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

Aaron Davey
Aaron was earmarked as a defensive forward - a role he had previously created early in his career. When playing as a forward, he did regularly contribute with his defensive efforts. Unfortunately, overall Aaron had a frustrating season, with both injury and form having an impact on how he performed. His final senior game was in Round 13, as he succumbed to a foot injury. We look forward to Aaron completing a full pre-season, as he is a very capable player at his best. - Paul Satterley (forward line development coach)

	G	Rank	K	H	D	DE%	CP	UP	M	G	SA	I50	T	C
2012	8	62	6.4	4.1	10.5	76.2	6.4	4.6	1.6	0.9	0.9	1.9	4.6	0.9
Career Average		78.6	11.2	4.2	15.4	72.4	5.7	9.3	2.5	1	1	2.6	3.4	1.6

Max Gawn
Twelve months ago, Gawny was really working hard through pre-season.  As a guy who’s 208 centimetres tall, he has great versatility, great running ability, and is very coachable.  Unfortunately, as we know, he had his knee injury, and required his second knee reconstruction.  His attitude and his positiveness towards this injury has been outstanding.  He’s been - like Pickles - extremely diligent with his recovery.  He’s gone above and beyond what the Club’s expected of him, not only with his rehab and his recovery, but with his involvements with the Club - his DeeTV, and his capacity to work with other players and try and get the best out of the whole Club, not just himself.  His body has completely changed from the way it looked twelve months ago, he’s in a position where he’ll be able to start full training when we come back, and already he’s - we’d estimate - thirty per cent ahead of where he was at this time last pre-season.  So, he’s really set himself up this year to hopefully play some good AFL footy in the future. - Aaron Greaves (midfield development coach)

	G	Rank	K	H	D	DE%	CP	UP	M	G	SA	I50	T	C
2012	4	54	3.8	3.5	7.3	65.5	3.8	4.5	3	0.3	0	0.5	3
Career Average		54.8	3.8	3.5	7.3	65.5	3.8	4.5	3	0.3	0	0.5	3	1

Jeremy Howe
Jeremy played every game in 2012, and his contested marking was a highlight. As well as the marking, he gained valuable experience through the midfield and up forward this year. Jeremy is a multi-talented and very strong player, who loves a contested situation.  We look forward to seeing further development from him in 2013. - Leigh Brown (forward line coach)

	G	Rank	K	H	D	DE%	CP	UP	M	G	SA	I50	T	C
2012	22	79	10.3	5.5	15.9	65.6	8	8	5.5	0.9	0.5	2.6	3.1	1.9
Career Average		73.3	9.3	5.2	14.6	67.1	7.2	7.6	5.5	1.1	0.6	2.5	2.5	1.3

Neville Jetta
Neville was extremely diligent in his rehabilitation from shoulder surgery over the summer, only to injure his foot during the practice games at Casey, which cost him four months. He was again meticulous with his rehab, and was consequently able to come straight back in at VFL level and play good football. Neville then earned a recall into the AFL side against Port Adelaide in Darwin, after which he was able to hold his spot in the side for the remainder of the season, where he played a variety of different roles within the team. - Andrew Nichol (back line development coach)

	G	Rank	K	H	D	DE%	CP	UP	M	G	SA	I50	T	C
2012	6	47	6.5	3.5	10	75	4	6	3.5	0.2	0.7	2.7	2.5	0.7
Career Average		55.8	7.1	5.1	12.3	67.9	5	7.4	3.1	0.5	0.9	2.3	3.4	0.9

Mark Jamar
Mark had a consistent first half to the year, obviously playing in the ruck in the AFL side.  Unfortunately, just after the mid-season break, Mark sustained a calf injury, and then got a recurrence of that, so was only really able to play two full games in the second half of the season.  Mark’s ruck skills and ruck ability are outstanding - he’s one of the highly regarded ruckmen in the competition, and constantly gives our midfielders first look at the footy.  His work with other young ruckmen in Spencer and Fitzpatrick this year has been great.  He’s displayed great leadership, passing on knowledge and working with these guys.  I guess for Mark, he just needs to continue to look at how he can stay involved in the game outside of stoppages.  The game’s got so quick now that he just needs to keep working on how he can cover the ground.  - Aaron Greaves (midfield development coach)

	G	Rank	K	H	D	DE%	CP	UP	M	G	SA	I50	T	C
2012	14	74	3.9	4.4	8.3	64.7	5.1	3.4	2.1	0.1	0.4	1.1	1.6	1.9
Career Average		60.1	2.6	5.5	8.1	75.7	5	3.2	2.3	0.4	0.3	0.5	1.8	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