as in a bad partner, seems he keeps being given all the good dancers -
would loved to have seen him work with a partner not as good as the ones he has had - ie the Vanessa F or Nancy Delusional's of this world

Fern?

Yes, precisely.

And for all the talk, Holly was apparently quite a lazy moo.

Yes Fern and lazy moo Holly , what a daft question when he has already had 1 for definate and 1 who really was not that bothered to put in the effort