Buderus has been great for Leeds and got what he deserves! The perfect send off!

Buderus will be heavily missed next year, his input has been without doubt a major contributing factor to last nights success.

Have said the same; most recently after last week's Warrington victory. At least one other actually stated it was a great tactical move by McDermott to not play him for the full 80 until that penultimate match.

A waste of his talents under successive coaches.

When Saints had us on the rack there was one moment where Buderus came screaming out of the line and levelled the first receiver. Off the back of that the rest of the set was awesome. From where I was sitting that one moment and Sinfields outrageous step were the catalysts for our stepping it up.

always leads the chase will miss him.

is it any coincidence that he has outthought, tackled and led the kick chase agains't the supposedly two best hookers in super league.As stated on other threads re danny, been a priveledge to watch him, great player great man sorry to see him go.

I've been a critic of McDermott as most on here will recognise. I criticised him when it was justified, so now it's fair to praise him when it's justified.

His use of Buderus, McGuire and Burrow has been perfect. It's ensured that not only has each player been given the opportunity to play themselves into form, but each player is fresh enough at the end of the year to do the business.

Great piece of coaching and tactical awareness.

lets hope his legacy with Hood and Mcshane lives long and bright

Cheers danny B

The criticism of McDermott was always justified. Leeds were rubbish for most of the season and his comments about errors and incomplete sets being irrelevant and boring was nonsense of the highest order. Leeds improved title-winning form by the end of the season was mainly down to addressing those very issues which had plagued them all season... indiscipline, backchat, penalties, incomplete sets, errors aplenty. McDermott's tactical switch and usage of Burrow along with the increasingly influential Buderus factor (Michael Monaghan eat your heart out) definitely provided Leeds with the additional edge.

I'm not a huge fan of McDermott. I didn't want him as coach but once he was handed the job, he deserved 2 or 3 years at least to make his mark. I still remain unconvinced by him in charge but it was the sundry knee-jerk calls for his sacking and a TAXI out of Headingley which were OTT, not the criticism.

I think all of us, except possibly Aston Wilson, can be glad that nantwichexile is not our coach.

Ahem ! I had the prior foresight to our incumbent coach that Delaney was the better second rower than Ablett; Ablett the better centre ( I received a lot of abuse for daring to suggest that). I also encouraged the role of Burrow as impact hooker from the bench long before McDermott. [/quote:1x8x7ghm]:7098.jpg