great photos - any chance of seeing a photo of the crowd ?

was ANYONE present ?

much appreciated donny

There were 300 hardy souls there, including a large group of Doncaster fans.

.....and we moan about our crowds

. Given the weather and the question as to whether or not the game would even take place, I suppose it's not too surprising. Am very jealous of those who went from here

It looks like poor old Stanky is well dissolutioned with his job at Rochdale according to the RL Express never mind what happened yesterday.

It sounds like he's having to do everything, working 40 hours a week in a part-time job. Sounds like he needs some help or he's going to walk.
It can't be easy being the coach of Rochdale with their small fan base.

I hope his side picks up AFTER next Sunday and beats some of our rivals. I am sure they will.

Miller was very pleased with the Dons performance, describing it as 'the complete package, given the terrible conditions'.

Rochdale will be smarting after that drubbing, so we need to be focussed next Sunday and not take it lightly.
There is another good score coming from the Dons but we have still got to graft for it or else.

The incentives are twofold.....
First, the prospect of a good crowd against Oldham, and second the chance to effectively cripple one of our rivals in the dash for a top four slot.
COYD

They have had three good hidings counting challenge cup. Their confidence must be shot to bits. Your right stand offish, a good professional performance and another big score could be on its way

Didn't go yesterday due to not feeling too well, but the result made me feel a lot better.
If we can see off Rochdale again this week it will do them some serious damage in aiming for a top four spot.

Nice to see the try scoring charts back in the league express. Makes nice reading at the moment. Come on you dons.

Thought everyone played with a professional attitude yesterday especially Cookie who was talking to the rest of the squad througout the game.

Whatever he was saying to the lads worked far better than the instructions given out by a certain Mr Hough to the Rochdale Squad.

Anyone got a copy they can transcribe....or a link?

He's a little sore this morning but should be OK

Its actually wrong.

Tom has 12 more points than that, on account that he has kicked 11 goals this season.

Cheers

By that reckoning, Waterman should be 5th in the points scored list, as 9x4 is 36...

Good to hear he will be ok. Think the next few weeks would be extremely tough without him!

I've been trying to work out when the Dons were last front page news in the Star sports section...

Its even more impressive, as its been a 'big' weekend for local football as well.

Superb stuff from the lads yesterday.The forwards laid the platform in the first half and Dale lads couldnt cope with them.We also played some great stuff considering the crap conditions.They had a 10 minute spell after half time and that was all we allowed them to have.Great defensive display.Well done to all at the club.Also well done to the fans who went over in filthy conditions

Has anyone read Hossacks report in the Star? I read it online at dinnertime and theres a few bits in it where i wondered if he was actually at the match.His description of the first try is a bit ropey and he more or less says Fawcett walked in for his when it was a cracking solo effort.

Steve was definitely there, had a natter to him before the game, and he brought me a halftime draw ticket as well (which was unexpected).

Video highlights of the Dons fantastic 38-6 victory over Rochdale Hornets are now online. Click on the following link to see the action: www.doncasterfreepress.co.uk/spo ... -1-4501188

Video highlights of the Dons fantastic 38-6 victory over Rochdale Hornets are now online. Click on the following link to see the action: www.doncasterfreepress.co.uk/spo ... -1-4501188

Did cowling play? And if so how did he go?

One of our promising youngsters at Wakefield.

Played right centre for us, pretty solid performance, not afraid to get stuck into the nitty gritty side of things.

Ok I've watched their try a couple of times now - am I the only one absolutely convinced there is no way on this earth he grounded that?

I was 120m away at the time, and I thought that.

easy to criticise a journos report - I didn't realise how difficult it was to get the facts correct until I tried it and 'interpretation' plays a big part in it

if you asked ten people to sit down and write a match reprt of the same game you would get ten differing viewpoints,not inaccurate just slightly different because of the interpretation of any given piece of action - a bit like being a ref I suppose ?

sounds like a superb display anyway - well done lads

It's easy to criticise journos not because of their observations or opinions, but because they get their facts wrong, so badly wrong that it makes you wonder if they guess sometimes.
Here's an example from this week's Free Press ....
Liam Hoden writes ....
''A 38-6 victory at Rochdale - coupled with a raft of postponements in Championship One - ensured Doncaster move top of the pile.''
Now this is presumably Liam's explanation as to why we have played an extra game, and it's just a complete guess.
The real reason was that it was a Challenge Cup weekend and no league games were being played except Rochdale vs Doncaster, which was a rearranged game because the turf was being sorted out later in the year at Spotland and Rochdale couldn't play on it at that time.
That's journos for you!

Oh! and Chris Hodgson, that's another.