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IT was meant to take Melbourne four months for Paul Roos to add the lick of cream his midfield desperately craves.
Bernie Vince fast-tracked that to just four nights but as the former Crow delivered a career-best 41-disposal match, North Melbourne's 41-point win highlighted how urgently the Demons needs to supersize Roos' order.
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Vince, 28, was on Gary Ablett pace as he walked off at halftime with three majors from 25 disposals, keeping a sloppy Melbourne in the hunt.
Roos declared on Tuesday the Demons' list priority was to find some Rolls-Royces to compete with the league's best onball divisions and as Vince leapt to that level last night Chris Salem showed two glimpses he will develop into a super slick midfielder.
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The first came as the No. 9 pick set up a James Frawley goal with a clever and courageous spoil in the second quarter and he backed that up with a pinpoint pass to Vince in the goalsquare moments later.
Salem, the hero last week, is the best kick Robert Shaw has seen in school footy with his bullet passes earning him a healthy 73 per cent disposal efficiency in last year's TAC Cup.
When he and Vince combined the Dees had finally — albeit briefly — hit the pause button on the Benny Hill music at the MCG, drawing within seven points.
Bernie Vince chases down the loose footy despite the attention of Levi Greenwood. Pic: Michael Klein. Source: News Corp Australia
But as Ryan Bastinac began to apply pressure to Vince's second-half disposals, the Roos finally busted the match open as the Demons continually made horror mistakes.
North's onslaught included six goals in 12 minutes as the Kangaroos applied a facelift to an ugly mess and the Demons' drain of engine room gloss was again laid bare.
Ten clubs have produced Brownlow medallists since Chaz was draped around Dee Shane Woewodin's neck in 2000, while Melbourne hasn't had an All-Australian midfielder since James McDonald won a place on the pine eight years ago.
Roos tried unsuccessfully to lure Brisbane Lion Tom Rockliff last year and there was scuttlebutt about an offer to Essendon's lethal left-footer David Myers.
Bernie Vince celebrates one of his three goals. Photo by Darrian Traynor Source: Getty Images
He wants to create a towering midfield in the Fremantle mould and could assemble a war chest should free agent James Frawley leave the club.
"We'd love to have a couple of really good midfielders, because probably the absolute class is what gets us at times," Roos said this week.
"The class of (Scott) Pendlebury and (Dane) Swan and you look at the Sydney Swans with guys like Kieren Jack, Jarrad McVeigh and (Josh) Kennedy."
Vince slotted two first-quarter goals from long range to ignite his night, while he broke the 40-possession barrier for the first time in 142 AFL games as North's lack of a lockdown player again showed.
They are the only club to concede 23 disposals to a player in a half and have down so three times.
A physical Bastinac curtailed Vince's domination, but he isn't renowned for tagging efforts.
Former shutdown star Levi Greenwood has transitioned into a damaging ball magnet in his own right, and while Bastinac eventually got the Vince assignment, Roos was already using Daniel Cross and Jack Grimes to clamp down on Nick Dal Santo and Brent Harvey respectively.
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