The injury, suffered in the round 14 win over Turvey Park, forced the Demons assistant coach to miss last week's loss to Leeton-Whitton after they had the bye the week before.

The slip-up against the Crows ended a strong run of form for Collingullie-Glenfield Park, who remain an outside chance of missing finals.

The Demons have arguably the toughest run home of any side before finals. To seal a top five berth they need to beat either Mangoplah-Cookardinia United-Eastlakes or Wagga Tigers in the final round, or hope Turvey Park loses against either the Tigers or Griffith.

"I'm seeing how it (hand) comes up on game day. It's a wait and see thing at the moment. I hope to get back as soon as possible," Perryman said.

"It's not ideal, I can't really predict it too much. It just blew up over the next couple of days which isn't a great result, but I feel like I'll be right to come back.

"I'm just letting it heal, just hopefully the next few days it feels better and I'll give it a crack, but it should be right I think."

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The Demons were right in the hunt for a top three berth but a poor first quarter in the 18-point loss to the resurgent Crows, where they conceded six goals to two, was costly.

They now face a Goannas outfit stinging from a poor loss to Turvey Park, just their second defeat of the year.

"We got a lot of learnings out of the Leeton game. These next couple of weeks we're going to see where we're at," Perryman said.

The Demons also don't expect to have Perryman's younger brother Joe Perryman back until the last round at earliest.

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