Must be a good chance to close the gap on the 5th placed club & consolidate a play off place.

Not going to predict a score even though Gateshead are struggling big time .

Well let's put it this way ... we beat Workington on their own patch and they put 80+ past Gateshead.
It's a no-brainer.
I wouldn't mind going, but I won't ... petrol's too expensive.
But if the Dons don't go and put 50 by them, there is something wrong.

Wonder if Ash Williams will be playing.

Not missed a game for them yet as far as I can remember so assume will only be missing if his loan deal was on the basis he could not play against us.

Carl Hughes back in training but Craig robinson misses out on traing with an injury. Tony miller unlikely to risk either .

sourse The Stir ( Thurday 16/06/11 )

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.

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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.