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Geelong returns home in Round 4 to play winless Melbourne in a crunch Friday night fixture at GMHBA Stadium. But while the Demons have a point to prove after starting their season 0-3, the Cats are coming off back-to-back losses of their own to St Kilda and Brisbane. Five-time All-Australian Tom Stewart returns for Chris Scott’s side after being a late withdrawal against the Lions last Saturday.
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Meanwhile, Simon Goodwin’s match committee swung the axe at selection on Thursday, dropping all of Jack Billings, Aidan Johnson and Blake Howes, with Xavier Lindsay also excluded but due to injury. Dees livewire Kysaiah Pickett returns for his first game of the season after serving a three-match ban from the end of last year. Caleb Windsor, Daniel Turner and Charlie Spargo have also been recalled.
A watch will be on the proactivity of Melbourne’s midfield, which lacked ‘sizzle’ in a thumping Round 3 loss to Gold Coast on its home deck. “I don’t think they help themselves ..
. they were just standing and wrestling against their (Suns) opponents rather than actually getting on the move,” Saints great Leigh Montagna told First Crack Preview . “I think they’ve got an opportunity against Geelong (on Friday) against Sam De Koning and Mark Blicavs for Max Gawn to dominate this (stoppages) facet of the game.
But if they don’t bring any sizzle to what they want to do at ground level with their midfielders, then it’s going to be hard work for them to score again. “Maybe it is time for Kozzie Pickett now that he’s back in the side, or Trent Rivers, to get after them.” Watch the Cats and Demons LIVE on Fox Footy via Foxtel (ch.
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