Lets get this thread up and running ....

The unbeaten league-leaders come to town.

Can the Dons be the first to defeat the Centurions in the league?

Will Colbon & Whiting be available to us again?

Lets hope that both teams supporters turn out in numbers for what should be a cracking advert for Championship Rugby League.

Cannot wait myself!

Lets make some noise back at the keepmoat, it was dire at Castle Park.

COYD

Well I for one am thankful the game is being played at the Keepmoat , my favourite away ground by far , Charlie will be attending and think the game will be a very close affair , im going for a score of Donny 20 v Leigh 34 the pitch is great and will suit our style of play , Mr Cooke has really done a great job with you boys , and im looking forward to a good game and hopefully good weather .Charlie knows .

Both myself and Glyn are looking forward to this (first one for a while) Bonus point point would be good against arguably the best Championship side (IMO) for a few years. Leigh are on top on merit and have set a proper standard and they deserve to win the League and take their place at the so called top table. Their performance against Leeds in the cup was nothing other than superb and they did not deserve to lose IMO. I would love it we can give them a game because that would show how we have improved this year. Hoping for the best.

According to the Official Hull FC site Jacob Miller has been made available to us .

well thats awful news when combined with this

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I was just expecting it to mean we had Waterman playing again or something. Seriously what is wrong with Bobby Tyson-Wilson is he injured? Because I thought he had a good game against us and would do significantly better than Miller. Also if we are going to help another club to try and develop a young superstar can't they at least be eligible for England?

Richard Whiting and Liam Colbon are NOT in the Hull squad for the weekend.

Could they be coming to us for Sunday?

Chris Green is in the Hull squad after returning from his loan spell with Featherstone.

I'd have him bring the water on.

So would i!

Excellent idea.
If I don't get to watch Wilko because of this muppet I won't be pleased.
Wilko is part if our future and he needs to play against the very best to develop.
COYD and common sense by PC.

If Miller is in the squad it will be to replace Cooke and not Wilko I fear, Cooke as been struggling with a knee injury and may have caught up with him hope I am wrong, whiting is injured so won't be playing this weekend, hopefully Hull will help out with our shortage in centres with Cunningham injured.

This is my current thinking but for me I think we'd be better off playing spaven in the halves and switching emmit to hooker or having kyle play the 80. Spav played scrumhalf in the home win against Fev and IMO had his best game of the season (caveat I have only seen home games this year).

I would like to see Spav in the halves if cooke rests himself.
He has an excellent kicking game when he's on form and he may relish the game against Leigh.

I see this as a pivotal game. If we can beat Leigh, we can seriously aim to finish in second place.

If we lose, it'll be hard to catch both Featherstone and Halifax.

I reckon PC will want to field the best side possible and not rest anyone.

If Jacob Miller plays, it may be because PC feels that his experience is needed against a class side like Leigh. The guy is a talented player who seems to be down on confidence at the moment. If PC thinks he's the man for the job on the day, then we should get behind Miller and give him our support.

So you think Spaven is not good enough then, and thats the message he will get if Miller plays in his place.

Miller is poor - sorry but I have zero interest in going to watch him.

He was a major factor in why we didn't get anything from the Rams game.

If Cookes injured so be it, but then play Spav at 6 use Kes / Emmet at hooker, Snitch at LF.

Exactly right.

Well if Cooke doesn't play, I don't think we have the nous to crack Leigh.
But if he is injured then it's up to him.

I never said that Scott Spaven isn't good enough.

If Jacob Miller is coming on Sunday, which it looks as though he is according to the official Hull website, I was assuming either Cooke or Wilkinson wouldn't be playing. Scott Spaven hasn't played in the halves for a while now. It never actually entered my head that Spaven would make way for Miller.

We probably need a one-legged Paul Cooke to guide us round the park on Sunday because without him I fear our chances are probably very slim indeed, regardless of how the squad is shuffled.

The point I am making is that we must trust Paul Cooke to make the right decisions and if he thinks Miller is the right choice (for whatever reason) we must back him - not give the lad a tough time.

I wish I could but I find it hard to believe that Paul Cooke is picking this kid willingly

I wanted to respond to Double Movement's comments on Jacob Miller. Jacob Miller is not talented. He is another third rate Aussie who has been brought over to Super League. He won't be at Hull next year because two British half backs have been signed. One I think is massively over rated and the other a real emerging talent.

If Miller plays I will be VERY VERY unhappy.

Do you really think that Paul Cooke would stand for someone else telling him who to pick?

As reported, Hull have signed two more half-backs for next season. Miller could be on his way out. What would be the logic in Hull (or someone else) insisting that he plays for the Dons?

The only reason anyone plays for the Dons is because Paul Cooke wants them to.

As a general rule, I wait to see a player play at least half a dozen games before making a judgement on them. I haven't seen enough of Jacob Miller to know whether he's half-decent or rubbish. In the mean time, I'll give him the benefit of any doubt and trust that Paul Cooke knows what he's doing.

Just been reading the Hull forum. They're quite displeased that Richard Whiting has been left out of the squad to play Salford this weekend. There's no mention of him being injured.

Let's hope he's in our squad on Sunday along with Liam Colbon.