I've said all along it wasn't Penny or Riley.
In most games a winger is only as good as his pass!

Atkins as much as I like his strength attacking has poor passing techniques. I still rather see him switch to the back row, where we can get better uses of that attack from him and where his passing isn't quite so critical.

Penny laid down claims in that opening game that he could cover as fb, there were one or two on here who dismissed that theory giving it to me as usual, thanks to the lad he has stuffed that down their throats.

When TS bought Kev back to the club , I was very dubious about Kev and also Mr Smith's thinking. I am very happy to say that both Kev & TS have proved me & my thinking to be wrong.

I suppose that's why TS is a top class RL Coach, Kev is a good quality SL player and I am am boring old Civil Servant.

That was a great catch. Another big performance last night despite being shunted to fullback. From memory that's the first time he's played there for us - against the Aussies. Fair play to him.

It really is remarkable how he has turned his career around.

He deserves all the plaudits he gets for this lazaraus like return.

Would you not agree that at fb Penny was able to show what he can offer when given the opportunity to take the ball off players with quality distribution?

Would you not agree that those opportunities are considerably reduced playing outside Atkins?

There was a point towards the end where atkins shouldve released penny but chose not to. Atkins' weakness has always been his passing game. If kev is to play on the wing he will need better service.

It is barely believable that he has managed this comeback, almost like some Hollywood film script.

He is playing with his heart on his sleeve and pride in playing for his home town, heroic stuff.

He is superb. You would never guess that he'd look so good at full back. He runs in as hard as anyone and his hands looked great. We also know that he's capable of scoring the odd snorter. What a plus! Love 'im. He'll require and deserve a pay rise pretty soon.

Steady on, your suggesting something we've all seen happen before and we know what happened then.

I could go on about the technical intricacies of his game and how he has changed them immeasurably, but talk is cheap and everyone can see how much the lad has improved.
I doubted him.
I felt sorry for him
I thought it was time for him to go.
Then we re-signed him.
I still doubted him.
I desperately wanted him to get another chance.
I wanted him to succeed more than any other player I have ever seen.

I needn't have worried.

All this praise he is now receiving isn't patronising or contextual. It is genuine and fully merited.

I cannot put into words how immensely proud I am of him, so I'll stop trying.

Well done, son.

Keep it up.

I thought he was brilliant. Where he been all these years ?

Still..
Don't tell him Pike!

You've got me welling up here.

Saw him for Widnes at Batley a while back and he was dreadful so I was amazed you took him back but he appears to have improved no end. Fair play to the lad.