Eagles coach John Worsfold rules himself out of Melbourne coaching race DEE-NIED: John Worsfold says he hasn't considered the vacant coaching position at Melbourne. WEST Coast coach John Worsfold has ruled himself out of the job at Melbourne next season. Worsfold is out of contract and has mutually agreed to put off all talks with the Eagles until the end of the season. The 2006 premiership coach has been including in the race for the job at the Demons by betting agencies. "If someone's thinking about putting some money on me I can tell them to save their money," Worsfold said. I haven't thought about the Melbourne job being available. Let's rule myself out. I'll talk to the club (West Coast) about my contract at the end of the year. That's what I'm looking forward to. Worsfold, who has the longest tenure of any current AFL coach, said he felt for sacked Demons coach Mark Neeld. "I've felt for him for the last 18 months and spoken to him a few times to offer support," he said. I think we all know what he's been through and a lot of it not of his own making and I think he's handled it fairly well. He'll enjoy a bit of a break before he decides which direction to throw himself back into. Worsfold said sidelined stars Darren Glass, Beau Waters, Josh Kennedy and Mark LeCras had all passed fitness tests and were available for Friday night's clash with Hawthorn at Etihad Stadium. The quartet missed the Eagles' last-gasp win over St Kilda in Melbourne before taking last weekend's bye to prepare for a defining sequence of games to potentially decide West Coast's finals prospects for this season. LeCras, 26, will be looking to return to form against the Hawks as he continues to recover from a broken right arm that he copped in the season-opening clash with Fremantle and carried the injury for two months as his form and goal-scoring powers fluctuated.