GEELONG'S midfield stocks are returning to full strength with Josh Caddy to return via the VFL this weekend.

The 21-year-old has been sidelined since breaking his foot in April, but he has been steadily increasing his workload on the training track in recent weeks.

Speaking at Simonds Stadium on Tuesday afternoon, Cats coach Chris Scott confirmed that Caddy would be part of the Geelong VFL side that plays Coburg on Saturday.

Caddy is likely to line up alongside fellow inside midfielder Allen Christensen, who is also fit again after having back surgery in January.

Christensen played his first game for the season in the VFL last weekend, and made a big impact first-up, tallying 18 disposals, eight clearances and four tackles.

"He was outstanding," Scott said. "He exceeded our expectations."

Although the Cats' form has been mediocre in recent weeks, they won't be rushing Christensen back into the AFL.

"We'll stick with Plan A with Allen," Scott said. "I'm not going to go into the details of Plan A, but a little bit does revolve around how he pulls up from the game and how he trains this week.

"But I will say publicly again, when we play players in our AFL team, we're sure that they're conditioned and ready to play. If he's out there, then there's no doubt.

"Billie Smedts played off the back of one VFL game, but that was because he had a really solid preparation and training load in the lead-up to that first VFL game, so that was all he needed.

"Allen has had a really good preparation as well, not quite as long as Billie, and we'll treat that individual on his merits."

Scott said members of the Cats' football department had spoken to the AFL about the incident involving the club's runner, Nigel Lappin, during the final minute of Friday night's nail-biter against Carlton.

Lappin collided with Blues midfielder Mitch Robinson as he was trying to tell the players how many seconds were left in the match.

"I know a memo has gone out to all clubs today, just saying that the runners have been on the agenda well before the game on Friday night," Scott said.

"But it's such a non-issue that I'm not going to waste any time with it.

"It was probably helped a bit when Wayne Campbell came out the day after and said it wasn't a free kick and it wasn't in the play.

"If he had said the reverse, we would've accepted that as well."