Sam Docherty puts the pressure on the Bulldogs list as Zak Butters adds more superstar talent

0:00From a bulldogs and from a Western suburbs, you know everything that surrounds the 40 club. I had a couple of quick conversations with some people from the dogs today. He's so exciting at that point. And Mailey's call at the Mona Castle last night, which is Tom Libertore's pub in Sydney from what I'm told. So he was there. And it's being he's from back in Smarscher. I think is that where he's from originally. So and he supported the bulldogs as a kid. I think Marcus Bonapilli was his hero. So I think the dogs were always a pretty big chance. Obviously a long chain life. But I'm just interested now with Bonapilli Richards and Batters' dog and Joel. I mean, if you do a Victorian state of origin, take your ass away. That's pretty much the starting line up for the Victorian state of origin. Me feel, listen it really is. So what is the expectation now for the bulldogs? Is it Premiership Prelim? What's the expectation with just him in it? I mean, you put it in. And Sam Darcy's return. That's the other guy's return. Yeah, he's a good one. He's a good one up forward doing what he does.

1:01So I mean, they're all A-graders. So this is a side that we expected, you know, with the talent that they have to be in the top four already. Zack Batters only helps that grow even more. So expect to see the bulldogs a lot on Thursday Friday night. Next year, I believe. This has to be, I think, transformational for the Western bulldogs. I know. They'll be smart about it. I mean, Bays is a very good operator. And they will have, you know, they will have some sort of special membership thing out within five minutes. I reckon, like, get it. While they're excited, hit people up straight away, sell your tickets, sell whatever you can sell going into Christmas because the hype will be massive. And as I said, hopefully it can be transformational. It can add X number of supporters become members. And that can fly on down the track. Absolutely. It's a huge moment for the dogs to be able to pick some of Zack Batters' ilk to get to your 40 clubs. Incredible. It throws up some other questions from me though. Look at that.

2:01Their midfield was already pretty hard to squeeze into. Libertor raised out, but Frazier, Kennedy Sanders. Six or seven guys that are trying to squeeze into one midfield. There's something to something you have to pop out on the outside because I, they already played one of them off half back or at half forward just to be able to put all the players they had. Yeah, Zack Batters in there, another one. And they are their superstars. That midfield is going to be amazing to watch. But at the same time, they're probably overindexed in midfield as well. No, no, no. So Frazier would be one that other clubs will target on the wall. Absolutely. Sanders will also be one that I was just trying to say. Right, the West is one of the players. They probably have a midfield. And we saw in the finals when Rollie West played it, so I admit he played really, really well. And probably showed us that he probably needs to be in there more often because it's a bit of a spark and there's something different in there. So I've got a bit of a watch on like the next year of mids behind those top three. Can you keep them on a list? Can you play them all on the team? So I wonder with the deal, there's a shape of a deal already apparently between the two clubs.

3:03Whether there is a player in mind or whether port have a player in mind, whether they get or reverse the dogs are prepared to give up to get the pick they need. You think so and I alluded to it before. I feel that the dogs really need to keep back. For the premiership, if we're going to pre-limp final, premiership contenders next year, if we're going to send Arcee back in that forward line, they still need someone behind the ball. I enjoy the butts they're talking about. Well that's the one. Is it Jordan Butzer? Or is it someone else that comes in and comes in? If you had butts to calm us, I mean Rollie, love. And I don't know. And I don't know. We're a low potentially goes back to where he's most comfortable. He's been talked about as a potential trade up. They wouldn't get much draft at a capital out of that. But maybe something that goes into a deal.