I seem to remember pre season BMD comments regarding mcshane having lotsof natural tallent but challenged him to improve body shape fitness. I think he looks more trim and as a result more fitness without losing any power

Hopefully Young Mc will kick on now and maintain his standards and live up to his potential ,a great effort last night.

Yeah i think he lost 1½-2st Off/Pre-Season obviously now he's reaping the rewards, Fair play to him and Fair play to BMD.

McShane was excellent when he came on. Buderus' influence is obviously rubbing off on him

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Burrow was awful, in attack at least. The little guy has so much heart and courage but his inability to boss a game is a worry. I think he is missing McGuire.

Yes fair play to both to be fair. Hope he can mantain his standards. He seems to have a bit of fire in him as well Which is good to see in a hooker

I know you said that quite tongue in cheek, but I really do think that's very accurate.



People underestimate Buderus' role off the field. Even though Buderus is not the player he once was, as a coach/mentor/training partner for McShane he is worth his weight in gold. Especially now Diskin has gone. McShane is getting a one-to-one apprenticeship with one of the greatest hookers of the modern game.

McShane in a couple of seasons time will be as good as Cunningham if not better having a lower centre of gravity and if he keeps the weight off and fitness up he will be a future England/GB hooker.



I am worried by Burrow's form. For me when McGuire is back I would possibly look at McGuire and Sinfield at half with Ablett at loose and Burrow as an attacking option off the bench (until his form improves). He does know the plays though, 'Yankey Doodle, Yankey Doodle'

Agree not gonna hurt learning off buderus

Is that a question posed as a trivia quiz or do you not know the answer (which I very much doubt)

Either way really. If I don't know the answer I usually imagine I can find one pretty quickly. I think I got back to when Diskin and Millard were sharing the hooking role and gave up.

Agree. On all counts.



When Buderus is gone it's nice to think we've got Hood to continue a seemingly successful two hooker rotation policy.

That's a ridiculous statement. The kid has bags of potential but to say in a couple of years he'll be as good as, arguably the best British player of the last 10 years, is a enormous reach!



If he continues to develop, if he continues to improve his defence (which has shown signs of improvement, if he stays fit annd healthy, if he has the right players around him etc, etc.



If he does all these things, he might become a very good SL player, he might even play international RL, he might be the best hooker in SL and could still fall way short of Cunningham