Well i am looking forward to Sundays game.

Will be very tough, but i think PC will have them prepared as best he can.
As long as we perform and give them a game, and we may sneek the win.

Dewsbury beat them somehow.
Do we have any injuries from last weekend going into this, hope not.

COYDs

Cunningham somehow got under my radar last Sunday and got himself his usual one per game injury and I never noticed ... he got a groin strain.
So he is struggling to be fit.
As well as the other injuries to Spiers, Nicklas and Starling.
Need Hull assistance this Sunday.

We will probably know tomorrow who will be available if anyone.
we will have Hadley i would have thought if he is ok.

whelam will be out i presume so Waterman will return to centre.
Cas and Spaven should be back as well i hope.

Mike Kelly back also from a rest .
According to Rugby Football League site Cunningham & Kesik out .

According to the Hull site they are short of forwards also .

No doubt whoever turns out they will give 100%.

COYD

Fev Fan here, I am thinking about calling in the Salutation for a beer before the game on Sunday, do any of you folks go there for a beer?

Well , if we donot get 1000 thro the gates on Sunday we never will !

2 top 4 teams , its on a Sunday , not on TV and a CASH GATE .

COYD fans

801 att, for last season, and it was a thurs night and on tv so should do alot better, as weighman says.

Mark Castle facing a late fitness test before sunday, we will need him, Cunningham out also Kes missing.

Fev coach says of us,
“They have started the season particularly well. They are a very good side and, on their home ground, they will probably be slight favourites this weekend,”

A bit of psychology there i think!

See we have M Thomason as ref again.


He reffed last year.
Not one of my favourites.

Hadley, Colbon and Arundel all named in Hulls Squad this weekend...

Pitts not down as injured so possible option?

TBH I think we may need to look at other options ASAP..

Sure PC is on it...

i agree with that Now then. and sooner rather than later.

I hope all the people that wanted cash at the gate come and take advantage of the option this weekend.
If not, and the club decides not to offer it anymore, no one can winge.

We can't have a dual reg arrangement whereby we get only the sweepings up if anything at all.
Bin it!

The best ones to ask on here mate will be SO and Wanderer about the Sal.

The majority of fans have one in the couple of boozers around the ground and in the stadium but the ale connoseurs stay away from these!!

Don't think Dons fans go there apart from a very few occasionally.
I have been there in the past pre-match.
It's a good real ale place, wooden floorboards, TVs, chav free as you probably already know.

Kalos/SO,

thanks for the heads up - so where do the Don fans drink before the game?

I dare say that's why they maybe doing it!!!!

Castle, Robbo, Spiers, Carbutt, as the 4 props. Plenty of 2nd rows and all keen to play and give 100%. If Colbons attitude at Batley anything to go on forget Hull players.IMO

The Keepmoat is not like some grounds with pubs right next door that fans automatically gravitate to.
It is stuck on its own, the nearest pub is the Lakeside which is at the bottom of the Yorkshire Outlet opposite the ground.
Then there is the Cheswold the other side of the Lake. I suppose a few might go in there.
The ground has its own bar inside, which is up the concrete steps in the East Stand. You can get a drink there before the game.
I sup in Doncaster before the game, but there are no gatherings of Dons fans as such.
Three Wetherspoons in Doncaster.

We may get Jay Pitts but Hull fans report he is not 100% fit .

I think Richard Wilkinson is playing. Whether that is as a replacement for Danny Nicklas or not, I do not know.

Pub wise - I rarely see people in the cheswold, but often a few in The Lakeside. They do black sheep there. (Cheswold will often have a few cask beers).

It's cheaper at the Keepmoat now; so depends what you're after

Looks like Paul is one of those coaches who keeps things close to his chest regarding injuries .

Wilkinson could play full back or stand off , a lot will depend on fitness of other players eg Kes & Nicklas. Most likely to play off the bench for me.
Hope the 4 props mentioned are fully fit.

Dons currently being offered with a 14 point start on the Handicap Betting with both Bet365 & Skybet.

Bet365 are best-priced about a Dons win offering 5/1.

Ironically, I tend only to drink on match day after the match these days ... either locally after getting home or in the Town centre pubs such as the Angel, Gatehouse, Cask Corner and Tut n Shive.

Quote ="weighman"Looks like Paul is one of those coaches who keeps things close to his chest regarding injuries . Wilkinson could play full back or stand off , a lot will depend on fitness of other players eg Kes & Nicklas. Most likely to play off the bench for me. Hope the 4 props mentioned are fully fit.'" according to love rugby league.com KES out www.loverugbyleague.com/news_145 ... stone.html

Quote ="weighman"Looks like Paul is one of those coaches who keeps things close to his chest regarding injuries . Wilkinson could play full back or stand off , a lot will depend on fitness of other players eg Kes & Nicklas. Most likely to play off the bench for me. Hope the 4 props mentioned are fully fit.'" according to love rugby league.com KES out www.loverugbyleague.com/news_145 ... stone.html

mmmmmmmmmmmmm. pondering on the 14 point start.
Anyones thoughts.