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

Colin Sylvia
Colin had an injury riddled pre-season.  He came back from his break with a slight calf strain, and then took some time to overcome that.  I feel that this had an effect on the early part of Col’s season, which wasn’t great.  However, I felt that, after the mid-season break, we played Colin in the midfield a lot more, and his consistency of performance was far better than in the first half of the year.  Col’s challenge going forward is to firstly get a really good pre-season under his belt to get his body up to elite AFL standards, to continue to play in the midfield, and to have a presence for the Melbourne Football Club.- Brian Royal (midfield coach)

	G	Rank	K	H	D	DE%	CP	UP	M	G	SA	I50	T	C
2012	17	80	10	7.9	17.9	67.2	8	10.2	3.5	0.9	0.9	3.5	3.8	2.6
Career Average		76	10.3	6.6	16.9	70.1	6.8	10.3	4.7	0.9	1	3.6	3.3	2

Jordie McKenzie
It was a pleasure to coach Jordie.  Jordie played twenty games - mostly as a tagger - for the Melbourne Football Club.  Jordie’s attention to detail with all aspects of his football was outstanding. He often tagged the best players in the competition, and there weren’t too many occasions where he didn’t get the job done.  Jordie’s ability to be able to win the contested footy in his own right is certainly a strength of his game, and I thought that the way that he went about it with his defensive aspects - particularly his tackling - led the way for a lot of teammates.  - Brian Royal (midfield coach)

	G	Rank	K	H	D	DE%	CP	UP	M	G	SA	I50	T	C
2012	20	65	8.4	8.7	17	64.5	8.1	8.7	1.5	0.2	0.4	2	5.8	3.9
Career Average		73.8	6.9	11.2	18.1	71.2	8.5	9.6	1.9	0.1	0.4	2.1	6.2	3.6

Lynden Dunn
After not being able to find a permanent position in the AFL senior team, Lynden was put down back in Round 13 against GWS, and has not looked back.  He has commanded a position in the backline, and showed great ability to win contests.  He was very disciplined, and gave us good drive and rebound from the backline.  Lynden was one of the most improved players for 2012.  He should look forward to the pre-season, knowing that he’s locked down a spot within the team.  - Jade Rawlings (backline coach)

	G	Rank	K	H	D	DE%	CP	UP	M	G	SA	I50	T	C
2012	18	64	9.1	4.6	13.7	77.2	4.3	8.1	3.8	0.5	0.6	2.2	2.6	0.5
Career Averages		64.3	8.3	4.7	13.1	74	4.5	8.1	4.3	0.9	0.7	2.5	2.8	1.1

Ricky Petterd
After a positive NAB Cup campaign, including a stand out game against Collingwood, Ricky was hit hard by injury for most of the season, which impacted his ability to string games together, seeing him playing only four AFL games in total. At his best, Ricky is a dynamic forward, capable in the air and at ground level.  He needs his body to be fully fit to enable him to perform at AFL level. We anticipate that his most recent surgery will give him every chance to complete a full pre-season. - Paul Satterly (Forward line development coach)

	G	Rank	K	H	D	DE%	CP	UP	M	G	SA	I50	T	C
2012	4	44	7	3.8	10.8	65.1	4.3	7	3	0	1.3	2	2.8	0.3
Career Averages		67.7	8.8	4.9	13.7	69.2	5.1	8.9	5.3	1	0.9	2.6	2.6	0.7

Jack Grimes
Jack played 21 games.  He was predominantly played midfield, but was rotated into the backline throughout the course of games, and that was to allow us to have backline rotations.  Jack’s form in the midfield was very consistent, particularly being his first year as a midfield player.  A lot of that was on the wing, where I thought he read the game really well.  Jack’s game, and his leadership - both on and off the field - was outstanding, and I’m sure that Jack as a footballer, and particularly as a midfielder going forward, is going to be of enormous value to the Melbourne Football Club.  It was also pleasing to see Jack get some continuity in games played - as we know, he’s had a lot of injuries over his career, and it was pleasing that he played 21 games with the Melbourne Football Club this year. - Brian Royal (midfield coach)

	G	Rank	K	H	D	DE%	CP	UP	M	G	SA	I50	T	C
2012	21	88	14.3	7.9	22.2	71.9	6.9	14.7	5.8	0	0.6	2.8	3.9	2
Career Averages		87.2	13	8.2	21.1	75	6.3	14.1	6.2	0.1	0.4	1.8	2.9	1.2

Games = G, Champion Data Ranking = Rank, Kicks = K, Handballs = H, Disposals = D, Disposal Effeceincy = DE %, Contested Possession = CP, Uncontested Possession = UP, Marks = M, Goals = G, Score Assist = SA, Inside 50 = I 50, Tackles = T, Clearances = C