The Cats feel it will be some time before they have the chance to return to Victoria, as they look at ways to manage their squad while based interstate.
Geelong has only recently arrived in Sydney but the club is already preparing for the possibility of being on the road for longer than the five-week period initially laid out by the AFL.Chris Scott said the Cats might send players home to Victoria while based interstateThe Cats are one of 10 Victorian clubs that have kept the season rollingThey take on Brisbane at the SCG on Thursday night before travelling to Perth, where they will play against Collingwood, West Coast and Fremantle.
The Cats have taken their entire playing group to Sydney but could send players home at different points."Even the scenario where we may send players home, we need to put some thought into when we might be able to get them back."That has to factor into our thinking, because the last thing that we want to do is send guys home and be away longer than expected and risk not being able to get them back into the state in which we're playing.
"It's clearly a difficult time for him, it has been for some time, but one of the things that's made him a champion over the years, in my opinion, is his ability to compartmentalise these things."
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