Still cannot understand why Cas has been left out , not mentioned as being injured . Has been consistent this season .

COYD

GT seems to have some sort of squad rotation in mind. He must know something we don't. I would certainly have Cas in my team for Friday.

Only a fool would rotate his best team with other squad members while still playing the better sides ... and I have to include York amongst those.
Rotation is for use against lesser sides and we are in the fortunate position of having half a division of those.

In other words if all the teams in our division were good, I would play all my best players all the time less injuries/loss of form etc.

If we had two games a few days apart as sometimes happens I would consider rotation.

For games as far apart as 5/6/7 days and more, rotation wouldn't exist.

Chopping and changing is really, really bad.
It can be forced by circumstances I know ...
But it makes Thornton look like a ditherer.

Anyone who sits on his hands and watches his side being slaughtered is a dithering numpty anyway.

What did he actually do in a material way to alter the course of that game apart from substitutions?
Did he swap players around from left to right for instance to strengthen a weak side.
I saw no remedial work in the 30 mins of suffering that I endured.

'I was particularly disappointed with our defence.' Gary says in the Free Press.
Well you organised it and it never was much cop against half decent sides.

What a poorly organised side and poorly used side we have ...

I'm not GTs biggest fan but to be fair I don't think any coach would have been able to do much to save us last week against Toronto. There comes a point that if a team is outclassed by a wide margin, you get shredded. We got shredded.

Training can't have been a happy place this week. Morale must have been at a low ebb. I'll be more interested to see if GT can lift the players for the York game.

I'd love to know what messages [uare[/u actually sent out onto the pitch during a game.

I agree with S/O that the time to rotate players is when we're up against the lesser lights in this league. The York game isn't a time for tinkering. We need our best 17 out there to make sure we have the best possible chance of winning.

GT must be hoping Feka & Thackray are fit to leave Cas out.

Its time to put your hands up guys and prove us doubters wrong do you want to win promotion this season or not , just about calmed down after last Sunday & will be there to give support on Friday .


COYD

I was really sorry we lost Robinson. He never took a backwards step and always tackled his heart out. I hope he does'nt make us pay on Friday.

Dons - 12 10/11 with Skybet.

York 6 Dons 0

York 6 Dons 8 ...HT

York 12 Dons 8
Thornton 0

York 16 Dons 8 FINISHED!
Thornton -1
Just go Thornton FFS!

looks like final score is 16,, 8,, over a thousand in attendance , puts us to shame , if we dont sack the coach now then we may as well give up.

Oxford beat these sad saps and we can't score more than 8 points in 80 minutes?

Carl Hall stop the platitudes and get rid!!!!!!
St Helens did!

York only won one game,Oxford put 35pts past these Sunday we can only manage 8!
Thornton Effing useless.

looks like great minds think alike S.O.

No promotion on the back of this, Mr Hall talked about getting out of this league so the five year plan could green light. Well it's is not going to happen under the coaching of Gary Thornton IMO.

Over to Club Doncaster. My tip would be to let Fecka takeover the coaching reigns.

A boring sh/t side that in the space of a week has been found out!

not a bad shout that

Being more constructive :

Where is the team lacking ? (keep it clean)

'oh look the boys are bitterly disappointed with the performance on Friday we have a few key players unavailable but we still thought we had enough to get the win, oh look this is only our 2nd loss of the season and there's still a lot of points to play for, oh look now is not the time to looking to change the coach' CARL HALL IN THE DUGOUT 20/4/17

Two very average sides on display this afternoon, neither of which can expect to be anywhere near the promotion places and we still managed to be second best.

lets look at the facts, last year we finished fourth in a league of six, (decent teams) then got outclassed and embarassed in the play offs. This year we have got 6 points from 5 games, we have scraped wins against teams we should have beat comfortabley . we got humiliated last week on live tv. we lost today against a team we were expecting to beat. Look at our squad and we have some good players who are playing very poorly. we have a couple of class players playing poorly. Our style of rugby is dire and predictable, Put all this together and it simply equals a possible good team playing badly under a crap coach. the next home game will see the last few remaining fans stay away only the true diehards will be there, not sure which category I will be in.

It's time for GT to go, nothing personal, but it's clear the players are not playing for him, I have heard that he's lost the respect of most of the squad.
I will attend the Leeds game has I've promised to take others, however I doubt I will attend until a change of coach is made, again nothing personal to Gary who I'm sure is a decent man, I hope he realises this and walks.

Well I went, POOR DISCIPLINE we must be the only side to give penalties away when attacking .

CREATIVITY none, DIRE .

York were poor we were worse !

I am not saying we did not try ,some of the players are just not good enough . We have big problems NOT all GT's fault but it is his responsibility to get the best out out of the players ! It is his squad .

Some may not agree give Jack Miller a run at 7 switch KC to 9 or 13.

I like your style ... I thought is was just me.
But it is more accurately ...'aah listen'.
He will be polishing turds in the dugout next week.
I am so glad with my decision to pack this bag of crap in.
We are in the spell of a mega bullshi/tter.
I can see how he got the job.