Spot on.

Its exactly the same as others like Marty are saying & backed up by the quality of the player in question.
Of course you'll call it whinging because it doesnt fall in line with the happy clappers & shoots down that BS computer game reference you used.

So are you expecting Donaldson to be used for the full season?
This is the perfect time to utilise those younger lads on a rotation basis also Cam Smith should play more games so where does JD fit in other than been "another body"?
Looking at the BR's Ward Merrin Smith would be my 1st choice 3. Then we have Ferres Ablett Jjb Sutcliffe in any order even Cuthbertson does spells at 13. Then the rest should come from Trout Mconnel Mustapha etc . I can see LSutcliffe going on loan/dual reg we are still looking at 6/7 options before even lookig at Donaldson.

I'm not sure how Donaldson will be used and no I don't see him playing all season.
But he has been brought in for a reason and if we do get injuries and suspensions I'm sure he will get his chance.
Let's face it Walters got plenty of chances and ended up scoring the winning try in a GF.
I certainly would put Donaldson ahead of him when it comes to choice.
Yes we could have saved some money on the cap by not signing him but maybe he has the desire and drive to help the other lads and puts pressure on them to perform.

Time will tell obviously mate i just dont see how he fits in or why he was signed.

On the face of it, there is little to lose, with it likely being a cheap deal, and short term. It would seem that we may have learned some lessons on handing out long contracts to projects.

However, I think that signing him, will limit our ability to bring someone of more ability in later in the season if they were to become available.

I personally feel Donaldson is a better player than many on here are giving him credit for and will bolster our weak pack.

I think you have read that wrong.

I read it as you pointing to JD taking/rotating Jjb's role which is high work rate & doing big minutes.
Trout does that week in week out , im not not saying he can do it for a full seasson yet or even half but he's capable as a rotation option which is why Burrow was pushing for him to play under Mc.D.
The only other role Jjb does is a leadership role & we now have Merrin to take that role.

And like I said, you read it wrong. JJB and Trout are completely different players.

Explain how Donaldson & Jjb are anywhere similar then rather than dismissing a valid option?

people keep going on about his size, and yes by modern standards is not a big player in terms of height and weight, but there are plenty players around similar size, Furner was an international back row and is smaller and he was a superb player, Donaldson similar size build to JJb Ward.