If mathers gets a ban

As I've said.. not too bothered about this if it does happen. It will give Flynn an opportunity again who is just as good as Penny in my opinion.

We can always recall Danny Mills back from Sheffield to if needs be.

The real business is keeping hold of Pickersgill and Grayshon who have been in very decent form since they arrived.

Definitely, Penny is a luxury though I do think he's performed better than Paddy and certainly has bags more pace which has proved crucial in attack and defence on many occasions. I think we'd miss him for sure especially with the toughest run coming up now.

Tony Smith said today he considered recalling both of them last week but isn't for now, as they've got five returning.

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With the deadline coming up for transfers & loans, i'd expect TS will only recall them if he absolutely needs too!

I.E. If he brings them back for 1 game then players retrun they'll be back in reerves til rest of year which simply isn't worth it!

Mathers has got a one match ban so cant see TS recalling Penny as yet. He's seems to be doing alright at your place and the more game time he can get under his the belt, the better for us in the long run.

Also believe Pickers is doing well?

He is indeed. To be honest I thought he was just a bad tempered, ill disciplined penalty machine, going by what I remember of his past. But he really hasn't been that at all so far. He's worked hard in defence and performed well in attack. His discipline has been superb, he's beefed up our pack and would be the main player I'd like us to sign out of the two.

A couple of people said Pickersgill was a penalty machine when we signed him, then everyone else jumped on the bandwagon and said the same without seeing him play.

I actually think for a player that plays with alot of pwer and aggression his discipline is very good.

Is Penny still at Widnes Vikings

He is and he's making a very positive contribution.

Really? Is that a view shared by many?

Its close in terms of skill but one thing Penny adds is excitment and a leap in the air that high jumpers would be jealous of not to mention his pace which never slows over the full 80

It always make me anxious when fans of other clubs ask questions like this... are you looking to poach more young talent and pass them off as being under your superb youth development programme??



I would agree that Penny is better at taking the high ball and has a little more speed in his locker than Flynn, but Flynn had a terrific start to the season, shining in a side that otherwise looked very flat. He scored some terrific tries too.

The big problem was that Flynn had a bit of a mare in one game and his confidence took a knock.

Penny is twice the player Flynn is.