Across six seasons at St Kilda, Darren Minchington suffered through various injury concerns before the Hawks grabbed him as a delisted free agent. He kicked three goals against the Cats twice and has shown an appetite for the defensive aspects of the game, gathering ten tackles against the Blues in 2016. Following the unexpected Cyril Rioli retirement, the decision to take Minchington may be a sign that the Hawks hierarchy believe he can fulfil elements that had been lost. Rarely are players with football experience brought to a club at a mature age and fail to receive opportunity. Most useful around the goal mouth, he is unlikely to present value to fantasy.
Cinch to pinch Minch
Across six seasons at St Kilda, Darren Minchington suffered through various injury concerns before the Hawks grabbed him as a delisted free agent. He kicked three goals against the Cats twice and has shown an appetite for the defensive aspects of the game, gathering ten tackles against the Blues in 2016. Following the unexpected Cyril Rioli retirement, the decision to take Minchington may be a sign that the Hawks hierarchy believe he can fulfil elements that had been lost. Rarely are players with football experience brought to a club at a mature age and fail to receive opportunity. Most useful around the goal mouth, he is unlikely to present value to fantasy.
Minchington's tween vogue
The Saints seem to specialise at the moment in players who dominate the VFL then can't reproduce that form in the senior side, and Darren Minchington is one such interstitial stutterer. Minchington's contract runs out at the end of the year and if he wants to extend beyond five years at St Kilda, he'll have to pull the finger out in a major way. He is undraftable.
