Geelong coach Chris Scott warns his side is nowhere near its best despite unblemished start to year Geelong coach Chris Scott makes his point against Essendon. GEELONG has been lucky this season and isn't playing anywhere near its best despite being the only undefeated team in the competition after seven rounds. That's the assessment of Cats coach Chris Scott in the wake of his team's comprehensive 28-point victory over the previously undefeated Essendon. "It's hard to get a read on them," he said. The most important thing early in the season is that you get over the line but the big picture for us is we want to keep improving our game. And we have got a long way to go. I agree with the assessment of some people that we might have been lucky at times in the seven games. Tonight we were 21-points down again and some people would argue that it is a little bit more than luck as it happens a little too often for it to be luck. Mark Robinson - Cats play to classic spirit We are realistic that the footy we're playing now isn't going to be good enough at the end of the year but we have a lot of players who are knocking at the door of selection. Barring Dan Menzel we've got a group of six or seven players who will come back and play VFL footy (in the coming weeks) who if you asked me at the start of the year, they were in our best 22. Our game needs to keep improving and evolving and the personnel we use we certainly evolve as well. Scott praised his youngsters including debutant Jackson Thurlow and second-gamer Jordan Schroder for standing up in the first half when the Cats were under pressure. The stats sheet again showed them down in key areas and were e anywhere near the lead given they were getting soundly beaten in most of the key areas including clearances, contested possessions and hit-outs. Jay Clark - Cats always land on their feet They were well on top early in the second quarter and it's a credit, not just to our senior players, as it was as much our inexperienced players who stood up. We were really pleased to see Jackson Thurlow have an influence in the first half of the game and Schroder and (George) Horlin-Smith . . . they look at home to me. Scott defended the performance of full-forward Tom Hawkins who was again restricted by a back injury and kicked just two goals from nine possessions. "We understand he is limited and he's not playing the way Tom Hawkins of the past 18 months has but he's playing a role," he said. Tagger Taylor Hunt was subbed off in the first quarter with a shoulder injury with the Cats hopeful it is not serious even though he had his right arm in a sling after the game. Midfielder James Kelly, who has carryover points from last year's finals series, is certain to come under scrutiny by the match review panel for a bump on Essendon's Brendon Goddard late in the third quarter. The Cats have another massive game next Saturday night against Collingwood with star Paul Chapman likely to return after missing the past two games with a hamstring injury.