COLLINGWOOD expects star midfielder Adam Treloar to face Greater Western Sydney at Spotless Stadium on Saturday, despite confirming he is not at 100 per cent fitness. 

Coach Nathan Buckley also revealed Daniel Wells and Henry Schade would return to the Magpies' side, after the pair was rested for the club's 23-point loss to Carlton last Saturday. 

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Treloar was on light duties at training on Tuesday morning, walking laps and then completing run-throughs at three-quarter pace as he recovered from the effects of three games in the space of 12 days.

The former Giant was spotted at scans on Monday, although Buckley would not shed light on the injury restricting his gun onballer.

"He'd be in some doubt, but we expect him to play," Buckley said at his weekly press conference on Tuesday. 

"As I've been pilloried for (commenting on), we did have a brace of games with not a lot of rest in between. 

"You get to the other side of that and we were planning to take the early stages of this week to reset, make sure we monitor the group and then make the right decisions coming out of that. 

"We will have the fittest, hungriest Collingwood footballers that we have going into the game on Saturday … and we expect 'Ads' (Treloar) to be there." 

Wells played two senior games in a row in his return from a lingering calf complaint before being rested at the weekend. 

Despite the loss, which consigned the Magpies to a 2-5 record, Buckley said it would have been foolhardy to play Wells given the former Roo's injury history.

"We didn't get the win so you can ask: 'Should Wellsy have played?' If he'd have played and we lost and he got injured and we missed him for six weeks, we'd be even worse off," Buckley said.

"He's definitely right to go and we think he'll be better for the next month into our bye (in round 13), so he's got a good block of footy ahead of him as we think Henry Schade will as well.

"There's a couple of guys who will come in and help us perform on Saturday."

Midfielder Travis Varcoe, who walked laps at training, is almost certain to miss his second-straight game due to a hamstring strain. 

Collingwood is one of two teams (West Coast being the other) that has never lost to Greater Western Sydney.

Despite that record, Buckley said the focus would remain on how his men performed rather than the opposition. 

"They're a tough team. They've got a lot of talent. They run the ball hard and they're a very hard contested ball side," Buckley said. 

"There's clear challenges for every team in the competition when they face the Giants.

"We've got to look after our own backyard a bit before speculating about the opposition and what we expect from them."