NORTH Melbourne's passionate pledge to retain its traditional guernsey for every home game has drawn the support of coach Dean Laidley, who said the issue had some bearing on his players.

Despite being the home team for last Friday night's match against Collingwood, North risked a fine from the AFL if it chose not to wear its clash guernsey of pale blue stripes.

It fuelled speculation that a deal had been done between the two clubs, however, chief executive Eugene Arocca said that North was incensed by its predicament.

"What's come out is clearly that there's a clash strip out there that isn't really a clash strip. It requires North Melbourne to wear a clash strip at its home game," Arocca said earlier this week.

As the visiting side, North will wear its clash strip when it plays Geelong at Skilled Stadium next week.

Laidley met with chairman James Brayshaw on Friday morning and said the club's view on its guernsey was clearer.

"We feel that as a footy club we've tried to do the right thing by everyone and it hasn't worked," he said. "There's been some things that have been said that are perhaps a little untrue.

"From now on we'll wear our home guernsey at all our home games, regardless of who we play."

Acting captain Drew Petrie supported Arocca's position and Laidley added that while his players were aware of the issue, it was "one of the greatest bees in the bonnet of our supporters".

"All bets are off and that's what the club in its wisdom has decided to do," Laidley said.

Asked his opinion on former AFL chief executive Wayne Jackson's comments that North would be better off merging with Melbourne, Laidley said his club's off-field position was the strongest it had been in his time there.

"We don't really give two hoots about what Wayne Jackson says," he said.

"We've got a really strong business plan for the next three to five years. I think we can see that with what's happening behind us (the Arden Street redevelopment)."