what did you guys make of Partingtons game on the weekend. His season hasnt panned out to be what we all hoped. Hopeflly after another preseason in the gym, he can finally start living up to his potential.
In a weak draft as last year's draft was reported to be after the first 12-15 picks you either have to pick players with flaws in their game or players with talent that need development.
Just looking at pre draft bios the knocks on partington pre draft was his ability to compete with bigger bodies , not a strong tackler and his lack of 2 way running .
Partington Is a player that needs development physically and in his running patterns . By reports he is a terrific young man with a fantastic work ethic , he also has some great attributes thatwill transfer to afl In pace both line breaking and on the spread , clean hands off the deck and the ability to play midfield and push forward.
We don't need to push him too hard as we have plenty of depth . Looks like he had some niggles a few weeks back and they rested him .
Cole had a few pre draft question marks on him also which made him slide on draft day. He always had the endevour and silk but it was the fact he was reasonable in lots of positions but as an undersized utility he wasn't settled into a role . The big ? was could he transfer his game to the midfield or would he be just a flanker .