Someone said that Dobek had broken a leg.
Given that he walked off ... I would bet against that!

Yes we were battered today, but there are injuries and there are knocks.
We will see what the state is coming up to the Rochdale match ... I will be surprised if we are decimated.

I thought we were great today, given the injuries and given that the only points Workington scored were on the back of penalties or knock-ons.

We need to address penalties and indiscipline, it is an ongoing theme. If the Dons cut down penalties to say three or four a game ... they will take some beating. So please Miller sort it.

Why was the crowd down by around 400 from the previous home game?

Originally it was thought Dobek has a fracture, getting messages now that it probably isn't, but is still a lit of damage done

There were less people attending

A damn sight more work had gone into promoting the previous game.

The moral of the story is?

How's Spavin? Was it just a dead leg?

Fantastic effort today



Massive praise for everyone

. With all the injuries I feared the worst but the reports about team morale and team spirit are obviously bang on. Dug in deep when needed against a very big and physical side, who looked like most sides would lay down against and let them steam roll over. Not too be and to play all the second half with just a couple of interchanges is a huge effort and full credit to the players and the fitness coach. Hope that the injuries are not that bad and it would be a huge shame to lose the lad again for a length of time, as said, on his first game back.

Post match interview with Nev Morrison www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJm27vJOinU

Post match interview with Nev Morrison www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJm27vJOinU

Forget what any of our opposition sides say - the start of this season we have looked nothing short of excellent.

The narrowest of defeats to Dewsbury and joint top surely supports this even if we are only a few games in..

This seems to be the most bonded group of players that I have seen since the great promotion team.

had we not had injuries we would have scored more - but it was refreshing to see us continue to play positive despite so much change - this being critical in keeping Worky on back foot...

Not one man let the side down and Fawcett, Spavin, Kesik and Ely just have so many creative options and confidence.

Big well done to the forwards, Scott, Carbutt and Green were all superb....

Difficult again to call a MOM

Well done to TM and Co and let's hope the injuries are not too serious as we need evey player..

Hope Dobek's injury is not too serious...

COYD!!!!!!!!!!

PS Lawtons tackle at end was class and was no way high...

I think it was a head injury that stopped him. He said that he'd been suffering from food poisoning during the week, then took a bang on his head in the early second half, which just stopped him.

My first game today for 18 months. Basically got fed up with the boom and bust, and a spate of redundancy thrown in the middle.

It will not be 18 months until my next game. Great defence, seemed to make good yards at each play, excellent passing and always looking to make the pass. The team spirit was fantastic. Thought the crowd was poor and Rugby of that quality deserves a larger audience. Can't wait for the next game, when other long term absentees will be dragged along. Well done to Tony and the team, and Carl. My faith has been returned.

There was some talk of a bug effecting some of the players and staff. I presume it's the same stomach bug that TM spoke of. Makes the effort today even more praiseworthy

Got told afterwards that Butterfield was also taken to hospital. he suffered some sort of burst blood vessel in his knee, and his knee had ballooned out. I cant remember the word i was told, i had never heard of it before, but it does not sound good at all

Proud to be a Dons fan tonight, team played with so must passion and no lack of ability.
The forwards were tireless, especially Scott and Carbutt.
Carbutt's enthusiasm was superb

Credit goes to Tony and his staff

Haematoma. Basically an extreme version of a dead leg. I must admit, it looked like he'd strained his knee when I first saw it, it could be a very nasty injury.

I don't think for one minute that the Town fans are saying that Jemmo. Yes they are saying that our team played poorly and that your lads showed more enthusiasm than ours but no-one has said that you did not deserve to win. We did pinch a bonus point from you and we'll take that but please don't try to give the impression that we are saying you only won because we were poor, that's a bit of a cheap jibe, not your normal style. We are sorry that we couldn't have been more competitive like we were last week against Oldham but best of luck to Donny and we have to play you another twice yet this season.

Not all the true fans are going to games, and giving the club the support it deserves

Thats the truth

Its a shame because people missed the most determined Dons performance in years

Well its nice to see a lot more people posting on here than is normally the case.
That's a reflection of how well the Dons are doing.

The Dons deserve a proper turn-out against Rochdale.
We are in the position that people have said in the past they would turn out for, with a competitive top of the league side. So where are these people???

What a performance by Swinton at Oldham?
Under no circumstances could I see the Dons going there and doing that.
So perhaps we are not the best side in this division, but we are not far off are we???


COYD

getting vibes from reading various comments on social media sites, that a lot of the stayaways (who were long term regulars through previous ups and downs) are really taking note of the dons results, and getting tempted to come back. lets hope the injuries dont make us suffer, and that if we can get a good crowd which our current league position deserves, then we put on a fantastic show for them and show them what they are missing. i work with two oldham die hards, so theyre in for some stick tomorrow. especially when they told me how good worky were, and that they would murder us today. what do u think i should say to them tomorrow (although i did think that was two fantastic teams out there today)

and Stand-Offish i think all the fans who stayed (when we have to admit i think the most die hard fans felt like calling it a day at times) are getting there deserves now too. how good does it feel to know you didnt desert your beloved Dons. a good reminder that throughout the hard times, there is always a good time around the corner. makes u proud

loverugbyleague.com/news_5267-co ... nd-up.html "Doncaster RLFC continued their impressive start to their Championship One campaign with a 26-16 win over Workington Town. Shaun Leaf, Kyle Keswik and Craig Fawcett all crossed for the Dons to give them a 16-0 half time lead with Leaf scoring a second after the break. Ryan Steen also scored to give Doncaster their third straight victory. Workington got their first points on the board early in the second half through John Patrick, with Neil Frazer and Jack Pedley also touching down for Town but the damage had already been done."

loverugbyleague.com/news_5267-co ... nd-up.html "Doncaster RLFC continued their impressive start to their Championship One campaign with a 26-16 win over Workington Town. Shaun Leaf, Kyle Keswik and Craig Fawcett all crossed for the Dons to give them a 16-0 half time lead with Leaf scoring a second after the break. Ryan Steen also scored to give Doncaster their third straight victory. Workington got their first points on the board early in the second half through John Patrick, with Neil Frazer and Jack Pedley also touching down for Town but the damage had already been done."

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