WEST Coast will not concede its season and send players in for early surgeries after midfielder Chris Masten became the latest casualty in Sunday's 22-point loss to the Western Bulldogs.
Masten suffered a badly sprained right ankle in the second quarter at Etihad Stadium and faces scans this week with the Eagles' midfield already hit hard.
Sunday's loss all but ended the club's slim finals hopes, but coach John Worsfold said recovering players would be treated no differently this week.
He said Nic Naitanui (groin soreness), Luke Shuey (hamstring) and Mark LeCras (foot) were are all unlikely to return against Gold Coast, while captain Darren Glass (soreness) should be available.
"We're dealing with those individually, professionally and according to each one," Worsfold said on Sunday night.
"Nothing will change from this week to what we'll do going forward.
"My message to the players was we're not a club that turns its toes up, we fight through regardless of players out.
"We want to learn about ourselves and push through and be a better side by the end of this year than we were at the start of it."
Worsfold said Glass could have played on Sunday, but the captain ruled himself out after experiencing soreness when training through the week to avoid a longer-term lay-off.
The major issue for West Coast, however, was a lack of accountability, losing the overall possessions 430-370.
Worsfold conceded finals were no longer on the agenda at West Coast.
"We're not really focused too much on finals, which we haven't really been for a fair part of this year unfortunately," he said.
"We're focused on performing at a higher level and maintaining the intensity that's been a big focus for us.
"I thought the guys played with pretty good intensity today.
"We just weren't skilful enough, so that'll be our focus for the reminder of the year."
On his own future, Worsfold said there was no plan for him to meet with the West Coast board this week to map out his plan for the team.
"We haven't set the date yet," he said.
Nathan Schmook is a reporter for AFL Media. Follow him on Twitter @AFL_Nathan
