ASKED in his post-match media conference what was the most pleasing aspect of Melbourne’s 37-point win over Collingwood at the MCG on Saturday and coach Paul Roos said quite simply: “Where do I start?”

Roos was delighted with several things that his side did, but producing “consistency over four quarters” was one of the main highlights.

“It's good to win. We're still pretty young [with] five first-year players, but they’ve got some young guys as well. Probably because of their good start to the season, that’s been overlooked a little bit,” he said.

“It’s good for us to get some reward and play some young kids and get some good habits, and [we were] well led by the leaders, which makes a big difference.”

Roos said the resilience showed by his team, when Collingwood challenged on a few occasions was also a satisfying part of the win.

“We spoke about that after the game – that was really a key today (Saturday),” he said.

“It’s certainly been a problem for the young group, and when teams challenge us at times we’ve fallen apart. This year’s been a lot better.

“There were some real positive signs. It wasn’t like they were playing that poorly. They came back a couple of times and to finish off the game really well was a big positive.”

Roos said his side’s efficiency was also a pleasing part of the victory.

“[We’ve been] accused of being inefficient in previous weeks, lost the inside 50s, clearances, tackles, but won contested possession. [We were] beaten in a lot of indicators,” he said.

“Those that saw this week’s game and last week’s game, our ball movement hurt us a lot more last week. You can lose confidence doing that.

“We weren’t super at it today (Saturday) but the fact the guys kept on trying and trying and trying resulted in 13 goals and some really good ball movement, which at times gave us some really easy scoring opportunities.”

Roos said the players’ ownership was also critical in the build-up to the win.

“We gave it to them early in the week and gave them an opportunity to look at the game, assess it and talk about what they wanted to do for training – and also the key areas they wanted to work on against Collingwood,” he said.

“We want the players to drive the footy club [and] get this club better as quickly as we possibly can, and to their credit they got some reward for that [against Collingwood].”