WESTERN Bulldogs ruckman Jordan Roughhead is yet to train this week, but the club is confident he will overcome an eye injury and play in Saturday's Grand Final against the Sydney Swans.
The 25-year-old sustained an eye bleed after being hit in the head with the ball at close range in the preliminary final win over Greater Western Sydney.
Bulldogs ruck coach Steven King said Roughead wouldn't train until the club's main session on Thursday, but was confident his protégé would recover in time to face the Swans.
"He's going well, he was (at the club) today," King said on Tuesday.
"We went through all the (match) edits and he did the review process with the group.
"He's feeling a lot better and he's really optimistic and I think the specialist is optimistic as well that he'll recover well.
"We've just got to make sure he can train and the process from there is that it doesn't bleed again."
The prognosis was also positive for Matt Suckling, with the defensive playmaker's troublesome Achilles settling down after he missed the win over the Giants.
The condition has forced two-time premiership Hawk to miss three of the past six weeks, and King said his likely inclusion would give the team some much-needed Grand Final experience.
"He'll train today. We didn't decide to go with him up in Sydney, but he's pretty optimistic as well to get through the session and push for selection," King said.
"I think anyone that's played finals footy is a real positive for our young group."
King said midfielder Lin Jong's collarbone had pulled well after his best on ground performance in the VFL Grand Final and he had done "everything he can" to be considered for senior selection.
In other training news, key duo Easton Wood and Tom Liberatore didn't train with the main group as they both have modified programs.
Wood was a no-show while Liberatore spent the session on an exercise bike.
Dogs coach Luke Beveridge was not concerned about Wood's fitness. The stand-in skipper missed the final game of the home and away season against Fremantle with an ankle injury.
"Pretty standard for Woody. Easton's had some ankle trouble in recent times," Beveridge said at the AFL Coaches Association awards night on Tuesday.
"It was great to see him get off the ground and bring his aerial game back to the fore against GWS, which he hadn't really had since he came back in.
"We're treading cautiously to make sure he comes up cherry ripe for the Grand Final."
Despite multiple injury concerns, Beveridge was confident he would know the team's line-up by Thursday.
"The likelihood of the 22 being pretty secure is strong. The 22 we pick and the side we submit on Thursday will be the side that starts the game."
