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We are apparently about to sign Liam Donnelly. What's he like? I know nothing about him which can only be a bad sign and what I have read from your fans hasn't exactly been glowing in praise.

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27 minutes ago, Ludo*1 said:

We are apparently about to sign Liam Donnelly. What's he like? I know nothing about him which can only be a bad sign and what I have read from your fans hasn't exactly been glowing in praise.

Strong beard, completely different colour to his hair. Better centre-half than midfielder, but with abaolutely no interest in being a centre-half. Went through a 6 week spell where everything he hit went in.

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33 minutes ago, Ludo*1 said:

We are apparently about to sign Liam Donnelly. What's he like? I know nothing about him which can only be a bad sign and what I have read from your fans hasn't exactly been glowing in praise.

Got injured and became a shitebag. Probably more suited to a centre back but appears to have carved out his own niche in midfield. A great signing if you're looking for a guy to do absolutely f**k all in the middle of the park. Specialises in watching folk run off him to score. 

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40 minutes ago, Ludo*1 said:

We are apparently about to sign Liam Donnelly. What's he like? I know nothing about him which can only be a bad sign and what I have read from your fans hasn't exactly been glowing in praise.

@Al B has definitely given you the tl,dr version.

Donnelly was our joint top scorer in 19/20 after he started the season with a freakish spate of goals. Finished the season with 7 in the league, 11 in all comps along with Chris Long.

He had/has flaws in his game but he wouldn't have been at Motherwell if he didn't. He signed as a centre half but was effectively written off by Robinson in his first season, we barely saw him - long story short it seems he underestimated the league and what you need in terms of the physical side of things.

He missed the entire 20/21 season with (knee) and I think there was always a bit of a question over his fitness after that.

Tbh, as @well fan for life says. he found a niche in midfield after Ally Gorrin left and he did bits of that role well to the point that we noticed when he wasn't there but equally he didn't quite have the awareness that you need to be a really effective holding mid.

He got himself into the NI international side and it's worth pointing out that he's their record appearance holder at u21 level.

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I'd say he has a tendency to lose runners, or more accurately, he provides them with directions and happily waves them on their way.

He had a scoring streak that made him look better than he was, but at one point  he was a decent midfielder that could put himself about, but got injured. 

 

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Yeah Donnelly is infuriating. 

Capable, occasionally, in a particular system, of being a tidy option in the middle of the park.

More often than not, doesn't track men, finds himself the wrong side of the ball, and offers zip.

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Liking that very much!

My only gripe would be that I'd have loved to have seen the Suicide Prevention logo on the front of the shirt, I think we've missed a trick there, but obviously I get how important sponsorship money is to the club as a whole which in turn allows us to fund and support other charitable and awareness initiatives.

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14 minutes ago, one m in Motherwell said:

Very happy with that.  The sponsor’s logo detracts a bit (quite a big bit in fact) but overall a great effort.

A hoop, no less!

Aye, I'm really liking the design but on first impression the G4 looks absolutely massive and slightly garish, and does detract a little bit from the look. Every penny counts though, and the 3 year deal as principal sponsor must be worth a few quid, so a necessary evil. All in all its a Yes from me.

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