Donaldson to start next week : Mon Jul 20, 2009 9:57 am  

for me, on sunday Donaldson had a absolute cracking game and if he doesn't start next, there's something not ticking in McManara's head.
Do You think Donaldson should start next week?

Re: Donaldson to start next week : Mon Jul 20, 2009 10:04 am  

bull4lyf wrote:

for me, on sunday Donaldson had a absolute cracking game and if he doesn't start next, there's something not ticking in McManara's head.
Do You think Donaldson should start next week?

Yes, at loose forward.

Halley. Sheriffe. Menzies. Nero. Tadulala. Sykes. Jeffries. Lynch. Newton. Koppy. Langley. Cook. Donaldson. Subs: Scruton. Burgess. Whitehead. Godwin

: Mon Jul 20, 2009 10:07 am  

Yes. What's the worse that could happen? He has a bad start and we take hime off after 20 minutes, he sits on the bench and gets brought back on later after words of wisdom from a former Loose Forward. No worse than what is happening every week with allegedly better players. Best case scenario is he has a blinder and we win and he is a more experienced player for it.

Re: Donaldson to start next week : Mon Jul 20, 2009 10:08 am  

Terry Monster wrote:

Yes, at loose forward.

Halley. Sheriffe. Menzies. Nero. Tadulala. Sykes. Jeffries. Lynch. Newton. Koppy. Langley. Cook. Donaldson. Subs: Scruton. Burgess. Whitehead. Godwin

Can't argue with that.

: Mon Jul 20, 2009 10:21 am  

I dont think it matters too much whether he starts or not. Providing he plays well enough he should get a bit more game time. He probably benefited yesterday from playing either side of half time, he didnt seem to tire as much as Whitehead who was really gasping for air when he came off.

Generally I think far too much is made of whether forwards start or come off the bench.

: Mon Jul 20, 2009 10:25 am  

Cibaman wrote:

I dont think it matters too much whether he starts or not. Providing he plays well enough he should get a bit more game time. He probably benefited yesterday from playing either side of half time, he didnt seem to tire as much as Whitehead who was really gasping for air when he came off.

Generally I think far too much is made of whether forwards start or come off the bench.

To be fair to Whitehead, Donaldson did look really super fit. He was up on the defenders like lightening everytime.

: Mon Jul 20, 2009 10:26 am  

My problem is that if they don't start and we play badly McNamarra will then panic and leave them warming the bench. If they start and have a nightmare we can always bring them off like I said in another thread and let Macca weave his magic and bring them back on later giving everybody a good spell on and off the pitch.

: Mon Jul 20, 2009 10:27 am  

Terry Monster wrote:

To be fair to Whitehead, Donaldson did look really super fit. He was up on the defenders like lightening everytime.

Donaldson did really well to tackle the big units aswell. He ran in so hard on Paleaasinas legs that it brought him down.

: Mon Jul 20, 2009 10:27 am  

Also having seen the potential he has in that match (he's only 17) he has to be one of our top prioritys for retention as he's only comtracted till end of 2009.

: Mon Jul 20, 2009 10:29 am  

Ewwenorfolk wrote:

Also having seen the potential he has in that match (he's only 17) he has to be one of our top prioritys for retention as he's only comtracted till end of 2009.

Dont think it will be a problem retaining Donaldson.