Both Wilkin and Bailey in the England squad. That should be interesting.

Foster said that Sam gets booed because he is a great player and a threat, Bailey gets booed because he is an idiot.

it should be on the Wish FM site somewhere I would imagine,

I couldn't argue with that. I don't like Sam, because he is a threat to us every time he gets the ball. Bailey ... well, we all know what Bailey is like.

It's a pity Wilkin didn't do his talking on the pitch on Saturday. He annoys me so much as he has bucket loads of talent but goes missing too often.

Also the 2 on 1 ball steal penalty he gave away was a killer.

He's obviously not a fan of Bailey, so a better way to deal with it would have been ramming his shoulder into Baileys ribcage and putting him on his during the game on Saturday rather than having a moan in the worthless rag that is the Sun a couple of days after the game.

If I was McBanana, I would drop one of them from the squad. You can't expect to have a harmonious camp when one of them is slagging off the other in the national press.

Wilkin's timing is poor. It just comes across as sour grapes. I think most of us agree with his sentiments but he should probably just have sucked it up.

This.

Bailey will only say something if he is in a group with Peacock, Sinfield et al.

I feel slightly ambivalent about this. If it's true that he was baiting our young players then that's pretty low, and I can understand Wilkin wanting to mention it. But the tone of it does come across as slightly petty, probably because a journalist has talked to him shortly after the match when emotions were still running high. I'd say it's understandable but probably ill advised.

Bailey is an odious character. This is beyond question. Anyone who does to another human being what he was sent to prison for (not to mention the various misdemeanors he's committed on a rugby pitch) deserves every brickbat tossed at him.

The thing is, for someone who likes throwing his weight about he never fails to be remarkably meek whenever the Kiwis and Australians are about. But this is classic bully behavior. Picking your battles and running when the big dogs are in town.

Sour grapes from Wilkin,he should be more embarrassed about his vanishing act on the field at Old Trafford.

Quote: vernon "If Wilkin dislikes Bailey so much, why hasn't he sorted him out on the rugby pitch ? He has had plenty of chances. Whining like this just makes him sound like a bad loser.'" They have both been named in the England squad. That will be interesting. news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_l ... 240356.stm

Quote: vernon "If Wilkin dislikes Bailey so much, why hasn't he sorted him out on the rugby pitch ? He has had plenty of chances. Whining like this just makes him sound like a bad loser.'" They have both been named in the England squad. That will be interesting. news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_l ... 240356.stm

You a Leeds fan? If so then you insult your own team. Leeds marked Wilkin Roby and Lomax very well. Until the second half anyway.

As for what Wilkin said, I think he was spot on to say it. For those just chirping in without first reading what he said, Wilkin was very clearly stating his respect for 16 of the Leeds players but pointing out how Bailey 'fronted up' to the young guys at Saints - one of which was heartbroken at the end - and that is the sign of a childish individual who is not professional. I would agree with him 100%. He also says he risks sounding sour grapes but he was angry on behalf of the young guys not himself. For some of them it was their first time in a final.

It was interesting to note that after a bit of handbags towards the end of the match, Bailey went straight off. That would suggest that maybe his coach is not as tolerant of his behaviour as his previous coach was.

But Bailey is a coward and a first class idiot. I'm looking forward to watching the Aussies and Kiwis smash him to pieces on the field.

Baileys new designation........FIMS

Wow. Controversial comments there. Did he also reveal the sky is blue, the earth is round and Joel Tomkins looks like a shaven wooky?