A look into what was said in the media following the Western Bulldogs’ 61-point win over GWS on Sunday afternoon at Giants Stadium.

You can’t say the Western Bulldogs are premiership contenders because they haven’t cemented a finals spot … yet. If they beat Adelaide in Ballarat, they’re in. If it happens, they will pose a huge problem for any team they play.

They munched on a dispirited Greater Western Sydney yesterday, kicking 12 goals in a row. That’s 33 goals to four in their past six-and-a-half quarters.

That is just sensational football. And who says they can’t win it from eighth spot? – Herald Sun journalist, Mark Robinson

It goes without saying, really, that the boys have established some momentum in recent times. They’ve really applied themselves and persevered and now we’ve given ourselves a little bit of a look at (finals). It is a time of coming together when you’re not getting wins on the board and when we returned after the bye, you could see the commitment. – Senior coach, Luke Beveridge

Bulldogs’ Jack Macrae racked up a match-high 39 possessions, making it ten straight games he has accrued at least 30 touches. – Herald Sun journalist, Chris Cavanagh

Everyone’s just really excited. There’s a feeling in the group where everyone’s just really proud to play with each other. You can look at the bloke next to you and just feel really proud to play with him. So, that’s a really exciting thing to have in a team environment. – Western Bulldogs defender, Lewis Young

At ground level, Jack Macrae (39 disposals, seven clearances), Josh Dunkley (31 disposals, seven clearances) and Marcus Bontempelli (27 disposals, nine clearances) ran riot. Schache, meanwhile, kicked a game-high three goals. – The Age journalist, Vince Rugari

We’ve got to keep putting our best foot forward. It comes down to those little things during the week and the boys have been really good at that. Hopefully we can continue our good form going into next week and get a win. – Western Bulldogs midfielder, Josh Dunkley