BRISBANE Roar coach Mike Mulvey is poised to abandon his experiment of playing James Donachie out of position and replace him with specialist right fullback Jack Hingert.

Curiously out of favour with Mulvey for some time, Hingert is expected to be rewarded for his patience with a recall to Brisbane’s team for Saturday night’s clash against fellow strugglers Melbourne City at Suncorp Stadium.

A natural central defender, Donachie has struggled at right back this season in a Roar team that has made a disastrous start to their title defence.

Despite his likely decision to leave out Donachie this week, Mulvey remains an ardent supporter of the 21-year-old, who is set to be named this week in an Australian under-23 squad along with teammate Corey Brown.

“It’s perception about whether it has or hasn’t worked using James at fullback,” said Mulvey, who was quick to point out that Donachie set up the winning goal in last season’s grand final from that position after coming on as a substitute.

“People can have short memories some time,” the Roar coach said.

“James is a good lad, a good player and … we haven’t picked a team for (this) week yet.”

Despite his confidence in Donachie and the rest of Brisbane’s defence, Mulvey is understood to be considering using the money now available in Brisbane’s cap following midfielder Liam Miller’s departure to sign an experienced defender.

However, he said he was in no hurry to bring a new face to the club.

“We will bring in somebody because we’ve got the capacity to do, but we won’t rush into anything,” he said.

“What’s the point in developing our young players if we don’t give them a chance?”

In Sunday’s only A-League clash, goals to Terry Antonis and Sasa Ognenovski secured undefeated Sydney FC at 2-0 win over Central Coast Mariners at Allianz Stadium.