Geelong coach Chris Scott has called the criticism of his team's final struggles as โ€œa bit lazyโ€ after another post-season loss, this time at the hands of the Power.

The Cats went down to the Power in their first qualifying final on Thursday night - which sees the Cats' finals record slump to 4-12 since Scott took over in 2011.

The Cats are also 1-7 in the first week of finals since their last premiership.

Chris Scott believes the scrutiny about the Cats not being able to deal with the pressure of finals footy isn't deserved.

โ€œItโ€™s a really hard question to answer. Are we comparing 2014 to now?" Scott told reporters.

โ€œWe all feel pressure at this time of year, I didn't think we crumbled under the pressure

โ€œI don't think we'd look at the way we played and thought there were fundamental problems with the game style.

โ€œIt's a privilege to be under that pressure, it's hard work to get here and I thought we had our chances.

โ€œI think the criticism is a bit lazy personally, but we'd like to win more finals.โ€

Geelong's inaccurate kicking was a major difference in the match, with the Cats kicking 5.12 for the game, while the Power kicked 9.4 to seal the 16-point win.

Tom Hawkins also had one of his worst kicking performances for the season, kicking 0.5 and one out on the full which was a huge difference in the game.

Scott said the Cats had their fair share of chances to pinch the game.

โ€œItโ€™s always a fine line at this time of the year,โ€ he said.

โ€œOur game is always a game of inches, itโ€™s just magnified at this time of year.

โ€œWe probably had control of the game for large periods and certainly had our chances to win the game.

โ€œI wouldnโ€™t say we were the dominant team, Iโ€™ll just say it was pretty even. They took their chances, got some easier shots than we did but we certainly had enough scores and chances to win the game.

โ€œWe could have played better, thereโ€™s no doubt about that.

โ€œPort were good, theyโ€™re a good team and deserved their win. I didnโ€™t think we were with our or chances.

โ€œItโ€™s a bitter pill to swallow at the moment. I donโ€™t think weโ€™ll come away from the game thinking that weโ€™re off the pace.โ€