North Melbourne have confirmed that the club has approached the AFL about applying for a priority pick as the club begins operations without David Noble at the helm.

Noble's future had been heavily speculated on throughout the season, with the Kangaroos now having lost 14 consecutive games and the club making the move to cut ties with the 55-year-old.

In a press conference confirming the departure of the senior coach on Tuesday after just 38 games in charge of the struggling club, chief executive Ben Amarfio revealed that the club would seek help from the AFL in the form of a priority pick.

โ€œItโ€™s a great club, great spirit,โ€ Amarfio said.

โ€œWeโ€˜ve got some unbelievably exciting young talent and weโ€™ve got some good old fellas as well.

โ€œDo we need more talent? Absolutely. Are we going to be aggressive in acquiring more talent? Yes, we will, weโ€™ll have real crack. Weโ€™ll go to the AFL โ€“ and weโ€˜ve already started informal conversations โ€“ about mechanisms to bring more talent into the club through priority picks and such.โ€

โ€œThis system of the AFL is all about ups and downs. You go to the bottom, you take your licks, you get more talent, you rise again.

"The teams that are at the top of the ladder at the moment have all had their time at the bottom of the ladder as well. This is just a moment in time.โ€

HOBART, AUSTRALIA - JUNE 26: Nick Larkey of the Kangaroos looks dejected after a loss during the 2022 AFL Round 15 match between the North Melbourne Kangaroos and the Adelaide Crows at Blundstone Arena on June 26, 2022 in Hobart, Australia. (Photo by Dylan Burns/AFL Photos via Getty Images)

More changes are expected at Arden Street in the coming months, with Geoff Walsh still conducting a review into the club's football department after another disappointing campaign in 2022.

The Kangaroos are still yet to win another game since their Round 2 victory over the Eagles and are now certain favourites to claim the wooden spoon, though North's president, Dr Sonja Hood, said she believed the club did have "real talent" on the current list.

โ€œThe first three quarters of the weekendโ€™s game (against Collingwood) gives me confidence that theyโ€˜re a good young list as I describe it,โ€ Dr Hood said.

โ€œThereโ€™s some real talent in our list, real talent and one thing you canโ€™t fast track his time.โ€

North Melbourne will play their first game under interim coach Leigh Adams on Saturday, July 16 against Richmond at Marvel Stadium.