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CobraCraig wrote: ↑Thu Jul 07, 2022 8:17 am

medlocke wrote: ↑Wed Jul 06, 2022 6:42 pm I really don't get all this "Too small for the modern day" malarkey, in todays game the majority of props look as big as the centres did 25/30 year back, where are the big men we used to see rampaging around the pitch (Feka, Vila Matautia, Dean Samson, Joe Vagana, Cowie & Tez etc). I have a feeling that saying a player is Too Small is just a way of saying the player is shite without offending said player and his devout followers?, then again I could be talking rubbish again, either way I can see Partington being a Championship player within 2 to 3 seasons

I could be wrong but I reckon on the whole the props are as big and probably more athletic I reckon they may now look smaller as the size of the outside backs and second rowers are much bigger.
Partington I have said before I think can be a good player if he can put on a stone or two of muscle which may be possible with age but that’s not going to be an over night thing.

medlocke wrote: ↑Thu Jul 07, 2022 12:40 pm

CobraCraig wrote: ↑Thu Jul 07, 2022 8:17 am

medlocke wrote: ↑Wed Jul 06, 2022 6:42 pm I really don't get all this "Too small for the modern day" malarkey, in todays game the majority of props look as big as the centres did 25/30 year back, where are the big men we used to see rampaging around the pitch (Feka, Vila Matautia, Dean Samson, Joe Vagana, Cowie & Tez etc). I have a feeling that saying a player is Too Small is just a way of saying the player is shite without offending said player and his devout followers?, then again I could be talking rubbish again, either way I can see Partington being a Championship player within 2 to 3 seasons

I could be wrong but I reckon on the whole the props are as big and probably more athletic I reckon they may now look smaller as the size of the outside backs and second rowers are much bigger.
Partington I have said before I think can be a good player if he can put on a stone or two of muscle which may be possible with age but that’s not going to be an over night thing.

You could be right, but it's not like we many wingers and centres the size Lesley Vainikolo running round the pitch, I believe the likes of Matautia & Vagana where both around the 20st mark

Dan2266 wrote: ↑Mon Jul 04, 2022 7:52 pm Salford want Partington at the end of this year.

Not heard how likely it is, other than Wigan were open to letting him go at the end of the season.

Open to letting him go was a couple of months ago so the stance may have changed.

CobraCraig wrote: ↑Thu Jul 07, 2022 2:26 pm

medlocke wrote: ↑Thu Jul 07, 2022 12:40 pm

CobraCraig wrote: ↑Thu Jul 07, 2022 8:17 am

I could be wrong but I reckon on the whole the props are as big and probably more athletic I reckon they may now look smaller as the size of the outside backs and second rowers are much bigger.
Partington I have said before I think can be a good player if he can put on a stone or two of muscle which may be possible with age but that’s not going to be an over night thing.

You could be right, but it's not like we many wingers and centres the size Lesley Vainikolo running round the pitch, I believe the likes of Matautia & Vagana where both around the 20st mark

Is that not because players are more athletic now? And you don’t see a lot carrying much fat? Feka himself ended up stripping a lot of weight.

Charriots Offiah wrote: ↑Thu Jul 07, 2022 10:29 pm Cooper in, Hardaker out, the possibility of Bibby and Partington leaving together with Wigan not spending the full cap tells me, if true, that we are lining up a new recruit and retaining players on improved contracts.

Dreamteam wrote: ↑Thu Jul 07, 2022 10:55 pm

Charriots Offiah wrote: ↑Thu Jul 07, 2022 10:29 pm Cooper in, Hardaker out, the possibility of Bibby and Partington leaving together with Wigan not spending the full cap tells me, if true, that we are lining up a new recruit and retaining players on improved contracts.

You can add kpp to that as well. Centre needed

The booze hound wrote: ↑Fri Jul 08, 2022 2:06 pm If Partington played for another team, would you want Wigan to sign him?

wgwr1999 wrote: ↑Fri Jul 08, 2022 1:30 am

Dreamteam wrote: ↑Thu Jul 07, 2022 10:55 pm

Charriots Offiah wrote: ↑Thu Jul 07, 2022 10:29 pm Cooper in, Hardaker out, the possibility of Bibby and Partington leaving together with Wigan not spending the full cap tells me, if true, that we are lining up a new recruit and retaining players on improved contracts.

You can add kpp to that as well. Centre needed

KPP will be here next season unless Newcastle provide the required funding or a player swap.

If his contract with the Knights for 2024 is actually signed, that is. There has been no confirmation still.