Rumour Bluemour Discussion XXXVII - A return to normalcy

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Alex Witherden would be another nice option to look at. I'm a bit surprised that West Coast delisted him. He has played 53 games in the last three years in the backlines of a bad team. He has only just turned 26.
He is about a tenth of the player Newman is. Same ability to get the ball but can't kick and can't defend.
 
Also from your unattributed source that you've tried to quote our of context:






As you can see, he split time between midfield and forward in what little NAB League he played in 2019, averaging just shy of 5 clearances a game.




At the Champs, his first two games were in defence due to coaching fears around their defensive stocks, but he dominated the games, stringing up intercepts and bolting out of defence with the ball.

Here's game 3:

27 disposals, 5 clearances, and a game winning goal.


So arguably the top key position prospect coming into the year went to work on his endurance base and forced his way into the midfield, then did it again at the highest level.


In summary: you have this wrong, though that should have been obvious given what you quoted.


IMO Under 18 draft scouting reports are useful until the players start playing league footy and then they are largely redundant as it’s very difficult translating junior abilities successfully to senior footy.

Whilst it’s possible he could become a good midfielder, Kemp would need a significant step change in all aspects of his game to do so. I’d put the chances of that happening at 25-30% probability.
 

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Any juicy rumours from ITKs about whether we are going to split our pick 3 or keep it and who we are going to select with it?

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