""His operation has been quite successful and he has had the specialist check the injury,"" Sheedy said. ""He will only do light training this week and really get into handling the ball pretty seriously next week. Running wise and fitness wise he has been doing as much as he can and should do. One thing about a finger injury is it doesn't really affect your fitness or the rest of your body.""
Solomon ruptured the tendon in his finger during a training drill in early February. He immediately had surgery to repair the damage and has been recovering since. The return of Solomon next week was welcome news with the recent spate of injuries at the club in the past two weeks.
No matter what happens this weekend, it will be a very different Essendon side that takes on St Kilda at The Dome next weekend. Dustin Fletcher will have completed his suspension and will return while Mark McVeigh, Mark Johnson and Mark Mercuri could all return from hamstring injuries.
