North Queensland football manager Peter Parr says the Cowboys are proud of their player management after Kalyn Pongas father claimed the club was neglecting the NRL prodigys welfare.Pongas dad Andre told News Corp that North Queensland should do the right thing and release the teenager from the final year of his Cowboys contract after falling out with the club.The Cowboys have stated they have no intention of releasing Ponga next year after the youngster recently signed a lucrative four-year deal with Newcastle from 2018.We are proud of our club, of how we look after our people both internally and externally - thats all I have to say, Parr said.The Knights have remained hopeful that Ponga will receive a release after snapping up the 18-year-old with just two NRL games experience on a deal reportedly worth $700,000 a year.And Newcastle looked closer to getting their wish after Pongas father claimed things went pearshaped at the Cowboys after his son knocked back a two-year extension in April.He claimed he now had concerns for his sons welfare because the club had made it hard for the teenager to continue his university studies.Its left Kalyn disillusioned because they are not offering any encouragement to him, he told News Corp.Kangaroos coach Mal Meninga has since backed the Cowboys, saying Ponga would receive the development needed to handle the intense Newcastle spotlight with another year at North Queensland.Meninga even said Newcastle must get it right with Pongas welfare.They need to ... try to protect him as much as they can from the pressure and expectations that are going to be on him, he told Queensland Former Origin Greats website.Meninga admitted it was a brave move to sign with wooden spooners Newcastle but was just glad Ponga had stuck with the NRL.We all know that the (AFLs) Brisbane Lions and (rugby unions) Queensland Reds were chasing pretty heavily for him, and it would have been the worst case scenario to see Kalyn go to another code, he said.I guess a lot of people were surprised that he ended up signing with Newcastle.I think it is a brave move, because they are obviously a club that has a lot of rebuilding to do after the mess of the past few seasons.As a club, the Knights had to do something.And in Kalyn, they can obviously see a young guy that they can build a club around for the future. 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With the first unit struggling of late and Amir Johnson - one of the teams iron men - hobbling on an injured right ankle, Patterson knew he could get the nod in a challenging matchup against one of the leagues up and coming players at his position. Kimi Raikkonen says Ferrari is lacking the raw performance to challenge Red Bull after he qualified fifth for the British Grand Prix.Raikkonen and teammate Sebastian Vettel had to settle for the third row on Saturday, though the latter is set to drop to 11th on the grid after being hit with a gearbox change penalty. Ferrari had hoped to take the fight to Mercedes this weekend but Raikkonen admits the team is struggling in the cold and windy conditions at Silverstone.Its always difficult to know, before the weekend, whats going to happen, Raikkonen said after qualifying. Obviously its not ideal to be where we are, but it was kind of expected. It was a bit tricky in the end but thats how it turned out to be.We dont have enough speed, theres much we can do to be at the front in these conditions, in windy conditions, as they are very tricky conditions for us. This is where we are right now, in this circuit and in these conditions. Hopefully tomorrow is a bit easier and we go forward from there.Raikkonen thinks Ferrari has reached a dead end with the set-up route it has followed over the weekend so farr.ddddddddddddI think in the end was not too bad. I think in qualifying my car has been the best it has been all weekend, but obviously it was still not easy, but we are a bit stuck with certain things. With the set-up we have we cannot change it.We can change a lot of things but it wont help because of certain issues that make us struggle with the handing. We could change things but it wouldnt make a different. It was not easy but this is it. Is it the circuit, the conditions? Its more the conditions the make us struggle a bit.Raikkonens contract was renewed to 2017 on Friday but he brushed off the importance of out-qualifying Vettel.It means nothing. You guys always have a lot of interest at looking at the numbers, but he had issues and if you make one mistake here theres a big time difference, so it means nothing. For me being ahead of Seb gives me nothing; if it was first and second then yes, its Ok, but when we are fifth and sixth then it gives me zero happiness. ' ' '