A look at what was said after the Western Bulldogs’ five-point loss to the Gold Coast Suns on Sunday afternoon at Marvel Stadium. 

In 2017, the side ranked equal-last for scoring accuracy at just 52 per cent and last season they ranked third-last at 54.1 per cent. Sunday, poor accuracy again proved costly. The Bulldogs booted 9.14 from 25 shots at goal, equating to just 36 per cent accuracy. – Herald Sun journalist Chris Cavanagh

I think we've just got to give Gold Coast credit for the way they jumped to it and there was no doubt that we had a handful of lads not playing their best footy in the first quarter and it took us some time to get our composure back. – Bulldogs senior coach Luke Beveridge

The game shifted after quarter-time as the Bulldogs' midfield led by Marcus Bontempelli (34 and seven inside-50s), Lachie Hunter (33) and Tom Liberatore (30 and 12 clearances) imposed themselves on the contest. However, despite having 19 inside-50s to four at one stage in the second term, the Bulldogs' inefficiency in attack in that quarter and across the match ultimately proved costly. – AFL Media journalist Ben Guthrie

It is definitely about taking your chances. We weren’t able to capitalise on some of our opportunities. We were able to get them, but we weren’t able to capitalise which was disappointing.– Bulldogs defender Caleb Daniel 

Josh Dunkley looked to have sparked the Bulldogs inside the first two minutes of the final quarter with a clever snap from an acute angle, but the Suns, who had shown great resilience all afternoon, refused to buckle and dug in to defend their lead. – The Age journalist Michael Lynch