Scott on where he feels the Cats are at

Well I think it as we expected, that the draw on paper was difficult and that is the way it has played out.

My guess is that we scraped across the line against Fremantle and Adelaide, who looked to be going well. We couldn't quite get the job done against Hawthorn.

But we are very realistic about last week and we are respectful, acknowledging the challenges that the opposition had. So that might not be the best measuring stick, but while I am happy to engage in the conversation, I tend to not think about the footy world that way.

Even if we were able to get an accurate assessment of where we were actually at, it doesn't really affect the upcoming game all that much.

All that said, I think we have got room for optimism. We are certainly not ahead of ourselves, not really sure where we sit in the competition but if it is true that you can't win it in the first quarter of the year, but you can certainly make it very difficult for yourselves.

I think it is reasonable to make the assessment that we are in the fight. 

Scott on Oisin Mullin's journey

I think every players journey is unique.

Oisin is different, but I guess we should stop calling him the Irish Experiment an experiment when it comes to Geelong.

We have got so much faith, I was going to say in our club's ability to help those guys through. But the better way of describing it is the awe with which we see these guys come out, from the other side of the world, without much knowledge of our game and pick it up so quickly.

He was a very highly credentialed Gaelic player but lets be clear, it is a different game. He is a very impressive athletic specimen, but we have been really impressed with the way he has picked up the way we want to play.

I know the question was about the roles he is playing at the moment, but I would be very surprised if we looked back in a year or two and see him as a run-with player solely. He has got a lot more to offer the team than just that. 

Scott on Port Adelaide

I would like to think that we are always very conscious of what the opposition can be.

I think it is rare these days, all of the teams are well coached and well managed. What more often than not happens, is you get teams like the Bulldogs last week are a good example, things didn't go their way and all of a sudden they go from the best team in the comp to being vulnerable.

We tended to not think about those vulnerabilities and focus more on the strengths of teams, it is just pretty easy to see that even with a small sample size with Port. You mention two guys in particular, but there are others that are really highly capable.

Then the other thing that just makes them a little bit more difficult to prepare for, is that they have got a new coach and they are playing differently. Those difference are really obvious, the way to go about countering those things is less obvious. 

Scott on Jeremy Cameron's form

I think the lesson is, don't get carried away either way.

I had to search my memory a little bit, but I think it was post the Hawthorn game two weeks before, I am pretty sure a fair portion of the post match press conference was around concern for his form. I wasn't concerned about his form then, but I am also not in raptures now. Our job is to smooth it out a little bit.

He came off a serious injury with that broken arm, so he had to compromise his pre-season. Then he missed the Opening Round, so I don't think any of us were thinking that he was going to blow the competition to bits in the early rounds.

But these things are a bit hard to predict as well, so it is nice to see him play well on the weekend. I think it is likely that it is a sign that he is getting his legs a bit, to use an unsophisticated expression.

He is in pretty good shape now, certainly better than he was the first couple of rounds of the season. 

Scott on a potential selection headache

I just put on the table that we have got more than 23 guys we would like to play, but we almost never think of our best 23 in any one week.

It is not as if we manage them for the sake of it, we think there is good logic behind it.

But it is good to have options, because in recent history we have had some things forced upon us. Even Dangerfield this year was a bit of an example, where you don't have guys available so inadvertently, you manage their overall load throughout the season and you can be left a little bit short.

We are in the fortunate position at the moment where we don't feel like we are short in any par of the ground, so it is the old good problem to have I guess. 

Scott on whether the Cats will manage Mitch Edwards

Logically, that would make sense. But we also prioritise the situation on the field at the time, more than sticking to this really linear macro plan.

I think the broad idea is that yes, we will be cautious with him, as we are with all our players for different reasons.

Whether they be older and more experienced players, guys who have had a bit of a checkered injury history, or young players who we feel philosophically that we shouldn't hammer into submission.

But in the short term, we want to have a good reason to take a guy like Mitch out proactively, we just don't think that is now.

It is likely that will be at some point, but the good news is that he is going really well.