The best news of the week for Fremantle is the return of Roger Hayden from a collapsed lung, while Shaun McManus could miss due to a slight knee injury after being under heavy media scrutiny this week. But Harvey is most disappointed with yet another suspension to Heath Black.
Harvey is delighted to welcome back Hayden after fully recovering from the lung injury that had him hospitalised for several days.
"Roger's back this week, which is fantastic on the back of what was a pretty severe injury. To have a guy like Roger back in is good, especially as he's evolving more and more as a leader for us," Harvey said.
"He got back into full competitive work on Monday and he will definitely play. He's been given the all clear from the doctors to play without any padding."
Despite media speculation following McManus' five-possession performance in the loss to the Brisbane Lions on Sunday, Harvey is far from ready to pull the curtains on his career.
"I just saw him out on the training track and he said he went through this sort of thing two years ago, so he's experienced at it. I'll work closely with Shaun over the coming weeks and we'll discuss where things are at as each week passes," he said.
"He's been a fabulous player for this footy club and he deserves to make his own decision. Obviously he had an ordinary game on the weekend and that wasn’t helped by the game time that we gave him, but before that his competitiveness has been what we ask of him."
With the club's discipline on and off field improved this year, Black copped another two-week suspension after Sunday's game and his future could be cloudy at Fremantle if he doesn’t change his ways.
"I was (disappointed) with it and I've spoken to him about what he does when he finds himself in those situations. He reacts too strongly and he has to learn to curtail that. It won't be tolerated from a selection process anymore," he said.
"Sometimes these older players are still in the habit of what they could have got away with five or six years, but they have to understand that the whole reporting process has changed. He needs to understand that, but also stop getting sucked in."
