Agreed.

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Purtell
Baile
Williams
Addy
Mullaney
Fleming
Halafihi
Clough
Walshaw
Mellor
Walker

Petersen
Ferguson
Tahraoui
Lauaki

Gaskell, O'Brien, Sidlow, Pitts and Henry should be rested. IMO Gaskell, Sidlow and Pitts had mixed games against Hull KR, whereas O'Brien was good and Henry was pants.

Edit: Uaisele not Ulugia as he is injured.

I don't trust Donny......They beat the mighty Leigh last year. They've probably been pretending all season just to lure us into their lair then pounce on us. They can't logically have gone from top 4 Super League standard to nowhere in less than a year. We need strongest possible team to just limit the damage they could do.

I'm not sure whether to view it as foregone conclusion and ripe for resting some players. Or given our points difference is gradually falling behind Leigh, a chance to claw some back.

Perhaps both views is a bit disrespectful. They have travelled quite badly but barring the odd blip not totally off the pace at home.

I'm pretty sure Doncaster have added to their squad over the last couple of weeks, including taking a half on loan from Leigh (who their fans rated), so they might put up a bit more of a fight than they were doing earlier in the season.
I'd expect Purtell and Mullaney to be back. I don't think we'll rest Gaskell, but wouldn't be surprised to see some prop rotation and maybe switch up the second row a little.

Shaw
Uaisele
Baile/Walker
Purtell
Williams
Gaskell
Mullaney
Tahraoui
AoB
Sidlow/Fleming
Olbison
Walshaw
Addy

Lauaki
Fleming/Davies?
Halafihi
Mellor

Something like that, with Halafihi doing a decent number of minutes.

I'd prefer we put out the strongest squad we had and told them to go to town on Doncaster to try and beef up our points difference.

Ben Reynolds is the half from Leigh. They also signed Peter Fox and Matt Groat.

Telling players to, "beef up the scoring difference", is asking for trouble. Not only is it disrespectful, it also gives players the idea that they don't need to work for the win, when the truth is that points only come on the back of solid graft. By all means tell them not to back off, if and when in in front but I suspect Donny, like a few more, are going to see this as their cup final.

Bulls’ 19-man squad: Adam Henry, Adam O’Brien, Adam Sidlow, Alex Mellor, Chev Walker, Dale Ferguson, Dan Fleming, Danny Addy, Etu Uaisele, Jake Mullaney, Jay Pitts, Jean-Philippe Baile, Lee Gaskell, Lucas Walshaw, Paul Clough, Ryan Shaw, Steve Crossley, Tom Olbison, Vila Halafihi.

So,

FB: Mullaney
W: Uaisele
C: Baile
C: Henry
W: Shaw
SO: Gaskell
SH: Addy
P: Clough
H: O'Brien
P: Sidlow
SR: Ferguson
SR: Olbison
LF: Pitts

With Walshaw, Mellor, Fleming and Crossley on the bench

I expect Halafihi to be on the bench and to do decent minutes to give O'Brien a bit of a rest. Personally if it was me, I'd be resting O'Brien for this one.

Also Mullaney at 7 and Addy at Loose Forward please...

Bit harsh on Walker, thought he was one of our best players last week. Don't get me wrong I've been one of his biggest critics, but last week I thought he had his best performance in a Bulls shirt.
Although who I would drop is a tough decision as no one is playing badly really.

Mullonyallyanly to scrum half, shaw to fb and addy to loose for me but that aint gonna happen.

I find addy at scrum half to be pretty stupid. The difference might be subtle but wouldn't it be better to have addy as 6 and gaskell at 7 if you were that keen on having addy in the halves?

Logically I'd agree about Addy and Gaskell, but I'm not certain their named positions makes a jot difference, to be honest. They'll do what they do best - whatever name you assign to them, a bit like wingers and centres swapping roles depending on whether we're attacking or defending.

Bulls team for today:

27. Ryan Shaw
2. Etu Uaisele
22. Chev Walker
17. Jean-Philippe Baile
20. Adam Henry
6. Lee Gaskell
13. Danny Addy
8. Paul Clough
9. Adam O’Brien
10. Adam Sidlow
11. Tom Olbison
12. Dale Ferguson
14. Jay Pitts
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32. Steve Crossley
26. Vila Halafihi
23. Alex Mellor
15. Dan Fleming

I'm glad Vila Halafihi is on the bench - should mean O'Brien gets a bit of a rest