Some of his upfield hoofs gave the ball away

Donk does what he does. He's your basic model, no frills, big bastard championship centre half. So on the plus side: he wins a lot of headers, distracts opposition centre halves if he goes up for corners, clatters opposition forwards, gets rid and generally makes things safe. On the minus side: he will never be a ball-playing distributor, he's got the turning circle of the QE2 and he can be relied upon to give away free kicks in dangerous positions (or even pelanties).

So it's rough with the smooth, but he always tries hard and you just have to accept that we aren't in a position to expect a hoooge amount of quality.

Posted By: Old Git on December 8th 2008 at 12:07:52

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We were excellent yesterday, and by "we" I mean the fans, the famous 12th man (NCFC) - Old Git, Dec 8, 11:44:50
- I thought the atmosphere was a bit crap first half... (NCFC) - Brom, Dec 8, 11:48:58
  - You're having a giraffe (NCFC) - Old Git, Dec 8, 11:53:20
  - i'll take that as an admission to the fact that you (NCFC) - green n yella beaver, Dec 8, 11:51:56
    - No, we were quite listening for the snores coming from the Snakepit... (n/m) (NCFC) - Brom, Dec 8, 12:03:34
      - *quiet (n/m) (NCFC) - Brom, Dec 8, 12:07:59
- Thought Bertie was the only one who didn't do himself huge favours. (NCFC) - Arizona Bay, Dec 8, 11:48:40
  - Bell + Bertand = Fail. (NCFC) - sheffieldcanary, Dec 8, 12:04:47
    - Bertrand + Anyone = Fail (n/m) (NCFC) - Charles21, Dec 8, 12:05:39
      - I think Bertand in front of Drury would be fine, if a bit conservative. (NCFC) - sheffieldcanary, Dec 8, 12:08:37
  - hit some nice passes (NCFC) - Charles21, Dec 8, 11:54:08
  - Agreed (NCFC) - Old Git, Dec 8, 11:51:15
    - he did do a couple of nice upfield hoofs though (NCFC) - blindasabat, Dec 8, 11:54:44
    - you must've missed his two (NCFC) - Charles21, Dec 8, 11:54:38
      - I must've (NCFC) - Old Git, Dec 8, 11:55:47
        
        That is so harsh (NCFC) - Charles21, Dec 8, 11:58:46
      - yes, them's the ones that caught my eye too (n/m) (NCFC) - blindasabat, Dec 8, 11:55:28
    - and by doing any of those 3 things he gave the ball away how many times??? (NCFC) - green n yella beaver, Dec 8, 11:54:15
      - Some of his upfield hoofs gave the ball away (NCFC) - Old Git, Dec 8, 12:07:52
        
        he did a nice dribble up the pitch halfway through the first half yesterday too (NCFC) - blindasabat, Dec 8, 12:18:24
        
        yep that was quality. Also caught up with Walters (who looked 2 stone overweight TBF) (NCFC) - Brandonio, Dec 8, 12:21:05
  - Improved a lot in the 2nd half. (n/m) (NCFC) - Brandonio, Dec 8, 11:50:23
- Didn't think Bell had a great game myself (NCFC) - Charles21, Dec 8, 11:48:24
  - Needs to run at FB's more (n/m) (NCFC) - Brandonio, Dec 8, 11:57:18
    - I fear he's been told not to (NCFC) - Charles21, Dec 8, 12:00:19
  - I thought he showed a lot of skill (NCFC) - Old Git, Dec 8, 11:55:04
  - watching on the tv you could hear as soon as a chant started, the mics were turned down, (NCFC) - NCFC4life, Dec 8, 11:51:36
  - Agree regarding Bell (n/m) (NCFC) - Brom, Dec 8, 11:49:24
- on telly that atmosphere sounded really shit (NCFC) - blindasabat, Dec 8, 11:48:00
  - There was a A LOT of sweary type chants (n/m) (NCFC) - Fierce Panda, Dec 8, 11:55:38
  - It was loud and proud most of the time (NCFC) - Old Git, Dec 8, 11:51:54

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