We seem to have done well to fend off other clubs from taking Pas Dunn from us.

He showed some good ability even though lacking experience since he's joined us.

I've been puzzling over where his best position might be. What does everyone think?

Depends how fast he is.
I've only really noticed that he defends aggressively and can put folk on their ar/se.
He's not big enough to be a prop and he's not a playmaker (yet).
So if he's got the speed he's a centre, if he hasn't he's a second rower.
Don't think he's a winger.

I'd be looking to make him a Yere, but what do I know?!

I agree with S/O. He's not going to be a prop but the other options apart from being a winger seem possible.

I think I'd like to see him in the centres (like a Yere) but not sure if he has the pace either. If he could develop the required ball-playing skills, I could see him being a formidable hooker.

Maybe whilst he's still learning the game, his best place will be in the second row?

Yere isn't blessed with the greatest of pace either, he manages to break the line, then has the power to keep going, I think Pas could be a good centre, but as has been suggested, if his ballplaying is any good, he may be a cracker of a hooker.

I think second row for him tbh even if he is a ball player (some of them can ball play too!) but mostly because I think he struggled with picking the ball up at dummy half (which is understandable as even though he played there as a youngster its effectively a new skill he has to learn/relearn), he seemed noticeably slower at this than our other players so for me its a no to hooker.

The lad can certainly tackle, still getting to grips with the game, looked a little lost at times, not sure what his role was. Convinced he's got a lot more to come, his best position remains to be seen.

True, Yere has the power to bust tackles rather than pace to get by people. Yere's weakness is his tackle technique and if people get past him he can't usually catch them up. Pas is the opposite at the moment. His tackling is rock solid. We're still a little unsure where Pas will best fit in from an attacking point of view.

I'm sure as he gains more experience Cookey and Pas will find his best position. It'll certainly be interesting to see him develop through next season.

Liam Colbon has had talks with Paul Cooke but has decided to hang up his boots due to injury problems.

Here is the full article from the Hull Daily Mail detailing what Liam is doing now:

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What is the confirmed squad so far for 2015. Please anyone.

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Have a look on the topics page of the forum, you'll see the very first topic is a "sticky" thread in red showing the Doncaster 2015 squad details.

Thanks both

Interesting that Paul mentioned an as yet to be announced signing that should make us 'more than adequate' in the front row. Also Ryan Wilson got a lot of mentions so I wonder if he has signed as well. Was nice to hear that they had chosen not to bother with players whose attitudes might not be all that great too - its no good having a star player if they are going to disrupt the rest of the squad.

Looks like we weren't kidding about improving the squad size - we already have the same number of players we started last year with by my count (24) and the squad doesn't really look close to finished.

According to the Rugby Leaguer, Stu Sanderson has re-signed for 2015. Not seen this officially yet though.

Gone a bit quiet on the transfer front.

Would still like to see a couple more decent forwards with a bit of experience.

Maybe we can get Sheffield to loan us some ...lol

Hally confirmed it today.

I see that Hull FC have released Jacob Miller today. He impressed me when he played for us last season and would love to see him as a regular for us.

Miller and Wilkinson week in week out is a mouth watering prospect!

Would be nice although Hull KR and Wakefield are apparently favourites and last I heard Leigh were interested too.

It has previously been reported that Leigh missed out as he was looking to go back home.

Looking at the signings the other teams have made, the competition in our league is going to be much more intense than last season.

It's essential that we have a bigger squad - which we seem to be building, although it can't be easy for the players who will get little game time, as I'm sure all players like to play on a regular basis.

I still feel that we need three more experienced forwards to be added to the squad. Carl has mentioned one.

Let's hope we get some more news soon.

PS. I had got some minor hopes that Leeds Doncaster-born prop Ian Kirke might be coming our way if Leeds off-loaded him. I've just read that he's been released by Leeds but has signed for Wakefield.

Is any one else concerned that we start training soon and yet seem to have fewer props now than we had last year even though this was clearly our biggest problem area?

Yes, but I have confidence the matter will be resolved !

Is that code for you know we have irons in the fire?
Because it would be nice to have some reassurance from absolutely any source since the issue is very worrying.

The squad may be packed with potential, but as of today it looks weakish..