Skybet ask us to concede 38pts on the handicap betting at odds of 10/11 ... surely we can beat Gateshead (in their current form) by 39 or more points.

Ive got to nip into my local town today and if betfred are offering similar ill be having a sneaky 5 pounds on that.

Betfred also currently -38pts 10/11.

Skybet handicap mark now -40pts ... Betfred & Hills -38pts 10/11.

Looks like a bit of squad rotation, in todays team selection

Butterfield
Potts
Morrison
Coady
Sanderson
Spaven
Fawcett
Sampson
Emitt
Crawley
Robinson
Spurr
Edwards

Kesik
Scott
Carbutt
C Hughes


No Colton, Dee, Bovill, Lawton, Dobek, Ely

Gateshead 0 Dons 6 (Scott Spaven)
Ooops!
4-6

Going out now...
COYD

anyone got update of score at gateshead

6-6 at half time.
Lets hope we score some points 2nd half

i hope this rotation doesnt back fire should play strongest team.

10-6 to us and we are playing

final Score a win 22-6
Last minute converted try to Morrison

Granted its a win, but what an appalling result.

a win is a win i dont mind winnin every game by 1 point as long as we win! although i do believe with the squad weve got if everyones fit then play strongest team were not wigan or saints with quality in dept so use what we have.

Would have liked to have won by more but it's points in the bag at the end of the day,
how many times have we played really well but come away with nothing.

Winning ugly is still winning

COYD

Positives first ... only 6 points conceded in two games, that's good.

Negatives ... only 22 against Gateshead????????????
Can only put it down to complacency. did they think it would be a doddle ... I must admit I did.
Spaven, Spurr, Coady and Neverson

with the tries.

Three more lovely points in the bag, but we need to get serious against the Skolars, they will be a lot harder to beat.
We need our strongest side out.

PS
I've just worked out that prior to us meeting Gateshead, the average points against them per game was [size=15059[/size
We seriously underachieved today.

The [url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_league/tables/6487547.stmtable.[/url

i understand bovill did not play today we do need his size and power in the forwards, i know some of you dont rate him but we do need his strength,though he can lose it sometimes

Seemed like we never got of the bus. Gateshead I thought took the game to us and cannot really understand why they are getting hammered every week. But our one man stuff didn't work. But three more points in the bag. Still can't get over £15 to get in.

Sorry,
Yes,we need his size in the forwards----but not someone who's direction on receiving the ball is towards the ground.

Bovill might have the size but i never seen him break a tackle yet, he's certainly no Danny Stanley or Gareth Handforth. IMO obviously.

Just got in and seen the result and being honest I am staggered! A win is a win granted but our coach was in the press this week suggesting that we would be significantly improving our points difference. It seems we only denied Gateshead a bonus point with a last minute try.



Only 2 teams have failed to put 40+ points on Gateshead in the league, the other being London who got 32.

Oh well, time for a beer!

The report in the Rugby Leaguer & League Express didn't make good reading.
Gateshead were only 4 points behind with 11 minutes to go!


Ironically it was a fumble by Ash Williams that let us off the hook.

The squad we took was nigh on our strongest (Green excepted), so what's all that about? A bit worrying I would suggest.

Still every game is different ... anything can happen.
COYD

WTF? We are Doncaster Rovers now??? www.doncasterrugbyleague.co.uk/r ... hp?id=6310

WTF? We are Doncaster Rovers now??? www.doncasterrugbyleague.co.uk/r ... hp?id=6310

Quote ="rugbyman"Seemed like we never got of the bus. Gateshead I thought took the game to us and cannot really understand why they are getting hammered every week. But our one man stuff didn't work. But three more points in the bag. Still can't get over £15 to get in.'" Honestly, that was our best performance of the season, the return of Danny Wilson (on loan from York) has helped shore up our defence. Though having said that we never let our confidence slip. I honestly thought it was a great game played by two sides looking for a chink the others armour. As for the £15 to get in that is the price it's been all season if you're paying at the turnstiles. Just for future if you know you're travelling up you'd be better off buying your tickets online from the Thunder website, as they're a couple of quid cheaper when bought in advance: www.thunderrugby.com

Quote ="rugbyman"Seemed like we never got of the bus. Gateshead I thought took the game to us and cannot really understand why they are getting hammered every week. But our one man stuff didn't work. But three more points in the bag. Still can't get over £15 to get in.'" Honestly, that was our best performance of the season, the return of Danny Wilson (on loan from York) has helped shore up our defence. Though having said that we never let our confidence slip. I honestly thought it was a great game played by two sides looking for a chink the others armour. As for the £15 to get in that is the price it's been all season if you're paying at the turnstiles. Just for future if you know you're travelling up you'd be better off buying your tickets online from the Thunder website, as they're a couple of quid cheaper when bought in advance: www.thunderrugby.com

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