West Coast midfielder Elliot Yeo has been ruled out for the remainder of the season after being diagnosed with osteitis pubis.
The star onballer hasn't played for the Eagles since Round 11 after an ongoing groin complaint.
Despite reports suggesting the 26-year-old was a chance to make a return to the Eagles come finals, the club have since decided to keep their midfielder in cotton wool.
โUnfortunately with Elliot weโve reached a bit of a stalemate in terms of the progress with his OP,โ Eagles football boss Craig Vozzo told the clubโs website.
โWe havenโt been able to elevate his training to the level required to give him the chance to play.
โThe pain levels for Elliot are too great, and the medical advice is weโre better off taking a long-term approach, which we need to do.
โElliotโs extremely disappointed, but weโre going to have to obviously put his season on ice.
โWeโre obviously very disappointed too, but we had no choice in this circumstance. Itโs the right thing from a medical point-of-view to get him right for the long-term.โ
The Eagles are set to have stars Jeremy McGovern, Josh Kennedy and Luke Shuey fit for next weekend's clash against Collingwood.
โGood news with Jeremy, heโs tracking probably ahead of where we thought he might be at this point,โ Vozzo said.
โHeโs been doing a fair bit of track work with our rehab guys.
โThe extra couple of days into our next game is going to be quite important and heโll be a test later next week in anticipation of that game.โ
