North Melbourne coach Brad Scott says he’s expecting AFL newcomers Greater Western Sydney to be ferociously hard at the ball in Sunday’s clash in Hobart. “We know that we’re going to get a genuine, competitive effort from them,” Scott told the AFL website on Friday. “There’s obviously only the one game of AFL-level footy to judge them on, but they were extremely impressive two weeks ago against Sydney. “We were, like most people, very surprised by how hard they were in the contest.” Scott says the Kangaroos need to make better choices with the ball after last week’s two-point loss to the Bombers in round one. “We did think we bombed the ball a little bit too much last week and played into Essendon’s hands,” Scott said. Ruckmen Hamish McIntosh and Todd Goldstein are under pressure to show they can operate successfully as a duo after lowering their colours to the Bombers. “I thought we’d get a better contest in the air from our forwards and our rucks, and that’s something we’ll look to improve this week,” Scott said. “I think Hamish and Todd Goldstein will be really looking to respond after their performance last week, Goldy in particular. “And we’ll give them another chance to respond.” Goldstein was an All-Australian nominee last year while McIntosh was restricted to just one senior game because of injury.