Because i was watching the Wire trying to find a way to the Leeds line I missed an incident in backplay between , i believe, Bailey & Myler which decimated our attacking line & finished up with Briers passing the ball into touch. Does anyone know what happened ?

bailey hit myler high after he passed the ball, it was a worse hightackle than the one briers was penalised for.

Naturally.

riding up over teh shoulder, arm and ball, or hit straight on the chin?

A hard tackle which Myler and his chums did not like, the warrington 5 got there handbags out rather than try and get back into the match. That pass to nobody classic.

what! bailey walloping a smaller guy..that cant be right surely

I was disappointed with Bailey last night. He was close to our man of the match at Wembley with all the stupid penalties he gave away but kept it clean apart from the already mentioned picking on the little bloke which is his trademark.

I quite like Leeds and never have a problem with them winning trophies but it must be embarrassing to have a player like Bailey in the squad for most decent fans.

I'm a decent fan and I don't think Bailey is embarrassing, in fact Bailey is one of all time Leeds great players.

You like him because he winds the opposition players and fans up?

No, we like him cos he does what he wants.....including picking up all those GF winners rings.

I p1ssed myself laughing when all your left sided players went to pick on the poor lad and Briers had no-one to pass to other than the touch judge. Classic!

He would get more respect if he ever squared up to an opposing forward. I won't hold my breath though.

Not an ounce of class in his body, total bellend.

I laughed when he gave his opinion on Mylers boots. Good old Bailey

Bailey sticking his fingers up to the Warrington bench at close of play was typical of the lowlife!

We'll ignore the Luke O'donnell incitend then yeah?

He certainly picked up the rings but unfortunately his lack of security got some of them sold down the local pawn shop in Leeds.

And not as bad as the smack in the face that Myler gave Hardacre which wasnt penalised before Atkins try?

It is a pity that the incident took so many of our players out of the game because it would have given us an overlap & we might have got a consolation try although i don't think it would have changed the outcome.

Judging by the posters name it's more to do with his location!!!!!
Sorry for deviating off thread, but thanks for ruining our night, a number of us waked fans were fortunate to be stuck in the middle of the Leeds end last night, needless to say we went anticipating winding the whinos up, shame you didn't help out!!!!!

Bailey is a pantomime villain not half as bad as people make out, he has stood up to other forwards plenty of times. He gets under people's skin. If that had been any other Leeds player I doubt all the left side of your team would have gone looking for him.

That looked to be Tony Smith's view.

Bailey is an interesting character. Some fans dismiss him as an animal, while confusingly others claim he's a coward.

Take a look at his disciplinary record though and it's pretty damn good. Where he infuriates opponents and fans is that he niggles opponents so that they lose focus or give away penalties. That's a pretty useful feature to have in your side.

Bottom line is that he's played in 7 of the last 9 Grand Finals and picked up a winners ring from 6 of them, whilst being a regular selection for Daryl Powell, Tony Smith, Brian McClennan and Brian McDermott. That suggests he's seen as an asset by some pretty good coaches and contributed to a very successful side over a number of years.

Yeah, i remember him standing up to Paul Rauhihi..... then realised it was someone his own size and then ran away. Quite a 'Holy Grail' moment..... the Monty Python lads would be proud.

As for him being not half as bad as people make out..... tell that to the Wigan Academy lad he glassed after they beat you at Wembley last year. I'm pretty sure he doesn't agree.

Sorry, but if you're claiming that as a useful feature to have in your side then you really are deluded.

He did the same with Gaz Carvell at Wembley (after trying to intimodate Chriss Hill and failing on that one as well).

as far as im concerned just a thug in a rugby shirt is bailey