A week after St Kilda brought the slick Dogs undone with an ultra-defensive game plan, Demons forward Brad Green said his team would not follow the same path.
"I think tomorrow night is going to be a fast game. You've got two sides who are going to come out and play quick, attacking footy ... it's going to be exciting," Green said from Junction Oval on Thursday.
"We're certainly on the rise as a side, with the confidence and belief that we can go out there and play and be exciting.
"That's what we're about. We want to play exciting footy and [coach Dean Bailey] wants us to take the game on. Hopefully we can get people to want to come and watch us play footy."
The task of playing attractive football will be made harder by the absence for the rest of the season of promising forward Ricky Petterd, who was lost to a shoulder injury at the weekend.
Green nominated Brad Miller, Neville Jetta, Michael Newton and Jack Watts as capable replacements for him.
"Wattsy had an interrupted pre-season and he's had to put some performances together (at VFL side Casey) before he gets a look in at senior level. Hopefully he's slowly doing that," he said.
"We're a bit of an unknown factor down forward - it's not one-dimensional so we've got to get multiple goal kickers."
The Demons came back to earth with a thud against North Melbourne last week after a confidence-boosting three-game winning run, but Green said the feeling amongst the group was still resoundingly positive despite the defeat.
"Last week was disappointing in the way that we started the game … it certainly wasn’t the way we wanted to play, but in the third quarter we came back and played the style that we want to play," he said.
"It shows that when we play that style we can compete against the best. We've got to bring that from the word go tomorrow night against the Doggies.
"It's amazing what a bit of confidence and a bit of belief does for any player or side. You look at our side and once you get a bit of confidence and belief that you can play against anyone out there it's an amazing thing."
The match, dubbed the Field of Women game, has an added meaning with funds and awareness created for Australian breast cancer research.
