Were I coaching Bailey.

Ryan mate, a bit of niggle, a bit of mongrel, that's good , I like that. If however it starts to get tasty and fists start going, get out. People like handrags have you down as a cheap shot merchant and when it all comes out in the mix after the skirmish it'll be you who gets blamed and gets yellow. When it starts, make a point of being stood next to the linesman so that it's clear you were not involved.

When the aforementioned skirmish started at OT on saturday, Ryan was striding AWAY from it towards the linesman on the far side of the pitch. AWAY from the trouble.

Classic Bailey, sensible Bailey.

Please please please can somebody shed some light on what Bailey has actually done? or does this get filed with the headbutting of a wigan academy player.

He did it to Maurie Faasavalu, why wouldn't he do it to any of those guys?

Personally, I thought his celebration was a bit OTT but I suspect there have been plenty of verbals going on during the game which none of us were party to. There's clearly no love lost between him and Saints, so I can forgive him a bit of over-exuberance.

I loved it.

There was more than the 80 minutes that he was burst over.

The England phone call that was looming, the medal he earnt to banish memories of stolen ones. Then factor in our actual season ending...........

His celebration was an orgasm of quite giant proportions.

Classic Bailey

Good to see Wilkin getting uppity now Keith Senior's not around any more !

Anyway, well done Jon - this love-in with Saints is getting a bit too sickly now

Stuck for a Christmas present for your beloved Saints fan...

England's gaffers take on things: www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/s ... _1_3857503 “I think Ryan Bailey has probably got under the skin of more players than anybody else in the competition and that’s part of his attraction,” McNamara told a news conference at the South Leeds Stadium. “Jon was obviously disappointed and things get said in the heat of the moment after a game. Translates to Wilkin had a hissy fit against the big, bad, brute.

England's gaffers take on things: www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/s ... _1_3857503 “I think Ryan Bailey has probably got under the skin of more players than anybody else in the competition and that’s part of his attraction,” McNamara told a news conference at the South Leeds Stadium. “Jon was obviously disappointed and things get said in the heat of the moment after a game. Translates to Wilkin had a hissy fit against the big, bad, brute.

Wilkin actually took a needless pop at Bailey, sparking that little scuffle near the end. Luckily Bailey held him temper and we brought him straight off.
I've seen 2 people get the better of Bailey ever. Sculthorpe (when Bailey was what? 20? Bully!) and SBW. The rest of the 'softcock' 'windy fooker' and 'runs away when the big boys come in' is complete rubbish. He's always been fairly handy to have when it gets tough, never shirks any challenge and earns more penalties than he gives away.

P.S. If he didn't play for Leeds I'd hate him, just like I hated Sculthorpe (dirty, cheating get, was trapping the arm of the tackler while Sam Tomkins was still in nappies), Sam Tomkins and all those other great players who used to get the better of my team.

I remember that hit on moz. Cracking shot

Bailey is a classless idiot. He pretty much did the same at the end of the game at the HJ in the semi without reason or provocation. He walked to the east stand and started to make jestures to the fans until he was stopped and turned around by JJB. Was a very strange thing to do and reflected poorly on the other Leeds players.

Humble in victory, gracious in defeat etc etc.

seem to remember him putting Michael Smith on his considerable backside when he'd only just broken into the first team too, Smith can not be considered small