JACK Viney says Greater Western Sydney’s momentum was “extremely hard” to stop, as it came back from a 32-point deficit to win by 45 points over Melbourne at StarTrack Oval on Saturday.

Viney said Melbourne was unable to stick to the basics as GWS piled on a staggering 14 goals straight to win the match.

“It’s extremely hard to stop momentum – that’s why so many footy clubs try to achieve momentum. It takes all 18 players – every single player on the field – to lock down and start winning the contested footy,” he told melbournefc.com.au.

“As soon as someone or a few people start going away from that side of the football, one bloke can’t do anything or two blokes can’t do anything.

“So it really is a team effort and all 18 blokes need to be on the same page.”

Viney said Melbourne was pleased with its start, but once it lost control of the game, it was never able to wrestle it back.

“We came out and played a pretty solid first quarter. We brought out what we showed against Gold Coast and the second quarter wasn’t too bad. They (GWS) missed some opportunities, but had a bit of the momentum,” he said.

“We were still in the game and felt like we were still on top of them, but the second half was a completely different story.

“They got a run-on and we couldn’t stop their momentum. When you give the young kids a bit of a sniff, they’ll run with it as much as they can. We didn’t do very well at stopping the momentum and winning the footy.”

Meanwhile, Viney, who did an outstanding job on Gold Coast superstar Gary Ablett in round one, ran with GWS boom recruit Ryan Griffen for part of the match, but the roles changed in the match.

“I played with him (Ryan Griffen) in the first half,” he said.

“In the first quarter I was on him for a bit in the midfield, but then the role got a bit confusing, because he was playing more forward, so I didn’t go with him then.

“The role got a bit fuzzy for a little bit, but I felt I was like the team – good in the first half, but dropped away in the second half.”