Laugh all you like. It speaks volumes that you'd select a pack of perennial grand final losers over a player who knows his job and does it week in week out for the last 7 years.



So what you're really saying is the Leeds pack havent all been fit for the last 7 years and that;s why he gets in.

Tell me why he still keeps getting a new contract at the games premier club if he's so crap?

That was funny

Sculthorpe had many free punches and still couldn't put Bailey on his backside.

Rob Burrow, nuff said.

It's funny how some players can get such a reaction and make even the most rational posters froth at the mouth (Fearthevee for example - I expect better from you

)

Anyway the pick of this thread are these too wondrous peices of logic...



Eh

but they don't have to pick any player they don't think is up to the job. Ask the likes of Matt Adamson and Luke Burgess who've missed out on GF appearances at Ryan Bailey's expense.



Maybe not next year but only time will tell. The fact remains though that Bailey has been a member of the first choice 17 of Leeds' "incredible side" every year since 2004 (the first Grand Final year).

Alot has been made of the shoulder barge tackle it's my fav part of the game as a born a bred southerner who only got his first chance to play league at 25 I can tell you the rlc is filling up with ru players who love rl for simply this reason! The shoulder barge is great long may it remain. A third man shoulder charge though is naughty and should be banned as that is to injure.

Lets not confuse a legit much lived part if the game with a part of the game exploited by cowards to cause injury

Paul Sculthorpe, Jason Cayless and Keiron Cunningham all said that Bailey was a shi*hous. That was at a fans forum last year.

Oh that settles it then

Let me get this right - Leo-Latu is a chap who punches women in the face and makes sly racist comments to fellow pros, but you want you him hold him up as a 'hard' man?



As for Bailey, I don't mind him. Would love to have him in our team.

So Bailey is a thug, this that and other


how many times has Bailey been ordered off the pitch?

SECTION 11
THE TACKLE AND PLAY-THE-BALL
Tackle player 1. A player in possession may be tackled by an
in possession opposing player or players. It is illegal to tackle or
obstruct a player who is not in possession.
When tackled: 2. A player in possession is tackled:
Grounded (a) when he is held by one or more opposing players
and the ball or the hand or arm holding the ball
comes into contact with the ground.
Upright (b) when he is held by one or more opposing players
in such a manner that he can make no further
progress and cannot part with the ball.
Succumbing (c) when, being held by an opponent, the tackled
player makes it evident that he has succumbed to
the tackle and wishes to be released in order to
play the ball.
Hand on player (d) when he is lying on the ground and an opponent
already grounded places a hand on him.


All taken from the RFL all suggest that the player has to be halted either stood up or on the ground with an opponent in contact with the attacking player, a Shoulder barge does neither, and is not mentioned or coached at junior level or shouldn’t be infact the rules of junior rugby deem it an illegal attempt at tackling...it isn’t a technique that coaches especially attempt players to be adept at and I doubt spend or waste time coaching, why because it doesn’t if not performed with the intended result actually stop a player like a well timed tackle, its sole purpose is to halt the run of a player but not effect a tackle. The game is hard enough with faster and harder impact's now than ever before without the need for this type of contact and im amazed the RFL looking at the injuries caused haven’t taken this to task. If you feel it is the favourite part of the game for you

, your 1st easily pleased and 2nd pretty poor at proper tackling. My gripe isnt just with Ryan Bailey, as a player i dont like him, but as a squad player he does his job and cheeply looking at comments on here....

Why?

Wouldnt he let them look at his 3 in a row GF medals?

Correct

Leo Latu is a real hard man if you dare to uptip his chips. He doesnt think twice about punching women in the face, breaking their nose. A nasty little racist to boot.

Bailey on the other hand as we all know did time in young offenders institute. It all kicked off after he went to help a female who was being assaulted. Obviously he went too far but to compare the two is ridiculous. Wakefield mentality I guess.

Tigerman yes I am easily pleased however I am very capable of tackling properly thankyou. I guess playing American football made me enjoy the big hit more.

Oh the irony of this thread.

The very reason the title of the post on the Leeds board that this all refers to, is proven in this very thread.

Bailey is quite obviously the most feared man in super league judging by the amount of discussion he gets on here.

Bailey on the other hand as we all know did time in young offenders institute. It all kicked off after he went to help a female who was being assaulted. Obviously he went too far but to compare the two is ridiculous. Wakefield mentality I guess.

Where did you get that from? Him and Walker were trying to act the hero after a girl stole a someone's mobile phone and he went to get it back. Walker and Bailey saw this and thought they would get involved in something that had nothing to do with them.

What happened to the thread on the Leeds board? It was getting funnier and funnier as it went on!

If you're going to reply at least learn to use the quote function properly.

You're right, she wasnt being assaulted, the players thought she was being assaulted and stepped in.

The point still stands, he went to assist a female who he thought was being assaulted by a male.

Now what was YOUR point?

BTW, your template is all over the place on your website. Bit unprofessional that.

Well saying " I wouldn't swap him for anyone" sort of implies that he is the best prop around really. There are probably 50 props who Leeds would want over Bailey. But I do agree he's good at what he does, winding up the opposition, distracting them, and he won't be on a huge contract either.

We played with him for a bit, tossed him around and then tossed him back in the gene pool from which he emerged.

Shallow end then.

The same people who are criticising Bailey probably go to their sons under 11s match and point out to the coach that certain players aren’t good enough to play alongside your son.

What a horrible rugby league family we have

So you're saying the majority of people who criticize Bailey happen to have 10-11 year olds who play rugby ?


Sometimes, no sorry, just generally, you talk utter tosh.

That’s because it true. Notice how this thread has gone quiet?

You don't think it might be due to people being sick of hearing the garbage you spout ?