West Coast coach Adam Simpson isn’t expecting any knee-jerk tricks from Chris Scott despite the Geelong mentor copping a battering following last week’s qualifying final loss to Collingwood.

The Eagles will start as slight favourites in Friday night’s semi-final against Geelong at the MCG, and the pressure is on Scott to make sure the minor premiers don’t suffer a straight-sets finals exit.

Simpson says Geelong’s system has stood up well all year, and he’s not expecting the Cats to make major changes to their tried and tested game plan.

“There’s no tricks in finals. So no, I’m not expecting any tricks,” Simpson said.

“We’re looking at the collective with Geelong. Their body of work for the last 12 months, they’re No.1 in all the areas we value – clearances, contested possessions, and they’re the hardest team in the comp to score against.

“None of that has gone away. We’re preparing for a pretty big battle.

“I don’t think teams change their system too much at this time of the year.”