Senior Coach Brendan McCartney often sees the positives in a situation, and it was no different when he heard the news of young defender Daniel Pearce’s injury.

Pearce suffered a grade three tear of his medial ligament in a VFL match last Friday and will miss up to three months of football.

McCartney said Pearce will be given valuable time to strengthen his body in the gym and learn more about the game during his rehabilitation stint.

"It will be a good two or three months [on the sidelines for Pearce]," McCartney said.

"We still feel that he's a young player that’s got a fair bit of work to do building his body up so it's a great opportunity to work on that now.

"What we've found with the boys that have longer term injuries is that we put them to work, educate them more about the game and give them a great opportunity to build their fitness base, a bigger body and hopefully they come out more prepared for the game."