Donachie has been one of, if not, the best Aussie defenders in the league for the past couple of seasons. Great signing.
Donachie has been one of, if not, the best Aussie defenders in the league for the past couple of seasons. Great signing.
I have seen him as the best defender in an otherwise garbage backline (which has been garbage since Delpierre left), but still no better than heaps of our current backup options.
I would say NTS, Boogs, Wilkinson, Grant, Spira, Dura, Good are all aussie centre backs that would probably laugh at the thought that Donks is better than them.
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What?
We have the 3rd worst defence but 2 of the best CBs in the league? You really going to type that nonsense out and show people? Our defence was terrible last season as well. Heck, even when we finished 2nd our defence was only a goal better than 6th place Brisbane who featured a 33 yr old Llama impersonator Avraam Papadopoulos. (In reference to his spitting, not his appearance. Just to clarify.)
Don't forget this is 35 yr old NTS we are talking about now, he's not the great player he once was.
Durante is a 38 yr old kiwi pensioner, so this one is obviously just for a laugh.
Curtis Good is in a team that is currently 2nd place but has conceded more goals than 8th place Wanderers. His agent is honestly a freakin mastermind. How he has had the career he has given how little talent he has is astonishing.
Wilkinson, Grant and Spira are all good players and would improve our team hugely. Not gonna argue there.
But to anyone saying that Donachie isn't better than our current options, you have obviously spent the lockdown doing the smartest thing possible and forgetting how bad our team currently is. I am very proud of you all.
Also, can't imagine how much money the club would save if we managed to somehow offload Dimi? That's 4 salaries off the books in one move.
Not saying it wouldn't hurt us on the pitch, cause no matter how much I bag the bloke he is still one of our better players, but he'd be earning good coin and we would have looked after his family as well. Give Maki's or Kosta's salary straight to Uga as a pay increase to keep him here and build a team around him.
Yes. This has been our best CB partnership since Ljubo & NTS. And yes I genuinely believe all of those listed players are better than Donachie.
I also strongly believe apart from a solid meme game, Donachie brings nothing to us that Jackson or JohnnyK can't at CB. Both are early-to-mid 20s as opposed to Donks heading into late 20s also. Donks is notoriously non-caring about preseason + training, and ability-wise should have hit his straps long ago if he ever was going to. If we're after a recycled AL journeyman I'd prefer we just brought Reegz back tbh.
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I mean, thats not really much of an achievement if you look back at who we've had in between then and now at CB.. but there's no chance Boogs can be called a quality CB anymore. He's been good for us, but nowhere near the level of the other teams in the league.
Wow, now you're saying Donachie is on Johnny K and Jackson's level? That's just pure nonsense. That's pure Membah level nonsense. First we lose plague altogether and now PV4 has lost his mind. What is the world coming to?
Even in a horrendous Victory side Donachie has looked solid. He was also doing great for them the year before he went to South Korea, and before that he was loved by Brisbane and only left them during their financial crisis in 2016 with the Bakries debacle. He's won a grand final, very dubiously as we all know, and he lost one the year before he went to South Korea. He's obviously a quality CB. I think even you know that deep down.
Donachie would be a great signing for us if it happens. Him and Topor for a year will be so much stronger than one of Boogs or Jackson getting gametime. Then either Jackson can learn how to play properly or we find a Topor replacement next year.
Jackson has shown this season he's learned how to be a starter and would be starting if not for that injury
Donks v Jackson , Clearly Donks is the better player but if memory serves me correctly Jackson made a couple of " team of the week " inclusions which to me makes him more than serviceable in a CD role and with the potential for even further growth and improvement. If Donks came at a considerably higher price tag then could those monies be better spent at the other end of the park ?.
I would even go so far as too say Jackson is a better player with the ball at feet. Donks is a put it in row z type of defender and that is about it, He should give the bloke he replaces a good run for his money in regards to his disciplinary record. Donks is no stranger to a card or ten.
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Donachie has an ever so slightly better passing percentage to Jackson, Donachie also has a higher number of completed passes. Jackson has the edge in long passes. Donachie completes more crosses and key passes tho. So i'd say he is the better player on the ball. Donachie is also much better at intercepting passes. Block percentages are similar.
Jackson is of course stronger in the air and his tackle success rate is suprisingly high. Although he attempts a lot less tackles than James. Donachie does concede more fouls and gets more cards than Jackson. Jackson has way more clearances per 90 than Donachie, which again shows that Donachie is the better of the two on the ball.
But Jackson needs to be saved way too many times for poor positioning to be considered on Donachie or Topor's level just yet. He really needs to improve his focus over 90 mins if he wants to be a starter in the A league.
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