Do you believe everything you’re told?
Do you believe everything you read?
How about if I told you that North Melbourne were the fifth-best clearance team in the league?
It is a fact.
What about if I told you they were the third-best team when it comes to disposals?
That’s a fact, as well.
And how about if I told you that five teams were worse than them when it comes to contested possessions.
Another fact.
But do you believe it? Have you seen proof of this with your own eyes?
I haven’t.
What I have seen from North Melbourne across the first six games of their 2025 campaign amounts to a beautiful lie that hides an ugly truth. And the ugly truth is, their midfield is soft. And everyone knows it.
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