In the Leipzig home game we won 5-0, Donny was brilliant and exactly what we've been missing since and before.
Leipzig came to press us and exploit AWB, Donny still fresh from Ajax really stepped in to overcome their press and led by example with his quick one touch passing and covering across the pitch to help AWB, it seems Ole didn't recognize what was going on. How Donny never started the away game and has been left to rot is baffling. I accept in much later performances he wasn't good and looked lost but he was right on point early on, Watch the Newcastle away game that year, he came on and transformed us to have a quick turnaround in midfield and score late goals to win.
If you watch the Leipzig game or Ajax's CL run, what Donny did was a lot of donkey work for De Jong, one touch recycling, doing a lot of covering intercepting and then joining attacks. We've been sorely missing this type of energy and quick quality one touch passing for years.
Donny even mentioned in an interview early on how slow the build up is during United matches but in training it's not and seemed frustrated. He wants to play quickly yet most of the team dwell on the ball and end up playing too many poor passes. Donny could've continued to lead by example and improve our midfield but now he's lost his sharpness and role he'd like to do.