which 'bit' ?

another good win, rochdale had that purple patch, but then the Dons went up a gear and pulled away again. Forwards worked very hard, ran well and put in a lot of tackles. the ref didn,t appear to know the offside rule

Sometimes Rugby League just leaves you a bit teary..

Prematch today was one of those.

I can't put it into words, so I'll post this.

Click the photo for a bigger version.
[url=http://i.imgur.com/3sn6j.jpg[/url

the pass to hodson from cooke at the end was world class,as was his kick through in the first half was sublime,i genuinly feel guilty that we got him roll on next sunday , i should not be wishing my life away at my age but i want more.

btw ithought the crowd of 730 was encouraging made for good atmosphere

Have to agree donny, cracking photo too.

Another brilliant performance. Held on strongly to stop a rochdale comeback. Yet again strong consistent performances from deano, castle n kesik. Give 100% every week and game lufted when they came back on. Only downside was the defence down tom and lees sides which brought rochdale back into the game briefly. Good game from fawcett also hes definately earning his place in the team. Hope grant and china are ok!!

You are bang on there.
Waterman had a mare in defence. very worrying coupled with an impotent left side attack.
That aside, I thought the Dons were very resilient.
Fair play to Rochdale, they got within 6 points and it's a good job we scored next.
Which brings me back to my point about one score changing a game.

Only saw the dying minutes of the first half, so can't really comment, but 26-4 speaks for itself, and the whole of the second. Looked a bit like complacency had set in for the first half of the second half. We were playing one man stuff , making little headway and our defence was a bit slack down the left. Credit to Rochdale; they were the best side I've seen down the Keepmoat this season and they moved the ball about well. I like the way all the team rallied around if an individual made an error and the reaction of that player to making the mistake. They are obviously perfectionists. We still managed to go over for 9 tries and racked up our 4th consecutive 40+ points haul at home. I actually thought Mike Emmett played well in the second half.

Note to self : Just because it's on the right when you're at Rochdale's end doesn't mean it's the right side of our defence. Simple mistake to make for a simpleton.

Todays match photos www.flickr.com/photos/r82photogr ... 9616392776

Todays match photos www.flickr.com/photos/r82photogr ... 9616392776

Job done today. We have played, and will again play, a lot better than that but we still had more than enough to see them off. Both key momentum swings seemed to come of forward passes for me, but during their ascendancy we had few dodgy looking moments defensively.

Sounds like a cracking game and a big well done from me for the result and the effort. At the start of this Season I think we all would have snatched someones arm of to beat Rochdale this year 80 -26 on aggregate.

Are you sure Moonlight?
How long since you did some maths?

Anyway, well done the Dons.
I think we need to tighten up our defence.
We are playing like Brazil used to do at football.
It doesn't matter what the opposition score, we will score more.
That's very good to watch, but it's a bit sloppy.
Meanwhile Workington have conceded just 72 points.
And although we have outscored them, there is next to nowt in it in points difference.
Gateshead exploited our left flank a few games back and Rochdale did the same today. I am not quite sure why they couldn't do it at Spotland, but thank goodness they didn't.
There is a problem there that needs sorting.
Even in attack the left side looks a shadow of its former self.
These are mere details because the lads are winning in style, BUT we were too sloppy today and it nearly went pear shaped so we need to look at it.
PS
I thought Lawton had a great game and has been terrific since he came back. He's an unsung hero.
Did he get MOTM today?

Yes think Lawton did get the MOTM, i also think Craig has been outstanding in defence and in attack.

have to agree about the left side great in attack but vunerable in defence,1 of rochdales tries early in the 2nd half showed how the defense is on that side,hope it was just an of day.but its great to see us as an attacking team scoring from anywhere.and we are not a 1 man show its a 17 player performance roll on next sun.coyd.

report in the star www.thestar.co.uk/sport/rugby-league

report in the star www.thestar.co.uk/sport/rugby-league

Certainly made me sweat

But a win is a win and a return from the bookies is sweet too.

Lawton had an excellent game and was a worthy winner of the MOTM award.

Also concur with the general consensus that the left side defence is a concern.

Bad news re Grant, hope it's not a season-ending injury as suggested in the press.

Thats because I was going on the score on Sky results centre, the time in Mexico was 10.50 am (6 hrs behind) and although the result had not turned red or blue or whatever colour it turns when its final, I was confident that given the time, that was the final score. Anyway you perdantic old sod



its still a damn good aggregate score against a team that has always given us problems in the past.

See you on Sunday when ther Keepmoat pitch will be as sandy as the one I am about to leave.

May be just me but I find it pretty hard to be critical of a side that is top of the league having scored.
286 points in just 7 games. At the start of the season the talk. Was about can we make the top 4. I would like to think were thinking about possibly winning it now.lets enjoy been the championship 1s barcelona.#bestteam# .and get behind the lads. c o y d

Read Tony Miller in the RL Express and you will find that even the coach was not happy about what happened in defence, and he said he would look at tightening it up.
Sorting that will make us a much harder team to beat and teams like the Cumbrian sides will look to expose weaknesses like that if we don't sort it.
There is nothing wrong with being good and wanting to be better.
That is what progression is all about and that must be our goal.

very profound SO - are these words from Star Trek by any chance ?

I don't watch Star Trek, but I thought their phrase was "To boldly go where no man has gone before"

terrible diction mate !

it should be 'to go boldly...' - typical yanks !

mustn't split your infinitives !!!



anyway,sounds yet another satisfactory display from the lads - how much influence is Mr Cooke having after all the pre season hype ?

COYD