I reckon so.

See also Dec Patton and Ant Walker.

So Fev beat Toulouse last night to go level on points with Bradford. The fight for the top 4 is starting to look very crowded - need a performance today as we know Doncaster can pull out a performance.

Seems like every team (apart from Wakey) are lacking consistency. A real opportunity (again) for the Bulls to up their game, or risk being also runs.

Win, and we've got a vulnerable Toulouse side on our sights with bottom side Dewsbury up next. Lose and suddenly we're just a defeat from falling out of the play-offs all together with Fev & York hitting their straps. Not sure if we we'd recover from a defeat today. Fine margins.

Seems that way. There was a period earlier in the season when we looked really strong (especially defensively), whether we can find that kind of form again remains to be seen.

The good news is, you look at the players we've got to come back Gaskell, D. Smith, Gill, Scurr, Baldwinson, we've got some real quality who will be fresh at the business end of the season. Toulouse are currently full strength every week. It's just whether we put ourselves in a good position to capitalise on that.

If Gaskell does make it back to fitness before the season is over, do we want to change the half back pairing at that point in the season? Who do you drop Sammut or Lilley? Lilley to hooker perhaps, but Souter has been solid. I think Gaskell on his day makes a massive difference, but is it worth the risk? Either way its EOC's call and I'm sure he'd be glad to have the choice/dilemma.

we again give teams at the start of the second half invitations (whitehaven recently and donny today) ... the game was just going through the motions and nothing really given. listening, i didnt think donny could score many (just the one) and after the 6 sets at the start of the second half on our line and with the bulls fans lapping up our defensive effort, it was only going to be time until we eventually took the game. a patient game won

Only time before you took the game??? You offered nothing until gone 60 mins when the ref took you upfield with terrible penalty calls, admittingly your defence was very good especially as we camped on your line for the 1st 20 mins of the 2nd half but to say it was only a matter of time is arrogant and untrue on all fronts. Fair play to the traveling support you took although i didn't know why they wasn't let into the ground until the 63nd minute.

Played pretty awful for large parts, dread to think what the completion rate was in the first 60 mins. Thankfully we defended really well, which is just as well when you can't catch, kick or pass a ball. If Donny had gone two scores up I'm not sure we would be 3rd in the table right now.

We did however take our chances well in the final 15 minutes and came home with the points. Eribe Doro was immense again, we are going to miss his energy massively next year.

EOC must be concerned with the form we are in at the moment though.

Agreed, thought that was a frustrating game, we were pretty ineffective for much of the game and given the way things have gone in close games recently i feared the worst. Pleased we stuck at it defensively and when the opportunities presented themselves we were able to capitalise. Credit to Donny, they made that hard work. Up to 3rd, lets enjoy the win.

That was a tough watch! We constantly made simple mistakes that should have been easily avoided. Misplaced passes, poor decision-making, and a general lack of cohesion made it seem like we were doing everything we could to keep Doncaster in the game during the first 60 mins of the game. Our defense, however, was resolute. Despite the errors in other areas of the pitch, we managed to keep our shape and hold off the opposition, who, to be fair, were clueless when they got near our goal. We faced 4 repeat sets with a man down and withstood their attack. Richard Horne will be fuming about that.

For the majority of the game, it looked like it could go either way. If we had been up against a better team, there's no doubt we would have been punished for our sloppy play. But as it turned out, the opposition was just as ineffective, and we managed to keep them at bay.

Then, in the final 10 minutes, we finally turned on a bit of class. Taufua's break up field swayed momentum in our favour and Doncaster never got back into the game. Lilley's try sparked us into life, and suddenly, the scoreline looked much more flattering than the performance deserved with Appo and Holmes grabbing 2 late scores.

It was a relief to get the win, but this game highlighted that we need to step up our game significantly if we want to compete with stronger teams going into the play offs. The result may look good on paper, but today's performance still leaves plenty of room for improvement. When we stopped dropping the ball and started completing our sets we pinned Doncaster into their own half.

MOTM: Doro