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EXPECTATIONS are out the door for the Western Bulldogs, 3-6 and two games outside the eight. The preliminary finalist of the past three years is struggling to make the finals let alone contend for a premiership. The crisis only deepened last night with a 29-point loss to Hawthorn, the Bulldogs' fifth in six games since the bye.