I think our midfield unit as a whole is performing much better than North's so far this season. Cunnington is having a decent season so far but the rest have been pretty average. If we can keep this form going then we should have a clear advantage, however we should have had an advantage against an understrength Richmond so who knows what's going to happen.
North's defence isn't travelling too well either but MacMillian is going ok, so we'll need to keep the ball away from him, maybe some similar tactics from Marshall in the Eagles game will help bring the other players around the ball into play. It would be ideal to see him get on the end of a few, but if he's playing a role well, then that is good enough for me at this point in time.
Keeping Ben Brown under control will be important, we couldn't stop Lynch 2 weeks ago, but we did well against Darling and Kennedy, so its hard to predict what might happen based on past form. I think Ziebell is going ok as well.
If North turn up after getting blasted in the press this could very well be another close-ish game, which is a worry. This week more than in recent weeks we really need to crank up the pressure from the start to make sure the doubt starts creeping into North player's minds.