[Paul Thexton]

Re: Bailey-Radford...set aside your prejudices? : Tue Sep 07, 2010 8:10 am  

Wellsy13 wrote:

People seem to hate Lauaki as well

That's news to me.

Re: Bailey-Radford...set aside your prejudices? : Tue Sep 07, 2010 8:14 am  

Rhubarb Triangle wrote:

It really is hilarious a few elbows, knees and sly digs here and there garner such bile and vitriol. Someone mentioned Paul Davidson earlier, a fairly apt comparison, never received the abuse Bailey does, I wonder why.

A few reasons off the top of my head would be that Davidson used to get sent off and banned for his indiscretions (which tended to be more blatant and less sly), he would fight his own battles, people didn't make him out to be the most feared man in rugby league, he didn't get found guilty of shoeing someone in the street and he had a lower profile as he also didn't play for a three time champion team or represent GB.

Re: Bailey-Radford...set aside your prejudices? : Tue Sep 07, 2010 8:17 am  

FearTheVee wrote:

A few reasons off the top of my head would be that Davidson used to get sent off and banned for his indiscretions (which tended to be more blatant and less sly), he would fight his own battles, people didn't make him out to be the most feared man in rugby league, he didn't get found guilty of shoeing someone in the street and he had a lower profile as he also didn't play for a three time champion team or represent GB.

There is no place for reason and logic on this thread - go hang your head in shame!

Re: Bailey-Radford...set aside your prejudices? : Tue Sep 07, 2010 8:20 am  

Donna wrote:

There is no place for reason and logic on this thread - go hang your head in shame!

Oh, and he was part of the Aryan race - which as we all know is of utmost importance to RL fans.

Another key reason Bailey gets more stick than most other unpleasant players is that Leeds fans go to such lengths to defend his behaviour, whilst nobody bothered defending the likes of Paul Davidson as he was clearly a cretin - in fact his own supporters turned on him at Saints.

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Re: Bailey-Radford...set aside your prejudices? : Tue Sep 07, 2010 11:30 am  

I am a bit suprised that people have barely mentioned Bailey's mini-rampage after the event.

His elbows to Radford? Pah so what. Radford reacting by punching Bailey on the ground was not worthy of Radford and warranted the red card he was shown, not a yellow.

But the red-mist that came down on Bailey thereafter and the lunge with the head towards Long (I'd say headbut but then I'd just be being racist) seemed to be to also warrant a red card to me.

Re: Bailey-Radford...set aside your prejudices? : Tue Sep 07, 2010 11:45 am  

FearTheVee wrote:

Oh, and he was part of the Aryan race - which as we all know is of utmost importance to RL fans.

Another key reason Bailey gets more stick than most other unpleasant players is that Leeds fans go to such lengths to defend his behaviour, whilst nobody bothered defending the likes of Paul Davidson as he was clearly a cretin - in fact his own supporters turned on him at Saints.

Yes, the fact he was severely shiote AND used to give penalties away meant we didn't much like him. In fact, didn't he give the pop side the Vs in response to our boos when he got sin binned in a derby game?

Re: Bailey-Radford...set aside your prejudices? : Tue Sep 07, 2010 11:54 am  

Shaggoth wrote:

But the red-mist that came down on Bailey thereafter and the lunge with the head towards Long (I'd say headbut but then I'd just be being racist) seemed to be to also warrant a red card to me.

If you're going to red card people for getting angry after getting punched to the head you'll be watching Sevens before long...

Re: Bailey-Radford...set aside your prejudices? : Tue Sep 07, 2010 12:05 pm  

Andy Gilder wrote:

If you're going to red card people for getting angry after getting punched to the head you'll be watching Sevens before long...

What about red carding peopel for getting angry after getting elbowed to the head? ATEOTD Lee Radford, despite been a prop/second rower for 11 years has never been sent off, it must have taken something major for him to lose his cool because I've never seen him lost it before like that.

The fact Barry McDermott (a Leeds employee) suggests that it shouldn't have been a sending off says it all. People who have a clue about the game e.g. the people who have played it don't think he should have been sent off and that a sin-bin for both would have cooled it off but once again we get an incompetent muppett in the middle whose ruined the full game.

Re: Bailey-Radford...set aside your prejudices? : Tue Sep 07, 2010 12:15 pm  

Old_Faithful_IAKW wrote:

The fact Barry McDermott (a Leeds employee) suggests that it shouldn't have been a sending off says it all.

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Re: Bailey-Radford...set aside your prejudices? : Tue Sep 07, 2010 12:17 pm  

Old_Faithful_IAKW wrote:

What about red carding peopel for getting angry after getting elbowed to the head? ATEOTD Lee Radford, despite been a prop/second rower for 11 years has never been sent off, it must have taken something major for him to lose his cool because I've never seen him lost it before like that.

If all Radford had done was get angry, not a problem.

Fact is, that's not all he did is it?