GEELONG is set to be bolstered by the return of its skipper Joel Selwood for its final Marsh Community Series match against Essendon on March 9.
Assistant coach Corey Enright said Selwood's recovery from hamstring surgery was progressing well.
"With the two weeks now he can really benefit and get a hard (training) block in," Enright said.
"We think he'll play some minutes in that game, along with potentially a few other guys that are well into their preparation we'd like to see again."
Enright said Geelong was not overly concerned by its performance against the Suns, with the Cats missing a number of players and tinkering with positions – including sending Patrick Dangerfield forward for much of the night – to expose youngsters.
Quinton Narkle (26 disposals), Tom Atkins (22) and Jordan Clark were three of Geelong's four most prolific ball winners, while Dangerfield (16) and Ablett (8) were far quieter than usual.
"We'd like to play a bit better next time we take the field, no doubt," he said.
"We have to get back to working hard and working together.
"We've got time and we've got faith in what we're about and where we're going to go.
"Patty is a pretty influential figure inside the centre bounces and around the stoppages.
"Without him we obviously look a different team, but it was great to see some of those (younger) guys in there, and there was some really good things, but there's a lot to work on as well."
