Quote:Agreed - we had Vesty - nowhere near Tom at the moment but head and shoulders above Donald todayWeeksie
He didn't have to play if he wasn't fit!
Quote:Telegraph Gareth Davies
The home side’s effort was hallmarked with impressive touches of brilliance by their All Black World Cup-winning fly-half Stephen Donald, both in hand and with his boot.
Quote:Coalminer
Donald is a good player. He played today ahead of schedule because Tom wasn't fit and Sam has not looked good at fly half at any point this season.
Right now Donald is a much better organiser and distributor of the ball than Tom but you need runners and forward momentum to get through defences. Sadly we don't generate much forward momentum and a lot of the time our runners are going from a standing start.
Quote:marshie10
has over a dozen caps for NZ.
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it's also largely due to a lack of talent
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has over a dozen caps for NZ.Quote:marshie10
it's also largely due to a lack of talent
I never rated that Graham Henry bloke.
Quote:Beckenham Wasp
Heathcote on the other hand looks like a cracking prospect.
Quote:recman
Not Donald's fault how much he is being paid though, is it? Blame that on those who are paying him.
I agree with you, though, and if he had players playing well around him, I could easily see him yet being regarded as a success. Unfortunately, opinion about him has been unduly influenced by all the general negativity surrounding the club this season, and his delay in arriving after the world cup, his lack of fitness when he got here, and his recent injury, haven't helped. To me it feels like he hasn't yet started his Bath career properly.
Quote:Gareth Redux
I'm generally a big fan of what Donald CAN bring to a rugby pitch but at the moment it's going to take me a long time to forgive deliberately stepping out of Mujati's way. That's not the action of a team player.
Quote:Professor Griff
He is still injured and never should have started, he was playing on 1 leg all afternoon.
Quote:The Oilman
Does he want an opt out from his contract? That was going around yesterday.
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I believe the club and Donald can come to a mutual agreement that will see Donald return home. It would not surprise me if this does occur.
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Just a thought, but perhaps if Beaver wants out and the club are willing to let him go at the end of the season, they're playing him now regardless of fitness to at least recoup some of their money?