Trengove - was barely seen

Grimes - was barely seen

Jones - outstanding all day

Watts - was barely seen

Toumpas - showed some signs

Dawes - was barely seen

Frawley - strong all day

Byrnes - our only forward

Sylvia - tried but failed

Dunn - was barely seen

Blease - had no impact

Garland - just a game

McDonald - was well beaten

Nicholson - expectedly failed miserably

Kent - devoid of awareness

Davey - couldn't get going

Gawk - lone handed performance

Howe - career worst game

M.Jones - many meaningless possessions

Terlich - not as prolific

Fitzpatrick - abysmal in conditions

Clisby - was rarely noticed

Good summation again.

Thought Garland was ok.

You've got a thing about Kent and awareness, I think it's more concentration.

Howe - Park Footballer. Take a specy and snap a goal. That's about it.

Toump - Very good. Getting better by the week.

Gawn - Will be great for the experience.

Kent - less said the better

Interesting to look at Watts' stats. 10 disposals, 9 contested is a good sign, but 60% efficiency is not what we expect from him even in the wet.

Better that Davey I guess.

Howe - Park Footballer. Take a specy and snap a goal. That's about it.

Howe was a forward in a team that scored the least ever inside 50s, a bit hard to critique a player like him especially when everyone's been screaming when he's played in the midfield/defense.

Frankly this was just a tough week to judge full stop, they went in as hard as we've ever asked of them and competed in clearances but just didn't have the poise or polish the cats do. And to make matters worse defense was something the cats were focusing on. The goals were always going to come, but they really wanted to restrict us and they are a team that usually gets what they want.

Melbourne Team - Went in hard

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Need harder players

I thought Matt Jones was great today.

Howe - Park Footballer. Take a specy and snap a goal. That's about it.

Toump - Very good. Getting better by the week.

Gawn - Will be great for the experience.

Kent - less said the better

Many overrate Howe, but that is over correcting it just a tad don't you think. We could have had Wayne Carey or Jesus Christ himself playing forward today and they would have struggled.

Howe - Park Footballer. Take a specy and snap a goal. That's about it.

Toump - Very good. Getting better by the week.

Gawn - Will be great for the experience.

Kent - less said the better

I've got a feeling the time is fast approaching to move Howe full time into the mids, & Watts to take Howes role, wing/half-forward flank.... with Fitz in the pocket & I'd play Dawes at CHF... this year.... Sylvia on the flank, changing onball.