Cannot understand why question were not asked or answered as they were sent in. I will ask Carl why. Think that there maybe some questions after today's game for in the dug out if so then please post on here or email me bazzer1962@hotmail.com

Cannot understand why question were not asked or answered as they were sent in. I will ask Carl why. Think that there maybe some questions after today's game for in the dug out if so then please post on here or email me bazzer1962@hotmail.com

In last weeks ITD Carl Hall said Thunder have been on fire since appointing a new coach.What have we got,not even a spark.Players should be playing out of their skins to impress a new coach which is probably why Thunder are on an unbeaten run. Whilst after our appointment the Dons put in a performance like they did on Sunday.Another top class choice by the joke that is Club Doncaster without even drawing up a shortlist and interviewing candidates. There's no wonder attendances are down,postings on here are down and the Dons will stay down whilst this backward thinking lot are in charge. Those at the top should take a very good look at themselves and maybe start answering the questions put to them instead of talking rubbish from a scripted interview and sounding not like a broken record but an extremely shattered one.

I think its a bit unfair bringing RH into the equation .

I agree with Weighman. It's extremely unfair to bring Richard Horne into the equation. Coaches can only work with the players they've got. The time to judge Richard Horne is when he's had a chance to put together a squad of his own, not now.

That's why Thunder are unbeaten since appointing a new coach then is it? Whilst we are on the subject of coaches,that rubbish with Dante was a smokescreen to detract away from serious questions being asked about why a proper interview process had not taken place.Appointing Richard Horne was all too quick and convenient.
Nothing against the bloke but let's see how you feel in another three games time.

I don't know the background to the Thunder management change. Maybe there could have been a change in player attitude when the new coach arrived? Perhaps they didn't get on with their previous coach? We don't know.

Regarding the Dons, I don't think we have an attitude problem amongst the players, the problem we have is that the players Gary Thornton brought in simply aren't good enough. No matter how good a coach Richard Horne may or may not be, it doesn't surprise me that he's not been able to make a few adjustments in the short time he's been here to put right all the wrongs we had before.

We've got to give Richard Horne a fair chance. None of this is his fault.

Peter Green and Co had good results and now we have slipped back

Exactly.

Do you guys expect instant miracles? A new coach will be asking players to do some things differently and it doesn't always fit into place straightaway. Cut the guy a bit of slack for heaven's sake.

Remove the rose tinted glasses and you may then realise the club is going nowhere under this management.Supporters are leaving in numbers because the whole set up is a joke.When compared to the Knights they beat Club Doncaster in every department both on and off the field.No wonder the Knights wouldn't entertain joining Club Doncaster,they didn't want to be associated with a Comedy Club.Looking forward to the next ITD for another instalment of bull.

By the management of Club Doncaster do you include Richard Horne who has only been here a few weeks . The problems have been evident over the past few seasons ! Poor recruitment of players .

I do not have any rose tinted glasses. I have plenty of issues with the Club Doncaster too.

I do understand why you have issues with Club Doncaster but it appears as though you seem unable to view the matter with Richard Horne objectively because of your poor opinion of Club Doncaster. You're drawing a link between the two when there isn't one.

Richard Horne is not to blame for anything.

Quite agree DM, RH will do a good job if he's allowed to. I hope he will insist the relics in the squad will be replaced with younger players from which a more successful squad can emerge. Having five over 35s in the present squad is doing nothing to acheiving the famous five-year plan. How can any progress be made with so many zimmer frames clattering around ?
RH, just like GT are used to working with younger players so allow RH to work unhindered from pressure from the senoir players and others. The status quo will remain ie. a top eight squad until basic ideas change and a top four then top two squad is reached.
Donny are going nowhere, in fact they are slipping back and nowt will change until CH changes his recruitment policy.

Good point we have a winger who has been around a bit who played last night who is having a bad time & an 18th man & another winger out of favour sat in the stand .

our recruitment has been poor for a few years , CH will blame the coach but he has to take more responsibility ! I could say more but better not .

I await ITD 7/7/17

Go on, spill the beans mate !!!

It is only my own opinion re the management of the rugby side of Club Doncaster .

We all give our personal opinions, that's what any forum is all about.

My point is simply that any club with a 'five-year ' plan should not be using 35 year olds as part of that plan. One of the reasons being the instability it often causes in the dressing room. That instability causes unrest and often friction between the players and coaching staff which must affect performances on the field.
Just my opinion, shoot me down....

We seem to have had more direction on the field since Pete Green started playing again. Paul Cooke had a good influence in the same way. I think you need experience and good decision-makers to mix with the blend of youngsters. It's important to get the balance right. Too many oldies isn't good either.

If you bring in good youngsters, it's then critical that you get promoted or else they will leave and go to better clubs and you're back to square one again for the following season.

I can buy into a five-year plan but as more time passes it means we're probably going to have to get promoted to Super League in the first season after we get out of this league! I think the challenge of staying in the Championship will be just as hard as getting out of this league. Life won't suddenly get easier.

Has the fault in our lack of progress been down to GT or has it been down to Club Doncaster not backing him in the way they needed to in order for promotion to be a realistic aim? As much as we can speculate, we will never really know.

The more that time passes and progress isn't being made, the more the fans lose faith in the way the club is being run. The club needs the fans and MUST take people along with them or else the future will be grim. Season ticket sales will suffer next season as a result, sponsorship and advertising will suffer too. This means Club Doncaster will have to dig deeper into their pockets if they want to bring success to the town.

Personally, I'm extremely disappointed in the way the game at Featherstone was handled. The least the club could have done to ease the inconvenience to fans was to put on some subsidised transport, or even free transport - after all season ticket holders have already paid to see the game, assuming it was going to be in Doncaster. A number of people won't buy season tickets for next season based on this issue alone. The club did not do enough to help the fans.

I would like to see Richard Horne doing a regular slot on In The Dugout telling us about his plans and how he sees things going forwards. Quite how we address the bigger issue of creating more interest in a club that has gone backwards so much in the last few years, I don't know.

Probably the only way to get fans back on side is to have a team that is right up there at the top of the league, playing entertaining rugby, and proving we are a force to be reckoned with in the rugby league world. I suspect on-field success is now the only way to win fans over as talking about the plan isn't enough.

The Doncaster sporting public are very fickle , they want a winning team , we do appear to have gone backwards.

The players seem to lack confidence , I thought the way we started last night we may have turned the corner. But fair play to Oxford they had a dig in the 2nd half & out scored us .

Your loyalty to the cause is admirable DM but one day you will wake up and realise the Dons are a joke in every way.The five year plan is already two seasons old and the promise keeps repeatedly being made to keep supporters hopes alive. Bramall at the helm of Club Doncaster had a windfall of £500m in 2007 and out of it set up a foundation promising £100m and gave £2m to Birmingham University.What do the Rovers and the Dons Get-sodding peanuts? With that sort of money if the promise of Super League is true, the Dons should have been given a budget that attracts the very best players and a coach with credentials that virtually guarantee promotion, such as a top Aussie. It's all a load of absolute bull and always will be under this lot. At least in the days of Tatters Field and Sunday Bloody Sunday,the 200 supporters that went to matches (including me) knew the team were bad and had no backing to do anything about it,but by god those on the pitch always gave 100% as dire as it may have been.

I wake up every day and realise that the Dons aren't where they should be and that Club Doncaster have to take responsibility for that. It hurts me as I very much want to see a successful team in Doncaster as I love the game of rugby league. It's given me a lot of pleasure (and pain) watching the Dons throughout the last 40 years but regardless of who is in charge or how well we're doing, I could never stop watching them. It's a way of life for me and I can't see that changing. That actually makes our short-comings more difficult for me to take, not easier.

One of the reasons I've enjoyed rugby league so much is the commitment of the players. They put their necks on the line every week and I fully respect them for it. You only have to look at Louis Sheriff's attitude in one of the pre-season matches when he ran the ball out from our own half with enough enthusiasm to knock down a barn door. He ran into three players who were twice his size, got flattened, dusted himself down, and was ready to go again straightaway. And that was in a friendly.

I hope Club Doncaster learn from their mistakes, of which there are many. I hope Richard Horne is the man to take us forward. Only time will tell.

For me LS has been one of the few consistent players this season .

For me LS has been one of the few consistent players this season .

where is he now then he'd be the first name on the list every week for me.

Carrying the water .