GEELONG will not enter the debate about where finals should be played as they prepare for their sixth finals series in seven years under coach Chris Scott.
The club says it's not fussed where it plays although the logic behind deciding finals venues should be explained so the industry can discuss the issue.
The Cats finished second on the ladder after defeating Greater Western Sydney on Saturday night but remain uncertain as to where they will play the qualifying final in a fortnight.
If Richmond defeats St Kilda on Sunday it will finish third yet play the second-placed Geelong in week one of the finals at the MCG, the Tigers' home ground.
If Richmond loses then Geelong's week one opponent would once again be Greater Western Sydney, which raises the prospect of Simonds Stadium as a finals venue.
However, Scott said the Cats would be happy to play wherever the AFL decided they should play in the first week of the finals.
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"If the AFL rings us on Sunday afternoon and says 'hey the game is at [the Geelong suburb] Newtown', we'll be there," Scott said.
"I think it is a really good debate to have and people should talk about it and argue the reasons for and against but we are just not going to participate in that debate."
The Cats have only played a final at Simonds Stadium once, losing to Fremantle in the 2013 qualifying final.
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Its other three qualifying finals under Scott have been against Hawthorn at the MCG.
Scott said he was pleased to have defeated both Richmond and the Giants in recent weeks but he did not think it had any impact on their chances of beating those opponents again in the finals.
"I don't think previous performance makes that much difference to future performance," Scott said.
"Sometimes teams match up OK on different teams. I don't think that is the situation with us and Richmond and GWS but it's preferable to have played well on them in the recent past."
Geelong has only lost once to the Giants and has beaten Richmond in 20 of its past 21 games, however, it has only won two of the eight finals it has played since winning the 2011 premiership.
Geelong's only injury worry out of the game was James Parsons who suffered a mid-foot sprain and was sidelined for the second half but Scott was uncertain whether that would rule him out of the first final.
