Million pounds a year. Honest. It's why Smith won't re-sign. Thinks he should get same. Donald doesn't. He's happy with his half mill.

True story.

£4,000,263.45 per game.

True story.

Seriously though, I doubt he's over for the weather. And time will only tell if he will become a good, bad or indifferent Leeds player. However if he does fall into the latter categories, that's bad enough. But then when you consider value for money that could make it a whole lot worse. For example, consider Brett Mullins and Shane Millard. Both ozzies who didn't set the world alight in a Leeds shirt, well were frankly awful and both stayed for just 1 year IIRC. Now which stands out as the worse signing? You hear the Mullins references alot, not so much the Millard ones.

i think GH is just to tight to go silly! thats why others have left. i doubt very much that he is on more than peacock,sinfield etc

i agree, the fans go on saying "he is on this, he is on that" just presuming he is over here for the Money. I suspect Buderus has made a lot of money playing for the Knights, maybe some Aussie's come over here for the experience, culture and chapter in the familys life. Yes most come over for the £££££ but not all do. The fans can only speculate.

Yup.

I imagine that he is over for the money, and will probably have got a decent increase for coming here. He may not be paid as much as some at Leeds and SL, but he won't have taken a pay cut.

So Buderus got an increase on $400,000 and is on less than some at Leeds?

I doubt that.

I don't know what he earns now, or what he may have earned in the past, I just think it is naive to think that someone wouldn't want something in return for moving him and his family to the other side of the world.

Oh yeah, it must be the prestige of playing for Leeds

just because he's moved, doesn't mean he hasn't taken a pay cut. it more likely that leeds offered more then Newcastle (or around the same, and he fancied a complete change), however both will have offered him less then he was on before.

I just hope Buderus isn't going to be one of those players that we never see play.

Looks like a waste of a lot of good money to me. Diskin is quality and can play 60 minutes, surely you have back up for 20?

Deluded - just think how many tackles Diskin would miss if he played 60 mins a game - Buderus is a different class to Diskin even in his decrepit current state.

Hopefully he will come really good over the next few weeks - whilst on the salary thing - he wasn't probably going to be offered a contract at Newcastle so that reduces his bargaining power a little!!

How many does Buderus miss by not playing? Deluded.

I agree but we need another good centre, Ablett is not very good playing centre he is better in the second row.