WESTERN Bulldogs captain Robert Murphy is yet to decide whether he will play on next year, and will consider how his side is travelling before making a call.

Murphy has played 12 matches this year in his return from a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee suffered early in the 2016 season.

The Dogs are in 10th spot with a 9-8 record, with faint hopes of emulating their flag last year, despite having strung together consecutive wins for the first time since rounds four and five this season.

The 35-year-old missed out on last year's premiership and told Melbourne radio station SEN on Wednesday morning in his classic tongue-in-cheek manner that the retirements of Adelaide midfielder Scott Thompson and Richmond ruckman Ivan Maric had brought his own future into qestion.

"I haven't made a decision but if they (the Dogs) needed one, I would hurry up," Murphy said.

"I'm happy just to see how the body goes, see what our situation is.

"It was only this week that, because the season does get away from you, you think, the end of the season is actually coming …

"It's now that all these blokes of my vintage are going, 'I'm not going around (again)', you go, 'Oh God, I wish we'd had a conference call'."

Murphy has been limited this season by injuries to both hamstrings and clean-up surgery on his left knee.