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Western BulldogsEveryone knows you win footy by winning the contested ball. The nine seasons since 2017 quietly disagree — and the teams doing it right now are proof.
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The room has buried Sydney on the strength of a single loss. The season ledger tells a slower, more stubborn story that nobody wants to read out loud.
Everyone has handed the Dockers the flag on a 15-2 record. The evidence says they've earned almost all of it — and that's exactly why the 'theirs to lose' talk skips the one hole nobody wants to name.
The room has decided Hardwick's project is a failure and the Suns are a joke. Read the season's own scoring of the games and a colder, less comfortable picture appears.