Preview Prelim Final 25 - Geelong V Hawthorn Fri 19th Sept 2025 740pm @ MCG

[STPer18]

Anyone have a link to Scotts presser

 

[fpm84]

Scott's presser went for 40+ minutes according to the Herald Sun but the club has only published 12 minutes of it. Anyone know where to access the full version?

 

[No Quarter]

So presumably with Stanley, he'll be named.

But we won't know if that means he's playing or not.

 

[Zouz Kitty]

The truth is not a jinx.
That's why we've survived Dank Dung, Free Farms and Bailey Bullying.
And still get up collective noses with impeccable culture and on field success.
Fukc them all.

Add, that the fickle traitor wanted to go to Essendon, apparently a more despised enemy than Geelong.

He + Hird would’ve been ideal together

 

[CoolCat75]

Chris Scott Press Conference | Preliminary Final
https://www.geelongcats.com.au/vide...y-final?videoId=1897037&modal=true&type=video

Scott's presser went for 40+ minutes according to the Herald Sun but the club has only published 12 minutes of it. Anyone know where to access the full version?

Just go to our website and they’ve broken it up into 2 videos, which is a first as it was so long.

 

[you pick one]

So presumably with Stanley, he'll be named.

But we won't know if that means he's playing or not.

Yep and from there on it will be purely weather dependent.

 

[Commando]

Nothing will ever compare to the 2008 Grand Final. I went into that game with absolute certainty we were going back to back, not a hint of doubt in my mind.

That shit ****ing broke me.

I see you
I hear you
I feel you
I am you

 

[Zouz Kitty]

Hmmm. . .AI or a body double?

 

[Jumping Jack]

I was quietly confident in the outcome tomorrow night but after watching that full press conference with Chris Scott

Chris Scott

Age

49

Ht

182cm

Wt

89kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

16.6

4star

K

11.2

4star

HB

5.4

4star

M

5.1

5star

T

1.6

4star

G

0.4

3star

No current season stats available

D

13.2

4star

K

10.2

4star

HB

3.0

3star

M

2.2

3star

T

2.8

5star

G

0.4

3star

I'd be lying if I wasn't a tad concerned. As he himself said when asked, we may not know the real impact of the off field stuff until around 10.30pm tomorrow night.

He looked drained and more on edge than normal. When the journalists started pushing him on the off field stuff he was visibly more unsettled than I can recall seeing him. I was really surprised that with regards to his own situation with the AFL staffer, he acknowledged a couple of times that he let emotions get the better of him.

And on the other matter with Bailey Smith

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Bailey Smith

Age

25

Ht

185cm

Wt

86kg

Pos.

M/F

Career

Season

Last 5

D

18.3

5star

K

8.5

3star

HB

9.8

5star

M

2.3

2star

T

3.8

5star

CL

2.7

4star

D

19.8

5star

K

9.6

4star

HB

10.2

5star

M

1.8

2star

T

3.2

4star

CL

3.2

4star

D

14.8

4star

K

7.6

3star

HB

7.2

5star

M

2.0

3star

T

3.4

5star

CL

1.6

4star

, this was always the concern with him and as much as I love what he's delivered on field this season, there is a clearly a risk bringing someone like that into a normally settled environment. Unfortunately for Geelong I think we're seeing the potential negative impact of that towards the wrong end of the year.

I've gone from feeling low key concerned at what occurred with Smith and Scott, to forming a view that perhaps this has had a bigger impact than we thought and served as a pretty big distraction for the club as a whole. Add to that the fact that our midfield and assistant coach (Steven King

Steven King

Age

47

Ht

201cm

Wt

104kg

Pos.

Ruck

Career

Season

Last 5

D

12.8

3star

K

7.9

3star

HB

4.9

4star

CL

1.3

3star

HO

16.8

5star

No current season stats available

D

11.8

3star

K

6.4

3star

HB

5.4

4star

HO

8.8

5star

) was fronting a media conference on Monday at Melbourne FC and you just wonder whether a few of these things just build.

I hope I'm wrong but our coaches vibes in that extended press conference were a worry.

 

[UnitedWarrior93]

I was quietly confident in the outcome tomorrow night but after watching that full press conference with Chris Scott I'd be lying if I wasn't a tad concerned. As he himself said when asked, we may not know the real impact of the off field stuff until around 10.30pm tomorrow night.

He looked drained and more on edge than normal. When the journalists started pushing him on the off field stuff he was visibly more unsettled than I can recall seeing him. I was really surprised that with regards to his own situation with the AFL staffer, he acknowledged a couple of times that he let emotions get the better of him.

And on the other matter with Bailey Smith, this was always the concern with him and as much as I love what he's delivered on field this season, there is a clearly a risk bringing someone like that into a normally settled environment. Unfortunately for Geelong I think we're seeing the potential negative impact of that towards the wrong end of the year.

I've gone from feeling low key concerned at what occurred with Smith and Scott, to forming a view that perhaps this has had a bigger impact than we thought and served as a pretty big distraction for the club as a whole. Add to that the fact that our midfield and assistant coach (Steven King) was fronting a media conference on Monday at Melbourne FC and you just wonder whether a few of these things just build.

I hope I'm wrong but our coaches vibes in that extended press conference were a worry.

Well I for one will be rightly pissed off if this off field stuff allows the Hawks to beat us in another cut throat final and play in the GF, to go with last years PF stinger.

 

[dont stop me meow]

Hmmm. . .AI or a body double?

Kittty, I think you left a line off you signature so I've fixed it for you:

Always leave people better than you found them
Hug the hurt, Kiss the broken
Befriend the lost, Love the lonely
But **** the Hawks because they deserve nothing...

 

[Mr Meow]

I was quietly confident in the outcome tomorrow night but after watching that full press conference with Chris Scott I'd be lying if I wasn't a tad concerned. As he himself said when asked, we may not know the real impact of the off field stuff until around 10.30pm tomorrow night.

He looked drained and more on edge than normal. When the journalists started pushing him on the off field stuff he was visibly more unsettled than I can recall seeing him. I was really surprised that with regards to his own situation with the AFL staffer, he acknowledged a couple of times that he let emotions get the better of him.

And on the other matter with Bailey Smith, this was always the concern with him and as much as I love what he's delivered on field this season, there is a clearly a risk bringing someone like that into a normally settled environment. Unfortunately for Geelong I think we're seeing the potential negative impact of that towards the wrong end of the year.

I've gone from feeling low key concerned at what occurred with Smith and Scott, to forming a view that perhaps this has had a bigger impact than we thought and served as a pretty big distraction for the club as a whole. Add to that the fact that our midfield and assistant coach (Steven King) was fronting a media conference on Monday at Melbourne FC and you just wonder whether a few of these things just build.

I hope I'm wrong but our coaches vibes in that extended press conference were a worry.

Don't mistake being wary and defensive in a press conference with how our preparation as a club has been. The presser game is it's own world entirely and gives zero indication of how a team will perform.

 

[Munich]

I was quietly confident in the outcome tomorrow night but after watching that full press conference with Chris Scott I'd be lying if I wasn't a tad concerned. As he himself said when asked, we may not know the real impact of the off field stuff until around 10.30pm tomorrow night.

He looked drained and more on edge than normal. When the journalists started pushing him on the off field stuff he was visibly more unsettled than I can recall seeing him. I was really surprised that with regards to his own situation with the AFL staffer, he acknowledged a couple of times that he let emotions get the better of him.

And on the other matter with Bailey Smith, this was always the concern with him and as much as I love what he's delivered on field this season, there is a clearly a risk bringing someone like that into a normally settled environment. Unfortunately for Geelong I think we're seeing the potential negative impact of that towards the wrong end of the year.

I've gone from feeling low key concerned at what occurred with Smith and Scott, to forming a view that perhaps this has had a bigger impact than we thought and served as a pretty big distraction for the club as a whole. Add to that the fact that our midfield and assistant coach (Steven King) was fronting a media conference on Monday at Melbourne FC and you just wonder whether a few of these things just build.

I hope I'm wrong but our coaches vibes in that extended press conference were a worry.

He looked like someone about to play in a prelim final to me. Said that after coaching 9 of them it doesn't feel any better than coaching the first one.

Then had a laugh about how much Neale was eating tonight.

My biggest takeaway was he used to follow Hawthorn

 

[Jumping Jack]

Don't mistake being wary and defensive in a press conference with how our preparation as a club has been. The presser game is it's own world entirely and gives zero indication of how a team will perform.

I'm not mistaking anything. I'm just making a personal observation as to how he appeared compared to previous press conferences. He normally controls the narrative in those things but that was certainly not the case today.

 

[Mr Meow]

I'm not mistaking anything. I'm just making a personal observation as to how he appeared compared to previous press conferences. He normally controls the narrative in those things but that was certainly not the case today.

You'll find anyone is similar when accused of being threatening and abusive to women and disabled people in the workplace. This is 100% about friction with the media and their narrative, and 0% about how Geelong are mentally + tactically prepared for a final. These are professionals.

If we lose to Hawthorn it's because they are in form and a massive threat (while we are overrated a little). It won't be because Scott was broken by media duties and a blown up "scandal".

 

[Vdubs]

I was quietly confident in the outcome tomorrow night but after watching that full press conference with Chris Scott I'd be lying if I wasn't a tad concerned. As he himself said when asked, we may not know the real impact of the off field stuff until around 10.30pm tomorrow night.

He looked drained and more on edge than normal. When the journalists started pushing him on the off field stuff he was visibly more unsettled than I can recall seeing him. I was really surprised that with regards to his own situation with the AFL staffer, he acknowledged a couple of times that he let emotions get the better of him.

And on the other matter with Bailey Smith, this was always the concern with him and as much as I love what he's delivered on field this season, there is a clearly a risk bringing someone like that into a normally settled environment. Unfortunately for Geelong I think we're seeing the potential negative impact of that towards the wrong end of the year.

I've gone from feeling low key concerned at what occurred with Smith and Scott, to forming a view that perhaps this has had a bigger impact than we thought and served as a pretty big distraction for the club as a whole. Add to that the fact that our midfield and assistant coach (Steven King) was fronting a media conference on Monday at Melbourne FC and you just wonder whether a few of these things just build.

I hope I'm wrong but our coaches vibes in that extended press conference were a worry.

Interesting take.
Watching that presser again with your thoughts spinning in my head, I really feel CS used that as almost a catharsis, explaining it as clearly and responsibly as he could, not condoning behaviours, not making excuses, but indeed giving reasons, and clearly expressing some remorse and wanting to be better.
I'd be surprised if these incidents have any impact over the 4 quarters tomorrow.
All I'm worried about is that Hawthorn is not allowed to burst out of the blocks and we are playing catch-up.
He also reassured about S King, expressing that he has come back to finish off business with Geelong as we are onto a good thing, that he could immediately switch on to the task at hand.

 

[Cataholic]

I was quietly confident in the outcome tomorrow night but after watching that full press conference with Chris Scott I'd be lying if I wasn't a tad concerned. As he himself said when asked, we may not know the real impact of the off field stuff until around 10.30pm tomorrow night.

He looked drained and more on edge than normal. When the journalists started pushing him on the off field stuff he was visibly more unsettled than I can recall seeing him. I was really surprised that with regards to his own situation with the AFL staffer, he acknowledged a couple of times that he let emotions get the better of him.

And on the other matter with Bailey Smith, this was always the concern with him and as much as I love what he's delivered on field this season, there is a clearly a risk bringing someone like that into a normally settled environment. Unfortunately for Geelong I think we're seeing the potential negative impact of that towards the wrong end of the year.

I've gone from feeling low key concerned at what occurred with Smith and Scott, to forming a view that perhaps this has had a bigger impact than we thought and served as a pretty big distraction for the club as a whole. Add to that the fact that our midfield and assistant coach (Steven King) was fronting a media conference on Monday at Melbourne FC and you just wonder whether a few of these things just build.

I hope I'm wrong but our coaches vibes in that extended press conference were a worry.

I got a different impression.

I thought he was patient, considered and relaxed in the face of a 20 min interrogation by 'Lauren', who seemed to have more interest in being provocative about the incidents with Scott and Smith than the game itself.

He told her early on that his ire had nothing to do with Matt, but some minutes later she deliberately threw Matt's name out again. She was after a bite, not an insight into the game.

I thought Scott did a good job of explaining the sense of betrayal that motivates Smith's distrust of the media, but funnily enough Lauren and her cohorts had nothing to say about the media's conduct in that instance.

Scott looked calm and reassured to me. He's nipped all the speculation in the bud and said they're prepared to wear the false extrapolations the media will make.

He stood by Smith, he defended the record of behaviour over an extended period of time by the GFC, and actually got to speak about the PF in the last 90 seconds.

 

[Munich]

I got a different impression.

I thought he was patient, considered and relaxed in the face of a 20 min interrogation by 'Lauren', who seemed to have more interest in being provocative about the incidents with Scott and Smith than the game itself.

He told her early on that his ire had nothing to do with Matt, but some minutes later she deliberately threw Matt's name out again. She was after a bite, not an insight into the game.

I thought Scott did a good job of explaining the sense of betrayal that motivates Smith's distrust of the media, but funnily enough Lauren and her cohorts had nothing to say about the media's conduct in that instance.

Scott looked calm and reassured to me. He's nipped all the speculation in the bud and said they're prepared to wear the false extrapolations the media will make.

He stood by Smith, he defended the record of behaviour over an extended period of time by the GFC, and actually got to speak about the PF in the last 90 seconds.

Yes "Lauren" has been dredging this up non-stop for 2 weeks now.

 

[Tony Barber]

I was quietly confident in the outcome tomorrow night but after watching that full press conference with Chris Scott I'd be lying if I wasn't a tad concerned. As he himself said when asked, we may not know the real impact of the off field stuff until around 10.30pm tomorrow night.

He looked drained and more on edge than normal. When the journalists started pushing him on the off field stuff he was visibly more unsettled than I can recall seeing him. I was really surprised that with regards to his own situation with the AFL staffer, he acknowledged a couple of times that he let emotions get the better of him.

And on the other matter with Bailey Smith, this was always the concern with him and as much as I love what he's delivered on field this season, there is a clearly a risk bringing someone like that into a normally settled environment. Unfortunately for Geelong I think we're seeing the potential negative impact of that towards the wrong end of the year.

I've gone from feeling low key concerned at what occurred with Smith and Scott, to forming a view that perhaps this has had a bigger impact than we thought and served as a pretty big distraction for the club as a whole. Add to that the fact that our midfield and assistant coach (Steven King) was fronting a media conference on Monday at Melbourne FC and you just wonder whether a few of these things just build.

I hope I'm wrong but our coaches vibes in that extended press conference were a worry.

ha ha ha. You've got to be effing kidding.

It was a masterclass.

 

[Kobe Gryant]

Yes "Lauren" has been dredging this up non-stop for 2 weeks now.

Headline tomorrow: GREAT SCOTT! Cats coach spotted organising another neo nazi rally, this time forcing blind people to hand out the pamphlets.

"It would be remiss of me not to acknowledge that I thought it would be funny" said Scott, when pressed on the matter.

 

[Zouz Kitty]

Kittty, I think you left a line off you signature so I've fixed it for you:

Always leave people better than you found them
Hug the hurt, Kiss the broken
Befriend the lost, Love the lonely
But **** the Hawks because they deserve nothing...

Thank you



Actually, I’ve just realised it was Kingy from KROCK, not the DH King


I’m very tempted to add your suggestion


Added it, couldn’t stop myself

 

[fpm84]

Yes "Lauren" has been dredging this up non-stop for 2 weeks now.

Her coverage has been embarrassing, her employer must have given her a quota for clicks on her articles so she has manufactured outrage.

 

[Cataholic]

Her coverage has been embarrassing, her employer must have given her a quota for clicks on her articles so she has manufactured outrage.

Who is Lauren, out of curiosity?

 

[dont stop me meow]

Thank you

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Actually, I’ve just realised it was Kingy from KROCK, not the DH King


I’m very tempted to add your suggestion

 

[Mr Meow]

Headline tomorrow: GREAT SCOTT! Cats coach spotted organising another neo nazi rally, this time forcing blind people to hand out the pamphlets.

"It would be remiss of me not to acknowledge that I thought it would be funny" said Scott, when pressed on the matter.

I made a post like this on the main board and "outraged" posters said I was mocking disabled people (indeed the posts ended up deleted for the same reason). It is scary how these narratives can get spun up once the media plants some "concern".