Barrow's last six matches:

Sheffield (H): Won 8-6
Batley (A): Lost 22-2
York (A): Lost 54-12
Wakey (H): Lost 36-0
Swinton (A): Won 24-10
Halifax (H): Lost 38-28

Total For: 74 (Average 12.33), Total Against 166 (Average 27.67).

Barrow's win against Sheffield was a surprise. That didn't look on the cards based on their earlier results. Their win at Swinton probably shows they could pose a serious threat to us if we're not on our game.

Bookmaker's prediction: Dons to give Barrow 12 points start.

After our win at Featherstone, our self-belief should have been boosted. We can't afford to lose the 'must win' games against teams in the relegation mix, like Barrow.

I went to the Barrow Eagles game on Sunday, as I was up there with work.
Barrow should have been well beaten ,Sheffield bombed at least three tries and got nothing from the referee what so ever, on any other day Sheffield win easily.
It just goes to show what a competitive division The Championship is this year, where anyone can beat anyone if your off your game and don't take your chances.

.If we bring the same intensity as Saturday then we should be ok but I would happily take a one point victory at this stage of the season.
Hopefully Sheffield and York can do us a favour and beat Haven and Swinton.

Last game I saw was at Fev when we beat Swinton.
So it will seem strange to be at the Eco Power to watch this game after such a long time...

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Squad:

Boas, Briscoe, Burns, Faraimo, Ferres, Foster, Guzdek, Hall, Halliday, Hey, Holdstock, Knowles, Lovodua, Lyne. Mafi, Matagi, McConnell, Pauli, Robinson, Smeaton, Tali

(Halliday and Foster in for Wilde and Wallace)

Although seems unlikely Tom will feature

Bet365 ...

Dons -10 10/11
Barrow +10 10/11
Handicap Draw 16/1

We've got to be covering 10.5pts surely? On another note Wakefield-20.5pts today is an absolute early Xmas gift

Skybet ...

Dons -12 10/11
Barrow +12 10/11
Handicap Draw 18/1

Agreed. Looks an over reaction to Wakey's defeat in France. I'd have been thinking something like 32 or 34.

HT Dons 16 Barrow 12

FT Dons 37 Barrow 30

Phew! That was a close call! We couldn't afford to drop points against Barrow.

Was an odd game, felt we were always the better side we just couldn't put them away. They had 5 chances and took them all

Could someone please tell me what Brett Ferres contributes to the Dons side.

It must be in his contract that he has to play because apart from being a senior player and a voice he offers nothing on the pitch! The fact we send halliday off yet keep him shows it's still an old boys act.

Well he did set up Brad Hey for the first try.

As much as I am not a Ferres fan I think Hall has been a far bigger liability for a while tbh and cannot understand how despite offering no attacking threat or solid defense and making numerous errors with ball in hand he gets in every week over Guzdek who is solid as a rock defensively and makes good post contact metres, significantly better player at the minute imo.

I really rated Hall earlier in his career but given his form over the last few months I think he has gone on a season too far.

I can understand the Halliday thing to some extent as I think he can be a iffy under the highball compared to Faraimo and Briscoe and I think they generally both offer a lot bringing the ball back at the start of sets too.

I think the Bullman try did highlight that we seem to have a lack of an out and out speedster though and would like to see us get someone of this type regardless of position for next year ideally.

Feel like we need more players with the heart of Boas as he is vital for us imo and really seems to be our biggest attacking threat when it comes to taken the line on and keeping the defense guessing. While at the same time he never stops being an absolute competitor and puts his all into everything, a joy to watch imo.

That's a 3yr contract coming his way then!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amBwzBYTlpU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amBwzBYTlpU

I go up and down with Hall, defensively he's a liability, we concede a few tries that I am confident Guzdek would have stopped. But he still creates one or 2 tries a game. The Dewsbury game for example, he got some real stick, but he essentially made the killer pass in 3 of the tries. Without them we lose. The first quarter of the season though I was thinking "how the hell did we get him?" but he has definitely dipped since then.

Boas was incredible yesterday