McShane has shown that he is a failed halfback who is making great strides as an attacking hooker, thus catching the eye. It would be folly to compare his style of play with that of Buderus as they are completely different. Buderus is a more traditional hooker, who provides excellent service to his halfback and is a much better defender than any other hooker in the comp, including Roby, IMO.

They complement each other well, with each one compensating for the other's deficiencies.

Do they? Not to me they don't. They count for an awful lot. They're like the corners of my mind. Misty water coloured.

I hope your optimism in Buderus abilities to emulate Diskin are well founded. Sadly, even if we manage to win one this year it looks like he may bail on us leaving him with 25% of Diskin's achievements.

Wowweeee

This poster is suggesting Buderus has deficiencies. Burn the heretic. Burn him!!!!

Get the pitchforks.

Well thats one thing we agree on, McShane will be a fantastic 9 - but still unproven on a week in week out basis. For that reason I wouldn't mind Buderus hanging around another year. In fact I reckon we've been at our best this season (from an attacking point of view) when they've both been on the pitch, just a shame it takes Mags to be injured before it happens!

or 33% of Ian Kirke's Leeds GF medal tally to put it another way.

Is Kirke missing 1% of his medals?

To be honest you're much more Hannah Gordon on Morecambe & Wise than Barbra Streisand...

Maybe the missing 1% was stolen by the same bloke that nicked TMFMISL's? I know who's I'd rather pinch...

Funnily enough I was just thinking that! By that logic Ian Kirke is therefore better than Gareth Ellis, Adrian Morley to name but 2....

Whose logic are you applying to come top that conclusion?

Buderus was great again on saturday. Full 80 in 2 different positions, tackling everything that moved. When Hall made that great cover tackle, the players to get back and defend were Buderus, Pitts and Sinny. We haven't ever and aren't likely to ever see him at his peak, but he very very rarely plays anything below good, and is usually very good.

agree with all that Matt23

The deluded logic that measures how good a player is by number of winners rings/medals they gain in Leeds colours. Thats your logic by the way