very complacent!
Last year they were the best team in the comp, they had the up and in defence and spreading the ball wide with real attacking flair.
But over the off-season every team has worked on a strategy known as "be like the bulldogs" and it has worked, every team has practiced the up and in defence and are a much better team for doing it.
The Dogs haven't tried anything new from last year and believed the comp would be a carbon copy of last year, well WAKE UP, otehr teams have cottoned on.
Now we can see were the Dogs are in comparison to other teams when everyone plays with a very similar style, and it ain't number 1, it would be 6 or 7.
Thats my view but maybe a Bulldogs fan might want to shed some light.