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Message: [QUOTE="Skathen, post: 3630129, member: 8789"] I don't know how many times it needs to be said. You don't pick halves for their ability to defend. Hold their own, sure. Mam more than does that - he puts on shots, heck, he's fantastic at kick chases and is often one of the first players chasing breaks in our line. He's not a great lateral defender - but that's not why he's in the squad guys. We have to have good defenders to his right and left to help him out. Why do you think Piakura got hooked very early on the weekend? Kev can see the problem. We're used to having Capes on the inside of Mam helping him out greatly and that's the night and day difference this year. Piakura is not a 1:1 replacement for Capes when it comes to defending his own man and being there to help Mam out. Can he do better? yes. Is he a long way behind Luke Keary, Cody Walker etc? hell no. Those guys miss heaps of tackles or make ineffective ones. They have guys either side of them though that are quick to pounce and offer assistance. Piakura is still learning but needs to step up his game too. We just have two weak defenders side by side when the ball is quickly shifting or the angles change. [/QUOTE]

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