i think sgtwilko has a thing for bailes

Yep too right. By far one of the most valuable players to a team in SL. The best thing is most fans are too busy pi$$ing and moaning about bailey and saying how crap he is to see what he brings to a team which is very important to an RL team.

I think i have woken up in some sort of parallel universe or something this morning.

Is that the one where paul wood isn't on a beach come grand final night and Bailey doesnt have 5 (yes five) GF Rings.

To get the topic back on track. Looking at the Wigan squad and level of player and commitment from the forwards Lauaki will have to work his socks off to get a game.

Well bailey is obviously a much better player then isnt he?

He's not even made the p1ss poor England squad for the 4 nations.

Ricky Bibey has 2 CC winners medals...

As a vital cog in a champion team? then yes, he's alwo a much better player on GF night. When will folk learn it's not about individuals. It's about putting the right group together to get the job done. Bailey is probably the best player in the world at been foil for his key players. Bailey gets teams to channel their aggressive play at him. Taking that pressure off the Leeds match winners

Leeds win grand finals DESPITE bailey..... not because of him.

This guy is almost as bad as the Hull fan yesterday telling us that Mark O meley is better than Adrian Morley. Not only that, he's the best prop in SL behind Graham.

Ryan Bailey is a very average prop forward playing a good side, and this has been the case for seasons, he does a job for you which is fair enough, but that doesnt make him a good player, there's 15+ prop forwards playing Super League all significantly better than him.

must be something in the yorkshire water.

LSD?