Comment: Gawn should spend more time forward

Of course we are all going to remember Max Gawn's round one miss at goal that saw the Demons fall just short of Geelong, and the Melbourne ruckman has admitted his kicking in straightforward situations isn't always great.

But the 2016 All Australian showed on Sunday he can be very adept roaming around goal. 

In the win over Essendon, he exposed opponent Matthew Leuenberger by making a concerted effort to drift forward and be a marking target.

Twice he kicked checkside goals from the boundary line, and many other times he provided a contest for the Demons' stack of ground-level types.

Young tall forward Sam Weideman also held his own in the ruck and competed when Gawn was based predominantly forward, which will make it easier for the tactic to be enacted more by coach Simon Goodwin. - Callum Twomey