“The opposition in particular were good early and it took us a bit of time to get on top of them.”
Scott said the Cats did not need to drastically change their gameplan to begin playing better,over and above the regular tweaks that teams make to their system.
He did admit things were not going as well as they could be,however.
“We have got a bit to work on in our game,” Scott said. “Three[wins] and two[losses] at the moment I don’t think we’re in love with the way we are going. Got a lot of improvement and some hard games coming up so I hope the execution improves. There is a bit of[a] system as well leading to a lot of those shots.
“Our overall system,there are some things happening that aren’t by design. There are a lot of specific areas that we’re a bit off in at the moment.
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“The positive is tonight in isolation we competed really hard.
“Hopefully when we get more consistency with our personnel it will start to marry up with the things we are working on during the week.”
Scott was confident that Patrick Dangerfield would be fit for next week despite an ankle complaint which forced him off in the final term.
While North Melbourne coach David Noble was not happy to lose,he was impressed with his side’s commitment to the contest and the plan they came to Geelong with.
He confirmed Aaron Hall would miss next week through concussion after a wayward smother by Mitch Duncan.
“Our guys really came to play today. I thought it was a great learning experience for our group against a top team,” Noble said.
“It could have easily opened up a little bit. Cats didn’t kick straight but I tell you what we had a lot of chances we didn’t take ... we just haven’t got that connection right in the front half of the ground.”