.Geelong's concentrate on a solid finals campaign, not trumping Port Adelaide in any way prices, settled handsomely after the Cats pranced into a preparatory last without key players Tom Stewart and Sam De Koning.Geelong's premiership tilt was actually enhanced considerably on Thursday evening after Chris Scott chose a conservative strategy with the star duo and his edge still roared to an 84-point gain the unsatisfactory Power.Stewart (hamstring/illness) as well as De Koning (leg) will today have priceless additional time to prepare for the ninth preliminary last of Scott's embellished 14-season tenure.Watch the greatest protection of the 2024 AFL finals, along with professional study and also every activity until the Grand Final cope with no ad-breaks in the course of play, on Kayo. New to Kayo? Begin your totally free test today > Finals Week 1IMAGINE WHAT YOU CAN BE ACQUIRING AS AN ALTERNATIVE. Absolutely free as well as discreet help ring 1800u00a0858u00a0858 or even see gamblinghelponline.org.au.Jezza opens finals series with astonishment!|00:35 KITTIES GAMER RANKINGS:' Off the charts' youthful weapon loads skipping star space as deal pick-ups fantastic' ONE OF THE VERY BEST': Superstar Pussy-cat STUNS Portress with fan act ... but it will not win goal of the yearSpeaking post-game at the Adelaide Oval, Scott appropriately supported in play the long game along with 2 of his crucial guardians. "If our team took a danger with those men and also it backfired it wouldn't have been impossible, however the level of difficulty would've risen," Scott discussed." The plan was to be conservative with those individuals and also perhaps still win the video game, so our company are actually believing good regarding that selection now, however our experts are actually not progressing of ourselves.Geelong have registered their pair of biggest success of the 2024 season in back-t0-back video games, new off their 93-point draw West Coastline that completed their home-and-away time on a high.But as Scott has actually viewed original earlier this season against the likes of Carlton and also Gold Shoreline, it does not take much to be on the incorrect end of a walloping like what they handed Slot Adelaide on Thursday night. "Our experts've seen it through the year along with the swings through the season ... you are actually a little of an off evening coming from being actually terribly trumped," Scott carried on." Our experts keep observing that in order that will maintain our feets on the ground." They are actually excellent examples of when you play properly you go, 'Oh, excellent decision' and also if our experts would certainly possess played inadequately it would possess been about, 'What would certainly possess occurred if we will had Stewart and De Koning?'" However our concentration performs possessing a really good month, certainly not getting vicious as well as attempting to bluff our method right into a prelim ... you can't carry out that in finals." Scott confessed he was actually still having a hard time the choice to participate in Stewart or not after he picked up a hamstring issue in his final getaway prior to health problem hinted the ranges." He possessed a great couple of full weeks of training as well as our team were actually actually confident that he will correct," the coach mentioned." He was in full training for a session on Monday, our team presumed he was mosting likely to be right, however ... we were actually still considering that up." After that he began to follow cognizant a bit of an influenza, then by the opportunity he got out of bed he was actually burglar sufficient that he wouldn't play, so it just form of made the decision for him as well as our company a bit easier." But, hand on soul, our experts were actually bending towards certainly not playing him and also we would certainly helped make the traditional telephone call along with De Koning too." Stewart was presently competing against the clock to play on Thursday night before being stricken with a health problem (Photograph by Michael Willson/AFL Photos via Getty Images) Resource: Getty ImagesThe transfer to certainly not participate in Stewart additionally would have tossed aspects of Slot Adelaide's plan out the home window also, having actually successfully sent stress forward Jed McEntee to Stewart in their final three meetings along with frustrating success.Beyond the protective duo having said that, Tom Hawkins (feet) and also Camera Guthrie (Achilles) will definitely play in the VFL on Sunday early morning as they try to push their insurance claims after long discharges." Our program the whole time was actually for them to play recently so our experts'll advance keeping that," Scott incorporated." Our team'll stay confident, keep unbiased, keep all the choices on the dining table, as well as make great decisions in the instant." I'll withstand the urge to anticipate too much I can rest right here and also suppose, and it definitely would not help anybody." In spite of the lack of Hawkins up forward against the Power, the Felines' forward line shone as brilliant as any sort of this season - as well as having actually kicked 18 behinds for the evening, might have extremely been ever before better.Superstars Jeremy Cameron and Tyson Stengle completed the night along with 4 targets apiece, while Gryan Miers as well as Shaun Mannagh each kicked three majors. Tom Stewart dismissed of Pussy-cats v Slot|02:08 Hawkins' replacement Shannon Neale kicked 2.2 from his nine fingertips and also nine marks, creating the approaching selection contact who to pick in pair of weeks opportunity (hanging Hawkins' exercise) extra intriguing due to the week.Asked if he want to find a preparatory final played in Geelong, not the MCG where it are going to undoubtedly be actually booked, Scott answered with a naughty gleam in his eye." I assume my setting has actually regularly been actually that you need to play your home games any place you yearn for," he admitted." Yet the AFL run the finals collection and also they've got to exercise whether that's the correct point or not, as well as they are actually balancing a lot of things that I don't consider that much." They've got the good of the video game front end of thoughts and all I respect is the Cats so it is actually reasonable that our company would certainly disagree when our team possess those various viewpoints." But a prelim final (in Geelong)? Why certainly not? It's a decent arena." What I will certainly say is prelim finals will be played at some point at the Gold Shore, or at Giants Arena, or Hobart.".