(04-17-2023, 11:00 PM)ElwoodBlues1 date Wrote:Kemp played his best footy as an intercept defender at U18 level.Kemp didn't gather the high draft pick attention until his last season at TAC Cup level, just before he was injured. He was moved into the midfield and dominated, before he was drafted off the back of those few stand out games he was being talked about like he could be the next Kouta, Kouta also transitioned to the midfield from the wing/flanks.
Kemp didn't get to be a high draft pick by being a vanilla HBF.
I suspect part of the reason we've constrained him to the HBF is a fear that he'll do a knee again if he is forced into positions that require lots of twisting and turning. But opposition are going to construct that scenario for him wherever he plays, if he can't be durable in the midfield we better find out now! He's playing a role in the VFL that won't exist in AFL.
"Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck ....... Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck"