In further tough news, Scott Lucas remains in doubt after again leaving the training track early today.

Matthew Knights today said Reimers’ hamstring strain would keep him out for the next two weeks.

“He has a slightly strained hamstring, it wasn’t a major hamstring but it is a blow because he has had a very consistent year.

“He’s been one of our players that have had a good year from a development perspective because he’s played a lot of football.”

Knights said that Lucas is far from being a definite starter.

“Scott did a bit of training on Monday and he was ok but not sensational,” he said.

“I would have thought he was only 50/50 at this stage and if he’s not right I am not going to play him. I thought he would be a definite starter but it doesn’t look as likely now. He’s getting some soreness post operation in his knee, it’s not a major concern structurally but there is a bit of soreness associated with the operation.

“It’s disappointing because we would like to have him back as another tall option. We think it will settle down once he has a break, it’s not a long term issue it’s just a matter of getting him up for games.”

Knights said that Courtenay Dempsey and Heath Hocking have both played two games back in the VFL and will come into senior selection consideration for this weekend.

“They have shown a little bit at AFL level, not a lot, but have shown us enough to suggest that if we brought them in to the team they would handle themselves well so we have a couple of options there,” he said.

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The coach was keen to play down any talk that West Coast would be an easy win saying they have talent and both teams have injury concerns.

“West Coast have beaten Adelaide and St Kilda on their home deck only a couple of weeks ago so when they get moving and the crowd get involved over there they are very formidable,” he said.