Too young for the last two I reckon.

I would agree yellow card for both would have been more apt.
Radders shouldn't get any further match ban IMO for the incident.

I am not defending Radford to the extreme but put yourself in his position; He had his head down and Bailey elbows him two or three times. Would you be able to tell the difference between a punch and an elbow to the top of the head?

The decision should've been both off for ten to calm down or both off period.

IMO Radford has no sort of a rugby league brain. You only have to witness how many times he wastes a tackle with a pathetic little drive in the oppositions 20 on 4th and 5th tackle.
To allow himself to be rattled by a sad little thug like bailey is incredibly unprofessional from a suuposedly "seasoned professional" and club captain.
How anyone in his position could let his club, his team mates and the fans down like that is beyond me. If I were in charge of FC I'd be giving him a huge fine. Not that he'd have a contract if I were in charge.
I cannot believe we have given him another deal. I've wanted rid of him for seasons.
After the way he left the club for Bradford I have never understood why he didn't become a pariah on the same scale as Schofield. It's not like FC fans usually forget that type of stuff.
And before anyone starts, I know he's had his best season for years but in my mind, it is too little, too late. This incident has just further proved his unsuitability as a "club captain" and in all honesty, as a super league player. Getting yourself sent off in a game as crucial as this was is the most stupid act I have seen on a rugby pitch than I can think of at this moment.
And yes, I do think that the fair outcome should have been a yellow for both him and Bailey, but you don't give a ref a chance to send you off.
I am just so annoyed that bailey's sad and thuggish tactics actually managed to get him what he wanted and that radford was stupid enough to fall for it.

I am sure now that the full system from officals,refs and up to redhall is currupt in some form or other.You just have to look how Nobbie got away with his behaviour the other week at the KC and nowt happened.

Surprised you know really the amount of the game you missed, have you got your shirt back on yet!

The stewards are still frog-marching him down the M62.

Im not condoning what Radford did but come on how many fans were on their feet egging him on to smack that thug from Leeds? more so when most people realised it was Bailey

So Radford single handelly cost us 4th place.....the other 17 players who played Quins in jockland,Salford,Wakey and Crusaders didnt?

They are the matches that cost us 4th at the end of the day...not Radford punching Bailey ONCE.

Far worse gone on this season...Hull derby and Wigan Hudds spring to mind.

Spot on. Makes you wonder where we could have finished if we'd shown up in a some of those games.

the thing that annoyed me was Radford didn't land a single punch, it should have been ten minutes cooling off for both of them, especially as Bailey was doing the "come on then, you and me" crap after the referee had given it.

We could still have won, it's a shame Long and Horne decided not to turn up (rediculous decision to play them both from the start, one should have been on the bench), we took the wrong option a couple of times and bombed two seemingly certain tries.

I'd like to know why Bentham was replaced with Smith at last minute though.

I would have had Horne on the Bench with a Long/Berro half back pairing....thought long lasted better than Horne personally.

Horne was simply crap, but that is what he is now, despite other peoples protestations he's never been the player his wages seem to suggest he is (if rumour is to be believed). I was told 3 months ago that he hasn't got the heart for the game anymore, he is struggling with his diabetes etc.

He is a really top bloke, but I am afraid we need to cut him adrift as soon as we can.

I thought Bentham was ill.
Radford must have landed something as Bailey had blood pumping out of his head.

It's good to see that in an ever changing world the gormless nonsense you post on other boards is repeated here!







You could benefit from a visit to 50 Jameson St

After watching it back a few times, Radders only landed one, his first one. The other two just flailed around in mid-air.

It's almost as blinkered as some of your fans views that Bailey got up laughing



. He didn't properly connect though IMO or else Bailey wouldn't have got up.

Indeed, IF Radford had truely connected then Bailey would have been unconcious, I only saw it live, and it didn't look like Radders connected.

As I have said, Radford and Bailey should have got ten, Radford minutes, and Bailey months.

Bailey knew that he was lucky, thats why he made the big show of trying to get to Radders through his team mates instead of taking a shorter and more direct route to him where by Radders would have finishd the job

Everyone in SL knows Bailey is in the Cockaynce league of cowardice.

Only look at last week Briers runs past a player catches him with knee and he was out, Briers never even new he'd done it .
Has Radders a case against Smith for lack of protection while on the field of play as he did nothing to Bailey ?
As Smith is a full time pro now .

Was a sending off according to the only man that mattered!!!



You simply cannot throw punches after being rightly penalised for holding down! If Radford had got off the man as the laws of the game suggest this would never have happened.

I was surprised to see his reaction to what basically was a load of nonsense and at the end of it all Radfords utter unproffessionalism cost you nothing else.

So his face just spontaneously burst open did it?

What really beats me is the "our player is harder than your player" attitude. Who gives a Damn who would win one-on-one?

The fact of the matter is Radford held Bailey down in the tackle, copped a couple whilst Bailey struggled to get up, then completely lost it and hit out on a player who wad unable to defend himself. Result red card and Leeds finish fourth.

if it were newton or vella in radders position,would you still be spouting off the same s**t????