Cats TV asked Josh Hunt and journalist Scott Gullan whether it’s favourable to end out the season on a hard note compared to an easy one when there are finals to prepare for?

According to Hunt the hard contests set you up for the intensity of finals, where as the easier match ups can cause bad habits to surface.    

“Personally, I think the contenders are the best way to go. If you’re going to go into finals you want to be playing your best footy against the best sides and seeing if your game plan actually stacks up,” Hunt told Cats TV on Argue the Toss.  

Scott agrees and uses the Cats last game against Collingwood in 2011 as a prime example of why teams should go in hard before the finals. If sides decide to take the more soft approach they are more likely to lose their step when the real pressure hits, which is exactly what happened to Collingwood two years ago.

“I think back to 11 where Geelong played Collingwood in the last round and there was a lot of conjecture about do you try or do you not and Collingwood came half hearted. Where as Chris Scott said this is just another game and we’re sticking to everything we do and they smashed them by a 100 points, mentally Collingwood were shot and Geelong had the advantage,” Scott explained.  

Catch the complete episode of Argue the Toss with Josh Hunt by clicking on the video above.