Sprayed Cats run home GEELONG 2.3 10.7 16.8 24.13 (157) GREATER WESTERN SYDNEY GIANTS 5.3 9.5 14.8 15.8 (98) Goals: Geelong: J Podsiadly 5 J Murdoch 3 J Hunt 2 J Selwood 2 T Hawkins 2 A Christensen A Mackie J Bartel J Corey J Kelly J Stringer M Duncan M Stokes S Johnson T West. Greater Western Sydney Giants: J Cameron 4 R Palmer 3 T Scully 2 A Tomlinson A Treloar C Ward D Shiel L Plowman S Reid. Umpires: Justin Schmitt, Troy Pannell, Andrew Mitchell. Official Crowd: 7,809 at Skoda Stadium. The Giants won plenty of admirers in their clash with Geelong on Saturday, giving the premiership contenders a mighty fright at Skoda Stadium, before the Cats produced a late surge to win by 59 points. It was 92-all when Adam Tomlinson scored for the Giants in the 28th minute of the third term, hinting that the upset of the year was on. The Cats put on two late goals to close out the term. However, early in the fourth, the game was again up for grabs when Steve Johnson and Allen Christensen were forced off after a nasty head clash, leaving the Cats two short after having already used their substitute. That was the moment, midfielder Taylor Adams later revealed, the Giants sensed something special could happen. "When those two players went off injured, we thought we were a massive chance then," he said. At three-quarter-time we thought, 'We're going out to win the game'. However, as it did the previous round against Gold Coast, Geelong owned the final term, scoring eight goals to one to run away with the game. "That was a better performance, obviously," GWS coach Kevin Sheedy said. I think that sometimes the losses we've had and the smashings we've had, you've got to get the experience out of all that. You've got to really take something out of the losses. You're starting to see that. It was better but still not there yet ... a long way to go still. We know what we can do. We've just go to do it longer. The Giants began the game with a rush. They were far hungrier and led by three goals at quarter-time, after slotting five straight in a remarkable first 16 minutes. Geelong had looked lethargic and it took an almighty spray from coach Chris Scott for them to turn on an eight-goal second term. Yet, at half-time they led by only eight points, 10.7.67 to 9.5.59, after the feisty Giants grabbed four of their own, including two superb efforts by Jeremy Cameron, who finished with another brilliant four-goal haul. James Podsiadly, who finished with five goals, took control after half-time, potting a crucial three in a row. The Giants responded again to trail by two kicks at the last break. After Johnson and Christensen were injured, the Cats stepped up a gear to close out the match. Not that Scott was content. "Winning's the most important thing, we've got to keep banking the wins," he said. But the way we play is really important as well. When the heat was on and both teams were really fresh, they looked better than us, which is a concern. They pressured us around the ball and got a lot of numbers around the contests and we didn't handle that situation well. We're all a little bit frustrated ... we have been talking about those things and practising those things, just haven't been implementing them. Scott said if the Cats played like that against the Giants in three years' time, they would probably lose. "The win-loss is certainly a positive," he said of the Cats' standing at the top of the table. But the type of footy we're playing at the moment is not top-four standard. Ironically, things looked more positive for the winless Giants. There were fine performances across the field, with Callan Ward grabbing 30 possessions, Adam Treloar 27 and Adams 22. Sam Reid amassed 11 tackles and, after the late withdrawal of ruckman Dean Brogan, Jonathan Giles had his best game of the year. Greater Western Sydney midfielder Taylor Adams plans on waiting until the end of the season before deciding if he will re-sign with the club. GWS has done an outstanding job of retaining its prized young talent, with Jeremy Cameron, Stephen Coniglio, Adam Treloar, Dylan Shiel, Tomas Bugg, Toby Greene, Devon Smith, Jon Patton and Dom Tyson headlining a long list that have signed contract extensions. But Geelong-product Adams wants to wait. "There's no rush, I'll take my time and make the right decision," Adams said. I'm just trying to get out there and play good footy at the moment. Over the last four or five weeks I've started to play some consistent footy and I've just got to worry about that now. Adams said homesickness was no longer an issue. Victorians Nick Haynes and Adams are the only out-of-contract players remaining from the Giants' 11 first-round 2011 draft picks.