=#0000BF[uTHE DONS[/u
1 Tommy Griffiths
22 Scott Wilson
3 Lee Gomersall
4 Shaun Leaf
33 Gary King
6 Simon Brown
32 Kyle Kesick
24 Jamie Bovill
20 Jack Ely
10 David Bates
23 Craig Lawton
12 Ryan Steen
34 Danny Allan

Subs :
9 Paul Brown
8 Scott Johnson
21 Scott Howlett
19 Garry Ellery

=#8000FF[uSouth Wales Scorpions[/u
2 David James
1 Craig Richards
11 Christian Roets
3 Lee Williams
5 Ash Bateman
6 Loz Wildbore
15 Andy Gay
35 Jordon James
9 Shaun Owens
10 Gil Dudson
8 Lewis Mills
22 Ben Flower
13 Aled James

Subs :
7 Steve Parry
17 Barrie Philips
29 Harry Greville
14 Jamie Murphy


Todays Referee : D Merrick

Final score 8-18, better performance , but we couldnt finish off some of our plays. The breakaway try by the Welsh team was the game killer for me !

was it Kyle Kesick at Scrum half today (No 32) ?

Yes.

Seemed to do a good job there.

better all round today.still nobody to make that final telling pass,a game we could have easily won.they got 2 break away tries and we gave away a soft penalty for one.never mind a great improvement on last week.new loan signing did a good job all game.lets hope we can keep the effort going.COYD

Really enjoyed todays game ( i didnt know what to expect this morning to be honest!). Today has given me a bit of confidence, hopefully it has given every single one of us, the fans the team, and the coaching staff the lift we all were desperate for.

I know its still a defeat, but a bonus point and hopefully the turning point. Will be wearing my Dons shirt with pride on Friday, I work in Leeds, and to raise money for charity everyone has to wear the sports kit of their favourite team for the day. beats the shirt and tie!! I escaped the Siddal fans as the pair of em were on a course thank god. but i got abuse from the Rhinos and Batley fans there (funnily enough there are no hunslet fans i am aware of). Mind u the Rhinos fans are also leeds united fans, so i managed to remember them of the Rovers playoff win!!!

Anyway, bring on the games. Im gonna try my best to get to more away games this season, my finances arent alwasy the best living on my own, I got to three last year, aim to get to 50% this year. Wish i could get to them all.

Wish the bus could pick us up nearer balby!!!! wink wink

I was fortunate enough to miss last week's game, but I understand today was an improvement. Nice to see a bit of enthusiasm shame we lacked any kind of cutting edge.

I may be sad but I thought the referee had a decent game too.

He bottled the decision on Bovill in the first half IMO, he deserved at least a spell in the bin, it was a lazy effort of a tackle, and high as well.

It looked from the West Stand (the opposite stand to the supporters) that the ref did cost us a try in the second half, i was shouting and swearing at him lol.

he ran in the path of our attacker, did it look different from your side.

in honesty the ref didnt do it on purpose, purely accident, and yes he had a good game apart from that, that was................

Were was Jaaron Osborne the NZ guy who played on the wing against Rochdale away. Wing looked his best position but has been missing since . Is he injured ?

Could not fault the effort today, I posted about the senior players standing up an I thought Jamie Bovill led by example and that was his best effort in a Dons shirt IMO. Much improved performance from the side today. Well played lads.

Yes they stepped it up today and really tried.
But by the time the Dons realised that they could beat this South Wales outfit....it was too late.
I thought that we presented a better atacking line today and threw the ball along it very well at times.
There just wasn't anyone who had the skill to create the openings.
But come the return of the injured we may well begin to tick properly.

I still can't get out out of my head the dreadful luck we have had.
These two first games could well have been wins.....and the opposition is only going to get better.
That's typical Dons bad luck that is.....with two wins under our belts we would have been a lot more confident.
All that is set to change though......IMHO.....but the season may well be over by then.....but I am sure we will be seeing some good stuff at the back end of the season.
COYD

PS We really need to get our four fat guys to lose a bit of weight and get fitter.....it really would make a big difference!

PPS There was this Welsh bloke couldn't stop shouting ''Come on Scorpies'' every five seconds in my ear..........you did my head in boyo.

Sorry, But I am still not as optomistic as some of the posters.
I felt that we lacked any cutting edge.
Left centre and wing were poor, ponderous and predictable - two tries lost for failing to go low for the line.
Half backs - some good kicking and defence but far to predictable and slow in decison making. If we could see where the ball was going to go from the stands, the defence could also see and set itself up accordingly.
Full back had a reasonable game, though taking the ball in the dead ball area with one foot on the line or out of play would have earned a 20m restart not a goal line drop out.
The forwards, with few exception, are too fat and too slow. Craig is a shadow of his former self I can only assume he is carrying an injury.
Right centre and wing, the only possitive for me - they showed a good understanding.

I can't see how after 42 minutes - 2 minutes after a 15 minute break, our players were puffing and panting to get back on side.

In the recent past, we have been there or there abouts, slipping to nearly men; through dissapointing; managed survival, endured relegation; went through a period of "rebuilding". All that is fine, but we are getting close to becoming a laughing stock and that is one step too far.

Something has too be done before the 296 begin to stay away as well.

The Scorpions were there to be taken, and we just didn't have the ability to take the three points.

Good post mate......however you can't say things like this:-

Some folk are rather touchy about being overweight.

SO - very many thanks for pointing out the errors of my ways.

Of course what I meant to say was that the instantaneous speed of the forwards, with few exceptions, is the magnitude of its instantaneous velocity (the rate of change of its position); it is thus the scalar equivalent of velocityis being hampered around the pitch due to their physical characteristics, namely, they are rotund, and their their body fat ratio is higher than one might ideally expect.

A much better analysis there grahamd.
We can't go upsetting folk by telling the truth now can we?

It is a serious issue though for our team....
If a neutral observer had ONLY watched the two teams limber up yesterday and then had been pressed at that point to say who would win the game......it would have been South Wales I am pretty sure just on sheer physical appearance.
They were my thoughts...... and so it proved to be.....without a football being kicked.
They were also my thoughts against Siddal and Rochdale.
Fit vs fat wins nearly every time.

These players would be far better players a stone lighter.
But we mustn't say things like that.
''So you aint seen me right?''

I thought the game was good the ref was shocking all round and we made so many handling errors it was a joke. You did well but when your no 8 hobbled off your other big guys tired fast.

Who is the guy who was kicking from hand for you? When's his contract up I'd glad take him for us cheers.

My big point is that u need to get out if that ground and fast! Usethe athletics ground next door or something more than enough space for now and much cheaper. My nearly fell out if my trousers when the ticket office woman said £12! Last year was £14 to stand in the crusaders game. At the gnoll we are charging £8 and u think that should be more like £6 but £12 is def hindering fans coming in the gates. As for beer 3.30 for a Guinness is shocking. Good game good day out and a great ground but my god that place is a mill stone for you. Ditch it now and maybe move back in a few years

it was brutal our guy got a really swollen cheek off it high lazy and just reckless tbh I was screaming for a card but in all fairness it wasn't an I'll tempered game there hardly any biff and generally all tackles were ok bar the odd few so a talking to was fair in hindsight

Simon Brown (from Leeds Rhinos academy).

I did warn beforehand that the beer is expensive.

From where I was (behind the sticks at the North end) the arm was left out, and the player ran into it. I'd say it was a sin-binning at most, but I can see how some would see it as worse.

Is that why you moved during the second half?

I can't stop in one place too long for my own safety.

Funny you should say that , this big guy sat behind me was asking about you S-O.

an arm left out at face level? Meh doesn't matter now no serious injury no binning which could have seriously changed the scoreline. Sloppy tackle but not malicious anyone being paid to play should be rightly ashamed of it

Understand your point but at least you got to see a game for £12 at the Keepmoat
Me and my lad spent near on £100 a couple of seasons ago visiting Bridgend for a Northern Rail Cup tie and didn't even get to see a game.