From the backline: Jay Clark takes a look at North Melbourne's best 22 in 2014

HERALD Sun football experts go deep inside each AFL club to predict how each team's best line up could look next year.

Nick Dal Santo is North Melbourne's marquee signing. Picture: Wayne Ludbey

HERALD Sun

football experts go deep inside each AFL club to predict how each team's best line up could look next year.

NORTH MELBOURNE

IN:

Nick Dal Santo (St Kilda, midfielder)

Luke McDonald (Werribee, defender/midfielder)

Ben Brown (Werribee, key forward/ruck)

Trent Dumont (Norwood, forward/midfielder)

Robin Nahas (Richmond, forward)

Joel Tippett (North Adelaide, key defender)

Kayne Turner (Murray Bushrangers, inside midfielder).

OUT:

Luke Delaney (St Kilda)

Jordan Gysberts

Will Sierakowski

Ayden Kennedy

Ben Mabon (all delisted)

SCOTT WARY OF RULE CHANGES

NORTH MELBOURNE'S BEST 22

B: Aaron Mullett 21, 31 games, Scott Thompson, 27, 112 games, Lachie Hansen, 25, 99 games

HB: Jamie Macmillan 22, 58 games, Nathan Grima 28, 72 games, Nick Dal Santo 29, 260 games

C: Daniel Wells 28, 212 games, Ben Cunnington 22, 74 games, Shaun Atley 21, 61 games

HF: Leigh Adams 25, 82 games, Robbie Tarrant 24, 38 games, Aaron Black 23, 22 games

F: Brent Harvey 35, 362 games, Drew Petrie 31, 244 games, Lindsay Thomas 25, 130 games

R: Todd Goldstein 25, 101 games, Andrew Swallow 26, 146 games, Jack Ziebell 22, 80 games

INT: Ryan Bastinac 22, 79 games, Sam Gibson 27, 35 games, Sam Wright 23, 69 games, Luke McDonald, 18, 0 games

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COACHES:

Brad Scott (senior coach)

Leigh Tudor (senior assistant)

Darren Crocker (midfield)

Nathan Drummond (defensive)

Shane Watson (forwards)

HOW WILL NORTH PLAY?

IT'S not all helter skelter for the Kangaroos any more. Yes, they can move the ball quickly, but North showed last season it can control the stoppages and maintain possession until the right target appears. It's a finals-proven brand. Nick Dal Santo, Ryan Bastinac and Daniel Wells are formidable ball-users to finish the good work of hard-nuts Ben Cunnington, Jack Ziebell and Andrew Swallow. Coach Brad Scott wants a big improvement in tackling to help stiffen the club's defensive operations.

News_Image_File: Jack Ziebell is ready for a big season.

READY TO FLY

IT'S a big call, but Jack Ziebell is shrugging off tacklers at training like he's Michael Voss. He dropped 6kg in Utah, making him a lean, mean contested ball-winning machine