Get down off that high horse. Who's said he's wonderful? Who's actually said they want him here? I'll give you a clue...nobody. We need to sign 2 British forwards, Bailey was offered up as a suggestion, not a rumour. Look on the VT at clubs ooc players, for the tosspot Bailey is he's probably the best prop ooc, except maybe Peacock.

Me too. I've signed for Widnes. 3 yr deal

I have and so's my wife.

Radford certainly thought so

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FWIW, I would maybe bring him in as 5th choice prop but would be disappointed if he was one of our first choice 4.

MAYBE Peacock?? What planet are you on? Bailey isn't fit to clean Peacocks boots. Shyt, massive bag of wind that has never run his weight, and has a poor tackling technique.

From the list I'm looking at (not sure if it's up to date), I'd rate the following OOC forwards as better than Bailey...

Carvell
Solomona
Mitchell
Wilkes
Mason
Coley
O'Carroll
Prescott
Burgess
Peacock
Kirke

Actually...the list is too long for me to continue. I basically think most the backs on the list are better props than Bailey too.

[uBradford Bulls[/u
Shaun Ainscough, Gareth Raynor, Chev Walker, Dave Halley, Vinny Finigan, Liam McAvoy 

[uCastleford Tigers[/u
 Kirk Dixon, Danny Orr, Paul Jackson, Brett Ferres, Stuart Jones, Nick Fozzard, Martin Aspinwall, Nathan Massey, Jordan Thompson

[uCatalan Dragons[/u
Clint Greenshields,  Cyril Stacul, Thomas Bosc, Sebastien Raguin, Gregory Mounis, Tony Gigot

[uHarlequins RL[/u Chris Melling, Andy Ellis, Chad Randall, Rob Purdham, Danny Ward, Oliver Wilkes, David Williams

[uHuddersfield Giants[/u
Lee Gilmour, David Hodgson, Graeme Horne, Keal Carlile, Gregg McNally 

[uHull Kingston Rovers[/u
Mick Vella, Ben Fisher, Shaun Briscoe, Liam Colbon, Ben Cockayne, Matt Cook, Dave Peterson, Sam Latus 

[uLeeds Rhinos[/u
Keith Senior, Jamie Peacock, Ryan Bailey, Ian Kirke, Callum Casey

[uSalford City Reds[/u
Ryan Boyle, Stefan Ratchford, Rob Parker 

[uSt Helens[/u Ade Gardner, Leon Pryce, Gareth Frodsham, Tom Armstrong 

[uWakefield Wildcats[/u
 Matt Blaymire, Aaron Murphy, Luke George, Michael Korkidas, Paul King, Chris Dean, Dale Morton, Ben Gledhill, James Davie

[uWarrington Wolves[/u
Jon Clarke, Lee Mitchell, Tyrone McCarthy

[uWigan Warriors[/u Andy Coley, Ben Davies, Stefan Marsh, Karl Pryce, Eamon O'Carroll.

Their the off quota/non fed.

Add Flanaghan and Worrincy.

Well, out of the ones you've listed 4 have re-signed for there clubs, at least one is retiring and one has just signed for an NRL club.
If you think people like Wilkes are better than Bailey then I'm glad you're not in charge of our recruitment.

not much quality to choose from on that list is there?! I expect the obvious ones to stay with their clubs but apart from the likes of Peacock etc....

i'd take Stefan Ratchford and Andy Coley but can't really see that happening

Coley's retiring.

Looks like Coley will retire and Ratchfords signed for Wire.

Pack wise Fitzgibbon and Lauaki will need replacing, I'm hoping a youngster gets one spot but I haven't a clue about the other one.

Peacock and Bailey are the only forwards worth considering. Looks like it could be Dowes again and promote some youngsters, Burnett might be brought back?

How's Graeme Horne going?

Could he take Lauaki's prop/2nd row place?

do you all think we need a to replace gleeson? or should turner be given a chance?

ia that not what a forums for? rumors and speculation?

To be fair, some posters don't come on often.

Do live in the real world?

Yes and this thread is about rumours, but if you read the AUP and the warnings from mods and admin, Gleeson (outside rugby) is OFF LIMITS.

That's not so difficult to understand is it?

Speculating that Fitz is going to Widnes won't get the site sued though.

True, but there's enough red type around for occasional visitors to notice

Hopefully the announcement I have just done will work.

tbf i have only recently started coming on here. sorry if i broke any rules

No problem, but be careful. Have a read of [url=http://viewtopic.php?f=1&t=438945Acceptable Usage Policy[/url some time

Others could do with reminding themselves too.

Every season for the last four seasons, Wilkes has made more appearances, meters and tackle busts than Bailey, playing in a much inferior side. What makes you think this pattern would suddenly change if he signed for us? I wish we had a genius like you in charge of recruitment!