AFL LIVE: Western Bulldogs, Collingwood Magpies fight to keep season alive in wildcard game at MCG

Bulldogs coach Luke Beveridge expects to shift his talls around tonight now that he has Tim English back in the ruck.

English taking the ruck role will mean the Bulldogs can use Rory Lobb and Ryan Gardner in defensive posts or even in pinch roles in the forward line.

“Tim has come in so it will mean Lobby and Gardie can play in different roles around the ground,” Beveridge told Kayo Sports.

“There are games within games and those big boys will certainly play a part.”

He added that the young Bulldogs had to find ways to manage a physical onslaught from the Magpies who will lift the tempo in their pressure work.

“If we can match them in the pressure stakes tonight, it will do huge things for our chances,” Beveridge told Kayo Sports.