That's a bit contentious. I don't think arguably Cullen was a poor coach. After all he did take us from relegation to top 6, I just think he made some poor choices and lost control of the dressing room.

I don't remember giving any insightful view about Riley last year but Chris Riley has had 18 month's of learning to get were he is today and that is what penny needs but not in the first team because results mean more know than ever.

whilst it's easy to point out penny's defensive mishaps perhaps people should focus on the number of times he gets left in the lurch by his centre and back rower,king and louis anderson frequently come out of the line together,miss tackles or fail to stop an offload and leave penny stranded.
penny is a young man with plenty to learn but how many times is he going to be villified before he loses interest in the game altogether.
the players on the pitch who should be helping him through games are in fact jeopardising the future of one of the brightest prospects we have had in years.
how many wingers would relish playing in a team where you get given hardly any decent ball in attack or any cover in defence?

It was the year before....

I thought everyone was on there final warning no?

Thats bang out of order after everything thats gone on today.

There should be zero tolerance to that kind of abuse.

Fair enough and Riley proved me wrong and i hope Penny does, despite what i say, but at this moment in time were conceding to many try's down his wing and there costing us match points, imo penny is to blame more than king and that's why i agree with dropping him.

Chris Riley does try his best and gives 100% etc etc but he's far away from being a finished article.

Hello, I'm french, so my english isn't great...

I have seen them in the training, I spoke with Walters and I could see this team! (make sense? )

1-Greenshields
2-Bell
3-Carlaw
4-Fakir
5-Pelo
6-Mogg
7-Bosc
8-Ferriol
9-Mounis
10-Guisset
11-Elima
12-Gossard
13-Croker

Big centres!

A good point made by highwire. It's not just his defence that I question. He did seem shaky catching easy balls against Saints and he offers virtually nothing running the ball from dummy half which is an essential skill for a winger in the first few tackles of each set.

Think Jimmy will use Penny more of a back up player this season, if Gleeson was fit on Friday i dont think Penny would have played, think Jimmy, apart from Reardon sees the 17 he picks for Saturdays game as his first choice.

i am a little concerned about a word in your username, surely this may offend any lesbians on the board

People are assuming that Penny has been dropped, but I honestly think he wouldn't have played vs Saints if Gleeson had been fit.

Penny is the scapegoat, its not him that is leaving the the gaps is it Lee??

ridiculous scary centres, though i'd like to think that fakir is a target for gleeson's footwork.