This Saturday former Geelong star, and now Gold Coast skipper, Gary Ablett Jnr will return to Skilled Stadium for the first time since his much publicised departure at the end of 2010 and Geelong fans have said he'll be welcomed back.

The Club polled fans on its Facebook page to find out how they will react to the return of the former Brownlow medalist. The poll which has had 957 respondents so far saw an overwhelming 64 percent say they will "welcome him back as a legend of the club".

21 percent of fans said they'd "treat him like any other opposition player", nine percent said "they'll boo as loudly as they can", four percent said they'd have "mixed emotions" whilst two percent said they were unsure how they would feel.

The game on Saturday will kick off at the earlier starting time of 1.40pm due to low winter light expected.