QUALITY over quantity is the key to the Western Bulldogs improving their poor inside-50 conversion rate, according to goalsneak Tory Dickson.

While the Bulldogs sit second in the League for inside 50s with an average of 58 per game, they are the poorest side in the eight for making the most of their opportunities.

The stats are pretty damming for Luke Beveridge's men, with their abundance of forward thrusts resulting in a goal just 23.3 per cent of the time (14th), while only 45 percent per of entries end in a score (15th).

The fifth-placed Dogs also lie a lowly 11th for goals per game with an average of just 13.6.

While their defensive capabilities make them the AFL's best defensive side, Beveridge has bemoaned on numerous occasions the Dogs' offensive problems that have become a common theme this season, but Dickson says hard work on the training track will hopefully see his side become more potent in attack.

"It's something that's been talked about, and I don't know the exact numbers, but it's something we've been working on," Dickson told AFL.com.au.

"We're always looking for better shots on goal, because we don't want to be talking shots from the boundary or set shots from 55 metres out.

"If we can get better quality entries that result in easier shots on goal and that allows us to rest compared to a kicking a point and having to defend again."

Dickson, who is statistically the best kick for goal in the AFL, says high-intensity match simulation sessions are conditioning the Dogs for the pressure packed situations they encounter when lining up for goal on match day.

"You can never replicate game pressure, but we like to practice like that as much as possible," he said.

"That's was one of the reasons we changed goalkicking drills from before and after training to practicing under some heavy fatigue and game-like pressure.

"It needs to be done because you can lose you games of football if we miss too many shots."

While efficiency up forward has clearly been absent at times, so has continuity.

Dickson missed the first month of the season with adductor and quad complaints, while key forwards Jack Redpath and Tom Boyd have played only five games between them due to form/suspension and injury respectively.

Ten goals from five matches this season shows Dickson has continued the good form that saw the 28-year-old slot a season-best 50 goals in 2015.

But he believes kicking goals will become easier when "man mountains" Redpath and Boyd finally get on the park together.

"Jack has been fantastic since he's come back in the side and we really missed him (through suspension) last week straightening us up," Dickson said.

"And Tom was playing some really good football earlier in the year, (but) the shoulder injury stopped him in his tracks.

"They're both big boys, so there's no reason why they can't work together."