A hunger to add to their meagre win tally of the past three seasons has GWS Giants co-captain Phil Davis convinced there's no way his team will be complacent against Carlton and suffer a letdown following their memorable win over Hawthorn.

Unlike last week when they started rank outsiders against the AFL premiers, GWS will probably be favourites at Etihad Stadium on Saturday against a Blues outfit second from bottom with just one win.

The Giants are sixth with a 4-2 record, having scored just nine victories in their three previous seasons

"The amount of wins we've had in the past three years, there's no chance of complacency or a letdown, I think," Davis said on Wednesday.

"The boys here are so hungry and we understand that to be a good team you need to play well week in week out."

"We played well on the weekend, we were poor the week before against West Coast.

"If you look at all the good sides they can back up week in week out and we don't want to be a team that plays well one week and poor the next, so we're very driven to put in a good performance this weekend."

Giants coach Leon Cameron is well aware of the potential pitfall of his developing side getting carried away with last week's much praised performance.

"The trap for a young group is to sometimes rest on their laurels of what's happened on the weekend, and the proof is going to be in the pudding on Saturday," Cameron said.

Davis said the Giants would draw belief from coming from almost five goals down to beat the Hawks, just a week after folding against the Eagles.

"I think our group's maturing a lot and with maturity comes experience and a little more composure and especially in those situations," Davis said.

Cameron and Davis both expected to face a stronger Carlton side reinforced by the return from injury of some key players.

Davis believes Blues leaders Marc Murphy and Bryce Gibbs will hit back hard after being slammed for their lack of impact in the final quarter against Brisbane last week.

"They are both proud players and very good players and both best and fairest winners and All Australians, so they will come out firing," Davis said.

Cameron said his players would need to react better to a hostile crowd after not dealing with that in their last away game in Perth. - AAP