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The Western Bulldogs and the Fremantle Dockers may be in for the most intriguing game of the round at Etihad Stadium today. Join The Roar for live scores and coverage from 1.10pm AEST.
Prior to the year one would’ve seen little appeal in this fixture, merely pencilling it in as another win for the Dockers on the road to a likely finals campaign.
However, the Bulldogs resurgence at the start of this year that has seen them topple West Coast, Richmond, Adelaide and most notably Sydney in the opening weeks of the season gives this fixture a whole new flavour.
If the Bulldogs had won against the Saints last week we might even be talking them up as a top four chance. Unfortunately though, Bulldogs fans saw their team give up a 55-point lead in the second half.
So the question is: which are the real Bulldogs? The fast-playing, dominant side we saw before half time last week, or the lethargic losers we saw in the second?
In the same way that a much-needed win can be a circuit breaker and get a team back on track, sometimes an unexpected loss can send a side into a downward spiral and the Bulldogs will want to work hard to avoid that.
However, in a team that is based strongly around its impressive youth, there may be only so much they can do as young legs do tire more quickly.
Fremantle on the other hand are in truly superb form. They’ve won six straight to start the year, are undefeated in 2015, and have a two game advantage at the top of the ladder.
Nat Fyfe is in truly incredible form and has become the raging Brownlow favourite, and it’s not too early I think to say that the Dockers have taken the lead as premiership favourites for the year.
They look like a side that’s determined to win above all else, and you’d expect that to shine through again this week.
Prediction
Whether or not the Bulldogs best will show up is iffy. But we know what we will get from Freo. I’m tipping the Dockers.
Fremantle by 18 points.
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