FT Dons 21 Barrow 18

A great 12 man team effort against a very physical Barrow side. The 2nd half effort was superb. Aizue, Castle , Welham & Foster were very good . Our goal line defence outstanding.
Connor Scott lost the plot to get himself sent off after about 25 mins.
Hope Tonks is ok , he does pick up a few knocks .
COYD

Not sure about the multiple punches ,we will have to see the disciplinary report .
Anyone else have an opinion ?

Multiple, definition, more than one .
I'd be surprised, no absolutely amazed, if anyone could demonstrate he didn't.

He went down on his face with his elbow and then punched him twice.
What a numpty!
What a team player.

A wonderful win. I expected nothing but a loss after the sending off.

Wasn't doubting you Gary , saw a punch to the guy on the floor , but then looked away !

Excellent entertainment and a fantastic performance, sending off excepted. Was this only the second penalty conceded in the first half by us?

Can't condone punching but would be interesting to find out what triggered it. Kes had been on the receiving end of some 'attention' for a good 5 minutes running up to the incident and did well not to react.

Loved Tali's second try from the high kick - we're usually on the receiving end of these type of things!

Well done to all concerned, hope the knocks aren't too serious.

Connor stated that the guy punched him square on the nose, and in his words he just lost it and retaliated. He hopes it shows on the video of the game what started the incident.

Interesting to see such a committed performance without any dual reg guys.

I'd much prefer to see our own lads play, especially if they can turn in a team spirit like today.

Good point , agree 100%.
Interesting selection picking 6 props in the 17. Hope Milton is fit soon as he is more creative . Aizue seemed to do a lot of minutes today.

No problem Paul. I'm happy to move on to the 16 who did us proud.

They did indeed , should keep Steve Roebuck off here until we lose again.

I'd suggest the spine is starting to take shape:
9 - Kes
13 - Milton (hopefully sooner rather than later)
7 - Delaney/Hedges (good luck on the injury front)
6 - Howden
1 - Carr (quality, has been worth the wait)

The forwards had a good go-forward today to give the half backs something to work with, especially the front row.

I'm hopeful for the rest of the season if we can use today as a springboard.

Great team effort today.

I thought Jordon Howden looked a class act and made some very good decisions. He added an extra dimension to our play. We certainly need him to stay fit.

Well done to everyone. Excellent entertainment.

Well played lads, great win.

Time for a few comments.
That game gave us an idea where we are at, and that is competitive with the best, but only with our best team.

I don't care what caused Scott to lose it, I really don't, because that is not being a team player or a clever player.
The shoite that provoked him will have been laughing his cock off ... job done..
Yes I now that in REAL life if someone wallops you, you get angry and react.
But this is a game. A TEAM game, where you let your team mates down as a result.
Connor Scott got given a get out of jail card today by the absolute heroic effort of his team, otherwise he would be down the road if it was up to me.
You don't need knucklescraping behaviour like that ....leave that to Rangi Chase!
The smart player thinks ' OK little prick, I will make you pay for that later!'
And smash him in a tackle!

So as that happened I walked up into the restaurant and got a pint.
Not something I do unless severely displeased and short of walking out.
There was no way we could win now, not least because Barrow were the better side up to that time.

But I stayed, and boy was I glad I did
That was an epic win, make no mistake ... for a side to dominate Barrow in the second half with one fewer men and injuries making us down to the bare bones was outstanding.

It got me shouting!!!!!

The best win in yonks!

Trouble is, we need the Delaneys. Thornton do something!

Let's put the Hunslet hoodoo to bed next please and get motoring.
Don't let them make us look silly again at the SLS ....PLEASE?
COYD

finest defensive display ive seen from a Dons side in yonks,the tackling was awesome and it was hurting them.our forward ran themselves daft and the backs were enjoying themselves.you could see confidence in their play.and just for measure the Ref was a clown.well done the boys.

All very different to the games v Hunslet , York & London . We had a TEAM today, now we need to do the same next Sunday v Hunslet away in the league .

I am not sure about our left winger anymore.
I don't think he has kicked on and fulfilled his potential.
Any thoughts?

Massive game from jordan today. Not the easiest 80min first run out but obviously has a good kicking game which we needed. Thought his and delaneys game management in the second half was class.
Well done boys
COYD

With regard individuals on Sunday I thought everyone improved , Brad Foster never gets a mention much but he was excellent .
Just a point about the wingers one has been playing full back , half back & now wing the other centre then got injured & then wing .

COYD

I don't understand how brad didn't get mom! By far his best game he never stopped working. Impressed with Jordan can't wait to see what more he can offer.
No excuse for what Connor did and I'm sure he's kicking himself about it now a lot
Of that team were on the recieving end of some dirty tactics from barrow but didn't retaliate no need for it.
Hoping for a speedy recovery from Mason he was quickly becoming one of our most consistent players.

I'm sure the video will determine if Scott was punched first.

What is lacking from the Dons game is forward power.
Given another couple of beefy ball carriers we would take some beating.
But no ... we have just lost Tonks and Scott will be banned.
So rather than moving in the right direction, we are going backwards.
Gary Thornton says in the RL Express that we would be prepared to sign other players should they come along.
Not good enough Gary ... we need some for the Hunslet game or it will be humiliation again.

I would be begging Hull for three big forwards right now!