Let’s be fair, when he wrote that they were. There’s been a lot of humble pie eaten after the second half, myself included, but the complaints about the first half were legitimate, identified and resolved

Only joking.Pleased you won
I think you will need a couple more from Hull for next week

Connor Wynne is the full back.Only 17 but big future if he keeps developing.
I hope you get Jack Brown into your squad.Front row,small for a prop but very powerful and his size means he gets under people when tackling.
Only 18 but a season with you would be much better for him than waiting for reserve fixtures

A slice of that humble pie for me please, got it wrong.

Doncaster WERE dreadful.

Hello Muddah,hello Faddah
Here I am at camp Granada
Camp is very entertaining
and they say we,ll have some fun if they stop scoring....

Wait a minute ,we are playing
Guys are passing,guys are chasing
playing rugby
Gee thats better
Carl and Richie kindly disregard this letter

Apologies to Alan Sherman.

Very good.
God knows who you are, but very good.

didnt see the game.Went to watch our reserve/under 19s this afternoon
Looks like you have a fit team and they didnt roll over against one of the stronger teams
I hope you didnt switch off the stream at half time.

Personally I don't think were as bad first half as folk ar making out. They were good. Very good. For me it was a very professional performance. Taulapapa is their captain. Watched him assiduously in the 2nd half and for whatever reason he was rattled. Fitness and togetherness won it

Hindsight.

How did Ogden look?

No I kept watching, if only to see how much worse we could get ...
But the rest is history. What a staggering display of never say die the lads produced.
Epic defending at times down our right when it looked as though Newcastle would score on half a dozen occasions late on.
I still maintain that we aren't big enough on average, but our hearts certainly are.
Staggering!
I resign.

The two Hull lads were very instrumental in the win after a dodgy start.

Agreed. We knew about Langtree and Wynne looks quite a prospect.

Quite a few comments on the other site giving their opinion that the Dons fitness was the key in the second half. If it was that and what ever was said during the break its hats off to the staff (and players obviously)

It was a damn good win given the first half score.

Newcastle had a couple of fattys. That surprised me

Newcastle had a couple of fattys. That surprised me

Momentum came into play ... once the seesaw started to tilt ...
The wind was a factor too, both sides got their points with it at their backs.

I have changed my mind about the Dons' prospects.
What are the bookies odds now?

No prizes for guessing what Newcastle will be working on in training next week.

Alex Rowe made 1 big drive but after that didn't see him again .

Bookies have gone quiet. Can't get league 1 odds anywhere. Had a fiver at 8 to one on Skybet. Also fiver for the win at 3 to one yesterday as I thought it was a bit generous. Tbh I thought 8 to 1 for the team finishing behind the 2 promoted ones was a bit rude. But what do I know?

Our forwards might not be the biggest (18.5 stone Connor Scott aside) but they're certainly fit. Wouldn't touch Rowe with a barge pole.

Its a fair point about fitness and given the new interchange rules players with any excess weight will be found out IMO.

Thinking about the game the day afterwards (with the emotions having settled down a bit) Newcastle dominated possession in the first half with the wind at their backs. We didn't give too much away in terms of penalties, Newcastle were just very good at pinning us back.

We conceded two tries later on in the first half when some levels of fatigue were taking their toll after doing so much defending. At this point, it looked as though Newcastle were the better side and had the match there for the taking.

After a quick start for the Dons in the second half, we quickly got the wind in our sails and did to Newcastle what they'd done to us in the first half. They looked more ragged in defence than we'd looked earlier. When Matty Beharrell kicked the 40-20, Newcastle were very low on energy and struggled to get back to defend the next play from which we scored.

Our fitness levels definitely seemed to help us late on but I wonder what might have happened had we been defending into the wind in the second half when we'd have been more fatigued? Would that have taken its toll on us?

The self-belief and determination of the Dons, inspired considerably by Kes, was great to see. The lads were 'very together' and that should stand us in good stead for the rest of the season. I'm sure they all feel very proud of themselves and rightly so!

Maybe there is one important lesson to be learned from today: even when you're winning, you can't afford to let the other team gain momentum or else games can change very quickly.

I thought Beharrell was extremely influential for the Dons. We've looked a far better team since he signed last season. I do worry about how we'd cope if he got injured.

We can't get too carried away after one win, nor should we have been too disappointed had we lost (although I suspect we'd not have slept very well last night had we lost) but would we rather tackle this season with Newcastle's squad of players, or with our squad of players?

I know, it'd be nice if we could slip one or two of their better players into our squad, but on balance, I think the Dons are favourites to finish above Newcastle come the end of the season, and that's not something many people would have thought prior to yesterday's game, and it certainly isn't a thought that any of us had at half-time!

Quite where Oldham, Workington, Hunslet, and Whitehaven will feature in the mix is still anyone's guess but we'll soon have a better idea after we've played Hunslet and Workington in the forthcoming games.

Personally, I'd still be looking to 'beef up' the side with some more players from Hull in the key matches to come. Whilst yesterday was good (in the end) we're not going to come back from 22-4 very often. With a couple more lads from Hull, we could enhance our chances of not putting ourselves in that position again.

I'd have Beharrell over Flynn any day.
OK Flynn is a good general, but he doesn't have the urgency or endeavour of Beryl.

Beryl was one of the few to look good against Super league opposition.

Beryl is the best!

Some of you lot are so two faced it’s unbelievable. You make all the negative comments and think it’s ok to change your mind just like that.
Even before the game had finished. Well all I can say is get behind the lads I for one know they always give 100% whatever the outcome. I hope that’s a Lesson you will learn from and try and be positive for a change. I know that’s a lot to ask for though

Richard they are allowed to change their minds just like that .