Melbourne coach Neale Daniher believes the comment by Western Bulldogs coach Rodney Eade that his team can't win this year's premiership is designed to ease the pressure on the red, white and blue.

Speaking in the lead-up to Sunday's clash with the Dogs at the MCG, Daniher suggested Eade was playing mind games with his remarks made after last Sunday's one-point loss to Geelong at Telstra Dome.

"I think they've still got 16 of their best (22) playing and it might be a bit of a call from Rodney to take the spotlight away from them because they've been the Cinderella team. They've still got a very, very good team out on the park," Daniher said at Junction Oval on Wednesday.

"They're not the only team with injuries either and you've just got to be able to manage that throughout the year and we won't fall for that one.

"The Doggies are going really well and it'll be a good game - (it's a) very important game for us after a first loss for a long time … we're back at the MCG and we haven't lost there this year and we don't intend to lose on Sunday, but we know we've got a huge challenge - the Doggies are a good team and they beat us last time and we'll have to be back to our best.

Meanwhile Daniher said that there hadn't been an "inquisition" into Brad Green's actions for head-butting Fremantle's Ryan Crowley which earned him a one match suspension, ruling him out of the clash against the Bulldogs.

Daniher added with a laugh that there would be "no beheading" or a "shooting at dawn" for Green's misdemenour.

"I reckon he knew about 100th of a second after that brain-fade and he's let himself down and he let his teammates down and he gave Fremantle momentum, just on half-time. It'll be down in Brad's forgettable moments, I would've thought," Daniher said.

"He'll learn from it. It's not something I think that Brad carries in his game and it was a frustration and he'll learn from it and it's not something that's characteristic in his game.

"That's left to the tribunal and I thought he might have got off, but anyway, he got a week and what I mean by that is his good record, but anyway, he cops a week and we get on with it."