Ahead of Round 2 against Brisbane, James Kelly and AFL journalist Adam McNicol caught up on Cats TV to share their views on last week’s game on Argue the Toss.

Thursday night the Crows trailed closely behind Geelong up until the last quarter when the Cats took flight with six goals to one, taking the winning margin to 38-points.

Kelly says the Cats were able to regain control once they steadied up their play and eased the pace on the ball.    

“I think we got a little bit more patient with our attack, probably the first three quarters we tried to go in too quick all the time and in the last quarter we were able to take the speed off the ball a little bit - and then we saw it open up with a few players out the back,” Kelly told Cats TV.

Last week we saw the Cats share the load with 18 goals kicked by 12 different players, including defender Corey Enright and new Cat Hamish McIntosh.   

Kelly says increasing the Cats goal kickers will only help to overrule their opposing defenders as well as increasing their dominance on the scoreboard.

“It just makes you a lot harder to defend.”

“If a team knows that we’re going to kick to Hawk 20 times a game it makes it a lot easier to defend, so having all the options to kick to - keeps the defenders on their toes…”

McNicol believes the Cats fourth quarter clearly stated that they’re not yet ready to step down the ladder.  

“To win and to win like that with such a dominant last quarter just stamped Geelong’s authority back in the competition,” McNicol said.  

“This season, probably more than any others in the great run of the Cats, people are wondering where they are and what do we make of them?

“After that last quarter they’d say ‘gee top four side again’ that’s what it looks like.”