GEELONG coach Chris Scott isn't getting carried away with his side's red-hot unbeaten start to the season.

The Cats improved to 3-0 after withstanding an Adelaide fightback to run out 24-point winners at Adelaide Oval on Thursday night.

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The victory was achieved despite losing gun midfielder Tim Kelly to an ankle injury and defender Mark O'Connor with a cork, finishing the game with two players down on the back of a five-day break.

After beating grand finalists Collingwood in round one, followed by an 80-point thrashing of preliminary finalists Melbourne last week, the Cats have got the competition buzzing with their impressive opening to the campaign.

But Scott said it was extremely premature to start talking about the Cats as a premiership contender.

"There's a long way to go and there will be a lot of contenders and a lot of momentum shifts throughout the year," Scott said.

"It feels as though we have a bit of momentum building at the moment, but we feel there's a lot of improvement left as well.

"It's hard to work out where the teams are within the competition, the draw plays a bit of an impact.

"We're positive at the moment, but we haven't done it for anywhere near long enough to start trying to rate where we sit in the comp."

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Scott didn't believe Kelly's injury was too serious.

"This is such a simplistic way of looking at it, and I suspect the medical staff don't like me looking this way, but it appeared he could've gone back on late," Scott said.

"We chose not to (put him back on), so I interpret that as a good sign."

The Cats led by four goals at half-time before the Crows stormed back in the third quarter to narrow the margin to three points at the final change.

"We could've rolled over and with a bit of inexperience in the side, that's always a possibility," Scott said.

"I thought we stood up in the big moments, which is one of the things we needed to address."

The Cats now have a nine-day break before they host Greater Western Sydney on Saturday, April 13.

Defender Jack Henry (hamstring) is expected to be available, while Cam Guthrie (calf) and Zach Tuohy (knee) will be close, although they might have to come back through the VFL.