Check out what the assistant coaches thought of every Melbourne player this year in the eighth of an exclusive nine-part season review

Troy Davis
Troy has been a consistent key defender for Casey this year at VFL level. His competitive nature has ensured that he has regularly been hard to play against. Off the back of a consistent pre-season where he barely missed a session, Troy hasn’t missed a game at VFL level, also managing to play high percentages of game time in all these matches. - Andrew Nichol (back line development coach)

	G	Rank	K	H	D	DE%	CP	UP	M	G	SA	I50	T	C
2012	19	66	7.8	4.9	12.7	79.7	5.2	7	4.7	0.1	0.1	0.6	1.7	0.4
Career Average		71.9	6.5	7	13.4	76.9	6	7.3	4.3	0.1	0.1	0.6	2.2	0.4

Jake Spencer
Jake was coming off a knee reconstruction, and spent the first half of the year playing in the VFL, just getting his body adjusted to the requirements of the training capacity of an AFL player.  In Round 14 against Brisbane, Spence came into the AFL side, and straightaway just showed his competitiveness, his willingness to work hard, play hard, and he really took on some big opponents.  To play eight games after coming off a knee reconstruction is an outstanding effort, and I think he showed the Melbourne supporters a great deal of competitiveness.  I’m sure that people watching him play would have been extremely hopeful for the future, in that he was able to stay fit and healthy and play a lot of footy in the second half of the year. - Aaron Greaves (midfield line development coach)

	G	Rank	K	H	D	DE%	CP	UP	M	G	SA	I50	T	C
2012	8	63	3.5	5.8	9.3	67.6	4.9	4.5	2.5	0.3	0	1.4	3.8	1.3
Career Average		48.3	2.8	5.3	8.1	70.5	3.4	4.8	2.6	0.1	0.3	0.8	2.7	1

Rory Taggert
Again, as a first year player, Rory was just starting to understand the levels that AFL players need to train at.  Rory came in, had some stress injuries with his shins - so had an interrupted pre-season - got going, started to be able to train and compete at the level during the week, and played VFL games against Geelong and Box Hill, with an outstanding game against Box Hill - he had nearly thirty possessions, kicked a couple of goals, and showed what he’s capable of.  Unfortunately, from that he  had some stress reactions in his back, and we didn’t want to take any risks with him, because we value him so highly for the future.  Rory showed a great ability to win the ball inside, but he’s just a fantastic kick and great user of the ball.  He - like Gawn and Evans  - has had a really good block of training in the second half of the year, and we feel that he’s going to be ready to go.  His summer is going to be extremely important, and he’s going to be ready to go to put in some good work over the pre-season. - Aaron Greaves (midfield line development coach)

	G	Rank	K	H	D	DE%	CP	UP	M	G	SA	I50	T	C
2012	3	76	12	3.7	15.7	61.7	7.7	8.3	3.7	0.7	0.7	3	3.7	3.3
Career Average		83.6	9.5	5.2	14.7	64.4	7.3	7.5	3.4	0.6	0.7	2.4	2.6	1.6

Rohan Bail
Rohan played mainly as a forward, also spending some time in the midfield. He can run all day, which is a great asset to his individual game, as well as the team. Rohan had a great finish to the year, which could only have been improved if he had been more accurate in front of goal. Rohan always works hard, wins the footy and plays his role each week for the team. - Leigh Brown (forward line coach)

	G	Rank	K	H	D	DE%	CP	UP	M	G	SA	I50	T	C
2012	18	62	7.8	7.3	15.1	64.3	6.7	8.7	3.4	0.4	0.8	2.5	3.2	1.3
Career Average		67.2	8.5	7.4	15.9	68.4	6.3	9.9	3.5	0.4	0.9	2.6	3.6	1.4

Kelvin Lawrence
Kelvin spent his time playing for Casey Seniors and Reserves, and at times showed some good signs. However, Kelvin failed to meet the requirements of an AFL player, and decided to leave the Club during the year. - Paul Satterley (forward line development coach)

	G	Rank	K	H	D	DE%	CP	UP	M	G	SA	I50	T	C
2012	7	50	5	4.6	9.6	59.7	5	4.7	1.7	0.7	0.7	2.9	4.9	0.9
Career Average		56.2	5.5	4.9	10.4	63.8	4.4	6.5	2.3	0.7	1.2	2.9	3.8	0.8