WITH his football club decimated by injuries, West Coast stalwart Michael Braun may be called on to extend his career beyond this Sunday's clash with Hawthorn.

The 30-year-old, whose knee troubles have forced a reluctant retirement, had previously announced the round 21 match at Subiaco Oval would be his send-off.

But with season-ending injuries to nine players, and a further three unlikely to return, Braun will likely face Geelong at Skilled Stadium in the final fixture of the regular season.

"Whether it's his last game or not this week, we'll wait and see," assistant coach Peter Sumich said on Monday.

"With the amount of injuries we've got he'll probably be forced to play against Geelong.

"It was always tentative with everything that was said about the last game, even this week. So he's happy to continue on and see the year out."

As Braun plays his last game on home turf, Hawthorn star Lance Franklin will return home to WA and attempt to boot the six goals required to notch his ton.  

But while the rest of the football world will have their eyes fixed on the mercurial forward, both Hawthorn and now West Coast have vowed not to be too Buddy-conscious. 

Sumich said the Eagles had previously been too focused on Franklin – who booted five goals in the sides’ round 14 clash – allowing Jarryd Roughead (six goals) more freedom.

But he said Franklin would still face multiple opponents and the Eagles' defence would look to help his marker.

"It would be good to have a little bit of help, because I think you'd have to be a special type of person to beat him one-on-one," Sumich said.

"It's a great challenge, maybe for Eric Mackenzie, Beau Wilkes or Darren Glass, of course. I think you'll see one of the younger kids on him at times and I think that's going to be great for us going forward.

"If he's closer to goals I suppose Glassy will get him, if he's going to play up the ground further, one of our younger kids will look to take him."

One of those young players, Beau Wilkes, will have scans this week to determine whether he is fit to face the Hawks after being stretchered from the MCG against Melbourne with a neck injury.

Sumich said the young defender was likely to play, as was Ash Hansen (ankle), while David Wirrpanda (hamstring) remains a 50-50 chance.

But, regardless of the selected side, Sumich was adamant that after Saturday's 34-point loss to the last-placed Demons a "good, solid performance by the team" was expected.

"Whether that brings a win or not we'll wait and see, but just an honest performance that the fans here on Sunday will be appreciative of," he said.

"Just the boys having a fair dinkum crack. Whether we're good enough to win, we'll wait and see, and then against Geelong the same thing. That's what we're after."