After claiming consecutive wooden spoons, North Melbourne would be buoyed by the arrival of four-time premiership coach Alastair Clarkson to Arden Street.

However, Clarkson's reputation alone isn't a magic wand to wave away the issues that the club has in terms of its playing group. It will take time to rebuild the club to a point where they can challenge the big boys once again, and until then there will need to be wise recruitment and decisions made by the North Melbourne staff.

This does not detract from the fact that the club does reportedly have a massive amount of salary cap to play with, meaning that there isn't really a player in the club's sights that is off-limits due to money.

Throw in the lure of being able to play under Alastair Clarkson, and suddenly the Roos aren't a sour prospect for players to head to.

As mentioned, the group has big issues. Experience is one, so if Clarkson can address that through snaring a seasoned star in the trade period it'd go a fair way toward achieving some sort of age balance.

Secondly, someone who can provide some more run off half-back considering Aaron Hall isn't always available and Jack Ziebell is now down forward might be wise for the North recruiting staff to consider.

With this, let's delve into who the Roos could possibly target going into the off-season.

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4. Trent Biancoย 

This one is a less likely option, however, his mould is someone that the Roos definitely could benefit from.

Bianco has been in and out of the Pies side throughout the year after being a heavy feature last year. His best game this season came against the Pies in Round 18, putting up 20 disposals and six tackles from midfield.

The 21-year-old has the ability to run both ways as well as hit the scoreboard and, should he be allowed the opportunity, could flourish under Alastair Clarkson.

TRENT BIANCO
Midfielder
Collingwood
2022 SEASON AVG
10
Disposals
2.7
Tackles
0.6
Clearances

He is off-contract at season's end, and could nicely complement an engine room that already has some great potential about it.