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The only sour note was the poor game from Motlop. Ran around and did SFA... no impact.

Some very decent names in the Dogs team, Ben Crocker again prominent, a nice win from the VFL team and nice to see Josh Honey in the goals. Hayes with good stats vs his old mob, with Martin out it might be Hayes and Honey fighting for his position.
I wouldnt pick Setterfield despite his stats and would stick with LOB and Cottrell on the wings.....

The only sour note was the poor game from Motlop. Ran around and did SFA... no impact.

He'll come good, he has all the tools.

Not worried about Motlopo has shown enough to be a good player - shown more than Durdin has last year. Pre season and confidence will see him improve and possibly quite alot.

For me Corey Durdin is miles ahead of Motlop and always is having a crack, Jesse Motlop reminds me of all the other Motlops, great skills but goes missing and looks a tad laconic a bit too often especially when he doesnt have the ball or the odds are against him getting the ball. For me the Durdin, Owies and Fisher trio has served us well this season and you are going to have to expect some down games especially vs teams like Richmond who have a very good strong defense that go at you physically and combine well to cover each other. There wasnt much spare change from our forward entries for our three to go after and it was hard work breaking free on such a wet night. I view that as a learning experience and our blokes will do better next time in the wet.
Jesse needs a spell down back imo to learn a few more defensive skills and what to do when he doesnt have the ball and he will be a better player with that education otherwise he will just be another inconsistent highlight reel player.

For me Corey Durdin is miles ahead of Motlop and always is having a crack,

I haven't seen the whole VFL game yet - it takes a little while for the AFL website to update things. However, if you see the highlights, you see a couple of absolutely magnificent things done by Kemp in defence. First was a top mark, the first big specky he's managed to hold as yet. The second is a trap of the ball and a kick off the ground unbalanced (while on the ground) that leads to a goal at the other end. Nothing short of brilliant.
I'd say that he has booked his ticket to next week's game on those two highlights alone.

Agree regarding Kemp. His aerial skills last night were a surprise for me. I think he was playing on Josh Bruce at times. Good signs for him 👏

His marking and kicking were a feature as an U18 player and defense is where he will play his best footy and use those skills imho.
The temptation with such a versatile player is to want to use those skills to bandaid/cheat in other positions as Andrew Walker could tell you but you put players where they play their best footy and find the right players for other positions.

Agree regarding Kemp. His aerial skills last night were a surprise for me. I think he was playing on Josh Bruce at times. Good signs for him 👏

His marking and kicking were a feature as an U18 player and defense is where he will play his best footy and use those skills imho.
The temptation with such a versatile player is to want to use those skills to bandaid/cheat in other positions as Andrew Walker could tell you but you put players where they play their best footy and find the right players for other positions.