With North Melbourne’s 2015 season now complete, NMFC.com.au analyses the performance of each player for the year.
Statistics, a coach review and their efforts in each half of the year are below, as well as a comment section for you to have your say.
View Vickers-Willis’ player profile here
First half review – Ben Dyer
“He spent the pre-season as an inside mid, which was quite new to him. He would have derived some benefit from that, but then once the season started it was decided to play him in a position where he was a bit more comfortable for his first go at senior VFL level.
“In the small number of games he played, because of his competitiveness more than anything else, he was really hard to play on and had a real defend-first focus that you want in a defender. It was a shame to see him go down because he was tracking quite well up until that point.”
Second half review – Ben Dyer
“He’s got a fair bit of strength back into the shoulder already and he should be right to go for pre-season.
“We were pretty excited about what he was able to do before his injury. He’s a real pro already with his training and he thinks about the game a lot.”
In the news
June 3 – Vickers-Willis season over – STORY
"(The shoulder) was out for a couple of minutes and the physio got it back in, but the decision has been made to get surgery this week."
March 20 – VW drives role change – STORY
“You’ll have your injury stuff which you just have to chip away through, but then you’ll have your cross training, your weights, your running and your two hours of training which are all physically demanding.”
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