Re: Ryan Bailey : Sat Sep 04, 2010 4:21 pm
HyperbolicRhino wrote:
Indeed
I'm sure there'll very soon be all kinds of frothing at the mouth both on here and elsewhere from all the Bailey haters about that incident. To be fair though, there's no way anyone can prove that the elbows from Bailey were intentional, hence the reason he wasn't pulled up at all for it. He wasn't even looking at Radford at the time, and it was simply caused by him trying to get to his feet quickly for a quick play of the ball. If anything, Ian Smith was at fault for not calling "held" quicker and ordering Radford off so Bailey could play the ball. What Radford did then was pure stupidity, and left Smith with no real option. Tough bloke though, getting 3 or 4 shots in against a bloke on the floor - for someone who obviously sees himself as a bit of a hard man his shots didn't seem to bother Bailey much

I'm sure there'll very soon be all kinds of frothing at the mouth both on here and elsewhere from all the Bailey haters about that incident. To be fair though, there's no way anyone can prove that the elbows from Bailey were intentional, hence the reason he wasn't pulled up at all for it. He wasn't even looking at Radford at the time, and it was simply caused by him trying to get to his feet quickly for a quick play of the ball. If anything, Ian Smith was at fault for not calling "held" quicker and ordering Radford off so Bailey could play the ball. What Radford did then was pure stupidity, and left Smith with no real option. Tough bloke though, getting 3 or 4 shots in against a bloke on the floor - for someone who obviously sees himself as a bit of a hard man his shots didn't seem to bother Bailey much

Were you OJ's lawyer by any chance?
Am quite sure that the elbows to the head were unintentional, after all its not as if this is an 11 page thread about bailey being a cheap shot merchant is it??
What Radford did was stupid but both players should have been sinbinned imo.