West Coast midfielder Daniel Kerr says the Eagles won't be playing 'scared football' against the Western Bulldogs on Sunday.

Having copped a 97-point thrashing from St Kilda last weekend, Kerr acknowledged the entire side was on notice after coach John Worsfold threatened player's careers if they didn't improve their mental attitude.

Worsfold said last Tuesday he would have accepted a five-goal loss to a superior team but felt the huge margin could only be attributed to a poor mental approach.

But despite the axe hanging over the entire side, Kerr said he expected his team-mates to still take risks against the undefeated Bulldogs.

"A 97 point defeat is unacceptable," Kerr said on Thursday.

"We've got a lot of young players who are a little bit down and a lot of older senior players who are extremely down, so it's very important for the confidence of the group to be able to bounce back and put on a good show against the Bulldogs."

"The review on Monday was probably the longest one I've been involved in while John was at the club," Kerr added, revealing the extent of Worsfold's disappointment with the result, coming just six days after the Eagles beat Port Adelaide by 50 points.

"Woosha doesn't yell or scream but when he speaks, people listen and he did give us a stern talking to."

"(He said) we just need to be harder, we need to put more pressure on them coming out of our forward line and we just generally need to lift our skills."

"(But) I don't think John minds if we make skill errors, it's how we attack the footy and the attitude we take on the ground (that he really cares about)."

"We're on warning that if our attitude isn't up to scratch, the way we attack the football isn't up to scratch, then there will be some pretty hefty changes."

"(But) we're not going to play a selfish brand of football, we're not going to play a scared brand of football, we're (still) going to go out there and take risks," Kerr said.

Without former captains Ben Cousins and Chris Judd in the Eagles' midfield, Kerr felt the full wrath of opposition tagger last season, in a disappointing 2008 marred by injury and suspensions.

Kerr managed just 11 matches in 2008 and was the subject of an ongoing contract extension saga that ultimately saw the 25-year-old re-commit to the Eagles late last year.

Kerr said he is gradually getting more accustomed to the attention of taggers, and is working hard on keeping his cool while players like Port's Kane Cornes and St Kilda's Clinton Jones tackle him before he can even reach the contest.

"I've been getting frustrated at points in the game. Historically I've lashed out once or twice and it's cost me weeks and that's what I'm trying not to do this year," Kerr said.

"It's (dealing with it) just a matter of putting it our of your mind and accepting that I'm going to have a tag on me every week."

"I'm probably playing with a tag for the next couple of years 'til Chris Masten and Brad Ebert come up and start getting a lot of the footy and I can finish my glory years in the forward pocket maybe," he said.