Re: Ryan Bailey : Wed Nov 25, 2015 12:28 pm  

thebloodbath wrote:

Enough about Ben Westwood.

Re: Ryan Bailey : Wed Nov 25, 2015 12:57 pm  

Smith added: “Ryan’s signature is not going to impact greatly on our salary cap, but his experience and attributes will make him an extremely valuable squad player."

So...pay as you play but we don't expect him to play much??

Re: Ryan Bailey : Wed Nov 25, 2015 1:51 pm  

thebloodbath wrote:

Enough about Ben Westwood.

Warrington board

Westwood sucker punches Blake Green, fine
Briers sucker punches Carl Ablett, fine
Wood sucker punches Carl Ablett, fine

Bailey drops down heavily on Chris Riley, WHAT A DISGRACE OF A HUMAN BEING, HE'S SCUM AND NOT THE TYPE OF PLAYER WE WANT AT WARRINGTON BECAUSE WE ONLY WANT ROLE MODELS!!!

Role models such as Joel 'Dog Botherer' Monaghan of course.

The meltdown over on their board right now is great. 4 different threads in reference to the Bailey signing with the main one already being 19 pages long and the first mentions of people refusing to buy Season Tickets because of this signing.

Classic Bailey

Re: Ryan Bailey : Wed Nov 25, 2015 6:55 pm  

ThePrinter wrote:

Warrington board

Westwood sucker punches Blake Green, fine
Briers sucker punches Carl Ablett, fine
Wood sucker punches Carl Ablett, fine

Bailey drops down heavily on Chris Riley, WHAT A DISGRACE OF A HUMAN BEING, HE'S SCUM AND NOT THE TYPE OF PLAYER WE WANT AT WARRINGTON BECAUSE WE ONLY WANT ROLE MODELS!!!

Role models such as Joel 'Dog Botherer' Monaghan of course.

The meltdown over on their board right now is great. 4 different threads in reference to the Bailey signing with the main one already being 19 pages long and the first mentions of people refusing to buy Season Tickets because of this signing.

Classic Bailey

Hilarious stuff

All very OTT though.He has only signed a 1 year deal, probably on peanuts and with stipulations. You would think he had been signed the same terms of contract Asotasi has just finished the way some of the wire fans have reacted.

Re: Ryan Bailey : Wed Nov 25, 2015 11:00 pm  

After being on their forum I'm starting to want Bailey to do well for them

Re: Ryan Bailey : Thu Nov 26, 2015 3:32 am  

Some people on their forum laughingly suggest Les Boyd was preferable - a genuine hardman. That may be but he was also guilty of one of the most vicious and cowardly attacks ever seen in pro RL when he smashed Darryl Brohmann's jaw with his elbow (very Moriarty-Waddell). That's what gets me. There is zero footage of Bailey doing anything remotely in that league of thuggery, and a guy who has played pro RL at prop for over a decade is somehow a coward.

I don't think Bailey came close to being as good as he could have been, but the hysteria over a squad player is ridiculous.

[Ex-Swarcliffe Rhino]

Re: Ryan Bailey : Thu Nov 26, 2015 7:32 am  

I second what Biff says above.

Like him or loath him, he was a cornerstone of our pack for a decade. He's a winner, pure and simple. He will add some much needed experience and aggression to wires pack and is on a claused contract to keep him ont strait and narrow.

The fact some wire fans can't see past their own nose is neither here, nor there...

Re: Ryan Bailey : Thu Nov 26, 2015 9:14 am  

It's the kind of meltdown for which the wigan board was once famous. Should wire struggle there's gonna be some serious, serious whining from that part of the world next year. Bring it on

Re: Ryan Bailey : Thu Nov 26, 2015 2:43 pm  

I think there is also this to take into consideration, imo Bailey left Leeds to HKR believing he was a bigger star than he actually was.He came down with a bump there and failed again to get back on the horse at Cas.He has had a few months to digest it all and I'm sure it's been made clear by all and sundry that this Wire chance is really last chance saloon at top level.I expect him to approach this challenge with far more effort and determination than the last season.It remains to be seen, but I'm tipping Ryan to go well and earn a new deal with a few wire fans eating humble pie come October

Re: Ryan Bailey : Thu Nov 26, 2015 5:26 pm  

Biff Tannen wrote:

I think there is also this to take into consideration, imo Bailey left Leeds to HKR believing he was a bigger star than he actually was.He came down with a bump there and failed again to get back on the horse at Cas.He has had a few months to digest it all and I'm sure it's been made clear by all and sundry that this Wire chance is really last chance saloon at top level.I expect him to approach this challenge with far more effort and determination than the last season.It remains to be seen, but I'm tipping Ryan to go well and earn a new deal with a few wire fans eating humble pie come October

I hope and think you are right about him being smart enough to work out this is probably his last shot at top flight rehabilitation. The response from some on the Wire board is comically OTT, you'd think they'd used their marquee spot to bring him in. If he goes well for them, you'll struggle to find one of them that didn't think it was a shrewd move by TS.