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 Things are heating up for all AFL teams so it's time to shine the spotlight on your club's biggest priority this pre-season. 

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EVERY CLUB January focus: Your club's biggest pre-season priority

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Finding stability in the back six

The biggest focus for Melbourne will be stabilising the backline and building on-field chemistry with Jake Lever (pictured below) and Steven May. Both players managed just eight games in 2019, but they only took to the field at the same time on four occasions. May has suffered a minor setback after getting a cyst on his leg removed, while Lever has had a (touch wood) full pre-season so far. Melbourne's depth in the key defender posts has been weakened following Sam Frost's departure, so an injury to Lever or May would leave the Demons vulnerable. - Jourdan Canil

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    I get these write-ups are space-fillers, but I'd have our back 6 well down the list of pre season priorities.

    Depth (especially talls) is an issue, but May, Lever, Jetta, Salem, Harmes & Hibberd is a solid starting line up by any measure. Provided we don't get decimated with injuries again, I think they'll gel just fine.

    I think there's much bigger question marks surrounding our forward line & ball movement.

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