile.

I was speaking to a Fev fan on Saturday. He said he enjoyed the Newcastle game but wouldn't be attending on Wednesday as he's not a fan of the 1895 cup.

Bare bones of around 200 to 250 on Wednesday, I would guess.

If it wasn't for the fact that I already had a ticket and it was a nice day and I wanted to see how we stacked up against Newcastle, I wouldn't have gone on Saturday never mind Wednesday.

League Express reporting 549. I could be wrong, but I guess that includes Dons ST holders whether in attendance or not?

I know we were shown up in the chanting department by about 8 Thunder fans.
Oh and a bloody drum.
Why oh why do they allow them in?

Interesting....

According to Wikipedia the home attendance v Oldham was 678. Oldham brought a few with them that day.

The full list of attendances for our league games this season is:

Hunslet 734, Workington 640, Coventry 562, N Wales 658, W Wales 526, Oldham 678.

Wikipedia are showing the source data as coming from League Express.

Drums are a pain in the backside. Thank goodness the drummer was behind the goal.

ironically, Hull KR are presently holding a vote to see whether drums should be allowed into their ground.

Well, you can't swear or be a compete nuisance and annoy folk and spoil their experience, but you can beat a drum all the game in someone's ear and that is somehow allowable.
It's a joke.
The sooner someone claims NIHL against a club the better.
Noise Induced Hearing Loss.

Come again?

The weather forecast is for 3 days of heavy rain ...
Nice!
Fed up of this sun anyway.

Some surprise inclusions in the Dons squad for the Eagles game:

Guy Armitage (T), Stefanos Bastas, Matty Beharrell, Connor Bower, Ryan Boyle, Sam Doherty, Brad Foster, Jordie Hedges, Evan Hodgson, Jordan Howden, Kyle Kesik, Jordan Lane (D/R), Kieron Lawton, Jez Litten (D/R), Levy Nzoungou (D/R), Connor Scott, Russ Spiers, Jason Tali, Danny Washbrook (D/R).

I didn't expect to see Jordan Lane and Danny Washbrook in the squad.

After the horse has bolted..

Washbrook for Boas ?

Jordie I'd reckon

Seems likely. Boas is cup-tied. He played for Fev in their first round game.

He can't be cup-tied, he scored for the Dons at Oldham in R2.

Skybet handicap ...

Dons +8 10/11.

A Dons win is 2/1.

May be he's resting who he can of our players for Saturday.

as for the bookies +8 not giving much away, i could be wrong but don't think
its going to be that close, be good if it was. Unless they know something about
the squad the eagles are putting out.

Ooops! Sorry, I thought he played for Fev in their first round match.

On checking it was the Challenge cup that he was cup-tied in. He played for Fev against Bradford.

He's presumably being rested for the Coventry game... or he's got an injury.

4-1 on bet365. More like it. Worth a fiver

According to the Free Press , Boas has a slight knock & Foster rested .Looks like Lane & Hodgson in the 2nd row.

Skybet have moved the handicap to Dons +12.

Bet365 are Dons +14 10/11.

They must know Eagles squad!