Have you even seen the incident?

It was an absolute non incident. He shouldnt have been charged with anything let alone a 3 game ban! What is he supposed to do. It was just the same as when you brush past somebody walking down the street. The person who should have been charged was Silverwood for incompetent refereeing. Also why was Westwood not banned for a cheap shot on Webb that bizarrely ended up in a penalty to Wire!

Think it was very harsh to ban Bails for an incident like this. Although it is setting a standard now.

Main problem is, we see this week in, week out. So will we see consistency, or just every incident similar to this dismissed?

I expect it to be the latter.

The standard for pushing referees was set ages ago. There have been other bans for interfering with the ref. I think it has its own minimum ban doesn't it? They are the officials and whether we hate them or despise them, they are to be respected and Bailey wouldn't recognise the word 'respect' if it hit him around the ears.

I think the word 'petulance' used in the quote taken from the Panel feedback was interesting. Petulance is usually used to describe childish behaviour. That about sums up Bailey. He got what he deserved. He knows the rules and he knows that referees are untouchable, as they should be. The game will be 100% better without him in it.

Nail on head

I have no problem with the ban. You can't deliberately push a ref, even if they are stopping you from tackling someone. If Bailey's attitude post incident added to his ban, sobeit.

As for the rest, the anti Bailey hysteria is indeed classic Bailey. Probably the funniest are those posts that start out attempting to sound rational, then simply fall into the "Why I hate Bailey" tosh. SaintsFan above being a classic example.

BTW another game Bailey did very well in was the 2009 GF against Sts - he and Burgess did a fantastic job from the bench that day. Would I swap him for James Graham? In an instant. Would I swap him for any 2nd/3rd/4th choice prop at any other SL side? Never.

I wonder what it is abvout Ryan Bailey that makes people dislike him so much?

I've never understood why Saints fans make this comparison. Is Bailey there to compete with Graham? No. It'd be like comparing Paul Clough to Jamie Peacock.

I consider Bailey's well decorated career at Leeds to be a bit of an anomaly. It's in the same bracket as Leroy Rivett winning the Lance Todd Trophy.

After being at the 2009 GF I don't remember Bailey's game being that impressive. I do remember Maguire and Sinfield having a storming game, anyone can "do a job" from the bench. What I mentioned is he hardly puts in massive performances in my opinion.

It's well documented that Bailey is not liked outside of Leeds, again no different to I suppose Roy Keane was hated everywhere outside of Manchester United.

Back on Topica there seems to few complaints about the Ban, again his childish behaviour towards the official seems to have made it worse for himself.

A quick check on his disciplinary record for the last three years says he's been in front of the disciplinary panel 25 times. Compare this to Peacocks 4, Kylie's 12 and JJB's 10 and perhaps we start seeing the trend.

As an ref at amateur level I really don't want players thinking they can push me and get away with it. The pro game has to set those standards.

We all know what it is.

It's the elephant in the room that nobody likes to talk about. A big dark elephant.