AFL legend Matthew Lloyd believes followers might have seen the final of Tyson Stengle as his profession “hangs by a thread”.

The Geelong small ahead hasn’t performed since final 12 months’s grand remaining, and coach Chris Scott on Wednesday was unable to present an replace on a possible return.

Stengle took a break for private causes within the low season, and studies emerged this week he has had solely sporadic contact with the membership since Collect Spherical amid a falling out with key personnel.

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Seven reported Stengle was topic to the AFL’s medical mannequin, which incorporates pointers on a return to play. Medical wellbeing information are saved personal by the AFL.

Chatting with media, Scott steered he was hamstrung by league bosses in what he may say concerning the 27-year-old, and that some questions needs to be directed to the AFL.

When requested if he may make clear additional, Scott mentioned: “No, I can not. And, once more, it is not my function to be throughout these issues.

“I haven’t got an issue with the media speculating, however they’re speculating with much less data than I’ve, and I’ve much less data than different folks on the membership, who in all probability have much less data than the AFL.

“It is affordable to say on this state of affairs … you are simply asking the incorrect particular person.

“If I had good data, I in all probability would not inform you as a result of I might take into account it to be personal, however that is one I genuinely do not know.”

The 27-year-old has performed 93 video games for Geelong after beginning his profession at Richmond after which Adelaide.

He was a key a part of the membership’s 2022 premiership success, made the All-Australian crew, and was rewarded with a contract via to the top of 2029 reportedly on $750,000 per season.

It was a outstanding profession turnaround having been delisted by Adelaide mid-contract in 2021. He was stood down after he was pictured with an alleged illicit substance within the earlier low season.

Stengle had since turned himself into one of many sport’s high small forwards, booting 160 objectives in 4 seasons on the Cats.

However Lloyd believes it won’t be sufficient to save lots of his profession.

“He is in all probability shedding a little bit of belief from teammates and employees as a result of he hasn’t been coaching persistently,” he mentioned on 9’s In the present day on Thursday morning.

“Some are saying his profession could also be hanging by a thread and he might not play in any respect this 12 months, which could be very disappointing for somebody with that a lot expertise.

“It is arduous sufficient to go properly while you’re doing every part proper, and if he is not turning up or he is not coaching persistently and he is disconnecting himself from folks throughout the membership and out of doors the membership, it does make issues fairly robust.

“And we might not see him once more.”

When Stengle has attended coaching, Scott mentioned he has been impressed with what he’d seen, and would need him again within the crew “as quickly as is sensible”.

“I’ve liked what I’ve seen from him at coaching. After we see him out on the coaching monitor, we really feel like ‘OK, we might prefer to get this man into our crew as quickly as is sensible’, so I do not resile from these feedback,” he mentioned.

Stengle was rushed to hospital in July 2024 after being carried out of a Victorian night time membership at 2.30am in what membership captain Patrick Dangerfield later described as an “error in judgement”.