Brenton Sanderson

Well, they've got to win clearance and that's what they're really strong at.

But how do you do that without English, with Libba?

And I mean, I'm not sure if Bontempelli will play or should play tonight, but that's what they've been so great at.

So without English and Libba and some of their midfield weapons, can they still find a way to win clearance tonight?

We must see an improvement with a defensive transition.

The ball can't be moving so fast

down the field against them.

So tonight they've just got to force Sydney wide and slow, keep them out of the corridor.

They've got to just fill up that centre corridor as much as they can.

And I think what we should see and what we hope to see if you're a Western Bulldogs fan is those players that have been waiting for opportunities, they must rise to the occasion.

It's as simple as that if the Western Bulldogs are going to win tonight.

Any chance?

Always a chance.

And I love the spirit of the Western Bulldogs, but you sort of feel like this might be 25 points plus for the Sydney Swans if they can maintain that great momentum that they've got at the moment.

All right.

Yeah, they have, and I spoke before about the importance of players enjoying their environment and smiling, and I'm really close with a teacher that I work with who's a Mad Bombers fan.

He goes to all their training sessions, goes to all their games.

He said to me over in Gather Round when they trained at Sturt in the captain's run the day before the game, he noticed the difference that the players seemed to be enjoying training, they were smiling, but this was on the back of four losses, so it just feels like they're playing with more purpose now.

They're getting more inside 50s, and that's on the back of...

of, I think, controlling the tempo of the game a lot more.