.Geelong's focus on a solid finals campaign, not beating Port Adelaide at all prices, settled handsomely after the Cats pranced right into a preparatory final without principals Tom Stewart and Sam De Koning.Geelong's premiership tilt was strengthened significantly on Thursday night after Chris Scott went for a conservative technique with the superstar duo and his edge still rolled to an 84-point gain the disappointing Power.Stewart (hamstring/illness) as well as De Koning (knee) are going to presently have valuable extra opportunity to plan for the nine preliminary final of Scott's enhanced 14-season tenure.Watch the greatest coverage of the 2024 AFL finals, with professional analysis and every game up until the Grand Final deal with no ad-breaks during play, on Kayo. New to Kayo? Begin your totally free trial today > Finals Week 1IMAGINE WHAT YOU CAN BE BUYING INSTEAD. Free of charge and private assistance telephone call 1800u00a0858u00a0858 or check out gamblinghelponline.org.au.Jezza opens up finals collection along with astonishment!|00:35 CATS PLAYER RATINGS:' Off the graphes' youthful gun loads missing celebrity space as bargain pick-ups brilliant' SOME OF THE VERY BEST': Super Star Kitty STUNS Portress along with freak act ... but it won't gain goal of the yearSpeaking post-game at the Adelaide Oval, Scott rightly supported in play the lengthy activity along with 2 of his essential protectors. "If our team took a risk with those men and it backfired it definitely would not have been actually difficult, however the degree of problem would possess skyrocketed," Scott discussed." The plan was actually to be conservative with those men as well as hopefully still win the video game, so our team are actually thinking great about that decision right now, yet our experts are actually not thriving of ourselves.Geelong have enrolled their two most significant victories of the 2024 season in back-t0-back activities, new off their 93-point get West Coastline that completed their home-and-away season on a high.But as Scott has found in person previously this time versus the likes of Carlton and Gold Shore, it doesn't take much to be on the inappropriate end of a walloping like what they handed Slot Adelaide on Thursday evening. "Our team have actually persevered the year with the swings via the season ... you're a bit of an off evening coming from being actually badly trumped," Scott continued." Our team always keep finding that so that will definitely keep our feets on the ground." They are actually excellent instances of when you participate in well you go, 'Oh, excellent choice' and if our company 'd have played inadequately it would possess been about, 'What would've happened if we will possessed Stewart and De Koning?'" Yet our concentration performs having an excellent month, not receiving vicious and also attempting to bluff our technique right into a prelim ... you can not do that in finals." Scott accepted he was still battling with the selection to participate in Stewart or otherwise after he picked up a hamstring complaint in his final getaway just before health problem tipped the ranges." He had a good number of weeks of instruction as well as our team were definitely optimistic that he would certainly correct," the instructor stated." He was in complete instruction for a session on Monday, our experts presumed he was heading to correct, but ... our experts were actually still analyzing that up." After that he began to follow down with a little a flu, then due to the time he got up he was burglar enough that he wouldn't participate in, so it just form of decided for him and also our company a little much easier." But, palm on center, our company were pitching towards not playing him and our experts would certainly produced the conventional call along with De Koning at the same time." Stewart was already racing against the time clock to use Thursday night before coming down with a disease (Photo by Michael Willson/AFL Photos through Getty Images) Source: Getty ImagesThe transfer to certainly not participate in Stewart additionally would certainly possess thrown factors of Slot Adelaide's plan the window as well, having actually effectively sent pressure ahead Jed McEntee to Stewart in their final three appointments with difficult success.Beyond the protective duo however, Tom Hawkins (feet) and Webcam Guthrie (Achilles) are going to play in the VFL on Saturday early morning as they try to drive their insurance claims after lengthy unemployments." Our program the whole time was actually for them to play today so we'll push on with that," Scott incorporated." Our experts'll keep positive, remain broad-minded, maintain all the alternatives on the table, and also make great choices in the second." I'll stand up to the lure to anticipate too much I might sit here and also speculate, and it definitely would not assist anybody." Despite the absence of Hawkins up ahead versus the Energy, the Felines' forward line shone as brilliant as any kind of this season - as well as having booted 18 behinds for the evening, might possess remarkably been actually ever before better.Superstars Jeremy Cameron and Tyson Stengle finished the evening with 4 targets each, while Gryan Miers and also Shaun Mannagh each booted three majors. Tom Stewart eliminated of Felines v Slot|02:08 Hawkins' substitute Shannon Neale booted 2.2 from his nine fingertips and also 9 proofs, bring in the approaching collection call that to choose in 2 weeks time (pending Hawkins' health and fitness) much more appealing by the week.Asked if he would love to see a preliminary last played in Geelong, certainly not the MCG where it are going to certainly be planned, Scott answered along with a rascally shimmer in his eye." I assume my position has consistently been actually that you ought to play your home video games everywhere you prefer," he admitted." But the AFL run the finals series and they've got to work out whether that is actually the appropriate trait or otherwise, and also they are actually harmonizing a whole lot of traits that I don't think of that much." They have actually acquired the really good of the game face of thoughts plus all I care about is the Pet cats so it is actually reasonable that we will disagree when our experts have those various perspectives." However a prelim last (in Geelong)? Why not? It's a fair arena." What I will certainly claim is prelim finals will be dipped into some aspect at the Gold Shoreline, or at Giants Arena, or even Hobart.".