ADELAIDE star Rory Sloane is waiting patiently for his fractured eye socket to heal before knowing if he can play in the Crows' round one clash with Greater Western Sydney.

The All Australian midfielder had to wait for the swelling to go down before having surgery at the end of last week.

A bone was inserted to add stability to Sloane's eye socket and to fix his double vision.

"I can't do too much yet just until the bone knits," Sloane told Channel 7 on Wednesday night.

"Luckily enough I did all of the pre-season, so I've got the fitness base there.

"I'll be fairly confident once I start running I'll be getting ready pretty quickly."

Sloane has been sidelined since he copped an accidental knock from teammate Josh Jenkins nearly a fortnight ago during a match simulation drill.

"When the eye went back, there was just too much pressure in there and it fractured my eye socket," Sloane said.

"I couldn't see a thing.

"It obviously went pretty dark because of the hit.

"Once I got inside and started to get assessed by the doctors, I was feeling a bit crook.

"It was a bit scary, but it's all good now and I'm on the mend."

While he is recovering, Sloane is spending his time working with the Crows' young midfielders.

With Brad Crouch (hamstring), Scott Thompson (shoulder) and Paul Seedsman (groin) also racing the clock to be fit to face the Giants, and Cam Ellis-Yolmen out for the season with a serious knee injury, new faces will be called on in the Crows' engine room.

"A bit of positioning, body work, reading the ruckmen and just set ups and that kind of thing," Sloane said.

"The way we started against Sydney in that semi-final last year was very disappointing.

"We played some good patches throughout the game, but we're definitely looking to improve on last year."