Heath Scotland is yet to commit to a 16th AFL season. Source: George Salpigtidis / News Limited
CARLTON veteran Heath Scotland will spend the next few weeks weighing up whether to play on for a 16th season after the Blues gave him the green light to continue.
Scotland, 33, has been battling an ankle injury and wants to make sure it will be right before he re-commits.
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His manager Paul Connors maintained that the injury was not a concern and that Carlton had told him he was a required player for 2014.
"I think he will be there, but he has got a choice to make," Connors said on AFL Trade Radio. "If he wants to play on, he will play on."
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Scotland, the Blues' best-and-fairest winner in 2012, played 20 games this year, including two finals, but was not as damaging as he had been the previous year.
Connors said the veteran of 264 games — 211 at Carlton since he crossed from Collingwood — still had plenty to offer the Blues if he can maintain fitness.
"I relate it back to a bit like (Hawthorn's) Luke Hodge, and the character and resilience of someone," Connors said. "A lot of people were writing 'Hodgey' off, but you just know the character of the person.
"I think he (Scotland) will get his body right and if he wants to play on, he will be tickety-boo."
One of Connors' other clients, Brisbane ruckman Billy Longer remains in limbo after Hawthorn moved swiftly to claim St Kilda ruckman Ben McEvoy in a trade for Shane Savage and its first-round pick on Thursday.
Heath Scotland remains an important part of Carlton's line-up. Source: News Limited
Longer, 20, was surprised by the decision after nominating Hawthorn as his club of choice, but Connors said it was just the brutal nature of the trade period.
He said it was too early to know where Longer might play next year, though a return to the Lions was not out of the frame.
"He could go to the Hawks still, there is no doubt, and he could stay at Brisbane," Connors said. "Or he might end up elsewhere.
"He indicated that his preference was to come back and play for the Hawks, and that still could eventuate,
"But there has been a new (Brisbane) coach appointed since then, so that might mean they would welcome him back with open arms."
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