Bulls v Dons : Thu Jun 04, 2015 12:14 pm  

Match preview via Nothing But League for anyone who fancies a read - http://www.nothingbutleague.com/kingsto ... doncaster/

Match preview via Nothing But League for anyone who fancies a read - http://www.nothingbutleague.com/kingsto ... doncaster/

Re: Bulls v Dons : Fri Jun 05, 2015 3:33 pm  

Another unchanged line up apart from Ferguson. I don't get this. It's ther perfect game to give Davies/Tahroui/Halafihi/Blythe etc a runout. Great to have a winning side but if anyone is injured we risk playing undercooked players in their place.

Re: Bulls v Dons : Fri Jun 05, 2015 6:14 pm  

mumbyisgod wrote:

Another unchanged line up apart from Ferguson. I don't get this. It's ther perfect game to give Davies/Tahroui/Halafihi/Blythe etc a runout. Great to have a winning side but if anyone is injured we risk playing undercooked players in their place.

Yeah I agree, really disappointed not to see at least one guy making his debut this weekend. We're past halfway in the season now and to think there are several players who we have yet to see play is just mental.

Some slightly positive news is that Chris Ulugia is back fully fit and will probably play for Oxford this weekend. Hopefully he can find some similar form to what he was showing before his injury, I'd have him in the starting 17 over Uaisele when he's on form.

Re: Bulls v Dons : Fri Jun 05, 2015 7:37 pm  

The selection is a real puzzler.

Is Matty Blythe ever going to play for us again?

What have Samir Taharoui and Lucas Walshaw done to get on the wrong side of Lowes?

Is there any point in Karl Davies being here?

I just don't get it...

Re: Bulls v Dons : Fri Jun 05, 2015 9:01 pm  

I think most of us were more than happy to see a larger squad this year so strange that we don't actually seem to be using it, even to rotate the bench? As PW says above both Samir and Lucas did their bit when they had a run out earlier in the season

Re: Bulls v Dons : Fri Jun 05, 2015 9:14 pm  

Perhaps we have been relatively fortunate with injury in the areas where we have much of the depth in the squad. I'm beginning to wonder if Mullaney and Siejka are going to play any further part and who would they replace so late in the campaign. I think Lowes will have his 17 worked out by the time we play Leigh, Halifax and Sheffield again. It's hard to believe that a player of the calibre of Blythe will sit it out.

Re: Bulls v Dons : Fri Jun 05, 2015 9:48 pm  

8ULL5HITT4 wrote:

Perhaps we have been relatively fortunate with injury in the areas where we have much of the depth in the squad. I'm beginning to wonder if Mullaney and Siejka are going to play any further part and who would they replace so late in the campaign. I think Lowes will have his 17 worked out by the time we play Leigh, Halifax and Sheffield again. It's hard to believe that a player of the calibre of Blythe will sit it out.

Good point maybe next year we will have a more balanced squad - swap a prop for a half back

Re: Bulls v Dons : Sat Jun 06, 2015 10:10 am  

Well, I don't see the point of rotation for the sake of rotation. Yes, we've got a large squad, but the team are putting in consistent performances so I don't see an argument to make changes. Now, we do have the period coming up were we'll playing Batley, Featherstone and Hunslet within 7 days and for that week, I'd hope to see some rotation there just to help keep the team fresh. Also Siejka is due back in the next couple of weeks so that's another selection headache for Jimmy

Re: Bulls v Dons : Sat Jun 06, 2015 11:07 am  

8ULL5HITT4 wrote:

Perhaps we have been relatively fortunate with injury in the areas where we have much of the depth in the squad. I'm beginning to wonder if Mullaney and Siejka are going to play any further part and who would they replace so late in the campaign. I think Lowes will have his 17 worked out by the time we play Leigh, Halifax and Sheffield again. It's hard to believe that a player of the calibre of Blythe will sit it out.

mentions sjelka returning in next couple of weeks in t&a article. also says mullaney due to return in same timeframe so looks like both are part of jimmys plans. also mentions ferguson as one returning from injury so looks like he did have a knock rather than being rested last few weeks.
Dont have a problem with us playing our strongest squad but would seem sensible to give some of fringe players a run out against weaker opposition, even if only one or two of them each week, to give them match fitness and more importantly letting them gel within the team which they cant get playing at oxford.Davies and Tahroui could be included in prop rotation without much disruption I'd have thought. Is Davies injured again?, notice he didnt play for oxford last week.

Re: Bulls v Dons : Sun Jun 07, 2015 4:15 pm  

Absolutely superb afternoon was had by all. Well, except Doncaster. A nice sunny day, the bulls on fire, and Leigh losing. What more could we want? Great show from all the Bulls, Lauaki did a decent stint though he seems to eb getting bigger not smaller, but Purtell was magic, and O'Brien 0 despite the usual head-clatterings - was great as usual. Hope Gaskell's OK. The only blot on the landscape was a number of totally unnecessary cheap shots by some Doncaster grubs, which a weak referee didn't really get a grip of. No need at all. And it's not as if Donny were a dirty team, far from it, for the most part they tried hard but couldn't cope with us when we opened up into full Jimmy mode.