The Cats booted 15.21 in Friday night’s win over Hawthorn after kicking 18.19 in the NAB Cup grand final and 11.23 in the 2008 grand final.
“I think it just goes in little runs like that, I think it just corrects itself,” Thompson said.
“It is not as if we can’t kick goals from set shots, we have proven that we can. It is just a little thing we are going through. I hope it doesn’t continue.”
Thompson said the side’s attacking moves were much better than in the grand final and he was pleased with the position of the side’s marks inside the forward 50m arc.
“In the end the result really didn’t matter, we were pretty happy with our first three quarters,” Thompson said.
“We missed a lot of shots again which is disappointing, especially set shots,” Thompson said.
“I thought both teams were really tired and it was a physical game, a really physical game, a good tough brand of footy.”
The Cats led by 43 points early in the final term but the Hawks came back to kick the last six goals of the match and lose by just eight points.
“We were giving a few messages from the box at that stage because we did lose our structure a bit,” Thompson said of the final term comeback by the Hawks.
“It was disappointing that it had to come to that, that we had to fix it up from the box.
“Not saying we did a great job and won the game from the box but we settled the game back down and got our structure right. It was disappointing that we lost it.
He said Matthew Scarlett was under duress with an ankle injury when he came back on the field and made a vital spoil late in the game.
“The doctor said ‘If you don’t need to use him, don’t,’ but he actually demanded to come back on the ground so we put him there,” Thompson said.
The deliberate rushed behind rule had some interesting moments during the game with one uncontested spoil from Hawthorn’s Simon Taylor [that wasn’t penalised] sparking the most speculation.
But Thompson said the rule needed time to develop.
“I am willing to give it a try and not be too negative on it,” he said.
“I am sure there will be players and coaches and clubs that try and work out ways of deliberately rushing behinds without giving away a free kick and the umpires have just got to look at them all and work out what is and what isn’t.
“It is not going to happen in a week.”
