.Geelong's concentrate on a sturdy finals campaign, certainly not defeating Slot Adelaide in all costs, paid off handsomely after the Cats skipped in to a preliminary ultimate without key players Tom Stewart as well as Sam De Koning.Geelong's premiership tilt was actually enhanced substantially on Thursday evening after Chris Scott picked a conservative approach with the star duo and also his side still roared to an 84-point win over the disappointing Power.Stewart (hamstring/illness) and also De Koning (leg) will today possess valuable extra opportunity to organize the ninth preparatory ultimate of Scott's decorated 14-season tenure.Watch the greatest protection of the 2024 AFL finals, with pro study and also every video game up until the Grand Final deal with no ad-breaks during play, on Kayo. New to Kayo? Begin your free test today > Finals Week 1IMAGINE WHAT YOU MAY BE GETTING RATHER. Absolutely free and classified assistance ring 1800u00a0858u00a0858 or even go to gamblinghelponline.org.au.Jezza opens finals set with astonishment!|00:35 FELINES PLAYER RATINGS:' Off the charts' youthful weapon fills skipping celebrity gap as bargain pick-ups brilliant' ONE OF THE VERY BEST': Superstar Pet Cat STUNS Portress with freak show ... but it will not succeed goal of the yearSpeaking post-game at the Adelaide Oval, Scott appropriately supported in play the lengthy game along with two of his vital defenders. "If our company took a risk with those guys and it backfired it would not have actually been inconceivable, yet the degree of difficulty would've risen," Scott explained." The plan was actually to become traditional with those fellas and also with any luck still win the video game, so we are actually thinking good about that selection now, however we are actually certainly not progressing of ourselves.Geelong have actually enrolled their two greatest victories of the 2024 time in back-t0-back video games, clean off their 93-point draw West Coast that completed their home-and-away period on a high.But as Scott has actually found first-hand previously this time versus the likes of Carlton as well as Gold Shore, it doesn't 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 time ... you are actually a little bit of an off night from being poorly trumped," Scott continued." Our experts always keep finding that to make sure that are going to keep our feet on the ground." They are actually ideal examples of when you play properly you go, 'Oh, great selection' and if our experts would certainly have played poorly it will possess concerned, 'What would certainly've taken place if our experts will had Stewart as well as De Koning?'" Yet our focus gets on possessing a great month, not receiving acute as well as trying to bluff our method into a prelim ... you can not perform that in finals." Scott confessed he was still dealing with the choice to participate in Stewart or not after he got a hamstring issue in his last trip before health problem hinted the scales." He had an excellent couple of weeks of training and also we were actually really confident that he would correct," the trainer claimed." He remained in total instruction for a session on Monday, our company presumed he was actually visiting correct, yet ... our experts were actually still analyzing that up." At that point he began to follow down with a little an influenza, after that by the opportunity he got out of bed he was actually scoundrel good enough that he wouldn't play, so it merely kind of made the decision for him and also our company a little less complicated." But, hand on soul, our team were actually leaning towards not playing him and also our team would certainly produced the traditional call with De Koning as well." Stewart was actually competing versus the time clock to use Thursday evening prior to being stricken with a health problem (Picture through Michael Willson/AFL Photos through Getty Images) Source: Getty ImagesThe relocate to not participate in Stewart additionally would have thrown elements of Slot Adelaide's plan out the home window also, having actually successfully delivered tension onward Jed McEntee to Stewart in their final three meetings with difficult success.Beyond the protective duo nonetheless, Tom Hawkins (foot) as well as Camera Guthrie (Achilles) will play in the VFL on Saturday early morning as they try to press their cases after long discharges." Our planning the whole time was actually for all of them to play recently so our experts'll advance keeping that," Scott added." Our experts'll stay hopeful, stay unbiased, maintain all the options on the table, and make great selections in the second." I'll resist the temptation to forecast excessive I could rest right here and also speculate, and it definitely would not help anybody." Regardless of the absence of Hawkins up onward versus the Power, the Felines' forward line shone as vivid as any type of this period - as well as having actually kicked 18 behinds for the evening, can have remarkably been ever before better.Superstars Jeremy Cameron and Tyson Stengle completed the night with four goals apiece, while Gryan Miers as well as Shaun Mannagh each kicked three majors. Tom Stewart dismissed of Felines v Port|02:08 Hawkins' replacement Shannon Neale booted 2.2 coming from his 9 disposals and 9 symbols, making the coming close to option call on that to choose in pair of weeks time (pending Hawkins' health and fitness) even more fascinating due to the week.Asked if he want to find a preparatory final played in Geelong, not the MCG where it will absolutely be actually arranged, Scott responded with a mischievous gleam in his eye." I think my placement has actually regularly been actually that you should play your home activities no matter where you wish," he admitted." However the AFL operate the finals collection as well as they've reached work out whether that is actually the right thing or otherwise, and also they are actually harmonizing a great deal of points that I do not think of that much." They have actually acquired the really good of the game front end of mind and all I respect is actually the Pet cats so it's reasonable that our company will differ when our company have those different viewpoints." But a prelim ultimate (in Geelong)? Why certainly not? It's a fair coliseum." What I will state is actually prelim finals will definitely be actually played at some point at the Gold Shoreline, or at Giants Arena, or even Hobart.".