GEELONG'S Paul Chapman trained along with his fellow forwards on Skilled Stadium on Thursday morning, but the star's final appearance on his home patch was far from convincing.

Chapman, under an injury cloud with a hamstring injury, took the field with the Cats' forward line group and jogged a lap before the players retreated inside 50 to work on their kicking and leading, followed by a few shots at goal.

Like the previous midfield/defensive group they spent little time on the ground, with the nine players spending around 30 minutes on the Skilled Stadium turf.

Chapman did little more than jog a lap, spending most of his time chatting to senior coach Mark Thompson.

On a few occasions he lined up for goal from around the 50m arc – giving the media throng lined up around the boundary something to focus on – but each time he resisted the urge to have a shot at goal.

None of his handful of kicks for the session would have travelled more than 25m.

Midfielder Cameron Ling spoke to the media earlier and said not only that Chapman had pulled up well from Wednesday's training session, but that the players were unaware who might miss Saturday's big game.

"We find out [the team], as we always do, Friday after the last training session," Ling said.

"So that'll be the same thing, it won't be anything different."

Travis Varcoe, one name under discussion in the Cats' selection quandary, appeared to move freely enough despite grabbing a fluorescent bib on taking the field – the only player among the Cats' forwards to do so.

Coach Mark Thompson, who immediately after the preliminary final guaranteed Varcoe a grand final place, suggested on Wednesday that the forward had pulled up a little sore after last week's match, leading onlookers at training to query Varcoe's fitness.

But he later dispensed with the bib and took part in the Cats' forward drills.

The Cats finished their session with a few shots from the boundary and left the ground to rapturous applause.

Cameron Mooney grabbed a microphone and thanked the fans for their support.

"On behalf of the players, I'd like to thank everyone for their support today, and their support throughout the year," the big forward said.

"We'll see how we go on Saturday."

The Cats’ first group entered Skilled Stadium at 9.25am and was on the field for less than 20 minutes, during which time they did little more than stretch and had a light kick while the midfielders engaged in some brief non-contact stoppage work.

Running defender David Wojcinski stretched briefly away from the two main groups with skipper Tom Harley.

While one group engaged in a drill, the two players designated to kick balls to the Cats players were again Harley and Wojcinski.