Savage Henry Posted January 2, 2022 Share Posted January 2, 2022 4 minutes ago, Matty-RCFC said: My personal take is that his best position is by far at Right Back. He’s strong on the ball, a great carrier of it and a great 1v1 defender. He’s also quick and fit as a fiddle so has all the attributes for a “modern” fullback. He’s played centre half recently for County and whilst he’s not struggled, so to speak, he’s certainly looked fairly uncomfortable. That being said, he’s definitely capable at centre back and he’s quick and good in the air. Be a good signing. Trouble is he’s only about five foot ten, and most of the teams in the division launch the ball long fairly regularly. I think he’s more than capable of playing centre half at a higher level, but struggles there in the blood-and-snorters Scottish game. He’s an excellent full back because he gets to use his pace. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staggie_93 Posted January 2, 2022 Share Posted January 2, 2022 56 minutes ago, ATLIS said: Wouldn't Clarke be a huge loss? Seemed like Ross County's best player along with Hungbo Aye it would be a massive blow, he’s been one of our best players this season. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pm18180 Posted January 2, 2022 Share Posted January 2, 2022 Club have confirmed that Clarke has been recalled by Arsenal 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chefki Kuqi Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 Would say its only in the second season that Gogic struggled, the first season I thought he was reasonably decent at what was asked of him. This season he was dropped at more or less the first opportunity, albeit whenever he came on he did seem to make an error every time - maybe a confidence thing after losing his place in the team. If you were needing an athletic, harrying defensive midfielder without a huge amount else to his game then it's not a bad signing at all. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comrie Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 Clarke can get rag dolled and loses his man when competing at CB against bigger, stronger players. He is however, a fantastic RB (for County's level) and so far ahead of every other option we have at right back it's not even funny. Connor "Marcus Fraser-lite" Randall isn't even close to him. It's a huge loss and my new year is already ruined. If Hibs sweeten the deal by tossing us Gogic I'll be broken. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comrie Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 6 hours ago, Chefki Kuqi said: Would say its only in the second season that Gogic struggled, the first season I thought he was reasonably decent at what was asked of him. This season he was dropped at more or less the first opportunity, albeit whenever he came on he did seem to make an error every time - maybe a confidence thing after losing his place in the team. If you were needing an athletic, harrying defensive midfielder without a huge amount else to his game then it's not a bad signing at all. we already have two midfielders who excel in giving away cheap fouls (paton, callachan) so not sure what gogic brings that tilson doesn't 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rcfc fan Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 Surely Arsenal must feel kind of obliged to at least offer us another loan player , not as if they recalled Clarke to play him or that he was getting a lack of games here , he was quite possibly our poty! They are literally pulling him away to sell him to a rival so surely theyd do something for us considering we’ve just shown it’s a perfect place for their young players to get game time/ put them in the shop window 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sensible Soccer🏴 Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 57 minutes ago, Rcfc fan said: Surely Arsenal must feel kind of obliged to at least offer us another loan player , not as if they recalled Clarke to play him or that he was getting a lack of games here , he was quite possibly our poty! They are literally pulling him away to sell him to a rival so surely theyd do something for us considering we’ve just shown it’s a perfect place for their young players to get game time/ put them in the shop window That's the feint hope that I'm clinging to If anything it shows that the business/football model we've gone with this season works to a certain degree. It gives potential loan signings an example of how they can earn themselves a permanent deal on more £ than County can offer. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forkboy Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 1 hour ago, Rcfc fan said: Surely Arsenal must feel kind of obliged to at least offer us another loan player , not as if they recalled Clarke to play him or that he was getting a lack of games here , he was quite possibly our poty! They are literally pulling him away to sell him to a rival so surely theyd do something for us considering we’ve just shown it’s a perfect place for their young players to get game time/ put them in the shop window That'd be nice but ultimately they don't owe County anything. County signed the deal that let Arsenal call him back for whatever reason, & that includes selling him on. That's the risk you face when you build a squad of loanees. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stag317 Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 Aye Arsenal should do the decent thing and loan us another player......Aubameyang is out if favour isn't he?? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rcfc fan Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 31 minutes ago, stag317 said: Aye Arsenal should do the decent thing and loan us another player......Aubameyang is out if favour isn't he?? Don’t think his recent attitude would be good for the squad! surely Arsenal have another young defender we can put in the shop window or develop for them hopefully grivosti is firing on all cylinders as his return may be key now 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rcfc fan Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 Donaldson to Dunfermline on loan confirmed by the club , must be needing a couple defenders now 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silver Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 What has been shown is that if you work hard at County you will get the platform to shine and get the chance to move on. That has to be an incentive for others. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 29 minutes ago, silver said: What has been shown is that if you work hard at County you will get the platform to shine and get the chance to move on. That has to be an incentive for others. The sooner you come here, the quicker you can leave. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UAE1929 Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 1 hour ago, silver said: What has been shown is that if you work hard at County you will get the platform to shine and get the chance to move on. That has to be an incentive for others. For the whole "stepping stone" thing to work, it has to benefit both parties. EG, getting a fee in for a player, having a sell on etc etc With Clarke, we have lost our arguably best player to a league rival for nothing. Not a lot we can do about it, but this seasons plan of loaning in talent falls short when scenarios like this happen. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chubbychops Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 4 hours ago, Rcfc fan said: Donaldson to Dunfermline on loan confirmed by the club , must be needing a couple defenders now Guess he's not been very good at County if he's coming to us? Seemed to do well with ICT in the championship though. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 28 minutes ago, Chubbychops said: Guess he's not been very good at County if he's coming to us? Seemed to do well with ICT in the championship though. He’s a very good championship centre back. He just doesn’t seem to have the confidence to take it up a notch. He’ll probably do fine for you. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rcfc fan Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 38 minutes ago, Chubbychops said: Guess he's not been very good at County if he's coming to us? Seemed to do well with ICT in the championship though. I second what savage Henry said , I actually quite like him and he performed well in the championship for us 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comrie Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 Donaldson was a lot better under Yogi than he was under Ketts, where he was a walking penalty to the opposition. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoda Posted January 4, 2022 Author Share Posted January 4, 2022 Donaldson started off okay but he had a habit of switching off and making silly mistakes (usually giving away cheap penalties). Although that's a criticism which can be levelled at pretty much every County centre-back over the last three or four seasons. On a positive note: signing him was a power move that probably kept Inverness Caley Thistle afloat. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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