not popular or respected amongst his peers, which speaks volumes.

Yet has been consistantly picked by 4 different coaches and played al part in the most succesful Leeds side ever, I'll take there judgement over hyperbolic keyboard warriors any day of the week.

No qualms with the ban but opposition fans are so blinded by something it's quite funny.

I wonder what it could be.

Oh and I think (I could be wrong) that is is baileys second red card in a ten year career, hardly the stuff of a thug

I have seen bailey but Morley on his and hurt him. After a bit of handbags on Thursday who was the player who put his hand up to run the ball into 3 forwards from Bradford scroots was one of them hardly a small lad. Another urban myth that he only picks on small people

Who has managed to convince four separate Leeds coaches that he's worth keeping in the side every week. Go figure.

Still, the keyboard coaches know best.

He brings excitement to the game,p!sses off opposing fans,winds up the other team and generally is a good egg.More of the same please!

Dont necessarily think he's a good player - the coaches pick him cos he winds the opposition players/fans and coaches up. he's the pantomime villain and probably gets more attention because of this rather than his talent.

So 3 consecutive championship winning coaches have all picked bailey cos he's a wind up merchant? Really you believe that? Really?

Indeed.

Im probably in the minority in not being a Leeds supporter by any stretch of the imagination yet I can see how effective Ryan Bailey is to the Leeds pack (Catalan performance to one side here).

He is a very tough player who adds some much needed aggression to the Leeds side and I think he compliments players such as Kyle Leuluai who just seem to go about their business without the drama.

Although he is effective I would like to see him use his head a bit more at times because there were times in the Catalan game for instance when he just seemed to loose it completely much to the benefit of the opposition and not to his team mates.

Effective player but just needs to be that bit smarter.

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

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.