Widnes had Penny on loan last year. Different standard obviously so won't comment on his effectiveness, but his effort and enthusiasm were outstanding. Give the lad a chance.

Is there any winger in the modern game who isn't targeted?

This weekend we have seen Meli, Donald and Hall all make major defensive errors. Donald's proved to be the turning point of the game!

One thing for sure regarding Kevin Penny, since Tony Smith has been at Warrington he will have had better coaching.

Yes i have watched him defend mutley but i have also seen blanch defend for 2 years . At least penny is young and hungry and it will be great to watch him a speedster like him is allways exciting. I also heard paul cullen state we sent penny back to warrington because he was miles too good for our league i.e. NL 1.

Quote ="Trashcansinatra"Widnes had Penny on loan last year. Different standard obviously so won't comment on his effectiveness, but his effort and enthusiasm were outstanding. Give the lad a ">chance.'" If someone had suggested signing Penny just over a year ago, when he helped us beat Warrington at their place, I'd have been horrified. After the displays of the latter part of last season though, I'm more than willing to give him a go on the basis of that recommendation. Effort was distinctly lacking from our team last year. Combined with pace it puts him up there as a star of our backline.

Quote ="Trashcansinatra"Widnes had Penny on loan last year. Different standard obviously so won't comment on his effectiveness, but his effort and enthusiasm were outstanding. Give the lad a ">chance.'" If someone had suggested signing Penny just over a year ago, when he helped us beat Warrington at their place, I'd have been horrified. After the displays of the latter part of last season though, I'm more than willing to give him a go on the basis of that recommendation. Effort was distinctly lacking from our team last year. Combined with pace it puts him up there as a star of our backline.

I think this is good signing for your team. Of course he is going to be target by the oppo as the stigma around him defensively looks like it is going to be with him for the rest of his career but get him the ball in 1 on 1 or 1 on 2 situation & as Stevo says it will be T...R....Y......TIME!!!