.Geelong's focus on a strong finals campaign, not trumping Port Adelaide at all expenses, paid handsomely after the Cats skipped in to an initial final without key players Tom Stewart and Sam De Koning.Geelong's premiership tilt was strengthened significantly on Thursday night after Chris Scott picked a conventional technique along with the star duo and also his edge still roared to an 84-point get the unsatisfying Power.Stewart (hamstring/illness) and De Koning (knee) will today have precious extra time to get ready for the ninth initial ultimate of Scott's enhanced 14-season tenure.Watch the most ideal protection of the 2024 AFL finals, along with pro study as well as every video game up until the Grand Final LIVE with no ad-breaks during play, on Kayo. New to Kayo? Begin your free trial today > Finals Week 1IMAGINE WHAT YOU MAY BE ACQUIRING AS AN ALTERNATIVE. Free of cost as well as confidential assistance phone call 1800u00a0858u00a0858 or check out gamblinghelponline.org.au.Jezza opens finals collection along with astonishment!|00:35 KITTIES PLAYER RANKINGS:' Off the graphes' younger weapon loads missing out on star gap as good deal pick-ups fantastic' SOME OF THE GREATEST': Celebrity Pussy-cat STUNS Portress with fan show ... however it will not gain goal of the yearSpeaking post-game at the Adelaide Oval, Scott appropriately supported in play the long game with 2 of his key protectors. "If we took a threat along with those individuals as well as it backfired it wouldn't have actually been difficult, however the degree of difficulty will possess risen," Scott revealed." The plan was to be traditional along with those people and also with any luck still succeed the activity, so our team are actually feeling great about that decision right now, yet our team are actually not getting ahead of ourselves.Geelong have registered their 2 greatest wins of the 2024 time in back-t0-back video games, fresh off their 93-point win over West Shoreline that completed their home-and-away season on a high.But as Scott has actually viewed in person previously this period against the similarity Carlton and also Gold Coastline, it doesn't take much to become on the incorrect end of a walloping like what they handed Port Adelaide on Thursday evening. "Our company have actually seen it through the year along with the swings with the time ... you are actually a bit of an off night coming from being poorly trumped," Scott proceeded." Our experts maintain finding that in order that will certainly keep our feet on the ground." They are actually ideal instances of when you participate in well you go, 'Oh, fantastic selection' and also if our team will have played badly it would have been about, 'What would've occurred if our team 'd had Stewart and De Koning?'" Yet our concentration gets on possessing a great month, certainly not acquiring vicious and attempting to bluff our way right into a prelim ... you can't do that in finals." Scott admitted he was actually still battling with the selection to play Stewart or otherwise after he grabbed a hamstring criticism in his last trip before disease hinted the scales." He possessed an excellent number of weeks of training and also our company were actually truly positive that he would correct," the instructor pointed out." He resided in complete training for a session on Monday, our experts presumed he was actually going to be right, however ... our team were still weighing that up." After that he started to follow down with a little an influenza, at that point by the time he got up he was actually crook enough that he definitely would not play, so it simply kind of made the decision for him as well as our company a little less complicated." But, palm on center, we were actually leaning towards not playing him and also our team would certainly created the traditional telephone call with De Koning at the same time." Stewart was actually racing against the clock to use Thursday night just before catching an ailment (Photo through Michael Willson/AFL Photos through Getty Images) Resource: Getty ImagesThe relocate to not play Stewart likewise will possess thrown aspects of Slot Adelaide's plan the home window also, having properly sent stress onward Jed McEntee to Stewart in their last 3 meetings along with difficult success.Beyond the defensive duo having said that, Tom Hawkins (foot) and Camera Guthrie (Achilles) will certainly play in the VFL on Sunday early morning as they seek to press their insurance claims after lengthy discharges." Our planning during was for all of them to play today so we'll push on keeping that," Scott included." Our team'll stay positive, keep unbiased, always keep all the alternatives on the dining table, and also make great selections in the instant." I'll avoid the temptation to anticipate way too much I could possibly rest below and also hypothesize, and also it wouldn't help anybody." Even with the absence of Hawkins up forward versus the Power, the Pussy-cats' forward line shone as vivid as any type of this season - and having kicked 18 behinds for the evening, might possess amazingly been ever better.Superstars Jeremy Cameron as well as Tyson Stengle finished the evening with four goals apiece, while Gryan Miers and Shaun Mannagh each booted three majors. Tom Stewart dismissed of Felines v Slot|02:08 Hawkins' replacement Shannon Neale kicked 2.2 from his nine disposals as well as nine proofs, creating the coming close to choice get in touch with who to decide on in two full weeks opportunity (hanging Hawkins' physical fitness) more appealing by the week.Asked if he would love to find an initial ultimate played in Geelong, certainly not the MCG where it are going to absolutely be set up, Scott replied along with a naughty shimmer in his eye." I presume my posture has actually constantly been that you need to play your home video games everywhere you desire," he confessed." However the AFL operate the finals set and also they have actually reached work out whether that's the correct trait or not, and also they're stabilizing a great deal of factors that I do not deal with that much." They have actually acquired the really good of the activity front end of mind plus all I respect is the Cats so it is actually reasonable that we would certainly disagree when our company have those various point of views." However a prelim final (in Geelong)? Why not? It is actually a respectable stadium." What I will certainly mention is actually prelim finals will certainly be played at some point at the Gold Coast, or even at Giants Stadium, or Hobart.".