It shows how well looked after he was at Leeds. Left to concentrate on business off the field Hmm

I hope Ryan can sort out his personal issues, I cannot understand why the vast number of people on this site have taken to having a go at Ryan. This is a young man who gave over ten years service to the club, he won five GF rings plus playing in a losing final and numerous other honours for playing for Leeds. To me it was a good player, who had yes a short fuse, but every Leeds coach always had him playing. So can people stop having a go at him, it will always be part of the golden generation.

Thank you Ryan foe everything you did for the club and I hope you can sort things out.

This.

Just a game of rugby played by kids (well there are when you are my age).

I think that folk on here are frustrated that after such a promising start, capped very early in his career (too early?), he never really kicked on to be as good as he could have been.
His early transgressions cost him valuable time when he should or could have been concentrating totally on his rugby career.
He never came across to me at least as being a likeable guy, his no show at the Boxing Day came did him no favours at the end of his time with the club.
So all in all a sense of him somehow letting himself down.
Nevertheless a valuable member of the squad over the decade of greatness.
Sad to see it all end in this way, if it is to be the end for him on the pitch.

I really hope we don't hear about him constantly getting into trouble down the track.

This probably highlights how much Leeds have gone out of their way over the years to help him. Even for a reasonably well adjusted person, leaving the only employer you've known after more than a decade is not easy.

He should have Trained and kept it buttoned. Might still have an employer of over a decade.

So it seems Bails has signed for Castleford

Looks like it.

That will be a test for Powell if so.

I think I'm right in saying that Powell gave Bailey his first team debut at Leeds in 2002?

Not long after that Powell moved upstairs and Tony Smith came in as coach, so the two of them have worked together previously.

He's got more chance of making a go of it at Cas under Powell than he has anywhere else.

Think he's been brought to Cas to give some of our other underperforming fringe props, Wheeldon, Boyle and Crossley a kick up the jacksie, they've been very poor all season and don't seem to want to improve. Can't see him becoming a regular starter.

I would see that as good move for both parties, in Bailey's case last chance saloon.
I think I'm right in saying he's only 31 so could have a few years left in him if he applies himself & is handled properly
I certainly believe that Daryl Powell is capable of that & he'll come relatively cheap I'd imagine.

I think this could be a good move for Bailey and Cas if it happens.

One would hope Ryan has taken a step back over the past weeks and realised this is last chance saloon but if he can keep his head down he could have another 5 years at the top level.Then again,this is Bailey we are talking about...

He had as good a chance as anyone else whilst at HKR.
They are that short of props at the moment he would practically be guaranteed a starting place week in week out.
Surely he could have found his way that bit further down the M62 to earn a living?
Be interesting to think what the Cas fans think of him after all the racial abuse he used to get when playing against them.

www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/s ... -1-7219304 is bails holding his belly in? all the best of luck to him

www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/s ... -1-7219304 is bails holding his belly in? all the best of luck to him

The Bailey situation at Hull KR isn't quite what people are speculating, so don't be so sure he is any last chance saloon.

He should have sticked with what he had agreed previously and signed for Cas, and not gone back on that deal to go with Hull KR. He agreed with Cas early last year, and it was only the more money from Hull KR that changed that.

Now he is back to square one, and lucky that Cas were still willing to deal.

Good Luck to him. Can't see him ever kicking on as anything quality, but at least will hopefully see him playing regularly again.

So what was the Bailey situation at Hull KR then?

Good look to him at Cas maybe he will flourish being a more main player at a club. Still glad we got shot. Never lived up to the massive potential that he showed early in his career.

My response is Meh. It all depends how much they are paying him. I gave up on him ever realising his potential a few years ago.

Looks like your sentiments are echoed by the majority of Cas Fans, at least if you go by the level of comment on the Cas message board. More have commented on here than on the Cas board and then half of the comments are from Rhinos fans.

That's symptomatic of the Cas board though. Which is why I am rarely on there.

I hate that Cas shirt a little more every time I see it.

I've took to it this week. Not sure why though.

"For better or for worse" eh BB?

Cas fans post on casforum not rlfans. The response over there has been surprisingly positive, or at least not overwhelmingly negative, albeit there are some howls of outrage.