Off-Season

Alex Docherty

Nov 3, 201910 min read

Alex Docherty's Top 50 Part 2: The Final 25

We have arrived at the final phase of my top 50, with the top 25 players of the 2019 season named today. Sorry it didn’t go up yesterday...

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Alex Docherty

Nov 1, 201910 min read

Alex Docherty's Top 50 AFL Players Part 1: 50-26

It’s that time of the year again – it’s time to reveal my top 50 AFL players of the year. Those who have been around from the early days...

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My Wishlist For The Western Bulldogs In The 2020 AFL Fixture

Alex Docherty

Oct 27, 20196 min read

My Wishlist For The Western Bulldogs In The 2020 AFL Fixture

I’m expecting the AFL in the coming days to release their fixture for the 2020 season. There are certain things that are already a given...

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They Nailed The Draft: Reviewing The Western Bulldogs' 2019 AFLW Draft Haul

Alex Docherty

Oct 22, 20194 min read

They Nailed The Draft: Reviewing The Western Bulldogs' 2019 AFLW Draft Haul

With the AFLW draft wrapped up for another year, It is time to assess how the Western Bulldogs have gone in terms of who they have...

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Previewing The Western Bulldogs 2019 AFLW Draft

Alex Docherty

Oct 21, 20196 min read

Previewing The Western Bulldogs 2019 AFLW Draft

With the 2019 AFLW Draft just about upon us. Normally, I would take some time to write up a Mock Draft of the first round. It’s something...

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Alex Docherty

Oct 20, 20196 min read

The Six Big Winners Of The Trade Period

The 2019 AFL trade period was a long and exhausting process, but it finally wrapped up on Wednesday night. The deadline day itself saw...

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The Trade Diaries Day Five - The End Of A Long Week

Alex Docherty

Oct 12, 20195 min read

The Trade Diaries Day Five - The End Of A Long Week

11th October, 2019 – End of the first week It’s 9:30pm on a Friday night and I find myself exhausted on my bed. The ability to juggle...

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The Trade Diaries Day 4 - It's All Coming Together

Alex Docherty

Oct 11, 20195 min read

The Trade Diaries Day 4 - It's All Coming Together

10th October, 2019 – Day 4 Thursday’s are the worst days for me personally: Up and out of bed at 6am, out the door by 7 and not home...

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Alex Docherty

Oct 9, 20194 min read

The Trade Diaries Day 3 - Homecomings

9th October, 2019 Wednesday’s are my day off – no uni, no time at my part-time job – free time is rare air for a Uni student, so I...

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Alex Docherty

Oct 8, 20195 min read

The Trade Diaries - The Breakthrough?

8th October, 2019 – Day 2 Before falling asleep last night, there was reports emerging through the socials that Jamie Elliott was going...

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Alex Docherty

Oct 8, 20195 min read

The Trade Diaries - Day One

7th October, 2019 – The First Day I don’t know what is worse: Sitting through a nine-hour day at University, slowly working on...

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Alex Docherty

Oct 7, 20193 min read

The Trade Diaries - Introduction

October 6th, 2019 It’s 9:30PM on a Sunday night. I’ve got dinner in the oven and I’m preparing to go back to uni after a two-week break....

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The Season That Was: A Western Bulldogs Season Review

Alex Docherty

Sep 25, 20197 min read

The Season That Was: A Western Bulldogs Season Review

If you were a Western Bulldog supporter, consider 2019 a rollercoaster ride of sorts. Started off well enough, dipped towards the midway...

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Alex Docherty

Dec 23, 20188 min read

Bold AFL Predictions For 2019

We are just days away until we put 2018 behind us and usher in a new year. For the final article of the 2018 AFL season, I posed a...

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Have They Smashed The Draft? The Western Bulldogs 2018 AFL Draft In Review

Alex Docherty

Nov 23, 20186 min read

Have They Smashed The Draft? The Western Bulldogs 2018 AFL Draft In Review

So another year of the AFL Draft has come and gone, with over 70 players realising their dreams as their names were called out by an AFL...

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How The Gold Coast Suns' Picks Affect The Top 10 Of The 2018 AFL Draft

Alex Docherty

Nov 17, 20187 min read

How The Gold Coast Suns' Picks Affect The Top 10 Of The 2018 AFL Draft

The Western Bulldogs hold the seventh pick in Thursday's AFL Draft - which is the second top-10 pick that the Bulldogs have in as many...

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Alex Docherty

Oct 22, 20185 min read

Alex Docherty's 2018 AFLW Mock Draft - The First Round

The AFLW Draft is upon us for another year, with another batch of young females set to come through the ever growing system that is the...

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Winners, Losers And Question Marks Of The 2018 Off-Season

Alex Docherty

Oct 20, 20187 min read

Winners, Losers And Question Marks Of The 2018 Off-Season

The 2018 Trade and Free Agency Period saw a startling 46 moves made in the off-season. And as I've done so over the past few years, I...

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Why The Western Bulldogs Don't Need Chad Wingard

Alex Docherty

Oct 15, 20184 min read

Why The Western Bulldogs Don't Need Chad Wingard

The 2018 Trade Period is in full swing and as the deadline for player movement fast approaches on Wednesday, the Western Bulldogs have...

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