: Tue May 19, 2009 3:08 pm  

The Dors wrote:

Awesome signing. Very pacey. Will he defend well?

That's like knocking a prop for not having a good kicking game

: Tue May 19, 2009 3:11 pm  

Pickersgill and Doran will be having a "penalty-off" first to ten wins!

: Tue May 19, 2009 3:11 pm  

Penny will get you loads of yards from his kick returns alone! He has got what a lot of teams in this league lack, which is pace and lots of it. Give him the ball and he will score loads for you. His defence is adequate for this league. Gutted that you out bid us for him.

: Tue May 19, 2009 3:27 pm  

penny reminds me of paul white crap defence but very quick. Paul white scored 30 tries last year for salford and I can see penny scoring for fun too

: Tue May 19, 2009 3:56 pm  

Pepe wrote:

I don't think Penny si the right player for us at the moment, even though we've just lent one winger out and lost one to injury.

Pickersgill is only about 16 stone, so doesn't add much extra weight to the pack and, if my memory serves me right, he's a penalty machine.

I can't say I'm overly impressed with these two signings, but we can get rid after a month if they don't work out.

I'm hoping they prove me wrong though, so good luck to them both.

I seem to remember Pickersgill being the one who removed Rob Draper's head for him in a Wire FM game a few years back.

Certainly seemed to have the aggression that day and I was quite surprised when checking, at how long he has been involved in the first team at Warrington.

Certainly not a Fellous type prop but from what I have seen in the past he will certainlly hold his own at this level.

In the 17 ahead of Sam Thompson and it's an improvement, which is all we can keep doing and eventually the results will turn the right way.

Im half expecting Cullen to try and protect Ostick a little more now and use him off the bench with Pickersgill providing a steady platform alongside Gannon.

Penny has always come across as a showboater but even I cant deny that his signing whilst surprising is quite exciting. Despite his defensive frailties being exposed in SL, he's a more exciting and attacking wing option than either Gaskell or Doddy.

: Tue May 19, 2009 4:06 pm  

Steps in the right dirtection. Let's just hope we actually get the ball out to Penny. W**e don't appear to rate Pickersgill, but worthy of a chance. Bit of a physco though, will be interesting to see if he is more of a penalty machine than Doran and TKL

: Tue May 19, 2009 4:07 pm  

What I don't understand about the Penny signing is why we've not even given Danny Mills a chance to prove himself and sent him out on loan? He came here with good reputation as a pacey winger.

Penny maybe quick but he's suspect under the high ball and frail in defence. Do we really need to take such a gamble?

: Tue May 19, 2009 4:20 pm  

widneslardboy wrote:

I seem to remember Pickersgill being the one who removed Rob Draper's head for him in a Wire FM game a few years back.

Certainly seemed to have the aggression that day and I was quite surprised when checking, at how long he has been involved in the first team at Warrington.

Yep, he can be a liability if he doesn’t control his aggression. Hopefully he’ll enable us to f*****g muscle up a bit more in defence.

widneslardboy wrote:

Certainly not a Fellous type prop but from what I have seen in the past he will certainlly hold his own at this level.

We need two Fellous type props imo. I suppose we can only get what is available though.

widneslardboy wrote:

In the 17 ahead of Sam Thompson and it's an improvement, which is all we can keep doing and eventually the results will turn the right way.

Anything that stops the Thompson/Kavanagh partnership is a step forward. We just cave in when those two are on the pitch together.

widneslardboy wrote:

Im half expecting Cullen to try and protect Ostick a little more now and use him off the bench with Pickersgill providing a steady platform alongside Gannon.

That’s a good shout. I’d like to see Kavanagh and Ostick playing along side Pickersgill and Gannon as much as possible, rather than together though.

widneslardboy wrote:

Penny has always come across as a showboater but even I cant deny that his signing whilst surprising is quite exciting. Despite his defensive frailties being exposed in SL, he's a more exciting and attacking wing option than either Gaskell or Doddy

I think Gaskell and Dodd are more than good enough to get us where we need to be in this league, and would be better served along side a good pack. At the moment our wingers only seem to get the ball when they come inside to drive it up the middle. Penny may just end up being an expensive spectator if we don’t start getting the ball out wide and improving out support play.

If we could only get Fletcher and Morrison back in the second row, the pack wouldn’t be looking too bad. If we could bring in a Fellous type prop too, we won’t be far off being a good side imo.

: Tue May 19, 2009 4:20 pm  

1. Wildebore
2. Flynn
3. Varkulis (improved alot in the last few weeks)
4. tyrer
5. Penny
6. Duffy,Thacks
7. Webster

If the ball gets out to the backs we shold be able to score alot of tries. One of the best back lines in the competition.

: Tue May 19, 2009 4:36 pm  

Pickersgill seems to have gotten a reputation for giving away penalties, but I'm usure as to why.

Think one or two people said it and it snowballed.

He will prove to be a good signing for you, loads of effort and can off load if he has support.

He also has a point to prove as his career at Wire has been very stop start.