West Coast say celebrity Nic Naitanui returned to coaching this morning after a thriller sickness laid him up for greater than every week.
West Coast soccer supervisor Gavin Bell mentioned the three-time All-Australian was again on the membership on Wednesday morning and he didn’t be a part of his teammates till late for coaching at Mineral Resources Park.
Naitanui was not on the first half of the session, earlier than showing late after his teammates had already gone by most of a gruelling session, coaching on the other oval.
Bell wouldn’t reveal what Naitanui was affected by, with COVID-19 rampant locally within the lead-up to Christmas.
“We’ve missed him, but he got laid low for a while there,” Bell instructed SEN.
“Not to get into real specifics, he’s just been unwell … he’s starting to feel a lot better.
“Nic had really invested in his off-season program, he’d spent a fair bit of time down at McGillivray (Oval) trying to rehab his body and get himself in as best condition as he could.
“He was tracking well and unfortunately getting ill when the group came back was just unlucky timing really.”
Naitanui has only one extra probability to coach this Friday earlier than the golf equipment break up for Christmas break.
“We wouldn’t be throwing him out there and involved in everything that we do,” Bell mentioned.
“He’s managed throughout the season, so today will be more have a good look at him, get him assessed and probably do some work a bit later in the morning I suggest.”
Norm Smith medallist Luke Shuey was again after he was additionally sick earlier this week, forcing him to overlook Monday’s session.
Soft tissue have restricted Shuey to only 37 video games up to now three seasons, calling into query how lengthy he’ll stay because the captain.
Bell doesn’t count on a change although once they undergo the method in late January.
“We consolidate our values and our vision of the team we want to be and it’s usually up against that that we vote on our captain,” he mentioned.
“There’s a number of criteria that we look at and Luke has been a standout in that area. I’m not expecting any change, but we’ll look at the vote and work through our process.”
