Another week and another set of winners and losers.
Although the road to the last Saturday in September has narrowed ever so slightly, each of the competition's 18 teams still hold their destinies in their own hands.
Whether your side is undefeated, breaking even or without a win to start 2021, there are questions, both new and historic, that must be answered to secure a win this long weekend.
Western Bulldogs
Does their forward 50 require restructuring?
Although it may seem moronic to question how a side just out of the top four kicks their scores, but the key takeaways from the Dog's duo of 2021 contests is that they have left plenty of goals on the field.
Collectively, Luke Beveridge's side has had 49 shots that have resulted in scores, of this near half century, only 24 have split the big sticks.
Across their first 240-minutes of play, the boys of the Bulldog breed have managed an average of just 14 marks inside 50, with their tall targets Josh Bruce, Aaron Naughton and Tim English plucking 50% of these grabs.
This trio has also taken 12 shots that result in scores against Collingwood and West Coast โ just under a quarter of the club's total.
JUICE! ๐ฅค๐ฅค๐ฅค
That's his third and the most important goal of the day.
Next one, Dogs! pic.twitter.com/eQ2hfRU6AZ
— Western Bulldogs (@westernbulldogs) March 28, 2021
Despite sitting undefeated, if this trend of missing out on majors is going to continue, it won't be long before Beveridge's boys go down in a shootout instead of scraping home.
Whether or not the 2016 Premiership coach needs to subtract or bring names to the party is something left to he and his coaching staff. However, I would suggest implementing some more set shot training before their Good Friday clash against North, as there should be plenty of percentage up for grabs.
