Geelong coach Mark Thompson denied he was becoming concerned by his side's poor kicking for goal as the Cats so nearly let certain victory against Hawthorn slip again on Friday night.

After kicking a wasteful 11.23 when suffering a shock loss to the Hawks in last year's Grand Final, the Cats kicked 15.21 in the re-match to start the 2009 season at the MCG and nearly threw away a 43-point lead early in the final term to fall in against the undermanned Hawks by eight points.

And in between the two inaccurate efforts against Hawthorn, the Cats also managed to kick 18.19 in their NAB Cup Grand Final victory against Collingwood.

However Thompson is confident the Cats will soon be cured of their goalkicking yips.

"It's never been an issue apart from those two games (against Hawthorn) and maybe last week (against Collingwood) as well," Thompson said.

"I think it just goes into a little run (of inaccuracy) like that sometimes but I think it corrects itself."

"It's not as if we can't kick goals from set shots - we have proven we can and it's just a little thing we are going through and I just hope it doesn't continue."

Thompson said at least his team marked the ball in much better positions against the Hawks on Friday night, compared to last year's Grand Final when the Cats often found themselves shooting for goal from out wide.

"We were much better today in terms of where we marked the ball inside our forward 50, much better than the Grand Final, it's just that we missed (our shots)."

Thompson said sometimes missing set shots proved contagious in a team.

"(Ryan) Gamble missed that first shot (in the first term) so someone starts it and the pressure builds and then everyone follows."

But other than his team's inaccuracy and last quarter fade-out, Thompson was pleased with his side's performance.

And he blamed the last term fade-out, as the Hawks kicked the last six goals of the match with Lance Franklin and Jarryd Roughead booting three each, on a combination of tiredness and an ankle injury to his star defender Matthew Scarlett - which limited his movement but should not stop him playing next week.

"We lost our structure a bit," Thompson said, as he admitted his team allowed Franklin and Roughead to be isolated in Hawthorn's attack one-out against the injured Scarlett and Harry Taylor.

"He (Scarlett) had a sore ankle and the doctor said if we don't need to use him then don't but in the end he (Scarlett) wanted to come back on the ground and in fact he demanded to come back on the ground."