I don't recall anyone outside of their respective clubs getting that excited about either of those two.

Id have him at K.R in the blink of an eye.
The only winger since Offiah that would have scored that try down the wing in the cup against us.
If he can develop the rest if his game,he will be a star.

Kevin Penny's my new favourite player.

Seriously, do some people just look at the scorers?

From what I have seen, whilst Penny has raw speed and good finishing ability, his overall game is currently well below average.

Admittedly, he could improve, but I do not think the guy will ever become an international winger, and the hype the guy is getting is simply ridiculous.

But maybe I'm wrong... and he will keep Matt King on the bench next year as Penny is able to play all four three quarter spots.

Nope. I'll be basing it on his awful performance against Saints, where he looked so far out of his depth that he would drown in a toddler's pool.

Like I say, the kid has potential. There is no denying that, but I am not convinced he is as good as is being made out.

He didn't have an awful game against saints, don't seem to recall him letting us down despite being targeted.

I hope we're not going to return to the bad days of racial stereotypes when post arrival of Offiah every SL chairman rushed to buy black wingers because they all 'obviously' must be fast.

Clearly you hold your players to lower standards than us

I think you do a grave dis-service to every RL scout in the land and should seriously consider editing your post.

RL scouts.

Yes, I remember meeting a ton of those. I particularly remember one of the 80s Saints scouts who when I asked whether the rumours of Saints proposed move for England RU winger Chris Oti were true he replied:

"Who's he?"

is Penny really that much faster than Nicky Royle....when he came through he was supposed to be the new Offiah as well, scored a few tries in 2004 for Widnes

So what's changed?

Penny is a well documented youngster. If Huddersfield had been on the telly as much a few years ago, there would have been similar hype about Paul White and look at him now. In fact I'd say White was showing more 'potential' than Penny at this stage in his career.

Penny might develop into a good player, but no world beater.

The thing is Penny has scored 6 times in his first 5 games.
He has managed this whilst playing outside Paul Johnson he very rarely gives him good ball.