I echo what others have said ! Phil is never going to dazzle us with his skills or get Man of the Match awards, but all the hard graft he does in both attack and defence creates the platform for the likes of Sam & Pat to show their skills! He is a very hard-working player, never takes a backward step and is highly respected by both the players & coaching staff (as shown by his role as one of the club Captains)!
I think he will get another season at Wigan & I hope he does! He is a big influence on the young players at the club, some of whom are not yet physically ready for week-in, week-out starts in the first team!

Thanks Phil & lets hope your 100th appearance is a happy one!

Yeah I have mentioned this before, he is very clever at giving away a penalty at the right time.

Completely agree. Which isn't often with you FT

but with Hansen, Mossop and Lockers back fit and with the younger players doing well I'd be shocked to see Bailey keep his place.

The interesting ones are Feka and Phelps because the absence of Phelps implies Goulding or Pryce in for the play offs ( I would have added Ainscough but he seems out of favour) and Feka not being there implies O'Carroll will take his place.

Dave

For me both Bailey and Fletcher were/are great professionals but very limited naturally as rugby league players.

I wish Madge would stop moving him to centre when we have an injury in the backline. JT is a much better option.

I've never been a fan a Phil Bailey and found his signing disappointing considering his background.

Considering we signed a 26 year NSW & Australian international centre/second rower, what we actually received was no more than a defensive work horse, with no attacking flair or X-factor that you'd expect from an overseas signing with such honours under his belt and let's not kid ourselves that the wages Maurice offered him weren't £100,000+.

He does have plus points ie the experience he has passed down to youngsters and his defence can be solid, but in a side that is looking to top the table and always aspire to be one step better than the rest, he is too one dimensional and often stunts our fluent attacking play. Another big weakness and very noticable flaw is the amount of penalties he gives away in crucial games and at crucial times.

He might be a good bloke, has a good rapour with fans and even has his own blog! I think he is very ordinary and is nothing more than a stop-gap to bring youngsters through & a quick solution to temporarily replace Gareth Hock. All in all he has been ''handy'' and ''solid'' and other words to that nature, but he has never shown us the reasons why he was picked for such high regarded representative honours which are the basis of why we signed him.

Sorry if it doesn't go along with the pro-Bailey brigade!