Could be a few ex dons players playing for Batley today.

Alex Rowe being one i have always rated. We will need to wrap him up.

Handicap Betting;

Bet365 have moved the line and now ask the Dons to concede 6 points (was

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I'm on!

Yes, Ayden Faal, Wayne Reittie & Josh Johnson are all at Batley.

It's their cup final, they are going to give it everything .... they ought to bring a few fans on that basis.
We are playing for a possible third place and avoid Leigh or second with more dosh.
I am not sure we will have as much desire, but we ought to be more relaxed and play some rugby.
COYD

Well I am sure they will have the desire !

COYD

Absolute garbage.
If can't get up for £150K you need shafting.

They wanted it a damn sight more than us; that's 6 points we gave them in the last two weeks.

But the worst thing today was the Donny walk outs; we've finished fourth in a season we were aiming to get in the top eight. And all that deserves was a trudge for the exits with 5 minutes to go. I wouldn't want to put my body on the line for us lot either

Sorry Jemmo have to disagree.
We were beaten, comprehensively in every department. Merrill was his normal inept; but that doesn't take away from the fact they wanted it more than we did.
Being beaten by a better team, having given a good account of yourself, deserves recognition, today's performance was not that.
Fully understand if people felt short changed and left with five minutes to go.

You feel short changed from this season, of which today was the last game? Wow!

You are a very high maintenance

And you've as good as got a bye in to week 3 of the play offs given our recent record - no play off win since 2004

Jemmo, when push comes to shove the tough get going.
I talked to some people who came for the first time this season ... all they saw was garbage ... that's what they said.
They weren't bothered about the overall season, they expected MORE ....TODAY!
We will lose both play- off games based on that brittle display.
Feel free to gloat if I am wrong.

A handful may have come for the first time; not two thirds of the stand.

If the last two weeks were the other way round we'd be all full of optimism; it happened to be they weren't. I don't base my judgements of the season on how the calender happened to fall

Even if we get beat by 50 points in both the next two games; I wouldn't let that dampen my opinion of what we have achieved, above and beyond all expectation, this season

Sorry Jemmo, I've only missed 1 game all season (and that was through work), so I think that gives me better right to comment. I was tempted to walk out too.

Batley were the better side today. We were shocking. Beating Halifax was like beating Leigh - the worst thing that could have happened to us.

Never have we backed up a good win, or killed a team off completely. Harsh but true.

We should have been going out today on a high. But how can we now after dropping from 3rd to 4th and being comprehensively hammered by a side that was all set to be relegated this morning.

It's put a really sour note on the season end.

Yes we have done well, but you are only as good as your last game.
Admit it , that was shiite and move on.
Don't be in denial.

I do take your point though ... yes we have done well.
But that was almost like we had a bet on.

They wanted it more and got what they deserved. We lacked creativity throughout the game, but a lot of that was down to Batleys enthusiasm. As for the season as a whole, done brilliantly to finish fourth, could have, and maybe should have in the end, been even better, but not to be. Hopefully bad performance out of the way.

This is exactly what I wanted to put. I was thinking of putting something in the 2015 squad thread - not sure who we need to recruit to do it but we need greater consistency. Also if I heard right on my way out of the stadium Fev lost so we could have come second.

I'm not in denial; I am not saying today wasn't awful; it was. I am saying to let today define the season and the last chance for many to show appreciation for that season; in my opinion, is wrong.

And you're not only as good as your last performance, or we'd be relegated. You're as good as a culmination of 26 league fixtures, in which we have been shown to be the fourth best side.

Keighley lost to Fev, and have been relegated

Ps; I'm not criticising anyone's right to have a critical opinion; I am just exercising mine

We were ought-battled, out-fought, and second best today. Credit to Batley for turning up and putting in a very good performance.

Batley fans will be jubilant today ... because they avoided relegation.

It seems as though the Donny fans are suicidal ... because we've only finished fourth.

We can't judge the season on the back of a bad display today. That would be totally unfair on the players.

The players will be hurting just as much as much - if not more - than we are as fans. They will feel they let themselves down today - and let the fans down.

Sport being what it is means that we can't win every week no matter how hard we try, or how much we want it. Bad performances happen. Today was one of them. Let's keep it in perspective.

Well done to Batley, they deserved that win. We have no more right to just turn up because we were third in the League (nice for a week) than the man in the moon. Out played from minute one and whilst watching the warm ups I thought that we would be up against it, albeit not by that much. The frustrating aspect for the Batley fans given todays showing is why oh why have they had to rely on the final day to cement their place in the Championship. We looked light today and as someone else has posted the win over Leigh took it out of us and last week game appears to have done the same. That is the beautiful vagary of sport and long may it continue, who in their right mind wants predictability, shallow and for glory hunters. We are trying to build something here, stability and it comes at a price for people who want the Halifax result every week.

Well done Batley, wanted it from the start and we couldn't get into the game.

Well done to the Dons for this season.

I agree that what the team have achieved for the season has been great, however today's performance was not in that class, so to criticise the paying public for leaving after 75 minutes when another soft try had been conversed appeared harsh and not really high maintenance.
We have consolidated our position with no relegation fears and the playoffs to come, that does need applauding.

Well played Batley , better team on the day, had more fire power than us !