: Tue Apr 28, 2009 8:37 pm  

Inside Knowledge wrote:

Come of it, Wellens, Gidley, Gardener and Meli are as slow as treacle. Ill give you Lee Smith and that's it, penny was caught twice last year by Peter Fox.

Only because of his slyness

: Tue Apr 28, 2009 8:39 pm  

I think going to somewhere like widnes or leigh would be a greatmove for him, as it's a much better level than reserve standard. I've got the feeling that the club are allowing him to develop naturally and put on more muscle mass in the gym before they throw him back into the rigours of Super League. Shaun Ainscough is a cracking winger but is a lot more physically developed than young kevin. If Kev has some time away works on his game build ups, plays the odd game then really hits the ground running next year it could prove a masterstroke.
Good things come to those who wait!

: Tue Apr 28, 2009 8:55 pm  

No, no and no again.

: Tue Apr 28, 2009 9:00 pm  

regarding the talk about Gidley before, he's one of my favourite all time players as well, if Saints win at Old Trafford this year then Gidley will be the only player in history to have won all of these:

- Super League
- NRL
- Challenge Cup
- World Club Challenge
- State of Origin
- Tri Nations
- Ashes
- World Cup

Re: Should we allow Penny out on loan ?? : Tue Apr 28, 2009 11:25 pm  

sirlesboyd wrote:

Reading the rugby league news today it seems that Wakey are suffering a winger shortage.

With Damien Blanch out for the season and 2 other wingers, Murphy ( dislocated shoulder ) and Matt Peterson, out for at least another couple of weeks would it be a good decision by Warringtonto allow him to go out on loan to another SL club, if asked.

Bradford decided it was a good idea by letting Halley go to Wakefield earlier in the season rather than leaving him for months in the reserves.

Wigan also have allowed Goulding to go to Salford ( although freeing up some salary space may also have had a bearing on this decision)

I think that it would be a good move for Penny. He certainly cannot be developing fully as a player in the academy week in week out. Let him go to another club for a couple of months, let him make mistakes at another club but then hopefully he will learn from them without being in the pressurised environment at Warrington where he is still believed by some to be the greatest find of the past 30 years.

It could just be the making of him as a player.

was thinking about him as a months loan my self but,
1. would he what to come at a club where he had trouble with the latu incident
and 2. once we gave him the confidence to score tries like halley did, would he want to leave tricky one that
let him stop in the reserves with you

: Wed Apr 29, 2009 7:55 am  

gogreen wrote:

To say the Reserve competition is way below Super League level is way off the mark. A great deal of the SL players come through the Reserve game process. I take it you have never played in the Academy or Reserve set up yourself, so have no personal experience of how tough it is. Some of the best up and coming players, play in the competition and the ones I have spoken to have said how tough it is. Ainscough, TOmkins, Myler, Burrorws, Maguire, Sinfield, there are too many to mention, so I think it is wrong to suggest that competition is way off SL standard. THere is a step up of course but not a massive one for good players.

Yes it is tough and even tougher to make your name and get out of that level and up to SL as a regular. That is why so few do.