A year's deal is optimistic. I would be very surprised if he stays 6 months. I really cannot understand this signing. He wasn't deemed good enough for Cas and HR but somehow he is suitable for us? Bizarre.

God forbid , we sign players who've actually won the grand final !!

The problem isn't that it is Ryan Bailey pantomime s-house, the problem is like GO says above.
What is the strategy, what's the plan?
We just seem to be picking up other teams scraps and misfits, there seems no direction with signings, we currently have the Wakefield strategy.
Bailey is also completely against the spirit TS seems to like throwing out as to reasons players leave.
Gleeson, Wood, Higham etc
This smacks of desperation, zero planning, zero direction and I'm sorry but for me this is Smith gambling with his career and if we don't make the GF I'm sorry he's got to go.

And this pathetic argument about his medals?

Remember you can't have 17 stars in a team, you have to pad it out with average...step up Mr Bailey, and that was at his peak.

Many mediocre players win finals, whilst there are genuine stars who go through their career without winning a thing; ie Garry Schofield et al.

....and in other news, fairies are found at the bottom of gardens
the tooth fairy now gives £20 notes away
and Jack really did climb up a beanstalk

Are you available for a new series of Jackanory?

Bailey bricked it

Really, really, that's as good as it gets? Left Leeds, abandoned HKR and Cas not interested. Putting everything else aside does that not outweigh "won the grand final"?

''Ryan ****ing Bailey.

My initial thoughts were the same as Lefty's.

He's a coward who picks on small guys with cheap shots.
In his 'prime' he was a half decent player - more due to his size and nastiness than anything else.

Well we've got props now - quantity not quality in my view. And Tony has taken leave of his senses.....

BUT reading the article in the Guardian it seems that there is a bond between Bailey and Smith, and I can only hope (against hope) that it works.
If he puts in a decent shift and steps up to the mark then fair play to the guy.

The Cox signing is really strange for me - we have plenty of props with his level of experience and I don't know what he really brings. (unless it's to the U23's).
This and Bailey...... A big call (even if not a financial one).

Quote lefty goldblatt="lefty goldblatt"....and in other news, fairies are found at the bottom of gardens the tooth fairy now gives £20 notes away and Jack really did climb up a beanstalk Are you available for a new series of Jackanory? Bailey bricked it'" https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=A7-et6E8ptg Problem is mate it's on video. 5:55 in he runs the ball sideways to get towards Graham and gets driven back by another defender because he was aiming towards Graham. It's quite clearly there in the clip.

Quote lefty goldblatt="lefty goldblatt"....and in other news, fairies are found at the bottom of gardens the tooth fairy now gives £20 notes away and Jack really did climb up a beanstalk Are you available for a new series of Jackanory? Bailey bricked it'" https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=A7-et6E8ptg Problem is mate it's on video. 5:55 in he runs the ball sideways to get towards Graham and gets driven back by another defender because he was aiming towards Graham. It's quite clearly there in the clip.

Some Warrington fans clearly prefer their forwards to sneakily punch Wigan HB's in the face in their Grand Finals. An act even Bailey hasn't been so stupid to do and risk his team's chances had the ref spotted it.

I think were up to 6 In the for camp.

In terms of house tactics, we're in credit against Wigan.