: Mon Aug 06, 2007 12:16 pm
briscoe's nose wrote:
:lol:
I had to laugh at him getting player of the month. He's been given a few tries on a plate ffs, he's hardly player of the month material. Other than his speed he's very ordinary, and is defence is shocking, he got steamrollered by Ian Hardman
![Laughing :lol:](./images/smilies/icon_lol.gif)
. Compare his recent form to someone like Fozzard at Saints, or King and Manu at Hull, or the likes of Barrett, Briers, Sinfield. Even Richard Horne is looking like his old self again now. Penny just isn't in the same league.
Whist I haven't see every game he's played, some of the tries he's score (one against saints stick in my mind) have been sensational. Apart from Offiah and Carney, no other SL winger could have scored them.
It's not just pace. As an ex-winger myself, you've got to know when to put the gas on and you've got to have the balance to maintain the pace with the ball in your hands.
I don't understand some fans tendency to talk him down. If you're a fan of the greatest game (rather than just a fan of your team), it should be refreshing to see such a young talent. Especially when most clubs including my own, tend to put 16 stone plus lumps on the wing.