MELBOURNE player/coach performance manager Brendan McCartney provides an update on all 45 players in the lead-up to the 2017 season. Be sure to check back each day for most of January, as we present this year’s squad …

Angus Brayshaw

Angus learned a lot from his first two years around preparation and application. Combine that with prodigious talent, he’s really primed to play some great footy for the club this year. He is showing regular glimpses of intensity, hardness and pure football brilliance. He has a very bright future.

Tom Bugg

Tom trained very, very well pre-Christmas. He showed some great signs last year and then had some inconsistent patches. He’s really committed to overcoming those inconsistencies with great preparation and he’s given himself every chance to have a really good year of footy. His best is very good.

Lochie Filipovic

He’s a lovely young man who has an infectious smile and you can already see a drive and intensity to learn and get better. Now that we’re back from our Christmas break, we’ll find out more about him in the coming weeks football wise, because he’ll drift into the main group. Pre-Christmas, he was in rehab and just working on building his body and overcoming a couple of setbacks that he carried though the end of the year. He’s a fine young fella.