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Geelong coach Chris Scott knows the clock is ticking as his AFL side attempt to rediscover the form that earned them the tag of premiership favourites.The seventh-placed Cats host second-placed Adelaide on Saturday in a crunch clash, with just one game and half a percentage point separating them on the ladder.Geelong are coming off a scrappy win over Fremantle in round 17, having slipped down the ladder this month.Losses to Sydney and St Kilda hit the clubs top-four hopes and tarnished their premiership credentials.The highest priority is playing our best football at the end of the year. We need to start building now, because clearly for a number of weeks weve been off that, Scott said on Thursday.Given the way Adelaide are playing, youd think they wont lose too many.So to isolate it to the two teams, if were looking to displace them (in the top four) its obviously a really important game.We need to play better than we did last week because Adelaide are the most attacking and best-scoring team in the competition ... if we let them score the way they have been, we wont win.Scott has dealt with a diverse range of concerns this week.The list includes slow ball movement, spearhead Tom Hawkins form and defender Lachie Hendersons cognitive state.Henderson was stretchered off Domain Stadium in a neck brace last Friday night, having been knocked out in a collision with Fremantles Chris Mayne.Henderson remains in doubt for the clash with Adelaide but Scott noted the club is still giving him a chance of playing.The 2011 premiership coach has a simple approach to concussion, one of AFLs most complicated issues.I just talk to the doctors. Even to the point where I dont even ask Lachie how he is. Because I dont think it makes much difference, its what the doctors think, Scott said.Lachie can say hes fine and the doctors may well overrule him and thats the way it should be.Scott is taking a more hands-on approach in Hawkins battle to return to his game-breaking best, which has been rarely sighted this season.Tom and I, as coach and key player, spend a lot of time talking about his game. Were optimistic hes going to improve quickly, Scott said.Tom, by his own admission, hasnt played the way he aspires to over the last 18 months.Meanwhile, 2007 Brownlow medallist Jimmy Bartel will return against the Crows after being rested from the trip west.Air Max 97 Schweiz Billig . Colin Wilson had two goals and an assist, and Mike Fisher scored a goal and helped set up two others in the Predators 6-4 victory over the Red Wings on Monday night. Vapormax Damen Outlet . "Theyve both been real good," said Babcock. 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Kiriasis and brakeman Franziska Fritz finished two runs in one minute 55.41 seconds -- a mere 0.01 seconds ahead of Meyers and Lolo Jones, who likely bolstered her Olympic hopes by helping give USA-1 a huge push in the second heat.Gold Coasts key forwards have combined to wreak havoc against Fremantle, paving the way for 24-point win described by coach Rodney Eade as their best of the AFL season.Both sides fielded undermanned teams due to injury, but Suns trio Sam Day, Peter Wright and Tom Lynch stood tall above the rest in the 16.9 (105) to 12.9 (81) victory on Saturday at Metricon Stadium, improving their record to 6-11.Day booted four goals in arguably his strongest game in several years while Wrights terrific debut season continued with a haul of three majors.Vice-captain Lynch, meanwhile, was well held by Dockers fullback Zac Dawson for most of the match but still managed to kick four goals - two of them coming in the final term when the game was in the balance.Between them, Day, Wright and Lynch contributed 11 of Gold Coasts 16 goals - and with Lynch the oldest of the trio at just 23, the Suns appear well covered in the big-man department for a long time to come.But Eade confessed he was very worried about how the Suns would fare given their dire shortage of on-ballers.The Suns were already missing their six best midfielders - Gary Ablett (shoulder), Jaeger OMeara, David Swallow, Dion Prestia, Michael Rischitelli (knee) and Aaron Hall (hamstring) - and, in a cruel pre-match blow, lost mooted inclusion Matt Rosa to a hamstring issue.However, their makeshift engine room - led by Touk Milller and Alex Sexton - still managed to take the edge in clearances (34-32) and contested possessions (138-124).ddddddddddddWe thought we could get an advantage (with our talls) but we were really worried about the midfield, to be honest, Eade said.But I thought our midfield really stood up - there were some great efforts.Really, for the lack of run that we had, to do what we were able to do was fantastic.Fremantle, who rested veteran Matthew Pavlich to allow him to celebrate his 250th AFL match at home next weekend, were right in the contest until a string of five unanswered goals across the third and fourth quarters put it beyond reach.Midfielder Lachie Neale was their best with a game-high 43 possessions - more than half of those coming before halftime - and 10 clearances.But despite his impressive statistics, he didnt exactly impress Fremantle coach Ross Lyon.I think you can get caught up in the numbers a bit, he said.(He) probably could have pressured around the ball and tackled a bit more. He told me that.Really simply, were leaving it too much to too few and we need a few to buy in.A crowd of 8933 braved the hottest July day recorded on the Gold Coast, with temperatures reaching an unseasonable 28 degrees before the first bounce. ' ' '