Quote Sal Paradise="Sal Paradise"Who said anything about him being liked? respect is essential in any team sport both from your team mates and your opponents.
You think his team mates cannot see what we see - his performances improve when a contract renewal is on the horizon. Not sure he is the kind of guy you want in the trenches?
You think Peacock is respected by both? RL is a very hard sport as it is - making sly digs as the last man in the tackle when the opponent is pretty much defensless is pretty pathetic really.'"
Are people still clinging onto this 'oh he's playing well because his contract his on the chopping block' this has been well quashed. But some seem to cling onto it for some reason?
Bails is respected enough to be selected in every coaches ideal 17 when it comes to the crunch. That speaks volumes. If other issues would have taken precedence he would have been weeded out a long time ago.
The way he was mobbed away at Salford when he barged his way over from 10 metres (run at the half back as well - typical soft-cock Bailey) not only displayed his team mates repsect but also showed they quite liked him. Shocker? Not really.
Bails does do the nasty. He has been told by refs 'not to tackle so roughly', he spots the big hits, puts himself about, will throw himself about, will have the odd tantrum, - the price a big target. He will even raise his knees. He comes in with 50/50 hits but on many occasions has put his opposite number in his pocket. With bailey you can easily paint whatever picture you want. Part of the fun I suppose. But he's a big daft prop at the end of the day - what do you want?
