.Geelong's pay attention to a solid finals campaign, not defeating Slot Adelaide at all costs, paid handsomely after the Cats romped in to a preparatory ultimate without principals Tom Stewart and Sam De Koning.Geelong's premiership tilt was enhanced dramatically on Thursday night after Chris Scott picked a conventional method along with the star duo and his side still roared to an 84-point draw the disappointing Power.Stewart (hamstring/illness) and De Koning (leg) will definitely now possess precious extra opportunity to get ready for the ninth preparatory last of Scott's decorated 14-season tenure.Watch the most ideal protection of the 2024 AFL finals, with expert analysis as well as every game up until the Grand Final cope with no ad-breaks in the course of play, on Kayo. New to Kayo? Start your free of cost test today > Finals Week 1IMAGINE WHAT YOU COULD BE ACQUIRING INSTEAD. Free of cost and confidential help telephone call 1800u00a0858u00a0858 or even explore gamblinghelponline.org.au.Jezza opens up finals set along with astonishment!|00:35 CATS GAMER SCORES:' Off the charts' younger gun fills up missing celebrity space as bargain pick-ups dazzling' AMONG THE MOST EFFECTIVE': Celebrity Pussy-cat STUNS Portress along with fan show ... however it will not succeed target of the yearSpeaking post-game at the Adelaide Oval, Scott rightly backed in play the long game along with two of his key defenders. "If we took a threat with those guys and also it backfired it wouldn't have actually been actually difficult, however the level of challenge would possess gone through the roof," Scott described." The plan was to become traditional along with those individuals and also ideally still succeed the video game, so our company're experiencing excellent about that choice now, but our experts are actually certainly not getting ahead of ourselves.Geelong have actually enrolled their pair of biggest triumphes of the 2024 time in back-t0-back games, new off their 93-point gain West Coastline that completed their home-and-away period on a high.But as Scott has actually viewed first-hand earlier this period against the similarity Carlton as well as Gold Coast, it does not take a lot to be on the inappropriate end of a drubbing like what they handed Slot Adelaide on Thursday evening. "Our team have actually persevered the year with the swings through the time ... you're a small amount of an off evening from being actually poorly beaten," Scott proceeded." Our company maintain viewing that to ensure are going to maintain our feets on the ground." They are actually ideal examples of when you participate in well you go, 'Oh, excellent choice' as well as if our experts 'd have participated in inadequately it would certainly have been about, 'What would possess occurred if our company 'd had Stewart and De Koning?'" But our emphasis is on having a really good month, not obtaining vicious as well as making an effort to bluff our means into a prelim ... you can't perform that in finals." Scott confessed he was actually still having a problem with the decision to play Stewart or otherwise after he grabbed a hamstring complaint in his final day trip just before illness hinted the ranges." He possessed a really good number of weeks of training and also our team were actually definitely positive that he would certainly correct," the train said." He remained in complete training for a treatment on Monday, our company assumed he was actually heading to correct, but ... our company were still examining that up." At that point he began to follow down with a little bit of a flu, after that by the time he woke up he was actually burglar enough that he definitely would not play, so it merely sort of decided for him and also our company a bit simpler." But, palm on soul, we were actually pitching in the direction of not playing him and also our team would certainly helped make the conservative call along with De Koning at the same time." Stewart was actually actually racing against the time clock to play on Thursday evening prior to catching a health problem (Picture through Michael Willson/AFL Photos via Getty Images) Source: Getty ImagesThe transfer to not play Stewart also would have thrown elements of Slot Adelaide's plan out the window also, having actually successfully sent tension forward Jed McEntee to Stewart in their final 3 meetings along with overwhelming success.Beyond the defensive duo nonetheless, Tom Hawkins (foot) and also Webcam Guthrie (Achilles) are going to play in the VFL on Saturday morning as they try to press their cases after long cutbacks." Our program the whole time was actually for all of them to play this week so our experts'll push on keeping that," Scott included." Our experts'll keep confident, remain broad-minded, keep all the options on the table, and also make great choices in the moment." I'll avoid the lure to anticipate excessive I might rest right here as well as guess, as well as it definitely would not assist anybody." In spite of the absence of Hawkins up forward versus the Power, the Felines' foremost line shone as brilliant as any type of this time - and having actually booted 18 behinds for the evening, could possibly possess amazingly been actually ever before better.Superstars Jeremy Cameron as well as Tyson Stengle finished the evening along with 4 goals each, while Gryan Miers as well as Shaun Mannagh each booted 3 majors. Tom Stewart dismissed of Kitties v Slot|02:08 Hawkins' replacement Shannon Neale booted 2.2 from his 9 fingertips and also nine marks, making the coming close to selection call on who to choose in two weeks time (hanging Hawkins' physical fitness) extra fascinating due to the week.Asked if he would love to view a preliminary ultimate played in Geelong, certainly not the MCG where it will absolutely be actually booked, Scott responded along with a troublesome gleam in his eye." I assume my posture has actually constantly been actually that you should play your home games everywhere you really want," he confessed." However the AFL run the finals series and they've reached exercise whether that's the appropriate point or not, and also they are actually stabilizing a great deal of things that I do not consider that much." They've acquired the great of the video game front of mind plus all I care about is actually the Pet cats so it's rational that our experts would differ when our team have those different standpoints." But a prelim final (in Geelong)? Why certainly not? It's a fair coliseum." What I will definitely claim is actually prelim finals will be played at some point at the Gold Shore, or at Giants Coliseum, or Hobart.".