1. Wood is playing like an average VFL defender and no one is doing anything about it. I get it he's the captain, you can't drop the captain, but dropping him will make a hell of a statement.

2. Lipinski and Trengove deserve games before Hayes and Young. Wouldn't have made a difference against Carlton because everyone pretty much sucked but I'm sure there would of been quite a few players rolling their eyes when Lippa and Trengove were overlooked again. You can almost bet your balls that Rourke Smith will get a game before Lipinski. Does this sort of thing start to sow seeds of doubt in the minds of the playing group about the coach and MC? Maybe.

3. The Bulldogs forward line is shite. It has been for years and little looks to have been done to address it's problems. No new coaches to replace others that aren't getting results, no specialist coaches, nothing but shuffling a few deck chairs.

4. Making medium sized defenders play tall far too often. I would of liked to see another tall defender against the pies to cover Cox's height advantage last week for one. Also the blatant disrespect of Carlton's tall forwards on the weekend bit us on the arse badly. I felt sorry for Cordy (being our tallest defender at 193cm) at one point trying to defend against McKay (204cm) and Casbolt (201cm). Even Kreuzer was floating around forward at times to make his job even harder. Is Roberts that bad that he can't even get a look in when horses for courses is warranted? It's any wonder why Wood looks all at sea being asked to play on players with a huge height advantage and not allowing him to play on players in his weight division.

5. The game plan/style has been worked out. We need fresh ideas. The same assistant coaches for too many years has run it's course it seems. I really wanted to see a few changes in coaching staff over the pre season.