Senior Coach Brendan McCartney says the Western Bulldogs’ selection panel will name a team that are willing to grab this weekend’s opportunity with both hands.

After a sound review of last weekend’s game, the level-headed coach has opted for a balanced approach to the week, to ensure his team have learnt from the recent loss, but can move their focus quickly to GWS.

“We are going to pick a team this week that is hell-bent on playing better footy,” McCartney said.

“The key thing is not to be over-reactive and too emotional and have enough aggression about the game as a coaching group and a playing group,” he said.

“Right now our most important mission is this training session to prepare our boys for GWS on the weekend, to get them into a really good frame of mind to play some good footy.”

Williamstown’s 25-point victory against the top of the table Box Hill Hawks saw six Bulldogs hit the scoreboard while a number more were credited for solid performances.

“Knocking on the door, the alignment team are playing really well at the moment,” he said.

“Dylan Addison is playing good footy, Jarrad Grant is playing some good footy and Liam Picken and Crossy both had good games.

“The challenge we have at the moment is… do we bring a couple of forwards in who might be a bit different, or do we back in some people who didn’t have their best day last week but didn’t have great supply either.”