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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 3 2024 Pre Game Prognostications Carlton vs North Melbourne
My only problem with pigeonholing Kemp as a defender is that unless we try another option for him we'll never know.
I just think he's too good a player not to be playing senior football.

Kemp was used as a key forward and key defender but was unable to win a place in the firsts in either of those roles.  In his own words:

"I was, and still am, open to my strengths of being able to play multiple positions.

Vossy and I, we sat down last year and pieced together what we wanted to go after. We always wanted to keep the prospect of me being able to play multiple positions or play forward up our sleeve, but we just all agreed that we wanted to go after one role and being really clear on that.

I still like the idea of being able to play multiple positions, depending on what happens in a game or if there are areas I need to fill. But the continuity of just locking in one role and really going after that, it was good for me. It just gave me that clarity that I needed, in terms of what I wanted to go after."

The club could change his focus to key forward with the ability to go back but I suspect that his attributes lend themselves more to playing in defence.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 3 2024 Pre Game Prognostications Carlton vs North Melbourne
We have gone back to the defence we fielded in the prelim but with Williams in place of Cincotta.  That seems to be Vossy’s preferred defensive line up and, to be honest, it worked OK in the prelim.  We lose Young’s ability to mind gorillas and gain Weitering’s equivalent ability plus his generalship and capacity to play on virtually any forward.  We lose Kemp’s contested marking and ability to run both ways and gain Marchbank’s intercept marking and smart positioning … provided he’s fit and in form.

I think we’ll win but not by as much as I was hoping for.  A comfortable win but not necessarily a percentage booster.  Zurhaar might be a problem 🤔

If that is to be our first choice defence, it does raise questions about Kemp and Young.  Kemp attributes his improved, more consistent form to Vossy’s decision to have him focus on his key defender role.  I can’t see that changing, or the dynamics of forward line changing so Kemp will be a depth defender, as will Cincotta, Young and Cowan.

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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 3 2024 Pre Game Prognostications Carlton vs North Melbourne
Great changes.
Not surprised both Young and Kemp got the flick, as I mentioned previously, they have been adequate, but not excellent.
I feel for Kempy, he's nearly there - but he's gotta stop trying to take the spekky in defense. It's like we're not entirely sure where to put him. His quality will shine soon enough.
The lack of authority in Young's game is of concern - stopper, spoiler, safe... we need more than that, but as a fill-in - great.
I would have been surprised if Fantasia was dropped, and if Motlop was fit I think he would have been, but his smarts and leadership contribute plenty - but he needs to do more.

I will be very surprised if Marchbank produces anywhere near the output of Kemp or Young.  When Marchy’s on, he’s a decent defender but he hasn’t played since last season and should have run out with the twos this week.

Larkey will be too good for him and, although Coleman-Jones is a bit of a spud, he’s a tall spud and could well be far too big for Marchy.

I hope we’re not getting ahead of ourselves, rushing Cola Hollands into the team after mediocre performances in our practice matches  suggests that we are.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 3 2024 Pre Game Prognostications Carlton vs North Melbourne
None of the other 'midfield' players played KP, so not sure why you bring that up, i think it hurts your argument more than helps it.

Kemp gets beaten by taller opponents....and by stronger opponents......does that not clearly point to the fact that is because is not a KPP? He doesn't have the size or strength to play there and be effective. Rather, he plays there because he is the best we've got at any given time, but is largely undersized.

Young is a better matchup, because he is an actual KPP. I think the 'errors' made by Young playing that role vs the 'errors' by Kemp playing that role mean that Kemp is the better player to have in the side.....even if it means you sacrifice some ability against the taller opponents that he'll be beaten one on one with. Mostly due to the fact that Young makes some silly errors that almost directly cost us goals.

To summarise, just because a player is played in a position, doesn't mean he is right for that position. If all our 190cm players got injured, someone would still have to play as a ruck on game day.....but just because we've shoehorned someone into that position, doesn't mean he is a genuine ruck. Same with Kemp, Marchbank......as KPPs.

Kemp and Young did OK against Daniher and Hipwood and Lynch and Balta.  They would probably do OK against Larkey and Coleman-Jones.  Weitering and Kemp would be a better combination and Weitering and Young an even better combination.

Against other key forward pairs, Weitering and Kemp might be a better defensive combination than Weitering and Young.  When you have several KPDs with different attributes, you can have a horses for courses approach.  With the North game, Kemp would probably be our best match up for Zurhaar.  McGovern could do the job but at the expense of his intercept marking and helping out the KPDs.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 3 2024 Pre Game Prognostications Carlton vs North Melbourne
Elijah Hollands is available after his cocaine holiday (Will he have any niggling injuries that cause him to miss games? I suspect not.). I don’t think he did enough to warrant selection and I don’t think he would necessarily be an improvement over any of our current mids/forwards.  I think that Binns would be ahead of Lij in the pecking order.

Motlop must be close to an automatic in, provided he is impressing at training.  Fantasia is probably most at risk of losing his spot and I can’t see small Durdin in the 22.

I’d say Weitering and Motlop in for Boyd and Fantasia so expect something completely different  🙂

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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: AFL Rd 3 2024 Pre Game Prognostications Carlton vs North Melbourne
https://central.rookieme.com/afl/player/brodie-kemp/One mans opinion, sure, but shared by plenty of others.

Not sure how many 'midfield extractors' are classed as KPD's a year later.

Despite the size difference and despite my own personal opinion on the matter, i'd still prefer to play Weitering and Kemp over Weitering and Young.

Only way kemp will be defeated is if our team defence fails and he's left 1-on-1 with his taller opponent with no chance to jump at the ball.

Young on the other hand could be defeated by his opponent a number of ways.

Kemp played a couple of games in the midfield as a junior, that's it.  SOS said that Kemp could play midfield when he was drafted, but he said that about Plowman, Marchbank, Stocker, and others.  Despite the 'midfield extractor' tag, Kemp has played all of his football for us as a KPP.

Kemp does get beaten by taller opponents in one on one contests - Gawn in the semi - and by stronger opponents like Balta.  He also loses contests when he attempts to mark rather than spoil.   Young is more conservative and is happy to kill the contest if there's doubt about the outcome.  Young is a better match up for Larkey and Coleman-Kones than Kemp is, and I would play both, regardless of whether Weitering is in the team.