STOURPORT Swifts manager Neil Hunt insists the well-being of defender Steve Frost comes before football at the moment.
Frost suffered a double break to his right leg during the 1-1 draw against Chesham United at Walshes Meadow last Saturday.
The centre-half has since had two operations but will have the pin in place for the next three months and faces much longer on the sidelines.
Manager Hunt said: "The first priority is to get his life in order.
"Whether he plays again is not a question I will be asking him for another two to three months.
"He's in good spirits. It's not nice for anybody but he's such a nice kid it just makes it even worse."
Swifts will also be without Craig Webb (ankle ligaments) for tomorrow's visit of third-placed Sutton Coldfield Town in British Gas Business Division One Midlands (3pm).
However, fellow midfielder Adam Robinson returns following suspension as Swifts look to maintain their good record against the league's high-placed sides.
In addition to the Chesham draw, Hunt's team has gone close against Leamington, Chasetown and Rushall Olympic as well as losing 2-1 against tomorrow's opponents.
"We play very well against the better sides," the manager said.
"It's the sides that are round and about us we don't seem to take the game to.
"I think Sutton have probably got the two best strikers in the league but we can get at them at the back.
"We have played them before and I thought we were unlucky not to get anything."
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