I still rate Kemp - his tries at Brisbane weren't a case of catch and flop over the line, three in particular ring a bell for me, a) when there was a loose ball on the ground and he soccers it past defenders into the corner and scores b) when he goes straight through Manly in his first game on a kick return c) the try in the semi against the Roosters where they offloaded like 10 times in the movement, and Kemp's injection of speed turned that broken line into a try, I think though Locke has shown he has a better sense of the game. That said, I feel our backline going to the right hand side has been ordinary the entire year, so unless you're a freak footballer like Locke who has great instincts you're going to catch a cold or have to become a battering ram. Kemp was never going to be a battering ram. I thought we looked 1,000,000 times better with Hohaia at five eighth last week and I think if conditions were better for spreading the ball we could have seen some nice tries, and with Lance at 5/8 I'd like to see Moon back in Ah Van's spot and Kemp next cab off the rank. I don't think you become a poor player overnight, his form was disappointing to say the least but in the context of it all our ability to go left to right this season has been appalling.
