Re: Ryan Bailey : Thu Sep 02, 2010 8:21 am  

How many threads has Bails had in recent times? It appears that every team we play against feels the need to start a thread about TMFMISL.

It makes for entertaining viewing.

Re: Ryan Bailey : Thu Sep 02, 2010 8:40 am  

thebloodbath wrote:

Why is this treatment just handed out to Mr Bailey? I could count another dozen players in Leeds shirts that could be afforded the same brain dead responses. There have been whispers about Kylie, chuckles about Kirke........but what about the rest??

Bailey has attracted a lot of extra stick following this defeat because certain posters (guess who) have decided to laud him as some sort of 'second coming' on the basis of a few above average performances this season. It is unfair that he's getting more stick than other forwards (Leuluai for example) but then again Leuluai doesn't have a clique of keyboard warriors hanging on every little incident he is involved in on the field and giving him meaningless titles and accolades designed to wind up fans from other clubs.

FWIW I think Bailey has always made a good contribution to the team (even in 2006 & 2007 when the tide of opinion on this board was against him) but sadly he has only ever shown glimpses of becoming a prop who leads from the front in the mould of Graham, Peacock, Morley, Fielden etc. The good news is that he's still relatively young for a prop forward and has been showing signs of steady improvement under McClennan. Hopefully the arrival of Brian Mac will bring more out of him. I think he's a player that Leeds still need in their team but he desperately needs others around him who are more capable of winning the collision.

Re: Ryan Bailey : Thu Sep 02, 2010 9:14 am  

he's had a better season but certainly doesn't appear to be tmfmisl and doubt he thinks he is.

he peaked in 2004 with diskin and should have walked past mathers

Re: Ryan Bailey : Thu Sep 02, 2010 9:40 am  

TMFTMITTISL is not a frontline prop forward and never will be. His remuneration package reflects the value he provides to the team. If that wasn't the case then he'd be paid significantly more than £800 a week.

Re: Ryan Bailey : Thu Sep 02, 2010 1:39 pm  

thebloodbath wrote: Why is this treatment just handed out to Mr Bailey? I could count another dozen players in Leeds shirts that could be afforded the same brain dead responses. There have been whispers about Kylie, chuckles about Kirke........but what about the rest??? And people talk about my fixations............................................. I sometimes wonder which is worse, an opposition fan getting their rocks off over Bailey or the likes of this viewtopic.php?f=17&t=468716

thebloodbath wrote: Why is this treatment just handed out to Mr Bailey? I could count another dozen players in Leeds shirts that could be afforded the same brain dead responses. There have been whispers about Kylie, chuckles about Kirke........but what about the rest??? And people talk about my fixations............................................. I sometimes wonder which is worse, an opposition fan getting their rocks off over Bailey or the likes of this viewtopic.php?f=17&t=468716

Re: Ryan Bailey : Thu Sep 02, 2010 1:46 pm  

tvoc wrote: I sometimes wonder which is worse, an opposition fan getting their rocks off over Bailey or the likes of this viewtopic.php?f=17&t=468716 Indeed. Far too much one-upmanship on this forum. It seems that if particular Leeds players that happen to be the flavour of the month (e.g. Diskin, Kirke, Buderus, Eastwood, JJB, McGuire, Sinfield etc) have a bad game certain posters take a perverse pleasure in drawing attention to it if it fits in with their own personal agendas.

tvoc wrote: I sometimes wonder which is worse, an opposition fan getting their rocks off over Bailey or the likes of this viewtopic.php?f=17&t=468716 Indeed. Far too much one-upmanship on this forum. It seems that if particular Leeds players that happen to be the flavour of the month (e.g. Diskin, Kirke, Buderus, Eastwood, JJB, McGuire, Sinfield etc) have a bad game certain posters take a perverse pleasure in drawing attention to it if it fits in with their own personal agendas.

Re: Ryan Bailey : Thu Sep 02, 2010 2:19 pm  

thebloodbath wrote:

The dregs on here had an opportunity to critique Bailey and give him both barrels and keep their credibility at the same time.

It wasn't his finest hour. Solid in the tackle. But didn't lay a platform going forward. He let himself down. Anyone can call that.

Some have posted reasonable debate, but others (the longer the thread has gone on) seem to have delved into moronic, 'tard like, fools. Who are over-joyed by his none performance.

Were you waiting for this day??

Why would you want to bask in this 'glory' ?

After an impressive season I suppose you are over-due to stick the boot in.

Get your fix..........enjoy your fix.

Why is this treatment just handed out to Mr Bailey? I could count another dozen players in Leeds shirts that could be afforded the same brain dead responses. There have been whispers about Kylie, chuckles about Kirke........but what about the rest???

And people talk about my fixations.............................................

They say love is blind! You should have kept your head down for a little longer or at least until your hero's performance improved. Of course it wasn't just Bailey who was to blame. The whole Leeds pack was blasted away by real go forward forwards, with the exception of Eastwood. However Mr Baileys lack of skills in not scoring a try that 90% of other players would have scored at a crucial time was certainly worthy of comment as was his cheap shot niggles. As far as being solid in the tackle he was continually driven backwards in the tackle (along with his colleagues) and improved his tackle count with a fair number of flops as third man in. If he were so solid how come we were regulary losing 20-30mtrs? People are just posting their views on a pretty average player. I think you are the one with fixations.

Re: Ryan Bailey : Thu Sep 02, 2010 4:08 pm  

Judder Man wrote:

He has one of the lowest stats for a prop forward in Superleague for "offloads" as well, so he's not much good in that department either. He's got 3 grand final rings though for very little effort.

actually he's got 4 GF RINGS and they were all stolen when his house was burgled

Re: Ryan Bailey : Thu Sep 02, 2010 6:23 pm  

lionarmour87 wrote:

actually he's got 4 GF RINGS and they were all stolen when his house was burgled

He should have gone in, one on one with the burglar, instead of looking around to send 2 neighbours in, so that he tackle the burglar as 3rd man.

Re: Ryan Bailey : Thu Sep 02, 2010 7:58 pm  

Keith Swiftcorn wrote:

TMFTMITTISL is not a frontline prop forward and never will be. His remuneration package reflects the value he provides to the team. If that wasn't the case then he'd be paid significantly more than £800 a week.

Once again you have stated the value of Bailey’s pay packets without any substantial evidence to back this up.

Please provide some evidence that supports your claim or stop banning on about things that I suspect you have very little knowledge of.