Wilson should have a full squad to choose from, with only young gun Vinnie Flood in any doubt, for the Storm’s second semi-final against Golden Square on Sunday.

Flood is on the comeback from a broken hand and is a strong chance to be passed fit.

“Vinnie’s not far off, it’s just a matter of the surgeon giving him the all clear,” Wilson said.

“We’ll know more on Thursday.

“We’ll give him every opportunity and the extra day gives him even more of a chance. 

“We’ve got some selection dilemmas. We’ve got a squad of about 30, which gives us coverage in every position.

“We’ve given a bit of experience to a couple of younger guys to be with us, but most of those guys are in some sort of calculations.

“It’s going to be tough. I guess it’s that time of year, if it gets tough it means you’re going okay, hopefully.”

Wilson led the Storm to the top of the BFNL ladder for the first time this season and was named the senior Coach of the Year at the Bendigo and District Football Coaches Association Awards on Monday night.

“It’s great to be recognised, but I’d still like to get another trophy (Bendigo Advertiser premiership cup)  in a couple of weeks. It would be pretty important to the club and myself,” said Wilson, who also coached the Bendigo Junior Football League’s under-16s this year.

Legendary coach David Parkin was the guest speaker at Monday night’s function.

Parkin’s speech resonated with Wilson ahead of the Storm’s second finals campaign.

“A big thing I took out of Parkin’s speech last night was about clubs getting coaches in and him getting asked to rev-up clubs and his word of advice was to keep it simple,” Wilson said.

“Keep it the same and keep it simple, that’s the message I got and we won’t be changing too much.

“We’re really wary of how good Square are and how they battled really hard last week to get over the line (by four points against Eaglehawk).

“Obviously we haven’t seen (James) Bristow or (Nathan) Bell before, so they’ve got a couple of big ins that we’ve got to be wary of.”

Among the other BDFCA award winners at the Bendigo Club on Monday night were Huntly junior coach Mark Billings and Sandhurst under-18s coach Daniel Francis in the youth category.

Emma Grant received the female category award for her work with Bendigo Senior Secondary College and the BJFL’s inter-league girls’ team.