Greater Western Sydney coach Leon Cameron says if Geelong wants to offload some of their ageing premiership stars, then they'll be more than welcome to travel up the Hume Highway.
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While Cameron adds it's too early to write off the Cats veterans, Geelong young gun Josh Caddy says the "future success of the club" depends on his generation "leading the way".
The two clubs face each other in a season-defining clash at what could be a sold-out Manuka Oval on Saturday – at the time of writing just 100 tickets remained.
GWS are currently seventh, while the 11th-placed Cats are just one game outside the top eight.
The spotlight has been put on Geelong's ageing list during the week, with eight players over the age of 30 off-contract at the end of the season.
Debate has surrounded what they should do with the likes of Steve Johnson, James Kelly, Jimmy Bartel and Corey Enright.
Cameron said Bartel was averaging 30 possessions per game since his return from a knee injury and he was expecting similar impact from the other Cats stars.
"Two or three of them could come to our footy club next year," Cameron joked. "Pretty sure that Enright, Kelly, Bartel, Stevie Johnson, these sort of guys, are still playing some pretty good footy.
"These guys have got a lot of quality footy left in them, they're proud players and I'm pretty sure when people walk away from the game tomorrow [they'll see] Geelong are thereabouts. The mix of youth and senior players is a very good, healthy mix."
Cameron wasn't revealing who would get the job on stopping Cats forward Tom Hawkins, but Joel Patfull looks likely to get first crack.
Having played on Gold Coast captain Gary Ablett last week, Stephen Coniglio will probably go to Joel Selwood, in the Cats skipper's return from suspension.
Caddy had one of his best game's for Geelong last weekend in Selwood's absence, racking up 37 touches and kicking a goal in the tight win over the Western Bulldogs.
The 22-year-old said it gave him the confidence that he could start to produce games like that on a regular basis. He said it was time for the players in his age bracket to start stepping up.
"For the future success of our club, if we're to continue to be successful, it's going to come from guys around my age like Cam Guthrie, Mark Blicavs, Mitch Duncan, Jordan Murdoch, the list goes on," Caddy said.
"We've got plenty of guys around my age, it's time for us to lead the way a bit. But at the same time, those champions that are in their 30s, they're still great players and we shouldn't write them off too early because they're probably only one game away from having a blinder and everyone will be back on board with them."
It will be GWS key position player Adam Tomlinson's 50th AFL game, making him the 15th Giant to play that many games for the expansion club.
AFL ROUND 17
Saturday: GWS Giants v Geelong at Manuka Oval, 1.45pm. Tickets available from Ticketek.
