Over the past six weeks Geelong's forward line has become the most lethal in the AFL.

Forgetting the Cats' first three losses, Geelong's forwards have since become so hungry and accurate that their sharphooters lead the league in efficiency in the forward-50, averaging a goal every 3.1 entries.

It's a 25 per cent improvement on last year, when the Cats were ranked 15th in the same stat and could not buy a goal.

Only Port Adelaide (3.1) and St Kilda (3.2) have been as deadly in front of goals this season.

New forward coach Ken Hinkley can be credited with sharpening the Cats' blade and said his goalkickers first had to learn how to play down back before they could perform up forward.

"It (our success) has been because of a combination of things but the highlight for me has been how we have put the defensive pressure into our game,'' Hinkley said.

"We've really worked hard on preventing opposition backs from just running the ball out of our forward-50.''

It's a mouse trap that has broken the backs of five of the last six teams Geelong has faced, including top four sides Essendon and Melbourne in the past two weeks.

And it's a forward structure still yet to feature Steve Johnson, Matthew McCarthy and occasional forward David Loats

But as Hinkley adds, as good as the forwards have been, they could not have kicked the team's fourth-straight 100-plus score (compared with three last year) on Saturday night without its midfield group's pin-point penetration.

And the proof is in the pudding as the Cats have averaged 18.3 disposals per goal in the past six weeks, a feat bettered by St Kilda only, with an average of 17 disposals per goal and nine-straight wins to its name.

But according to Hinkley, there is no Nick Riewoldt or Fraser Gehrig in the Cats' forward structure, instead just six blokes prepared to have a red-hot crack.

"It is all about us playing well as a group not having to depend on one or two each week,'' he said.

"In the past two weeks it has been Kent Kingsley's turn to stand up but other times it has been shared around with other players like Paul Chapman (three goals against Fremantle and Essendon), Andrew Mackie (three against Adelaide and Melbourne), David Haynes (three against Hawthorn), Ben Graham (six against Richmond), Charlie Gardiner (two against Adelaide) and Gary Ablett (three against Adelaide).''

Accused of being one-dimensional in the past, Hinkley is pleased to acknowledge that critics are starting to use `versatile', when describing the Cats' forward line.

But respect, according to Hinkley, still alludes the Cats.

"It (respect) does not come from a six-week period. It comes over a consistent season,'' he said.

"We're starting to earn some respect but I don't think we've got it yet,'' he said.