Geelong coach Chris Scott says the Cats have got a lot to look forward to despite another bewildering and alarming second half AFL fadeout.
Sydney piled on ten goals to two after the long break to condemn the Cats to a 43-point away loss on Saturday.
Geelong have kicked at least two less second half goals than the opposition in all bar one of their seven games so far.
Fremantle and Hawthorn both kicked five more goals after the long break and Richmond four against the Cats.
"We're going to have a look at the vision (of Saturday's game) and work through it," Scott said when asked for his thoughts on the problem.
"If I knew exactly what it was I wouldn't tell you anyway."
Scott wasn't totally convinced it was a case of his team being out-worked though he didn't dismiss that theory either.
"Everyone says that (work rate), it's an easy out that one," Scott said.
"The answer is probably (it is), but I find generally that's something people say when they don't really know the right answer."
He said the Cats (3-4) were hurt by losing key forward Tom Hawkins (sore glute) before the game and Mitch Duncan (foot) during the match.
He expected Hawkins would be fit to face Carlton at Etihad Stadium next Friday, but feared Duncan might miss at least a couple of games after initially rating his foot injury as relatively serious.
Scott drew encouragement from the Cats strong first half effort, when they led by as much as 14 points in the second quarter.
"I don't really want to dwell on the second half too much, when there is some positives from the first half," he said.
"I thought that in some ways we've got a lot to look forward to, given the way we played in the first half.
"We need to play better to compete with the best sides, but it's not all doom and gloom."
Youngsters Jackson Thurlow, Cory Gregson and Darcy Lang all showed some promise.
"When the game was really on, I thought our guys that are developing were pretty good, working pretty well together as a team." Scott said.
"We may have run out of legs a little bit towards the end, but I didn't think that our inexperienced players were off their feet."
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