your use of defenceless is what's hilarious, i'm sure if he wasn't such a sh*thouse he would have looked up and got in a couple himself.
...speaking of 'defenceless' players on the floor, how about Riley last week, last minute, thuggery.

Bailey, "most feared man in SL" Lee Radford didn't think that.

Is there something there you disagree with?

How have you come to the conclusion I support the conservative party?

As attempts to insult me go, that's a new one.

there is nowt wrong with a bit of biff.bailey gives enough and gets plenty it should of been a penalty to hull both players in the bin for 10 and let them get on with the game.

You have to be a windup/alias. You CANNOT really mean what you are posting. Nobody is that ignorant, surely!

Think you'll find he landed four. After receiving around 5 elbows to the back of the head while similarly 'helpless'. In terms of 'thuggery' not much between them TBH. Nine times out of ten both players would have had 10 minutes in the bin and the incident referred to the disciplinary committee. The red card was OTT in the context of the game and seriousness of the incident, particularly in light of the lack of any sanction against the instigator.

He would of still floored him.

Note: Did you notice Bailey only got up when he realised all his Leeds team mates were there?

You quite clearly are.

Ha thats ok then!

I'm not saying Bailey should have got red, but no-one can say he wasn't elbowing deliberately, the first one that hit Radford should have stopped him but it encouraged him, Radford shouldn't have done anything but I can understand his frustration.

Both yellow to cool down, especially with Bailey then getting up and trying to throw a few more and going for Long, regardless of contact it doesn't mean you can go round and try to butt anyone (something that is a straight red in RL)

I've no qualms with Bailey, he is there to get under the skin and is good at it, I just think Smith got it very wrong.

Best post so far......

He may only have connected twice, he threw more than two.

If Bailey had even half a brain, he'd already have known what Radford did to Fielden in the boxing ring.

I fully expected him to be having a go at Hall or Briscoe but they were probably a little too quick for him. A bit like Radford's combination

Its nice to see a level-headed poster on this thread. I do not agree with you that the actions were on par. Attempting to escape from a tackle and hitting a man while he is down is completely different IMO, and who is to say Bailey was intentionally elbowing Radford. I think only sin binning a player for throwing 4 punches (I stand corrected), while a man is lying there on the floor, is setting a dangerous precadent.

Dave Lister If you were reciving about five elbows to the head would you do nothing.

You hype up Radford's boxing ability - he had 4 free punches at an open target, and Bailey got straight back up again. How does that work?