Both Woodford and West Warrnambool are desperate to improve despite having finals action all but confirmed.

Undefeated Brierly-Christ Church is the certain minor premier.

But for third-placed Woodford, second place is still within reach.

The Eels must defeat Allansford on Saturday - and hope that Russells Creek falls to Port Fairy - to earn the right to pick their semi-final ground.

Skipper Nick Butters said individual form was also high on Woodford's wish list before finals.

"We're worried about what we can achieve and we're hoping results fall our way," he said.

"We'd like to take some momentum and finish off the regular season in good form.

"We'd certainly like the guys who haven't been making as many runs as they'd like to hit some form.

"Allansford is usually a good batting wicket so it'd be nice to get some confidence."

Butters said Woodford had made a habit of drafting fresh faces into its division one teams to maintain hunger for success.

It won three-consecutive flags between 2015 and 2017.

"Even when we had our success I think every year we had three or four new players in each season," he said.

"We just like a bit of change."

West Warrnambool captain-coach Alastair Templeton urged his players to "find another gear".

"You generally find the teams that win the big games and premierships aren't playing any differently in a final to a normal game," he said.

"You find the pressure doesn't affect those teams as much as they're operating on a process-based strategy rather than really trying to get themselves up.

"You want to go out there with a clear mind and not need to change too much. You don't want to be in finals searching for answers, you just want to go up a gear and do what you're normally doing."

Templeton said his men were not complacent heading into the final round clash against Dennington.

He said the lack of two-day cricket in the Warrnambool and District Cricket Association fixture meant clubs needed to make use of every match leading into finals.

"We looked at the season as 'we're not just trying to make finals'," Templeton said.

"We're looking at it as 'we've got another two-day game left, and there's still things we're building on.

"We don't really play enough two-day cricket to relax. We play four games for the season and then play finals so we're ramping up."

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