Another week and another set of winners and losers.

Although the road to the last Saturday in September has narrowed ever so slightly, each of the competition's 18 teams still hold their destinies in their own hands.

Whether your side is undefeated, breaking even or without a win to start 2021, there are questions, both new and historic, that must be answered to secure a win this long weekend.

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North Melbourne

How bad could their Good Friday clash get?

Despite the ludicrous notion that North Melbourne's ability to take part in the annual Good Friday match should be performance based, the Roos and Dogs game this Easter weekend has the ability to get really ugly really quickly.

Over the course of the season's first fortnight, David Noble's pack of pickneys are averaging just 52 points per game, but concede a mean of 107.5. Across their 240-minute-long season, the Kangaroos have led on the scoreboard for less than five minutes of playing time.

On the other hand, Luke Beveridge's 2-0 Pups are scoring at a rate of just under 85 and leaking just over 70.

These rates of scoring are quite obviously a result of the stages that each club finds themselves in โ€“ one is primed to contend, the other is still sorting the wheat from the chaff.

North Melbourne's ugly loss to the Suns last Saturday, as well as their desire to slice a selection of seasoned names from their list across the off-season, necessitates them โ€˜picking and sticking' with their kids.

In all likelihood, Friday afternoon is going to be a tough watch for those that join in the chorus, but you don't pop corks and toast a new house when it is simply stumps and a cement slab.

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