West Coast captain Luke Shuey’s future is unsure after the Eagles skipper sustained one other comfortable tissue harm of their 71-point loss to Carlton.
Shuey, 33, limped off Marvel Stadium within the second time period with a hamstring harm and was pressured to observe on as Charlie Curnow booted 10 objectives to bloodbath his facet in a 21.13 (140) to 10.9 (69) defeat.
The 2018 Norm Smith medallist is out of contract on the finish of the season and has simply 5 video games to get better to attempt to get the three video games he wants to succeed in 250.
On Friday, Shuey stated he would make a name on the finish of the yr on his future.
“At the moment I’m really driven to help the club turn it around and play some good footy,” Shuey informed SEN.
“The motivation, the mental space there’s no issues. If I can get through the next six games then I get a bit of belief in my body.
“I’m fully aware that once you retire there’s not normally an opportunity to come back and play again. I’ve got to find the balance between trying to squeeze the sponge dry and get as much out of myself as I can but also doing the right thing by the club.
“I think at our age the body can make that decision for you if it doesn’t allow you to get out there but I am still committed to doing everything I can to be out there.
“If I do have setbacks along the way I’m committed to putting my head down, working through it and coming out the other side.
“I’ve changed my rehab halfway through this year where I had a little hammy earlier in the season and that seems to be working really well at the moment, touchwood.
“If I can get through the next six games and what we’re doing is obviously working, I will consider going around next season.”
Eagles coach Adam Simpson was reluctant to present any updates on Shuey and his future post-game.
When requested if it could possibly be season over for Shuey, Simpson stated it was “probably not the time to talk about it right now.”
“I haven’t spoken to him yet so I will see how he is travelling in the next hour or so,” Simpsons stated.
“One thing the players get is they get five hours with me now on the plane and the airport, so we’ll go through all that.
“Obviously he’ll be emotional I would’ve thought.”
The largest issue behind the Eagles’ defeat was a 10-goal haul to Blues ahead Charlie Curnow, who dominated within the absence of Tom Barrass (shoulder) and Jeremy McGovern (concussion).
Sensationally, the Eagles began second-year defender Brady Hough on Curnow, regardless of the younger Eagle freely giving a whopping 13kg in measurement.
When requested why Simpson made that transfer reasonably than sending key defender Rhett Bazzo to Curnow, he supplied little clarification.
“We thought half could do a job on him,” Simpson stated.
He was improper, with Curnow booting 4 first-quarter objectives on their option to a nine-goal to zero run to open the sport.
This pressured Simpson to ship main goalkicker Oscar Allen to defence the place Curnow was nonetheless capable of six extra objectives to complete the sport.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
