Quote ="The Magic Wand"If this is now the standard you are gonna be busy.
In 2004? Thats ok then, 6 years on and hes gone backwards faster than a French conscript.
I would say approximately 80% better.
Really, not from what I have seen, add to that Diskins now woeful lateral movement due to have that well know lead legs syndrome and I fail to see what you are basing that assumption on.
Only your opinion and the odd balls on here, those that seem to talk sense seem to be able to tell the difference between Buderus and Diskin, one is a Big Mac with Cheese, the other is a Sam "n" Ella burger from the filth van outside the Plaza nightclub in Burnley.
He shouldn't be but the Coach is spineless.'"
Firstly, I would agree that following his knee injury, Diskin lost half a yard of pace and a little mobility. To say he went backwards to the extent you are suggesting is, quite frankly, horse t.
I have always rated Buderus from his days at Newcastle and, having had the pleasure of watching him play first hand, I would have to agree that he was a world class player. Little things that he did on Sunday would suggest to me that he still has an enormous talent and that he may well replicate his NRL form, given time to settle. Even disregarding current form, his distrubution skills are without doubt superior to Diskin's. However, to suggest that Diskin is less than two thirds as good a player, now or ever, is another pile of horse t.
Diskin has never possessed the overall skills demonstrated by Buderus in previous years but, he has been an international and, in my opinion, should have been given other opportunities at that level. In short, he may be the weaker of the two but, it isn't by much.
There are more facets to a hooker's game than passing the ball off the floor and making the odd scoot from dummy half. For a start off, your team is not going to have the ball for at least 30% of the time in a game in which your team is vastly superior. If anyone was being disingenuous earlier in the thread, you definitely fall into the alternative category.
Finally, what the F@@@ do you mean be lateral movement? I have seen enough crabs wearing blue n amber thank you!
Sounds about right.
