Dan Kemp

[Lifelongfan]

Thought he was good for them last night

[Hoover Attack]

No idea what he's doing there but agreed, looked a class above anyone else they had.

Jamie Reid has gone off the boil, hasn't he?

[Long slender neck]

Could have been a decent player for us, but didnt suit Jacketball.

[DuvB]

No idea what he's doing there but agreed, looked a class above anyone else they had.

Jamie Reid has gone off the boil, hasn't he?

I see Reid as a possible replacement for Kalman.

[PKM]

Be happy to have Dan Kemp back

[gshaw]

Be happy to have Dan Kemp back

No thanks, fluffed his chances and with a 5 yard headstart Markanday caught him up on the counter attack. We can do better.

[PKM]

Be happy to have Dan Kemp back

No thanks, fluffed his chances and with a 5 yard headstart Markanday caught him up on the counter attack. We can do better.

Be great if we can do better, but Kemp has scored 9 league goals plus 4 assists in 36 games, has stayed injury free.
If one of our midfielders could do that we would be very happy.
As for ‘fluffed’ chances, we’ve done more than a few of those this season.
At 26 years of age Kemp is in his prime, think he would be great for us.

[Qin]

I'd have Kemp back, in a heartbeat. We'll not have Donley next season, and Kemp would fit in great in that number 10 position

[BiggsyMalone]

Was about as effective for Stevenage as he was fornus

[Mistadobalina]

Was thinking last night their playmaker looked decent, didn't realize it was Kemp. The sort of player that would suit a Wellens system well imo, works hard but has some skill on the ball and clearly contributes goals wise. Aside from Kelman and second half of the season, Donley, we've had nowhere near enough goals in our team.

[PKM]

Was about as effective for Stevenage as he was fornus

He’s improved considerably since he left us, but even so he wasn’t that bad for us anyway. Jackett clearly didn’t fancy him.
Last three clubs, Hartlepool, Swindon, Stevenage , he’s managed 32 goals in 77 games, as well as many assists and his general play making. That is some goal return from midfield. If we pick up someone better than Kemp then whoever it is will be a good player to beat Kemp. He’s got quality, that is clear to see.

[BiggsyMalone]

Was about as effective for Stevenage as he was fornus

He’s improved considerably since he left us, but even so he wasn’t that bad for us anyway. Jackett clearly didn’t fancy him.
Last three clubs, Hartlepool, Swindon, Stevenage , he’s managed 32 goals in 77 games, as well as many assists and his general play making. That is some goal return from midfield. If we pick up someone better than Kemp then whoever it is will be a good player to beat Kemp. He’s got quality, that is clear to see.

There’s a reason he’s 26 and on his 8th club.

You need to go back and watch games he played for Orient. Knocked off the ball easily, poor work rate and made poor decisions with the ball.

Other than one run and one decent cross, he didn’t do anything of note last night.

[Scuba Diver]

Been around already. WIll always get chances as technically excellent but agree with Biggs can make poor choices with the ball.

Remember him as being quite slight and easy to bully but he still made a contribution to us at the time.

Destined to be a lower league journeyman when you feel there "could" have been more him.

[PKM]

Was about as effective for Stevenage as he was fornus

He’s improved considerably since he left us, but even so he wasn’t that bad for us anyway. Jackett clearly didn’t fancy him.
Last three clubs, Hartlepool, Swindon, Stevenage , he’s managed 32 goals in 77 games, as well as many assists and his general play making. That is some goal return from midfield. If we pick up someone better than Kemp then whoever it is will be a good player to beat Kemp. He’s got quality, that is clear to see.

There’s a reason he’s 26 and on his 8th club.

You need to go back and watch games he played for Orient. Knocked off the ball easily, poor work rate and made poor decisions with the ball.

Other than one run and one decent cross, he didn’t do anything of note last night.

No point looking back at the player he was 4 or 5 years ago with us, absolutely pointless.
Players develop, only have to look at Kelman to grasp that point.

[LittleMate]

Was about as effective for Stevenage as he was fornus

He’s improved considerably since he left us, but even so he wasn’t that bad for us anyway. Jackett clearly didn’t fancy him.
Last three clubs, Hartlepool, Swindon, Stevenage , he’s managed 32 goals in 77 games, as well as many assists and his general play making. That is some goal return from midfield. If we pick up someone better than Kemp then whoever it is will be a good player to beat Kemp. He’s got quality, that is clear to see.

There’s a reason he’s 26 and on his 8th club.

You need to go back and watch games he played for Orient. Knocked off the ball easily, poor work rate and made poor decisions with the ball.

Other than one run and one decent cross, he didn’t do anything of note last night.

Since you are counting Loans (Kemp's had 4), Dan Agyei has had 7 clubs and has scored 1 more career goal and is 18 months older. Kemp is a decent enough player and Ritchie would have got a turn out of him had he stayed at the club in the January before he joined. Kemp's had his chance at the Orient but the stats say he's an effective player and anyone watching could see he was a threat last night.

[DrWindy]

Was about as effective for Stevenage as he was fornus

He’s improved considerably since he left us, but even so he wasn’t that bad for us anyway. Jackett clearly didn’t fancy him.
Last three clubs, Hartlepool, Swindon, Stevenage , he’s managed 32 goals in 77 games, as well as many assists and his general play making. That is some goal return from midfield. If we pick up someone better than Kemp then whoever it is will be a good player to beat Kemp. He’s got quality, that is clear to see.

There’s a reason he’s 26 and on his 8th club.

You need to go back and watch games he played for Orient. Knocked off the ball easily, poor work rate and made poor decisions with the ball.

Other than one run and one decent cross, he didn’t do anything of note last night.

Agree. I don’t think he kicked the ball for the first ten minutes. He’s ok, but I don’t think he’s good enough to be a luxury player. Donley came in with a similar style and realised under RW he won’t play. Now he’s got the work rate too. We can do better.

[BiggsyMalone]

He’s improved considerably since he left us, but even so he wasn’t that bad for us anyway. Jackett clearly didn’t fancy him.
Last three clubs, Hartlepool, Swindon, Stevenage , he’s managed 32 goals in 77 games, as well as many assists and his general play making. That is some goal return from midfield. If we pick up someone better than Kemp then whoever it is will be a good player to beat Kemp. He’s got quality, that is clear to see.

There’s a reason he’s 26 and on his 8th club.

You need to go back and watch games he played for Orient. Knocked off the ball easily, poor work rate and made poor decisions with the ball.

Other than one run and one decent cross, he didn’t do anything of note last night.

No point looking back at the player he was 4 or 5 years ago with us, absolutely pointless.
Players develop, only have to look at Kelman to grasp that point.

He's the same player as he was 4 or 5 years ago.

That's a bad comparison. Kelman's only bad point was his goal output, not always his fault as he'd make a lot of runs and not get the ball. His work rate, strangth and pace were always there. Now he's realising his potential, hopefully it isn't a one off and this becomes the norm for him.

[BiggsyMalone]

He’s improved considerably since he left us, but even so he wasn’t that bad for us anyway. Jackett clearly didn’t fancy him.
Last three clubs, Hartlepool, Swindon, Stevenage , he’s managed 32 goals in 77 games, as well as many assists and his general play making. That is some goal return from midfield. If we pick up someone better than Kemp then whoever it is will be a good player to beat Kemp. He’s got quality, that is clear to see.

There’s a reason he’s 26 and on his 8th club.

You need to go back and watch games he played for Orient. Knocked off the ball easily, poor work rate and made poor decisions with the ball.

Other than one run and one decent cross, he didn’t do anything of note last night.

Since you are counting Loans (Kemp's had 4), Dan Agyei has had 7 clubs and has scored 1 more career goal and is 18 months older. Kemp is a decent enough player and Ritchie would have got a turn out of him had he stayed at the club in the January before he joined. Kemp's had his chance at the Orient but the stats say he's an effective player and anyone watching could see he was a threat last night.

I am counting his loans because he did 6 months twice, signed for Orient in January and was f*cked off a year later because he wasn't very good. After being sh*t at MK Dons, he was f*cked off to non-League football. Came back and MK Dons still didn't want him. Did well at league 2 on loan with Swindon knowing his contract was ending at the season. Stevenage then took a punt on him because he was free and just had a good run of form at Swindon.

What makes you think he'll get a tune out of a weak attacking midfielder who offers nothing defensively? Sadlier, Duke-McKenna and Otis Khan suggest differently. What did he do last night that was so effective? 1 shot, didn't beat a player, dispossesed 3 times and 71% passing accuracy, but yeah, stats.

The club took a punt on Agyei after he had 1 good season at Crewe (like Stevenage did with Kemp). 43 games 10 goals this season and 18 games 5 goals last season is hardly the great comparison.

[PKM]

Biggsy
Re
‘ he was f*cked off to non-League football.’

No he wasn’t, Kemp has never played non league football. Presumably you were thinking of Hartlepool, they were in L2 when Kemp scored 9 goals in 16 games for them.
About as accurate as the rest of your ‘analysis’

[Holybourne Identity]

I didn’t much rate Kemp with the Os but saw him 6 or 7 times for Swindon and he was brilliant. He was recalled from that loan in January but still won the Swindon PotS

[Hoover Attack]

There’s a reason he’s 26 and on his 8th club.

You need to go back and watch games he played for Orient. Knocked off the ball easily, poor work rate and made poor decisions with the ball.

Other than one run and one decent cross, he didn’t do anything of note last night.

Since you are counting Loans (Kemp's had 4), Dan Agyei has had 7 clubs and has scored 1 more career goal and is 18 months older. Kemp is a decent enough player and Ritchie would have got a turn out of him had he stayed at the club in the January before he joined. Kemp's had his chance at the Orient but the stats say he's an effective player and anyone watching could see he was a threat last night.

I am counting his loans because he did 6 months twice, signed for Orient in January and was f*cked off a year later because he wasn't very good. After being sh*t at MK Dons, he was f*cked off to non-League football. Came back and MK Dons still didn't want him. Did well at league 2 on loan with Swindon knowing his contract was ending at the season. Stevenage then took a punt on him because he was free and just had a good run of form at Swindon.

What makes you think he'll get a tune out of a weak attacking midfielder who offers nothing defensively? Sadlier, Duke-McKenna and Otis Khan suggest differently. What did he do last night that was so effective? 1 shot, didn't beat a player, dispossesed 3 times and 71% passing accuracy, but yeah, stats.

The club took a punt on Agyei after he had 1 good season at Crewe (like Stevenage did with Kemp). 43 games 10 goals this season and 18 games 5 goals last season is hardly the great comparison.

Bonkers analysis. He was no good for us but was anyone when he was here?

He had a good game on Thursday. It’s ok to say that.

[gshaw]

Agree. I don’t think he kicked the ball for the first ten minutes. He’s ok, but I don’t think he’s good enough to be a luxury player. Donley came in with a similar style and realised under RW he won’t play. Now he’s got the work rate too. We can do better.

Indeed, I remember the posts a few of us wrote about how Donley wasn't putting the graft in when he first arrived and it was really interesting to hear a few weeks back confirmation that he did get a kick up the backside from RW (backed up by Donley's dad too). Good for both player and Orient that he took that feedback onboard, knuckled down and 6 months or so later makes his international debut.

As for Kemp just ask yourself the question "is this a player that would have the physicality to thrive in the Championship?" and you'll have the answer of why we need to look for better. As an aside I think we already have the answer in Abdulai but he's going to need to go through a similar realisation as Donley to make the most of his ability.

[Hoover Attack]

Nothing wrong with Abdulai work rate, or at least there wasn’t in his first couple of appearances. Something has happened.

[gshaw]

Nothing wrong with Abdulai work rate, or at least there wasn’t in his first couple of appearances. Something has happened.

That's what I mean, he needs to come through whatever that may be, knuckle down and make a place his for next season. Big opportunity for him with the number of departures in summer.

[BiggsyMalone]

Since you are counting Loans (Kemp's had 4), Dan Agyei has had 7 clubs and has scored 1 more career goal and is 18 months older. Kemp is a decent enough player and Ritchie would have got a turn out of him had he stayed at the club in the January before he joined. Kemp's had his chance at the Orient but the stats say he's an effective player and anyone watching could see he was a threat last night.

I am counting his loans because he did 6 months twice, signed for Orient in January and was f*cked off a year later because he wasn't very good. After being sh*t at MK Dons, he was f*cked off to non-League football. Came back and MK Dons still didn't want him. Did well at league 2 on loan with Swindon knowing his contract was ending at the season. Stevenage then took a punt on him because he was free and just had a good run of form at Swindon.

What makes you think he'll get a tune out of a weak attacking midfielder who offers nothing defensively? Sadlier, Duke-McKenna and Otis Khan suggest differently. What did he do last night that was so effective? 1 shot, didn't beat a player, dispossesed 3 times and 71% passing accuracy, but yeah, stats.

The club took a punt on Agyei after he had 1 good season at Crewe (like Stevenage did with Kemp). 43 games 10 goals this season and 18 games 5 goals last season is hardly the great comparison.

Bonkers analysis. He was no good for us but was anyone when he was here?

He had a good game on Thursday. It’s ok to say that.

People on here think we should resign Bonne and every other ex-Orient player they’ve seen kicking a football. He didn’t have a good game, he didn’t have a bad game. He dis nothing of note and certainly did nothing to warrant multiple people saying we should get him back.

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