The Bulldogs brought in a plethora of talent prior to the 2021 season's kick-off.
Origin fullback Corey Allen rounded off a brilliant recruitment drive that saw them add halfback Kyle Flanagan, firebrand prop Jack Hetherington, starting second-rower Corey Waddell and Origin winger Nick Cotric.
Unfortunately the Dogs remain in 16th place after 10 rounds, although they do have a trio of enticing recruits coming next year in Matt Burton, Brent Naden and Josh Addo-Carr.
That said, they have 15 players off-contract and I'd expect more than a few will be tapped on the shoulder, meaning the Dogs have plenty of spots to work with.
Below are the five players I believe the Bulldogs should target for 2021.
For this we have gone with a reality based list. i.e. they won't bring Cam Smith out of retirement.
Brandon Smith should be their number one target however isn't off-contract so isn't considered.
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4. Tyrone Peachey
Even if the club signs Finucane, they need to double that up by adding the newly reborn Tyrone Peachey.
No one in this Dogs pack can do what Peachey can do. His ball playing skills and elusiveness would make the Dogs pack more dangerous the second he put pen-to-paper.
Peachey, Elliott and Finucane would form my preferred back row/lock combo with Josh Jackson, RFM and Corey Waddell jockeying for bench positions. I love Jackson but Peachey offers so much more.
For mine the Titans won't be keen to let the in-form former Origin utility go, but the 29-year-old has been reported to want to move back to Sydney if possible. If there's any truth to that, I'm jumping all over that.
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again…doggies should have gone super hard at Nathan Brown. Brown offers all those skills the 5 players listed have and would not have cost them that much