but you all are forgetting that he's Ryan Bailey, he does what he wants!

Are you suggesting that he did not want to play for the next 4 games

sod knows what goes on in that head! aside from horror, rage and candyfloss, his thoughts are a mystery to me

He paid his wages back tenfold, in last years Grand Final when on a promising attack in the closing minutes warrington having a 3-4 man overlap decided not to bother providing attacking support to the man in possession and though there time was better spent trying to push Bailey around

The look on Tony Smith's face when the ball was thrown out to touch with 4-5 Warrington players all gathered around Bailey in the backfield was priceless

John Kear spelt out Bailey's virtues pretty eloquently on Boots n All last night. He too seems to share the Leeds coaches' opinions. Edit: as indeed did Shaun McRae.

Not forgetting, of course, a Great Britain coach that also selected him to represent his country against some of the best players in the world.

And at that time he had the potential to become the best prop forward of his generation, then he discovered panto and decided to be a clown instead

Kylie may not bring drama but he is the only prop at Leeds who hurts the opposition in attack and defence he is a brick wall and he will be a massive loss IMO to our pack

Agreed, the fact that he doesn't bring drama was a compliment.

Yes I took what you wrote as a compliment to him.

Again I am neither a bailey lover or a bailey basher. I think he kops an unfair rep as a coward though.
But in general I think the players from AUS are alot better at media work and interacting with the fans. Two examples.

Last year I attended a Leeds game last year with my mate and his 5yr old girl who is a big fan of bailey after the game she was there with her autograph book waiting and he just shoved past saying not today, leaving an embarrassed JJB to sign her autograph book.

In contrast Brent Webb was brilliant with the fans and kids, it used to take him ages to get to the changing rooms before the game and kylie is exacally the same, a really really nice bloke away from the field and a real credit to himself and the club off the field as well.

"Coward" isn't strictly fair, but he is distinctly different from the traditional "enforcer" in that they would generally seek out the biggest and hardest opposition player to send out a message. Too many cheap shots for me to ever earn the title "enforcer".