Improved display , like to know how many knock ons there were. Not going to comment re the referee.

It was a knock-on-athon.

I came away slightly disappointed today.1st half i thought we were ok and if we'd have stepped up a bit in the 2nd the match would have been won.

Haven were there for the taking (down to 12 men as well) and we just didnt seem to get going at all.Id love to know what our completion rate was in the 2nd half.We just couldnt seem to get through a set.



Also i have to say, thats the worst Whitehaven side ive seen in years.I dont know if it was just a bad day at the office for them or what but they were shocking.



A gate of 337 as well doesnt bode well for the future.Whats it going to be when we play Gateshead at the end of the season??

Have to agree with Karlos.



After recent canings, to come away only 10 - 19 down is a vast improvement, particularly when the 'team' is still trying to gell.



Biggest disappointment was the failure to get the ball out wider in the 2nd half against 12 men. Last five minutes showed what could (and should?) have been done. Cannot fault Haven though for their tactics (repeated offsides, lying on etc) to keep Donny playing up the middle. Good to see we'd got them feeling nervous - a drop goal for heaven's sake.



Loved the bonus point song though!!

Yes, no 'sense of humour bypass' for us Dons supporters.

what was the song, we could hear the words had changed, but we couldnt make out what the song was....





sos guys we were locked away in the pa box, at least we could hear you sing in the room with the doors shut!!!



so what are the new words.....

Edited

Well the simple fact is .....that Dons performance was head and shoulders above what we have been served up in recent weeks.

Some people on here have either not been to recent games or have got short memories ....or overblown expectations.

We competed for the first time in a long time.....against a Haven side that made Barrow look p/ss poor only the other week precipitating the demotion of their coach.

Yes in real terms it was a scrappy, messy game and both sides were poor at ball retention. The ref was an absolute harsh prick for both sides.

It was a game we didn't make the most of though.......of all the sides we were liable to beat in the run-in....Haven were the one.

Shame......but we have improved markedly.

Having said that......it was a poor standard for NL1 by all concerned..... skill-wise.

COYD

Hows Wayne Opie doing down at the dons?

Came on as a sub yesterday has a chance to get a contract next season .

Nice gesture from the haven players to applaud the dons 'crowd' at the end

and think ref now ready for super league.

Big game for the dons though and the defence once the team settled was tremendous.

Yes, I noticed that too. As you say it was indeed a nice gesture (especially as they probably realised they were in for a bit of a telling off for the performance).