He was MOM in the LE

That one penalty against JJB was the ridiculous obstruction decision as well wasn't it?

However, I think just like other weeks JJB is not getting the total missed tackles against his name that he should. He is missing plenty.

Are these the same experts who recently said Hall and Watkins should be the Leeds wingers on current form?

Donald has scored seven in his last six appearances since then including a couple of match winners.

Great to see scotty turn his form around and i don't mind admitting i was one of the posters saying it was time to drop him because of his form and how well watkins did.
There's no denying his confidence and form was low before he scored against quinns so it wouldn't of been outragous to see him dropped.

Donald's contribution V Warrington was crucial on several occassions. His first try was a classic piece of finishing, fielding the Briers option restart, the kick return that led to the McGuire try(?), his composure in gathering the two balls in the last minute.

Perhaps McClennan knows what he's doing afterall.

To be honest, not convinced it has. Its amazing what some tries can do.

Donald will always finish well. Give him space and he will run it well. What has not changed, and we saw it again on Saturday, put an high kick up to him and he is simply horrendous.

What we are now getting is the right balance though. He is making up for his inability under high kicks, with the tries. All we were seeing before were the mistakes.

Like i said above it's great to see him back on form but at the time i posted about him being dropped i stand by that view.
Maybe he was informed he was on "borrowed time" as an automatic choice and it sparked him into life!!
Either way he's back and long may it continue!!

To be fair his work-rate has upped considerably imo and his all round game is alot better than his early season form showed imo the tries are just the icing on the cake and prove he's still a quality finisher.

I think he sees alot more of the ball when senior moves to the second row. Anyway great to scotty build from for the play-offs!

No Morley just got on with his game and had a ding dong battle with peacock.

Don't shock me. His usual work rate. I don't measure a players' contribution with stats.

Carvell had the biggest impact on the outcome of the game in the 79th minute.

This expert opined that Hall and Watkins were in better form 7 weeks ago (Hudds at home). If form in a game 7 weeks ago counts as current form you'd have a point, but it isn't and you don't.

As Donald's staunchest supporter on these boards I am pleased he's turned things around.

As you say, his contribution against Warrington was vital and his finishing of his 1st try was a sublime piece of skill.

Was Watkins form based on one appearance?

All he needs to do now is stop tackling like a big girl and he'll be just fine - two more misses to add to the five (?) the previous week.

And thank god the coach knew that the best place to regain some form and confidence was in the first team.





Donald always gives his best, that's why he has made the dream team for the past 2 years, to suggest that he was on "borrowed time" just because he was in a poor run of form is just daft, every sportsman goes through bad patches of form even the greats of the game.

Thought Morley was head and shoulders the better of the two on Saturday.

The quantity is there from JP, not so sure about the quality at the minute.

That's why I post links to the previous stat threads at the foot of each new week so posters can check for themselves.

He made five and missed four V Wigan.

Who has the worst tackle efficiency this year between Hall & Donald?

Another poor week going forward for Lauitiiti, who has the fewest metres per carry in the team. Is he carrying a knock?

Hall 25 misses from 121 attempts - (79%)

Donald 17 misses from 76 attempts - (77%)

According to the Super League website.

Donald's defensive efforts the last two weeks however have been below par IMO, particularly at Wigan where Paaaat bullied him I thought.

I am not privvy to what caused Watkins form. Probably naturtal ability and hopefully good coaching.

My opinion, two months ago, was based upon several issues, not solely the form of Watkins.

Morley was excellent, no doubt, but I am not sure about head and shoulders.

In those crucial last dozen or so minutes when we clicked up a gear and the game was won Peacock's game lifted.

I'm not defending his stats or his technique, but his or other wingers' misses can't be looked at in isolation. Wing defence is more technically demanding than the other positions, even if the work rate or effort is not as intense.

He will often be on the receiving end of poor defensive options further infield, and will also have the most space either side of hinm in the defensive line.

If the opposition do some good work to open up a large gap/overlap, and Donald can only get a hand on a player, it still goes down as a miss, even though he had no chance due to the gaps.

The same criteria also applies to Hall, smith, Watkins or whoever plays on the wing. 5 misses against Wigan sounds bad, but possibly more a reslt of the team getting beaten than a very poor individual tackling performance

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You are privvy to what forms your opinion though and in this case it appears to be based on a one off performance on the left wing by a natural left sided player. How in your expert opinion would that have got him into the run on side in place of Donald on the right? Would Hall have had to switch?

So we should persist with anyone who's been in the dream team even if their form doesn't warrant it???????
I accept that every player loses form but donald was the one who stood out at that time it wasn't just a knee jerk reaction to a poor match he was off form and low on confidence for weeks.
My view at that point in time stands and to suggest he should be picked whatever because of past exploits is ridiculous imo.