WESTERN Bulldogs coach Luke Beveridge has challenged his team to maintain momentum from its brilliant 57-point win over Adelaide and not suffer another dip against a 2014 Grand Finalist next week.

The Bulldogs responded to their 70-point loss against premiers Hawthorn in round three with a big win of their own on Sunday, giving them a 3-1 start to the season.

They now face a six-day turnaround before taking on the Sydney Swans at the SCG and Beveridge wants to see his team produce more of its best against the 2014 runners-up.      

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"We'd like to think we'll give a better account of ourselves this week than we did last week against the Hawks," the coach said. 

"The Swans flew home against Fremantle (on Saturday night), so we know what we're in for. 

"We're in exploration mode, (but) we think we can continue to cause some headaches against anyone we play." 

Beveridge said he was uncertain how his players would respond to last week's loss, and if they would maintain the attacking style he is trying to implement.  

He got his answer in the third quarter when the Bulldogs piled on six unanswered goals to open up a 75-point lead.  

"The risk today was did [the Hawthorn loss] knock us around a bit with our belief in a couple of the things we'd been trying to implement. The answer to that was no," he said.  

"Until you've played a lot of footy together and been in situations time and time again, you can never feel like you're guaranteed of a certain type of performance.

"We didn't question what they'd try and do, but the outcome was obviously in question. 

"[Now] you challenge them to keep it up."

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Beveridge said he was equally impressed with his team's tenacity and physicality in the midfield and the ability to move the ball quickly on the outside with clean use.   

He said the Bulldogs were learning to play tempo football occasionally and understood they couldn't "go lightning quick for four quarters every week". 

"We're still getting into situations where we go quick and we shouldn't, it's a learning curve for us," he said.   

"But we'd rather be where we are at the moment and really challenging sides with our ball movement and our transition and build up to that.

"Now we just need to find a balance. We're not there yet."