I think the worst thing a Penrith player can do at negotiation time, is mention to anyone that he wants to stay there. Once they do that, it seems that Penrith management put said players negotiations on the back burner and only deal with it once it has dragged on forever. Wallace, Lewis, Jennings, Smith, Graham have all said they want to stay with the club and all have been rooted around for months before anything has been settled and in some cases, ala Wallace and Graham, the player ends up leaving out of sheer frustration. Lewis and Smith also essentially left, but that only served to finally spur the Panthers management into action and actually get them to make a decision. In the end, both of those retentions probably ended up costing the Panthers more than they had to as well.