Melbourne veteran Aaron Davey turned heads at the club's pre-season training camp in Darwin. Picture: Klein Michael Source: Herald Sun
THE "weight of the world" has been lifted from Aaron Davey's shoulders as he attempts to revive his flagging career this season.
After a slow start to the pre-season, the Melbourne veteran turned heads with his performance on the club's Darwin training camp, thrusting him back into calculations for early-season senior selection.
Davey, 29, has played 19 games in the past two seasons because of knee problems and form lapses.
But Demons vice-captain Nathan Jones said the 2009 best-and-fairest winner could yet play a key role in the Demons reshaped forward line.
"He's had some real injury trouble and he's probably found the pre-season and the workload pretty tough and it's been an area that he's obviously needed to work on," Jones said.
"He's really been trying to work hard on the fitness and get his body right and build the strength back in his legs.
"At the moment, I see him looking refreshed and pretty excited about the year ahead, so it's almost like the weight of the world is off his shoulders."
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Davey, who played one game after Round 8 last season against Greater Western Sydney, was subject to intense trade speculation last year. He played only eight games in 2012 and produced his least number of disposals (84) since his 2004 debut season.
Earlier in the club's pre-season campaign, it appeared the 158-gamer had been leapfrogged by the club's influx of recruits and draftees, such as Jack Viney, Jimmy Toumpas, Shannon Byrnes and David Rodan.
But Jones was adamant Davey's fitness has improved since December.
"He started to find some real endurance in training and as long as he starts to get some continuity and confidence back in his body, who knows?" Jones said.
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