The Cats were able to demolish lowly St Kilda on Sunday by 96 points despite fielding a weakened team missing Steve Johnson, Jared Rivers and Hamish McIntosh and handing debuts to Brad Hartman and Darcy Lang.
"We won't be going into the game with any luxuries," was Chris Scott's message to the Suns.
"We'll be attacking it pretty hard."
Johnson and Rivers were both late withdrawals from the Geelong team that faced St Kilda.
"Johnson had a back issue that's been good enough to play the last couple of weeks, but wasn't quite good enough this week," Scott said.
"Not a huge issue. He could've played, at a stretch, today I think.
"But it was getting to the point where he hadn't trained much, so we wanted to make sure that he got some training in before he tackled two six-day breaks in a row.
"Rivers has a knee that we've managed from the day that he walked into the club. That was a little bit sorer this week than it has been other weeks.
"With those guys, with those issues, and at the stage of their careers, we're always conservative."
Johnson and Rivers both did a running session at Simonds Stadium in the hours before the Cats took on the Saints.
Asked if they'll be right to face the Suns, Scott said: "Likely. Yep."
Scott was happy with the way Hartman and Lang went about their business in their first appearances at the highest level.
Hartman finished with 14 touches, while Lang, who started as the sub and entered the fray in the third quarter, ended the game with seven disposals and a goal.
"They're both pretty sure around the ball and used it pretty well," Scott said.
"We were pretty confident they'd play well. They were well and truly ready for their chance.
"They didn't get gifted the game. They've put in the hard yards at VFL level and really pressed their case for a long time.
"They were ready. The challenge now, I guess, for our young players on the fringe, is to cement their spot, because we do have a few coming back."
Dawson Simpson, who tallied 52 hit-outs, was another key contributor, although Scott wants to see him do more around the ground.
"He was certainly good in terms of getting his hand to the ball," Scott said.
"But we're not getting ahead of ourselves. Billy Longer's a really inexperienced young ruckman, and they didn't have a second ruckman.
"But you can only beat who the opposition present. In the ruck contests at least, Dawson was pretty good."
George Horlin-Smith was subbed out at half-time after suffering a knock to his back, but he should be fit to face Gold Coast.
Yet-to-debut forward Shane Kersten is also very much in the mix to take on the Suns.
"Kicked six in the twos yesterday," Scott said. "He's one that … we've been looking to play for a long time and circumstances kept him out.
"But it might almost be time."
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