West Coast's Nic Naitanui remains no guarantee to be fit for round one with the ruckman still yet to resume full training, according to SEN's West Australian correspondent Tim Gossage.
Naitanui, who tore his ACL in Round 21, 2016, still has question marks over his fitness despite not having underwent any setbacks.
โHe still hasnโt resumed full training. Heโs doing whatโs needed according to them, but heโs not doing the whole lot that I would assume by now he would be doing," Gossage told SEN Drive.
โHeโs getting better, the vision you see and we get very limited of course, but he does look like heโs getting there.โ
Despite rumours that the Fijian native might've returned to the field had the Eagles made a deeper finals run in 2017, there are still doubts over his fitness, albeit not too serious ones.
โHis fitness is working at about 80 percent. He might be ready for the last JLT game, might be, but heโs still a way off.
โHas he had a setback? No, probably not. But is he behind where I think everyone thought heโd be this time before Christmas? I think the answer is yes, I still think heโs got a way to go.โ
