GEELONG coach Chris Scott has called for match-day reporting to be scrapped in the wake of Jordan Murdoch being cited for a high bump on Swan Isaac Heeney on Saturday.

Murdoch went into the book on the stroke of half-time as he braced for contact and collected Heeney with his hip as they approached a loose ball.

Heeney suffered no ill-effects and played out the game despite also copping a knee to his lower back/hip region in the third term.

But Scott was left fuming – on top of his side's 17-point loss – with what he classed as a clear mistake to report Murdoch and potentially impact his mindset for the rest of the contest.

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"I think it highlights the absurdity of match-day reports," Scott told reporters post-match.

"To put the pressure on umpires to feel like they have to intervene in split-second moments like that is really unfair on them.

"It serves no purpose at all.

"I think the umpires would say it gives them an element of control, so if there's a bit of a melee they can say they've reported the player, which I think is highly questionable.

"Then the whole footy world will look at it and say the Geelong player had his hands on the ball going for the ball with perfect technique, so it wasn't even a free kick.

"So then to report him and affect him for the next half of the game, I think makes a bad decision even worse."

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Scott said it was a belief he had long held, arguing the technological advancements in the game mean umpires should not have to make decisions on the day.

"This is not the '60s, where we don't have 12 camera angles. It will be reviewed to the nth degree post-game and that's when it should be reviewed," he said.

"For an umpire to make one mistake into two mistakes … speaks more to how difficult it is to umpire and to ask them to be thinking about that as well when they don't need to is an error in my view."

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Asked directly if he was suggesting the AFL should remove match-day reporting, Scott said: "Yeah, and I think I'm in the majority of logical thinkers."

The Josh Kennedy-inspired Swans ruined the Cats' day with a seven-goal-to-one final term that saw them erase a 22-point three-quarter time deficit.

Kennedy won six of his 13 clearances in the last term alone, contributing to Sydney's 51-33 dominance in that area overall.

It came after Scott Selwood (concussion) and Brandan Parfitt (foot) were late withdrawals from the selected squad, followed by George Horlin-Smith's game-ending concussion in the second quarter.

Geelong is still missing Gary Ablett – who could return for Friday night's home clash with Greater Western Sydney – Cam Guthrie and Nakia Cockatoo, so its midfield depth was seriously tested.

"We thought (Kennedy) was actually beaten for big parts of the day, but then when it really counted he was able to stand up," Scott said.

"We were a little disorganised in there and didn't get the match-up we were after as quickly as we would have liked, but it is difficult by then when he's got his tail up.

"We had Horlin-Smith set for him as well, so he was gone early in the second quarter and it does sound like you're making excuses a little bit, so I want to be careful of that."

Parfitt pulled up a bit sore after last week's win over Port Adelaide and didn't improve sufficiently throughout the week before a scan revealed an issue.

But Scott was unsure whether his young star – one of the Cats' best players this season – would return next week or be missing for an extended period.