He's a young British player with bags of natural talent. With the right nurturing he could be an England regular.

I simply don't understand so-called RL fans who are willing him to fail.

In the end it comes down to petty jealousy and small town inter-club envy. The Saints fans wouldn't have been jeering him earlier this year had he not scored a spectacular length of the field try against the self-styled 'entertainers'.

Similarly, some Warrington fans like to use him as a convenient scapegoat.

I dont think its people wanting him to 'fail' as you put it, but sensible fans realising that he is being hyped up to something of a saviour to RL in this country, when the fact is he is a talented kid, who is fast but needs to develop further into a quality 'all round' player.

At the moment he is a long way off international class and I have heard Wire fans say he can be a liability when things are tight in a game. As an RL fan I hope he becomes a great player who can run rings around the Aussies and Kiwis, but also match them in defence when needed.

As an Hull KR suporter I hope he always plays crap against us

i think the jeering was more down to his try celebration, rather than the try itself. When a player puts themselves on a pedestal, like he did after he scored, he is there to be knocked off as soon as he makes a mistake.

Had he not celebtrated in the manner he did, Saints fans wouldnt have celebrated his cock-ups with such glee.

Having said all that, he could be a great player - he isnt at the moment. If he doesnt sort out his defensive deficiencies and stays are Wire he will have a Calderwood-like career and maybe pick up a few medals along the way; he may well have a trophy laden career like Anthony Sullivan if he joins a big club. He wont be an international regular though.

To be honest, I hope he can sort it out. I think it is a great shame he hasnt kicked on this year, as he could have been a revelation at the World Cup.

His name was on the team sheet tonight but I dont recall him touching the ball

He touched the ball quite a few times tonight, but then a split second later it was on the floor on almost every occasion.

He did. At one point he went to the middle of the field to take a dummy half carry, saw the Saints defence coming towards him and quickly offloaded to Carvell before running back to his wing. The ball was passed out to him on the next play and he dived for the ground before any tacklers got near him. I think Lowes took him off after that.

I dont know what to make of Penny.

Too much too soon - 4 year contract and thrown into the first team?

Weight of expectation?

Playing with Matt King?

Coaching Methods?

Confidence?

Saints debut winger looked more composed than penny.

Riley came through at the same time,is a similar age. Did well last year when I saw him and showed flashes of brilliance in a very good performace last night.

When bridge/reardon is back to full fitness I would be tempted to get penny a month or two in the national league.

A few knock ons and hopeless drives. His defence is still awful, yet they continue to pick him.

I don't remember him knocking on at all.

He also mad a decent tackle on Gardner who offloaded and they scored while the rest of the team watched and didn't get involved.

The result? Penny takes the blame and gets dragged off the field.

The game has moved on and the ideal winger isnt a lightening fast 5ft 9inch bloke who weighs in at around 11stone
The modern winger needs to be 6ft 1inch+, 14 stone, able to field high kicks, defend strongly and provide support to the pack in taking the ball up infield.

Pennys physique and pace is more suited to the requirements of a modern day NRL fullback. Weather he could learn the role of fullback is something that we would only find out if he was played there, and given top class coaching. Certainly his pace would be utilised more from the fullback position than from the wing.

I believe after skinning Gardner and Wellens at Knowsley Road in 2007 Ray French had him down as 'The Next Martin Offiah'. Ridiculous. He has the attributes to be a real threat but the weight of expectation after comments such as Senile Ray's is unbelievable and unfair on any young winger.

Whats more, when I see him I think he believes that hype, he has an arrogance and a swagger that belies his ability. I think a spell in the U21's or in the National League (Sorry, 'Championship') would do him some good.

He reminds me of Leroy Rivett..............only not as good

He's clearly one of the fastest players to ever play the game.

Unfortunately it's also that pace that is the sole reason he is playing the game at all. He has no rugby league background so his positioning is wayward, he's too light to tackle properly and for someone who was supposedly good at basketball his hands are terrible.

He really needs either a move away from Warrington or a proper coach. Lowes is one of those coaches who will get the pack playing well, like Bradford when Lowes was there. Only Warrington don't have a Hape or a Vainakolo, their outside backs and half backs are garbage.

No he isn't.

He's still learning, give him time yet. Quite a few people wrote Riley off three or four years ago and he seems to be coming good over time.

Our outside backs aren't garbage at all. Most teams would want to pick up Gleeson, King or Hicks given the right price.

Lets hope he never wins a Lance Todd Trophy. He may outdo Leroy and show up for a celebration of the award in a basketball kit...

Watch Tom Briscoe at hull instead....this lad is a star in the making

Tom Briscoe > Kevin Penny.

Future England international.

i agree with this. the problem for penny is that he will never be coached properly to play either winger or full back under lowes. if he went to saints, mick potter might be able to do it but i dont think they would ever want him.

Wingers need to be the size of Meli but without the mistakes.

Over to you Widnes fans

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Perry for England in the 4 nations and as a result, Widnes fast tracked into SL in place of ...........

Has not improved an inch since he burst onto the scene playing againt Saints; in fact i would say he has gone backwards

A liability in defence and without his blistering pace he would be nothing - Even if he had decent pace he would a useless winger

Still got time to improve in his general game and tackle technique but at the mintue he is no where near a super league standard player

(in my opion

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Obsessed

Who ?

Watch Kevin Penny rip it up in The Co-operative Championship just like Danny Williams did when Loaned to Castleford Tigers in 2007 and hey look at how that turned out, He's ripping up the Guinness Premiership...