the appointment of Brendon Bolton in 2015, Laidley left Carlton. Statistics Playing statistics |- |- style="background-color: #EAEAEA" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1987 |style="text-align:center;"| | 15 || 10 || 2 || 5 || 119 || 24 || 143 || 37 || 6 || 0.2 || 0.5 || 11.9 || 2.4 || 14.3 || 3.7 || 0.6 || 0 |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1988 |style="text-align:center;"| | 15 || 11 || 6 || 4 || 139 || 29 || 168 || 44 || 11 || 0.5 || 0.4 || 12.6 || 2.6 || 15.3 || 4.0 || 1.0 || 0 |- style="background-color: #EAEAEA" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1989 |style="text-align:center;"| | 15 || 10 || 0 || 3 || 116 || 60 || 176 || 40 || 15 || 0.0 || 0.3 || 11.6 || 6.0 || 17.6 || 4.0 || 1.5 || 0 |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1990 |style="text-align:center;"| | 15 || 7 || 1 || 0 || 93 || 45 || 138 || 23 || 1 || 0.1 || 0.0 || 13.3 || 6.4 || 19.7 || 3.3 || 0.1 || 5 |- style="background-color: #EAEAEA" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1991 |style="text-align:center;"| | 15 || 0 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1992 |style="text-align:center;"| | 15 || 14 || 2 || 5 || 158 || 90 || 248 || 30 || 13 || 0.1 || 0.4 || 11.3 || 6.4 || 17.7 || 2.1 || 0.9 || 2 |- style="background-color: #EAEAEA" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1993 |style="text-align:center;"| | 7 || 17 || 1 || 2 || 209 || 60 || 269 || 35 || 23 || 0.1 || 0.1 || 12.3 || 3.5 || 15.8 || 2.1 || 1.4 || 6 |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1994 |style="text-align:center;"| | 7 || 24 || 0 || 0 || 302 || 137 || 439 || 77 || 16 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 12.6 || 5.7 || 18.3 || 3.2 || 0.7 || 4 |- style="background-color: #EAEAEA" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1995 |style="text-align:center;"| | 7 || 23 || 0 || 2 || 272 || 131 || 403 || 82 || 24 || 0.0 || 0.1 || 11.8 || 5.7 || 17.5 || 3.6 || 1.0 || 3 |- |style="text-align:center;background:#afe6ba;"|1996† |style="text-align:center;"| | 7 || 24