DANIEL Wells, Brady Rawlings and Jack Ziebell will all return for North Melbourne for its clash with Fremantle at Docklands on Saturday.

Coach Dean Laidley confirmed the trio got through Friday afternoon's training session, bolstering a side that missed a third of its best 18 in last week's heavy loss to Geelong.

"They all add different things," Laidley said.

"[There's] Brady's ability to play in the midfield and perhaps run with someone, Jack's ability to play forward or play through the middle and at times back, and Daniel's ball use has been something we've missed at times this year."

Laidley said a cautious approach had been taken with Rawlings, who could have played against the Cats, but doused suggestion Wells and Ziebell had been rested from the tough trip to Skilled Stadium.

"If they were all fit, they would have played last week," Laidley said. "If it was a final, perhaps they might have played.

"They were declared unfit by the doctor."

With its own youth policy and identical start of three wins from eight rounds, Fremantle will also look to stay in touch with the top eight through victory on Saturday.

However, Laidley reiterated his focus was on the continued education of his side rather than the predicament of the opponent.

"It's been a bit of a revolving door but we just want to try to get some consistence in some of these guys playing football together," Laidley said.

"The more they play together, the better the cohesive team work becomes.

"There are some new faces [at Fremantle]," he continued. "They've had a lot of turnover in their playing list, as we have, but they've still got some match-winners."

Of North's named 22, four have made their debut this season, and when asked whether his inexperienced centreline of Ben Ross (five games), Ziebell (seven) and Sam Wright (one) was up to the challenge, Laidley pointed to the future.

"Those boys are going to have a significant impact on this football club in the short, medium and long-term," he said.

"That's why we'll continue to give them opportunities."

Despite the transition, Laidley said the aim was to beat Fremantle through a strong attack on the football and its players when they had possession.

"Those things are successful traits of good sides," he said. "It's the effort required.

"We know they (our young players) can mark, we know they can kick, we know they can handball but we need their work rate high."

Laidley expected the ruck duel between Hamish McIntosh, Todd Goldstein and Fremantle giant Aaron Sandilands to have a significant bearing on the outcome.

"It's a good opportunity for both those guys because if he gets his hands to the ball consistently through games, they're (Fremantle) in the ball park," he said.

After a paltry crowd of 14,342 saw North beat Port Adelaide at Docklands in round seven, Laidley hoped for a better attendance this round.

Echoing his chairman James Brayshaw and chief executive officer Eugene Arocca, he deemed North's financial arrangement with the venue "ridiculous" and said supporters should want to see the future of the club on show.