Wanted to post this somewhere but surprisingly we don't have a Pennington thread.
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Although Pennington may be under appreciated by the “fans” and not have his own thread until now, statistically speaking Pennington is the most posted about player on the forum, with an unmatched “This” completion percentage. For this reason I believe Pennington should start.
Although Pennington may be under appreciated by the “fans” and not have his own thread until now, statistically speaking Pennington is the most posted about player on the forum, with an unmatched “This” completion percentage. For this reason I believe Pennington should start.
For this reason I believe Pennington should have a page - finally!
I don't think so. But one of his parent is Aussie...and I'd imagine they would have spoken English to him as he grew up so who knows. That's why I really want to meet him! He probably feels a bit home sick too!
I don't think so. But one of his parent is Aussie...and I'd imagine they would have spoken English to him as he grew up so who knows. That's why I really want to meet him! He probably feels a bit home sick too!
Libby's old man probably looking after him out there in Petone!
I don't think so. But one of his parent is Aussie...and I'd imagine they would have spoken English to him as he grew up so who knows. That's why I really want to meet him! He probably feels a bit home sick too!
He's been interviewed on TV after a game before and his accent is very weird.
I don't think so. But one of his parent is Aussie...and I'd imagine they would have spoken English to him as he grew up so who knows. That's why I really want to meet him! He probably feels a bit home sick too!
He's been interviewed on TV after a game before and his accent is very weird.
Weird enough that they had to put subtitles on his interview 🤣🤣
Wow...neat! His English is certainly above average for an Italian and I think the subtitles were not needed to be honest. Couldn't really detect a Sardinian accent either. To me it was fairly neutral. Very cool
You guys probably all noticed this but I just thought of it: Pennington has scored 2 competitive goals for the club. Both were the only times Chiefy was head man on the bench. He couldn't score with Talay as head man on the bench.
And he scored in the competitive reserve match again without Talay.
You guys probably all noticed this but I just thought of it: Pennington has scored 2 competitive goals for the club. Both were the only times Chiefy was head man on the bench. He couldn't score with Talay as head man on the bench.
And he scored in the competitive reserve match again without Talay.
I reckon Chiefy is using him higher up the pitch. Uffie had Lewis further up for instance.
I'm not big into defenders because I know how they get their academy places. But Finn Surman may have a better PPG than Pennington over more than 20 games. They've both played most of their games together though, so I'm guessing that it's very similar.
Pennington + Surman together (both starting) over 2 seasons and 19 games: 38 points. Exactly 2 PPG
If that continues then 54 points this season.
Please: I'm just playing with numbers. I'm not suggesting 1 player is more important or better than another. We have an amazing and an exciting team. I love all of them (in a manly way), and I expect to win the league.
NB without Pennington/Surman starting together over the 3 seasons it's been 55 points from 43 games: 1.28 ppg (34.5 points for this season)
This is why I rate Yellow Fever portal so highly for spiritual nourishment. The only place for esoteric data, obscure stats, and Pennington adoration (now with more Surman).
Arrivederci Nico. Can see Conchie being anointed scapegoat status. Always seems to be a midfielder.
Though if the Nix repeat last season there is no need to have a scapegoat. And yeah Pennington won over many Nix fans last season. How will Kungfu Panda cope.
Jokes aside, I get the feeling we're really going to miss him. Hopefully Conchie and other academy kids can step up but I felt last season was his best in a Nix shirt.
Arrivederci Nico. Can see Conchie being anointed scapegoat status. Always seems to be a midfielder.
Though if the Nix repeat last season there is no need to have a scapegoat. And yeah Pennington won over many Nix fans last season. How will Kungfu Panda cope.
Obviously very disappointed. I don't think that Nico ever got the credit he deserved. I totally believe in the stats that I threw at you guys and I think that he'll be extremely difficult to replace. Time will tell.
By the way, I only think that we didn't win the premiers because of Pennington's untimely injury against Western United which really cost us around 8 games without a fully effective Pennington. During the games he was actually out our PPG dipped to 1.7 from 2.1 (and that was lucky, thinking about the 3 points away against Macarthur). I know that a lot of you guys think these things are BS, but I don't, I've been watching football including as a scout and as a kid on my father's knee now for 65 years. The stats were very unusual, the ppg, the mini cup runs, the Duels won. There's never been a player so underrated.
