: Mon Aug 06, 2007 12:08 pm  

mark_m wrote:

One eyed Wire supporters.

: 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 . 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.

: Mon Aug 06, 2007 12:19 pm  

Shmoo wrote:

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.

Paul Sterling scored some belters too.

: Mon Aug 06, 2007 1:02 pm  

Trimalchio wrote:

Paul Sterling scored some belters too.

Sullivan? Dallas? Albert?
Are we suggesting Penny is already a more acomplished finisher than these guys?

I don't think people mean to talk him down, they just know it rarely does a youngster good to be hyped up to such an extent after so few games.

: Mon Aug 06, 2007 1:36 pm  

Shmoo wrote:

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.

Here, here. Most impartial spectators think he is a breath of fresh air.

: Mon Aug 06, 2007 1:40 pm  

It's hear hear.

: Mon Aug 06, 2007 5:02 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 . 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.

No walk ins.

: Mon Aug 06, 2007 5:08 pm  

Mark™ wrote:

No walk ins.

None at all

: Mon Aug 06, 2007 5:11 pm  

The King wrote:

None at all

Maybe his interception at Catalans.

: Mon Aug 06, 2007 5:21 pm  

Shmoo wrote:

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.

Yep, his try against Saints and the second one v Leeds were very good tries and he took them well. But what month were they in? Not July.

I have seen his other tries and most have been walk ins that any decent winger would have scored. Don't get me wrong, he is very quick and if he can improve his positional play/defence he could be a very good winger, but come on people, feel free to take your tounges out of his @r$e any time, he's a good prospect, but he has a hell of a long way to go.