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Then you get State of Origin coming in, which is going to affect the game for the next 10 weeks.

You can assume they'll lose the likes of Stephen Crichton during that period.

It seems like things are only going to get tougher.

So from the Bulldogs' perspective, I don't think they believe that they need to change much.

It just needs to start to click, but it's just a matter of time.

Because if it starts to click in round 20, they could already be ruled out of finals contention.

Mitch hasn't been able to get on the field at all.

I mean, there's a lot of strain on his hamstrings at the moment, which I think people overlook as well.

There's a common perception that, oh, you know, hamstring strain like six weeks or so.

But this is a kid who played rugby union, played rugby league and played AFL.

The workload on your hamstrings in rugby league, in the halves especially, is quite significant.

And he's just struggling to adapt to that at the moment.

So his journey, even when he is fit, he probably needs to go through a fair bit more training with that side to make sure when he does get on the field, he stays on the field.

There's a couple of other guys.

Jono Sua playing on the wing.

He was a star for them in the junior ranks.

And we're seeing that now.

Yeah.

He had to come in, Marcelo Montoya, as much as you love him.

He just wasn't performing.