DID YOU know that the Western Bulldogs have a team ghost? He's a decent sort, not so much a hideous zombie spectre, more one of those old style, clanking chains, deathly pallor types.

He generally wanders round the Whitten Oval at night dishing out prophecies and stealing Will Minson's training boots.

While the Dogs' marketing department are a little scared of him, most round the club will give 'Gospy' (Ghost of Scraggers Past) the time of day and listen to his sage predictions.

At least until a particularly strange outburst following last year's preliminary final, which made many think that Gospy might, quite literally, have been yanking his own chain.

Late into the evening, with the Dogs 2010 season having ended just a couple of hours earlier at the hands of the St Kilda, Gospy appeared to a couple of startled Whitten Oval cleaners to proclaim with great solemnity: "Mark my words, 10 games into next year, our boys will get a 20 goal thumping from those tanned football apprentices from Perth who cook only with wooden spoons, the West Coast Eagles."

At first the cleaners were so stunned that they couldn't speak but they were soon rolling about in fits of laughter and before you could say "AFL Equalisation Policy", Gospy had vanished into the night.

The Bulldogs playing list quickly shrugged off the pessimistic prediction. After all, Gospy had suggested drafting Aker would end well for all parties so it was probably just a case of "one spirit too many".

Also, this was a West Coast team who had finished stone cold motherless last in a season where the benefits for doing so were immediately handed over to the Gold Coast Suns.

Fast forward to the end of the fourth quarter last Sunday afternoon in Perth and Luke Shuey (no, me neither) capitalises on another Bulldog turnover to waltz inside 50 and send his 27th possession through the goals to extend the Eagles winning margin to 123 points.

Shuey had been superb all day, providing penetrating kicks to a forward line that was full of space to lead into and gaps to exploit. Often he just ran into that space past a number of static Bulldogs and finished up with five quality goals.

But it was Josh Kennedy who dominated the contest from the opening minute and whose ten-goal haul along with a string of consistent performances in 2011 have earned him a place in the forward line of Greatest Team of All.

From athletic snaps to his trademark stuttering set shots, the former East Fremantle player put a Bulldogs backline without Brian Lake to the sword and has put paid to any question marks about his talent.

Kennedy was the man who seemed on a hiding to nothing when Carlton made him its short straw in the Chris Judd trade - sending him and some draft picks back across the Nullarbor in return for the best player in the game.

Just like the Eagles, Kennedy has responded this year with a consistent season of aggressive football, providing a strong one-two punch up forward with Jack Darling to cover the early season loss of Mark LeCras.

Kennedy's promotion to Greatest Team of All comes at the expense of Bomber surprise packet Stewart Crameri who has struggled a bit over the past few weeks and could only slot a single goal in the loss to Richmond on Saturday night.

There's likely to be a spot or two coming up for grabs in the Greatest Team over the next couple of weeks with Aaron Sandliands out for a month and Jobe Watson no certainty to return with the Bombers in a fortnight after their bye. Todd Goldstein and Marc Murphy, take note please.

In the meantime, it's pleasing to watch our stars continue to shine.

Buddy Franklin winning a stack of possessions to complement his six goals (and zero mobile phone calls).

James Kelly leading the disposal count for the Cats against a spirited Carlton outfit.

Brett Deledio dominating the Bombers in the Dreamtime game to the tune of 34 touches coming out of a rejuvenated backline.

And the Bulldogs? Dare we say that right now, they look like a ghost of their former selves.