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The 30-year-old recruit has proved his fitness in two VFL games since overcoming his latest calf muscle setback.<\/p>\n
“It’s fair to say that everyone’s excited to see what he can do,” Scott said.<\/p>\n
“The whole competition knows there’s something special in there, (but) he just hasn’t been afforded the opportunity to show it regularly.”<\/p>\n
Geelong are prepared for wet-weather football, with a maximum of 15 degrees and rain forecast on Saturday.<\/p>\n
“The game does change, there’s no doubt about that,” Scott said.<\/p>\n
“There’s no point putting your head in the sand and saying, ‘Right, we want to keep playing dry weather footy necessarily if it’s wet’.<\/p>\n
“But Gold Coast had some experience last week in slippery conditions and we feel like we play in those conditions a bit.”<\/p>\n
The Suns have a 0-8 overall record at GMHBA Stadium but have not played at the venue since 2021.<\/p>\n
On their most recent visit they were thumped by Essendon in front of empty stands at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n
“The thing that’s really relevant for us is just how good they have been consistently this year,” Scott said.<\/p>\n
“It might be a little bit different if we were sort of saying they’re top-four after three or four rounds.<\/p>\n
“But it’s past the half-way mark of the year and they’re still up there and they’ve been formidable.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Chris Scott is confident Geelong captain Patrick Dangerfield is ready to return to his bullocking best against Gold Coast, with an AFL top-four spot on the line. Dangerfield is back from his latest hamstring injury at GMHBA Stadium on Saturday as the Cats (8-4) seek to leap above the fourth-placed Suns (8-3) on the ladder. […]<\/p>\n