GEELONG hopes to out-pace Hawthorn in Friday night's preliminary final, with Allen Christensen dubbing inclusion Jordan Murdoch the Cats' secret weapon.
Should the Cats progress through to the Grand Final it would be the 12th-straight win against the Hawks.
While Hawthorn is regarded as arguably the most skilful side in the competition with stars on every line, Christensen said a lack of leg speed could prove its Achilles heel.
He labelled Murdoch the fastest player at the Cattery and said his presence on Friday night would prove a thorn in Hawthorn's side.
"Jordan's been really good for us this year, he's been a little bit inconsistent but that comes with every young player," Christensen said on Sportsday.
"He's probably the quickest at our club and if there's one area you can get Hawthorn it's with a bit of speed.
"We're going to exploit that for all we can.
"Bringing him in, he'll do the job for us."
Geelong hasn't lost to the Hawks since dropping the 2008 Grand Final.
The 'Kennett Curse' has endured and, while Christensen said he didn't believe in such magic he admitted his side possessed incredible self-belief that it could win from almost any position.
"We've got to start games better and it's been a problem for a while now but we just keep chipping away and we know at the end of games, at the end of every quarter we're going to keep coming," he said.
"We've got a big job ahead of us … but we've got the belief we can do it.
"It's heartening that you can go in [to the Grand Final] from any position, if we've been playing really well or really poorly we can change a few things and get going again."
