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Message: [QUOTE="BroncsFan, post: 3635780, member: 9052"] Sending Capewell packing when he had a year left to make Piakura the fulltime starter was very similar to the times when we promoted a shiny new thing way too early. They then spent his money on upgrading Ezra, Walsh (who hasn't even signed yet), etc. and didn't bother to replace him in the squad, except for barely reserve grade players from other clubs. Those guys are our future but R&R have to know when it's time to hand it over to them. I was wary of giving Ezra a mammoth upgrade too early and was hoping we would give him a 2-3yr extension and decent upgrade, and then you give him a second upgrade in a few years after he's cemented himself and showed consistency... he's a support player at the moment, but can't put the team on his back. That's now a significant and long investment on a guy that is still well within his development stages. I daresay that if we had Reynolds last night instead of Ezra we would've been far better off, and would likely be doing better this season if the situations were reversed, but very soon Ezra will be getting paid more than Reynolds ever was. Capewell had a role to play this year as a safety net until Piakura was ready to take over, and without him it's looking like it would've been a more and more important role. Even with Patty we have literally no one in the squad that can come in and do a role even close to Patty at lock... we looked an absolute shambles out there last night when Patty was off the field, with no structure in the attack... but Capewell was filling in there at times last year and that would've been the perfect role for us this year. Start at second row and then move into the middle when Piakura comes on... whilst also providing some sort of cover for outside backs that go down. [/QUOTE]

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