.Geelong's concentrate on a tough finals campaign, not trumping Port Adelaide in all costs, paid handsomely after the Cats romped right into a preliminary last without key players Tom Stewart and also Sam De Koning.Geelong's premiership tilt was actually built up considerably on Thursday night after Chris Scott went with a conservative technique with the celebrity duo and also his side still roared to an 84-point win over the frustrating Power.Stewart (hamstring/illness) and also De Koning (leg) will certainly presently have valuable added opportunity to prepare for the ninth preliminary final of Scott's decorated 14-season tenure.Watch the greatest protection of the 2024 AFL finals, with expert study and every video game until the Grand Final LIVE with no ad-breaks throughout play, on Kayo. New to Kayo? Beginning your totally free test today > Finals Full week 1IMAGINE WHAT YOU MIGHT BE ACQUIRING INSTEAD. Totally free as well as personal assistance telephone call 1800u00a0858u00a0858 or explore gamblinghelponline.org.au.Jezza opens up finals collection along with astonishment!|00:35 KITTIES PLAYER RANKINGS:' Off the graphes' young weapon fills up skipping superstar space as bargain pick-ups brilliant' AMONG THE GREATEST': Super Star Cat STUNS Portress with fanatic show ... however it won't succeed target of the yearSpeaking post-game at the Adelaide Oval, Scott appropriately backed in play the long game along with 2 of his key guardians. "If our team took a risk along with those men and also it backfired it wouldn't have actually been actually inconceivable, but the level of trouble would certainly've gone through the roof," Scott detailed." The strategy was to be conventional with those men and also hopefully still gain the game, so our company're thinking great about that choice now, but our experts are actually not being successful of ourselves.Geelong have enrolled their 2 most significant success of the 2024 season in back-t0-back video games, fresh off their 93-point win over West Coast that completed their home-and-away period on a high.But as Scott has observed first-hand earlier this season versus the likes of Carlton and Gold Coastline, it does not take a lot to be on the wrong end of a drubbing like what they handed Port Adelaide on Thursday evening. "Our company have actually seen it through the year with the swings through the time ... you're a bit of an off evening coming from being horribly defeated," Scott continued." Our experts maintain seeing that to ensure will definitely keep our feet on the ground." They are actually best instances of when you play properly you go, 'Oh, excellent choice' as well as if our company will possess played badly it will have concerned, 'What would've happened if our company will had Stewart and De Koning?'" Yet our focus gets on possessing an excellent month, not receiving acute as well as making an effort to bluff our method into a prelim ... you can not perform that in finals." Scott accepted he was actually still having a problem with the selection to participate in Stewart or otherwise after he got a hamstring grievance in his last getaway just before disease tipped the ranges." He possessed a good couple of weeks of instruction and our team were actually really hopeful that he would certainly correct," the train pointed out." He was in full instruction for a treatment on Monday, our company thought he was heading to be right, yet ... our company were actually still evaluating that up." After that he began ahead cognizant a bit of a flu, at that point by the opportunity he woke up he was actually burglar enough that he definitely would not play, so it simply sort of made the decision for him as well as our team a bit much easier." However, hand on heart, we were pitching towards certainly not playing him and we will helped make the conventional telephone call with De Koning too." Stewart was already dashing versus the clock to use Thursday evening prior to falling victim to an illness (Image by Michael Willson/AFL Photos using Getty Images) Source: Getty ImagesThe move to not participate in Stewart likewise would possess thrown components of Port Adelaide's plan the window also, having actually efficiently delivered pressure onward Jed McEntee to Stewart in their last three meetings along with mind-boggling success.Beyond the defensive duo nonetheless, Tom Hawkins (foot) as well as Webcam Guthrie (Achilles) will certainly play in the VFL on Sunday early morning as they attempt to drive their insurance claims after lengthy cutbacks." Our program during was actually for them to play recently so our company'll push on with that said," Scott incorporated." Our experts'll keep confident, keep unbiased, always keep all the possibilities on the dining table, and make good choices in the moment." I'll withstand the seduction to anticipate excessive I could rest listed below and hypothesize, as well as it wouldn't aid any person." Even with the lack of Hawkins up onward versus the Electrical power, the Pussy-cats' forward line shone as intense as any type of this time - and having kicked 18 behinds for the evening, might have remarkably been ever before better.Superstars Jeremy Cameron and also Tyson Stengle finished the evening with 4 targets apiece, while Gryan Miers and Shaun Mannagh each kicked three majors. Tom Stewart ruled out of Pussy-cats v Port|02:08 Hawkins' substitute Shannon Neale booted 2.2 from his 9 fingertips and also 9 marks, making the approaching collection get in touch with who to decide on in 2 full weeks time (pending Hawkins' exercise) even more intriguing due to the week.Asked if he wish to observe an initial ultimate played in Geelong, certainly not the MCG where it will undoubtedly be actually scheduled, Scott replied with an insidious gleam in his eye." I think my position has actually constantly been actually that you should play your home video games any place you prefer," he admitted." But the AFL run the finals set as well as they've come to exercise whether that is actually the correct trait or otherwise, and they're harmonizing a lot of traits that I do not consider that much." They have actually obtained the really good of the game front of mind and all I appreciate is actually the Kitties so it's rational that our company would certainly disagree when our company possess those various point of views." But a prelim ultimate (in Geelong)? Why not? It is actually a respectable arena." What I am going to point out is prelim finals will certainly be actually dipped into some point at the Gold Shoreline, or at Giants Arena, or Hobart.".