AFL Finals 2024: Western Bulldogs coach Luke Beveridge flat after elimination final defeat to Hawthorn

A flat Luke Beveridge has lamented the Bulldogs’ midfield’s lack of ability to win territory as his aspect was booted out of the finals race by Hawthorn.

Of their first remaining contained in the AFL’s heartland because the epic 2016 grand remaining fairytale, the Bulldogs had been fully outplayed by a younger and trendy Hawthorn aspect after quarter-time of the second elimination remaining.

They’d 20 fewer inside 50s and had been crushed within the disposal rely by 84, with star Marcus Bontempelli all however irrelevant with simply 18 disposals, half of these coming within the final quarter when the competition was already determined.

Adam Treloar was the perfect of the Canine mids with 28 disposals and 6 clearances, however Beveridge is aware of it was a foul time for his engine room to have a foul day.

“You ask your self the query, how a lot of it’s Hawthorn and the way a lot of it’s us, and I’d say a little bit of each (tonight),” he stated post-match.

“With their transition and motion up the bottom, we needed to make an adjustment ourselves and needed to take a quantity away from the stoppage. We wanted to counter-balance all of that, however sadly, with about eight or 9 minutes to go within the final quarter, I believe we solely had 35 ahead entries.

“We picked an evening in opposition to a extremely good aspect to not have the ability to see it via after the primary quarter, and it instructed. It’s not an effective way to complete the yr.

“We didn’t have any nice affect via (the center), and from the rucks via to that brigade, it didn’t occur for us.

“We couldn’t get any constant territory. Every little thing we’d been fairly good at (all yr), they went away from us.