Quote: Fat Boy "So let me get this right, defending a player that has been an integral part of the first team for the past decade, one who is nearly always in the starting 17 under 3 successive coaches, a player with six championship winning rings (or would have if someone hadn’t nicked them) and former international make you a prat?
Does this also account for Sinfield, McGuire, Burrow and JJB?
Everyone is entitled to their opinion, even if it so far off the mark they're facing the opposite direction.
As Dirty Harry once said "Opinions are like assholes. Everybody's got one and everyone thinks everyone else's stinks"'"
Playing devils advocate
According to a lot on here it does if you defend kirke. The 5 winners rings, being picked by 3 different coaches etc should be discarded "he is a lucky squad player lucky to be around a great team"
The same could be said of bailey.
For me he has had two seasons I have been really hopeful that he would kick on but he never really has done 2004 and 2012.
I have always thought the reaction bailey gets is OTT. Away fans vastly under rate him but at the same time I think he is generally over rated by our fans