I'd rather have him available for selection than not. I don't believe he will be available though, 1 match would be my guess.

As would I. However, his lack of availability is all down to him.

Do you think he was a major influence on Sunday?

Might not have been too influential on sunday but he's a class act..end of..
Great passing both ways,quick passing from the floor,runs from the play the ball.and if you watch the game again you'll see the amount of tackles he makes and especially how quick he is into the tackle.Many times i've watched this year he sprints up and makes the tackle(on opposition forwards) when the nearest Leeds player is at least1-2 yards behind him.Not to mention the better peformances from Diskin because he's got competition(in my opinion)No sorry pal can't agree on this one,would rather have him than a Diskin/Mcshane combo or Diskin/Burrow.

I don't doubt he is a class act. Nice to note that whilst you're a big admirer of him you're objective enough to recognise he wasn't a major influence on Sunday...............unlike some of his other admirers.

Can't get my head round this Buderus tackle

Why is he up & Prescott isn't ,both tackles dumped the player dangerously

Also I know Senior kicked out in the tackle and got a ticking off in the cup tie but a blatant kick when a guy is playing the ball surely deserves a ban

Is the committee anti Leeds here or does Maurice still hold some influence?

Leeds had Webb banned earlier this season for much less than this

But apparently he doesn't have any influence, so how can this be counted against him?

That would all have some degree of credibility had you not gone overboard telling all and sundry on here a few weeks back about how great Diskin was because of one reverse pass that put McGuire away to score at Cas.

Like I said, there is agendas, and there is agendas. It appears one only needs to fart to have an influence where another one wouldn't get the credit if he played 13 men on his own and still won a match.

One thing was for sure his influence on Sunday all be it less than other games during the season still out-weighed anything Diskin offered on the night. Diskin's lateral defence is appalling for a pro player.

No. I don't think dummy half was a major battleground, there was too much wrestling. Play the balls were slowed to such a speed that all the acting half had to do was pick up and pass. We beat them because we did what we've done best for a long time now, coped with the pressure when it mattered and took our chances. Eastwood also came on from the bench and made things happen - soemthing Wigan didn't have.

I'm not going to bag him over the tackle though. When he tackles he really drives into the legs and twists the player, he doesn't try and smash the guy. I guess it's one of his trademarks throughout his career. This time I think he was second man in and Kylie fell off destabilising the tackled player - hence Buderus rolled him over and up un the air. I also don't think the penlaty Wigan kicked was particularly clear cut, very harsh on Buderus to bag him on that. One of those "I haven't blown my whistle for a while " penalties at the tackle you could give at almost every PTB.

I delibertely didn't comapre the two players in my previous post because it is irrelevent to the question.

I though Buderus had a decent game, but was far from a major influence. He did what he does.

My only though was that the play for Sinny's drop goal was inch perfect. Something you take for granted, but when you see how close the Wigan defender go to blocking you realise how even a slightly poor pass could cost us.

To borrow a quote from Gotcha (grammatical errors and all), there is agendas and then there is agendas.

I'm shocked that someone should turn this thread should turn into a debate about Buderus' contribution to the game. There's not enough Buderus discussion on here. More of this please.

I'm equally shocked someone else should use that as an invitation to expose their agenda against probably the most successful hooker in the club's history.

Given Buderus takes up at least 99% of the Leeds salary cap it's only right that the number of threads relating to him should be in proportion.

I thought it was more than that?