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NORTH Melbourne coach Brad Scott has backed Brent Harvey or Daniel Wells to break Brent Macaffer's tag if that's the way the match-ups pan out in Saturday's clash with Collingwood.
Macaffer drew criticism from Richmond coach Damien Hardwick for his role on Trent Cotchin, but Scott refused to delve into the legality of the Magpie's tactics.
But he noted the irony of how his Collingwood counterpart Nathan Buckley stated a few years ago that the era of the tagger was over.
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"I remember very distinctly Nathan Buckley writing an article when he finished playing and went into the media about how the tagger is dead," Scott said.
"I was midfield coach of Collingwood at the time and he made a point of saying to me 'There are no more taggers'.
"Well, he has changed his mind on that one obviously, (and) Macaffer has been doing extremely well."
Daniel Wells knows how to escape the grasp of taggers — just ask Essendon's Heath Hocking. Picture: Wayne Ludbey Source: News Corp Source: News Corp Australia
Scott said he had the confidence in his players as well as the umpires to ensure anything untoward would not be tolerated.
"The reality is he (Macaffer) has kept some really good players down from their usual output," he said.
"We expect him to go to one of our very good players. The umpires will do their job, and we will make sure we do ours.
"Brent Harvey has been tagged for 360 of his 366 games. He is used to it, and the guys who play with him are used to it happening.
"Daniel Wells is used to it, too. Nothing will change for us. We will make sure we go about our business and make sure we do that within the rules."
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Scott said his focus was as much on Scott Pendlebury, whom he rates as the AFL's second best player to Gary Ablett, and Travis Cloke, as it has been on Macaffer.
He said: "We are certainly not going to let (Pendlebury) run around by himself, that's for sure."
And he is wary of Cloke, who is in the midst of a form slump and has the AFL's in-form defender Scott Thompson waiting for him, because the Magpie forward has a strong record against the Kangaroos in recent seasons.
"He hasn't been at his best, (but) he usually reserves that for us," Scott said. "We will be ready for him."
Midfielder Jack Ziebell is a "50-50 chance" to take on Collingwood, but Scott insists he won't be risking him if there is any doubt on his shoulder holding out.
Jack Ziebell will not be risked against Collingwood this weekend if there is doubt over his shoulder. Source: Getty Images Source: Getty Images
Ziebell has missed the past two weeks and pushed his case in today's training session.
"Look, the decision if he doesn't play will be up to them, and the decision if he doesn't play will be up to me.
"If they clear him medically, I still have to make the final call whether I am comfortable taking a risk on him, because the way he plays when he has a shoulder, it is always a risk."
Scott said Andrew Swallow was possibly a week away from playing his first game since rupturing his Achilles tendon last year.
"Hopefully, (he's) only a week away from playing at some level," Scott said. "He will play VFL footy before he comes back into senior selection.
"He feels as if he is ready to go, but the doctors and physios are holding him back at the moment.
"In himself, he thought he was ready to play and he brought his boot to Sydney (last week) just in case."
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