Sustaining their best football for longer is the West Coast Eagles’ focus heading into a Friday night clash with finals contender Gold Coast, interim coach Jarrad Schofield says.

Bolstered by the returns of co-captain Liam Duggan (concussion) and star defender Jeremy McGovern (ribs), the Eagles have also named a sixth debutant for the season with Clay Hall set to suit up.

With four games remaining in his caretaker role, Schofield is firmly targeting a strong finish with the same pressure and intensity that took it up to Fremantle in the RAC Derby last round.

“I think I’ve said it from the moment I sat in this chair – (the goal is) to continue to get better week in, week out,” Schofield said.

“We’ve shown what our best looks like. We want to improve on last week and be able to sustain it for longer.

“We’ve showed that we can match the good sides and last week we probably did it for two-and-a-half quarters, but in this modern game when you don’t have momentum you’ve got to find a way out of that.

“It’s our challenge to get better in that space and we’re coming up against a side that has still got finals aspirations.

“Yeah, they haven’t won away from home, you can dangle that carrot (to the players), but more importantly we get to play on the Friday night stage and in front of hopefully above 50-thousand of our home crowd and fans that have really supported us over the last two-and-a-half years.

“That’s the carrot that we’ll dangle in front of our players, but more importantly it’s about getting better from last week and doing it for longer.”

Schofield revealed Hall, drafted via pick No.38 last year as a tough inside mid, would likely reprise his newfound wing position with a blend of time in the thick of the contest.

“Exciting, isn’t it? He’s been working on his craft and his game the whole season now,” Schofield said.

“Over the last four-to-six weeks we got him to explore playing a little bit outside on the wing – he’d just been purely inside.

“He has a really good profile with his running, covers the ground really well, has speed and power, and when he goes inside he plays tough football.

“He has earnt his position and we’re excited for him.”

The Suns (9-10) need to win to keep their finals flame flickering and are chasing a drought-breaking victory away from their home ground.

West Coast is hunting a first victory in 10 starts after some competitive efforts in recent weeks. 

Gold Coast coach Damien Hardwick and Schofield are well-known to each other as 2004 premiership teammates at Port Adelaide, and the Eagles are gearing up for a fierce contest.

“What do you expect? I know if they get the game on their terms through their contest and field position they’re a hard team to beat and that’s probably been the barometer for them,” Schofield said.

“Like us in our games as well, when we’ve been at our best we’ve been very good in the contest, our pressure has been good, you can own field position, and that’s the key part to their game.”