I actually think that we give our younger players a fair crack of the whip when it comes to first team apps.



Taking a handful of the players mentioned earlier on, these are their total first team apps for us in the last 3 years (or 3yrs prior to their departure)



O'Brien 45, Laithwaite 38, G King 71, Dwyer 65, Philbin 50, T King, 29, Wilde 22.



That seems a decent number or runouts given the the quality of our first team squad.



Looking at the general way we play, and our cluelessness in final 30m, I genuinely think the kids aren't coached particularly well when they reach the first team.



They're probably no better or worse than Wigan's kids when they break through, but they stall as soon as they hit the first team squad. The issue I think is that they never seem to kick on and develop after that, and it's not through a lack of opportunities.

They don't kick on because they're not good enough. It's that simple.



Ben Currie hasn't stalled.

And we have been clueless in the final 30 metres for 3 or 4 years & as you say player development ceases at the first team.

Good question? I thought he had and then searched round on the internet and couldn't find anything. Can anyone confirm or otherwise?

is it our fault that his best efforts were just not good enough !!!



as you can read from my posts that it was a shame that he never really reached his potential and never really improved his areas of weakness.

Yes go figure indeed....



around this time last year Penny was scoring a try in a league leaders shield winning game away at Hull fc.



While Pomeroy was playing in the French championship. ....

Clearly that's why he's been preferred in games against Leigh and Featherstone.



I'm not sure your bar of "offering more" is set very high. ..



We should thank both players for limited involvement in one of our worst seasons ever. ....and all move on.

Seriously you think his best efforts not good enough. ..?



I'm old school and firmly in the 1980s when it comes to favourite players but Pennys try highlights reel stands above most Warrington wingers and alongside Des Drummonds. ....



It knocks Richard Henares one memorable try into a tin hat.

I agree. I've been a supporter since the early 1960s and he is one of the most exciting wingers I've seen.

Yes, in his pomp Penny was thrilling to watch and after his dream team season we should have harnessed and developed him better.



Sadly, that blistering pace is on the wane so we are left with a [iquick[/i winger with suspect handling. Time is a formidable enemy to wingers, and once their bodies sucumb to it there is nowhere else to go.



Penny & Blythe shouldn't be part of our revolution and neither should Pomeroy, nor quite a few others.



Their time has gone.

SeriousaboutRL suggesting we have made a bumper 3 yr bid for James Maloney.... www.seriousaboutrl.com/warringto ... oney-9983/

SeriousaboutRL suggesting we have made a bumper 3 yr bid for James Maloney.... www.seriousaboutrl.com/warringto ... oney-9983/

I'm not suggesting it is anyone's fault, I'm just saying show a bit of humanity, they have lost their job, no need to rub their faces in it.

James Maloney...3 year deal offered...discuss