Feel for Penrith here. 3 top names out, a star centre who was hampered by injury all season, a star fullback well below his best and their best player obviously in la la land. To make matters worse, I don't know if they'll be able to back up next season.
Big Mick are there any Penny players in reserves who can actually make an impact come 2011?
Well out of the players used in the finals only Graham, Pritchard, Cooper are going. So far just Arana Taumata is coming. We need a Ball playing backrower to replace Pritchard. Paulo has played 5/8 for Samoa and juniors so he may come along. Thankfully we have 400k offered to Pritchard to spend.
As for Juniors 3 players in Aust Schoolboys. So prob 2 or 3 years away for NRL standard. NYC is rubbish although NSW Cup is in to the Prelim final this week so hopefully a few can step up.
Coote, Mckendry, Grant, Earl, Taumata, Walsh, Paulo, Masada, Jennings all under 23 so should get even better