Unlike post round one, when he flagged several changes, Neeld said further reviews and training would dictate whether changes needed to be made.
“Some players did not play well, others improved from the week before,” he said.
“I need to sit down with [Casey coach] Brett [Lovett] and wait and see. I'd like to have an in-depth report from him about what he saw.”
Neeld said that Aaron Davey, who was an emergency in round two, was back in the mix for the clash against the Tigers. But he wouldn’t reveal what the former vice-captain had to do for a recall.
“That can stay between us and Aaron,” he said.
“He travelled to Perth last week, he was put through quite a strenuous training session, two of them while we were over there, and that is what we wanted him to do.
“He will be back and available for selection this weekend.”
Neeld said several areas were highlighted in the review.
“In the review, and taking the scoreboard out of it … some things you can improve quickly,” he said.
“Our ability to continue to be in the game from a stop play situation, these are almost mindset type things.
“The really good players at the top clubs, when the game breaks from a stoppage, they just get going and it is part of their natural game … they're the type of things you can improve quickly.
“And some of our defensive positioning, you can improve that pretty quickly.”
Neeld said it was “too difficult” to comment on whether Melbourne’s opponent this week, Richmond, was at a comparable stage of development.
“I'm still getting my head around the Melbourne list,” he said.
“And being at another footy club that is not the Tigers, I can tell you how they played on Saturday night because I saw that game.
“But no, in life as an AFL coach, you are embedded in the club you are at.”
Neeld said it was too early in his time at the club to tell where the group was in terms of development.
“[It’s] too early to read into for certain, when you have not coached a group and you spend time at another club,” he said.
“In reality you don't know where they are at until you see them compete, and one of the good things that came out of the weekend was the opportunity for our younger guys to see a top club, and see the work rate they have.
“We sat through some edits having a look at some top class AFL players and the way that they work - West Coast are a very good footy side in outstanding form.”
But Neeld said he had “absolutely no doubt” he would get a better handle on the list in the coming weeks.
“The more time we spend together the more time we spend redeveloping our game plan, and the way we respond over the next few weeks to the last couple of games, we'll all find a whole heap about each other I reckon,” he said.
But he is confident in the team’s resilience.
“I can only go on their actions of what I have seen so far and yes I can,” he said.
“They trained with great resilience over summer, albeit we still have a few levels to go … so yes, I'm fairly confident.”
Despite the Easter break, there has been little rest for Neeld and the coaching staff.
“No time to chill out, we've just come out of the coaches’ review of the game, so no chill out time,” he said.
“[We] found some things that were a little bit positive, which will be good for the players to see in the review this afternoon.”
