An x-ray to David Eyres’ foot revealed that the popular Latics skipper could be out of action until December. Eyres has suffered a fracture to the fourth metatarsal in his left foot, an injury which was picked up in the loss at Tranmere on Saturday. Eyres explained, “I went to flick the ball away and the challenge came in on the top of my foot putting a hole in my boot. I didn't think too much of it at the time and carried on as it was numb and I couldn't feel the pain. Then Simon the physio came on to see John Eyre and I asked him to have a look at my foot. He said it didn't look good and when we went off at half time I looked at it closer and there was a hole in the top of my foot. There was also a lot of blood. I went back out for the second half but it just got worse and I had to come off. It's very frustrating picking up the injury and knowing that I will have to sit it out for the next few weeks. There are still certain things I can do including upper body exercises and cycling as I've got a special protective boot to wear.”