Melbourne is confident star midfielder Clayton Oliver will be fit to take his place in Saturday night's clash against Adelaide despite leaving training after tightening up in the quad on Wednesday morning.
The Demons also expect spearhead Jesse Hogan to be available, despite the forward missing training with illness, while run-with player James Harmes, who had surgery to fix a broken hand on Monday, is also expected to play, coach Simon Goodwin says.
Oliver received some treatment through his upper right quad during training and after a discussion with the club's fitness
"He was a little bit tight, Clayton," Goodwin said.
"Nothing abnormal, but we're really confident he's going to play.
"We haven't got too many concerns so he'll be out there on Saturday night."
Hogan was sick on Tuesday and was quarantined from the group on Wednesday with the Demons set to put him through some training later in the week.
Harmes went under the knife on Monday and as a result has been on light duties for much of this week.
"He won't do any ball work until Saturday so he's a wait and
"Once again he's progressed really well to this point, the surgeon's happy and it's all about the swelling coming out of the hand.
"We're confident that he'll play as well."
Michael Hibberd (quad) jogged laps as he targets
