www.thisishullandeastriding.co.u ... story.html Looks like he retiring but who thinks we should try to bring him to wakey on a 1 year deal?

www.thisishullandeastriding.co.u ... story.html Looks like he retiring but who thinks we should try to bring him to wakey on a 1 year deal?

No, let him retire.

No from me

I think we should bring a new coach in and let him decide.

dont think it would be worth it

I can't see much value in it.

another thug? so lets have vella, the goon from cas and maybe sign ryan bailey too... a team full of dirty cowards is what we want please AG...

How the hell is Vella a cowardly thug, are you on drugs?

Are u right in the head Vella a thug go and have a word with yourself

Never had Vella down as a thug??

Thug = Bailey
Hard = Vella

Do not get the 2 confused.

excellent player and would be an asset to Trinity, but it sounds like he want to retire so probably for the best.

Amazing career given his health worries earlier in his career.

Well said.
Re health problems I shared his so that is why think so much about him as a player. He is hard as you say.

I wouldn't make a habit of agreeing with jonh, since it's likely to fuel his overbearing arrogance even further, but the above is about right for me.

Having said that - Bailey appears to have settled down a bit towards the back end of this season in terms of his housing and as a result, has probably played his best rugby for Leeds.

Overall, I'd say that hard is good whilst thuggery is just a distraction; Vella certainly falls into the former category for me.

The mind boggles, can't stand the sight of Vella but he's hard as nails and not a thug.

+1 all round for this, including the Bailey comment. Now that Coley is off the market I reckon Bailey should be in our sites - I know plenty would be up in arms if we did do but if we could get him back to either his early career form or his form of the last couple of months then we could be on a winner. Its just that middle 5 or 6 years we need to forget about.

As for Vella, has been a fantastic player and if he was 5 years ago he would be well worthy of a quota spot, but I think his best days are probably behind him and he has take the dignified exit of retiring whilst being close to his best.

You lot should know a thug when you see one going back to Ken Trail,Jack Wilkinson,Don Vines and the daddy of them all Derek Turner so Mick Vella doesnt come any wear near the thug category

Nah they were hard men thats all

Even if he's not available, his recent up-turn in form could help us in another way, in that he may well have earned a senior prop role at Leeds off the back of it, pushing Amor further down the pecking order, thus improving our chances of securing him for next season.

Amor would be a real positive. Still not convinced with Bailey if for no other reason than his housing is much more likely to get punished for us than Leeds as even in this poor season they spend more time on the front foot.

What is the point in this post. The comment has been pretty much shot down and you still feel the need to bring up players from nearly 50 years ago - give your head a shake.

When Bailey wants to be a RL player and not a yob he is as good as any prop in SL. I'd dare say he could make it in the NRL if he set his mind to it.

Sadly experience suggests a leopard never changes it's spots.

on his last visit to belle vue he was constantly committing offences, high shots and niggling in the tackle...another one that has little left to offer apart from that.
you're only as good as your last game and all that

I can honestly say i've never seen a game where Bailey has not done something yobbish or just plain stupid. Everytime he gets tackled his arms are flying about (even worse than McGoldrick).

Even his own fans can't stand him.

Yeah right...

It's the cowardly bid I don't get - can't see anything cowardly about that - if it were your avatar would fit that bill and I for one wouldn't like that.

I think players like Marchy, Newton, Bailey, Pryce, Reilly, McDermott, Alker, Sampson and maybe even Korkidas are better when they have that unpredictable edge. All seemed to go off the boil when they became a tad more civilised.