Re: Ryan Bailey : Mon Oct 08, 2012 11:32 am  

Snaggletooth wrote:

The trouble with Bailey, Westwood and Hock is that when they tackle hard the crowd want red cards. This is a rough tough and uncompromising full contact sport. These guys provide a spectacle that the RL family is proud of. Good on them long may it continue

True. When Kylie smashed one of the Wire players who dropped the ball, I don't recall there being mass protests, even if he caught a fair amount of head with the shot

Re: Ryan Bailey : Mon Oct 08, 2012 11:33 am  

gulfcoast_highwayman wrote:

'Ear 'ear!

It'll give someone something to get their teeth into.

Re: Ryan Bailey : Mon Oct 08, 2012 11:34 am  

Ian Scott wrote:

It'll give someone something to get their teeth into.

Good one Ian, ya big lug!

Re: Ryan Bailey : Mon Oct 08, 2012 11:37 am  

Richie wrote:

McKenna, Carroll, Toopi, Delaney.....we seem to have a thing for importing right centres and then realising they should be forwards.

I'm going to blame that for an argument I lost on Saturday. For some reason, I thought Achurch was a centre, and was being signed as such. Lord Percy said otherwise, and a quick interweb checked proved him correct.

The players and problem you mention are the clearly the cause of my confusion........

Re: Ryan Bailey : Mon Oct 08, 2012 12:24 pm  

gulfcoast_highwayman wrote:

I'm going to blame that for an argument I lost on Saturday. For some reason, I thought Achurch was a centre, and was being signed as such. Lord Percy said otherwise, and a quick interweb checked proved him correct.

Achurch is close though - he's been signed and hailed as a prop but he actually says he prefers to play second row.

Re: Ryan Bailey : Mon Oct 08, 2012 12:26 pm  

gulfcoast_highwayman wrote:

and raise you a Chris McKenna. What was it Daryl Powell was noted saying about him when he was coach? Oh yes, it was 'he can't f***ing pass!', wasn't it?

Yup.

To be fair that occured in his first season with us and you he shouldn't have played. Spent most of that season barely walking let alone having guts to man-up and play rugby.

McKenna was one of my favourite tacklers to watch in blue and amber. Copy book. Always knew the right tackle to put in each situation. Every time he got the chance to put shoulder in he did it. There has been and will be more applauded imports but he was lovin' good at what he did.

Re: Ryan Bailey : Mon Oct 08, 2012 12:32 pm  

The Eagle wrote:

True. When Kylie smashed one of the Wire players who dropped the ball, I don't recall there being mass protests, even if he caught a fair amount of head with the shot

Yup.

Just think if the Bailey-Myler incident had occured and Myler and co saw it was Ian Kirke who was border-line would it have caused the same distraction and same number of wet knickers? Of course not.

Classic, Classic Bailey

Re: Ryan Bailey : Mon Oct 08, 2012 1:32 pm  

There was more in the 2 tackles round Ablett's chops in quick succession from Briers than the Bailey one.

Re: Ryan Bailey : Mon Oct 08, 2012 1:49 pm  

Classic Leeds Grand Final night tactic, only this time replace Senior and Pryce with Ablett and Briers. Leeds never left Briers alone sending Ablett charging towards him time and again until eventually cracking him.

Re: Ryan Bailey : Mon Oct 08, 2012 1:50 pm  

MjM wrote:

Achurch is close though - he's been signed and hailed as a prop but he actually says he prefers to play second row.

And of course we all know that Peacock is really a second row...