I am sorry but have things got so bad that we actually think signing Bailey is a good move. We ridiculed Castleford for signing him, the only reason we would do so now is to fill a squad number on the cheap.

We really don't want Ryan Bailey do we.

Since he left Leeds, he's had more clubs than Rory McIlroy.

To me, when that happens with a player, something just doesn't sit right

Scott Moore's had plenty of clubs.

Saying that, Bailey is just a cheap shot merchant. There's "bad lads", and then there's him, who only targets the little fellas.

I don't think anything has ever sat right with Bailey.

He's not the type of player we want to be bringing in, as the last thing we would want to happen is for something to have a detriment on team morale. However, not to sound hypocritical of my statement, he does have the fire in his belly, so maybe if Chester takes a gamble he could use that to his advantage.

Apart from breaking from the scrum early once, I thought Bailey had a pretty solid Grand Final. Who thought Richard Moore would ever come back off the building sites when Kear talked him into turning over a new leaf?

A couple of years ago, I'd have been totally against Bailey - but what he has done wrong in his nomadic spell since leaving Leeds? He's a pretty straightforward prop who runs in hard and appears to have erased the cheap shot thuggery from his game. Wouldn't be a bad shout on a one year deal - he's probably got more big game experience than our entire squad put together.

I'd support Bailey playing in the famous red white and blue

Couldn't agree more. Worth a shot on the right kind of deal.

I wouldn't want Bailey anywhere near Wakefield Trinity, he's lived a charmed existence throughout his career and offers nothing.

I'd take Bailey in a heart beat. Steady prop at his peak age. As TRB says Kear likes his props old and mean and I'm feeling CC feels the same. I agree because I tend to think that players like Bailey at clubs like ours either rise to the challeng or fail miserably - thankfully in our case the latter is rare it's worth the risk imho.

Funny but what baffles me is that any NRL has been or never was is seen as great on here and many on here are happy to take a punt on an unproven like Cox. Yet a player with Bailleys CV is sneered at based on his perceived personality which frankly is a fairly common one in RL - we really are a snobby set of fans. Some of you need to accept that we are not ordering from the fine dining menu, we are egg and chips which can in its own way be tasty.

Someone please explain to belly what egg and chips are!

It's what the poor people of Yorkshire eat - on a good day!

Rather arrogant of you to make assumptions on how others make judgements on players, I'm happy to assess Bailey based on his playing ability and not the pantomime persona he has. I think I'm entitled to that opinion without being diminished by some other poster who seems to think he knows better.