BRISBANE Lions coach Michael Voss believes taming Geelong on Saturday night will be no easier despite the Cats losing four players for the clash through injury.

Sounding more and more like a seasoned coach, Voss said the Lions would need to focus on themselves more than their opponents to cause an upset.

Geelong will miss premiership players Matthew Scarlett (back), Cameron Ling (knee), Darren Milburn (ankle) and James Kelly (hamstring), with dangerous forward Steve Johnson (hip) already on the sidelines.

Only Ling sat out the 93-point hiding the Lions copped from Geelong at Skilled Stadium in round five; a match Voss has refused to touch on since.

"I confined that one to history and got the DVD and snapped it in half," he said.

"We’re not after Nightmare on Elm Street II. I don’t like sequels, so from that end we’ve got to make sure we bring our competitive attitude.

"We learnt a lot of lessons from that game and the way the guys have conducted themselves since – we had a bit of a hiccup last week ... but they've been really professional the way they’ve gone about it and the competitive instincts have been really first class.

"It’s a good way to be able to see how far we’ve come in that period of time."

After last week's 48-point loss to Port Adelaide at AAMI Stadium, Voss said the Lions had bigger issues than who Geelong put on the park.

Another defeat could threaten their spot in the top eight.

"It’s going to be hard work, we know that," he said. "Obviously the opposition we’ve got is all class so we’ve got to make sure we do our fundamentals and get them right. If we do I’m sure we’ll be in for a show.

"I guess one of the things you get over a period of time when you’ve played in teams like that is a genuine depth.

"They’ve obviously still got almost their full complement of midfielders, so they’ve still got their potent weapons and we can’t afford to look at who’s not there. We’ve got to look very much at who is there.

"They’ve still got a bunch of All-Australians there. But once again it comes back to our principles. Regardless of who’s there, there’s a lot we have to get done and we gave that away last week and we have to make sure we get it back quite quickly."

Among five changes, the Lions have welcomed back rebounding defender Josh Drummond, who missed three matches, and premiership player Tim Notting.

Voss said Drummond had two strong weeks of training behind him and was ready to go, as was 18-year-old debutant Jack Redden who he had glowing praise for.

"His ability to be able to think through congestion, and free his hands in tackles and be composed and clean at ground level has been something that’s been eye catching in the reserves," he said.

"To be honest he’s been pushing his name up for quite a while and we couldn’t resist it any longer.

"It’s at home and in front of a home crowd and it’s going to be a large crowd so what an exciting way to remember your first game."

* In late news, the Cats have also lost Gary Ablett and Travis Varcoe for the clash.