Someone with more knowledge than I may assist here: It seems unlikely to me that Dura is playing high through choice. Is it more likely that he is playing in a system that calls for that? He's had some cracker games for NZ against better opposition than teams in the A League and we have praised him for those performances. He doesn't strike me as the type of player that chooses to play in a style that exposes him regularly, but he does strike me as a player who will play according to the way his coach tells him to.
No player is going to play to be exposed the way he has. I don't think that he has been good for a couple of seasons and if you think I am wrong, have a look at the number of goals we have conceded with a player of ' so called ability '