.Geelong's concentrate on a powerful finals campaign, not beating Port Adelaide in any way prices, repaid handsomely after the Cats pranced into an initial final without principals Tom Stewart as well as Sam De Koning.Geelong's premiership tilt was boosted significantly on Thursday night after Chris Scott opted for a conventional method along with the superstar duo and his edge still rolled to an 84-point gain the frustrating Power.Stewart (hamstring/illness) and also De Koning (knee) will today have precious extra time to get ready for the nine preparatory final of Scott's decorated 14-season tenure.Watch the most ideal insurance coverage of the 2024 AFL finals, along with pro evaluation and also every video game till the Grand Final LIVE with no ad-breaks during play, on Kayo. New to Kayo? Start your free of charge trial today > Finals Full week 1IMAGINE WHAT YOU CAN BE BUYING AS AN ALTERNATIVE. For Free and classified support telephone call 1800u00a0858u00a0858 or even see gamblinghelponline.org.au.Jezza opens up finals set along with STUNNER!|00:35 FELINES PLAYER RANKINGS:' Off the charts' younger weapon fills up skipping superstar gap as discount pick-ups fantastic' SOME OF THE BEST': Super Star Cat STUNS Portress along with freak show ... yet it won't win goal of the yearSpeaking post-game at the Adelaide Oval, Scott rightly backed in play the long video game along with 2 of his crucial protectors. "If our team took a threat with those men as well as it backfired it definitely would not have actually been actually impossible, but the level of challenge will possess skyrocketed," Scott detailed." The planning was actually to be traditional along with those fellas as well as with any luck still succeed the activity, so our team're thinking good about that choice right now, yet we're not thriving of ourselves.Geelong have actually enrolled their 2 biggest wins of the 2024 season in back-t0-back games, new off their 93-point win over West Coast that finished their home-and-away season on a high.But as Scott has seen first-hand previously this time against the likes of Carlton and Gold Coast, it doesn't take much to be on the wrong end of a walloping like what they handed Slot Adelaide on Thursday evening. "Our company have actually seen it through the year with the swings by means of the time ... you're a little bit of an off evening from being badly beaten," Scott carried on." Our team always keep observing that so that will certainly maintain our feet on the ground." They are actually excellent instances of when you participate in well you go, 'Oh, fantastic decision' as well as if our team would certainly have played poorly it would certainly have had to do with, 'What would possess happened if our team will had Stewart as well as De Koning?'" However our concentration performs possessing an excellent month, certainly not getting vicious and making an effort to bluff our means in to a prelim ... you can't perform that in finals." Scott admitted he was actually still dealing with the selection to play Stewart or not after he picked up a hamstring complaint in his final day trip just before ailment tipped the scales." He had a really good couple of weeks of training and our company were actually really optimistic that he would be right," the train mentioned." He remained in full training for a treatment on Monday, our experts assumed he was actually heading to be right, but ... we were actually still analyzing that up." Then he began ahead cognizant a little an influenza, after that by the opportunity he woke up he was crook good enough that he would not play, so it simply sort of decided for him and also us a bit easier." However, hand on heart, our company were bending towards not playing him and our experts 'd made the conventional phone call with De Koning as well." Stewart was actually racing against the time clock to use Thursday evening before catching a sickness (Photo by Michael Willson/AFL Photos via Getty Images) Source: Getty ImagesThe move to not play Stewart likewise would have thrown components of Slot Adelaide's plan the home window too, having actually effectively delivered stress onward Jed McEntee to Stewart in their final three appointments with mind-boggling success.Beyond the protective duo nonetheless, Tom Hawkins (foot) as well as Webcam Guthrie (Achilles) will certainly play in the VFL on Sunday morning as they attempt to press their claims after lengthy discharges." Our strategy during was for them to play today so our experts'll push on with that," Scott added." We'll keep hopeful, stay open-minded, always keep all the alternatives on the table, and also make good selections in the instant." I'll withstand the lure to anticipate excessive I might rest below as well as hypothesize, and it definitely would not help any individual." Despite the absence of Hawkins up forward against the Power, the Pussy-cats' forward line shone as brilliant as any type of this season - and having actually kicked 18 behinds for the night, can have extremely been ever before better.Superstars Jeremy Cameron and Tyson Stengle completed the evening with four objectives each, while Gryan Miers and also Shaun Mannagh each booted three majors. Tom Stewart eliminated of Kitties v Slot|02:08 Hawkins' replacement Shannon Neale kicked 2.2 coming from his nine disposals as well as 9 proofs, making the approaching collection get in touch with that to choose in two weeks time (pending Hawkins' physical fitness) a lot more intriguing by the week.Asked if he would love to find a preliminary last played in Geelong, certainly not the MCG where it are going to surely be actually booked, Scott answered with a mischievous gleam in his eye." I assume my posture has consistently been actually that you ought to play your home video games everywhere you yearn for," he admitted." But the AFL operate the finals set as well as they've come to work out whether that is actually the correct point or not, and they are actually harmonizing a lot of traits that I don't deal with that much." They've acquired the good of the game front end of mind and all I love is the Felines so it is actually rational that our team will differ when our experts possess those different perspectives." However a prelim final (in Geelong)? Why not? It is actually a pretty good arena." What I will certainly state is actually prelim finals will be actually dipped into some aspect at the Gold Coastline, or at Giants Arena, or even Hobart.".