WEST Coast is angry it has been forced off Subiaco Oval for up to a month heading into the AFL season after damage to the ground surface from the One Direction concert on Friday.

Large sections of the ground must be replaced with turf which will take two to four weeks to settle before it is smooth enough for AFL training and games.

Eagles football boss Craig Vozzo expressed serious concerns at being shunted from their home base at a critical phase of summer training.

“We were concerned with the oval following a concert a couple of summers back when there was a heavy few days on it,” he said.

“It damaged the grass significantly and we’re concerned with the damage that is going to be caused with this concert and consequently how that will affect our ability to train on Subiaco for the next two to four weeks.

“We’ve got no clear time line on when we will get the oval back.

“Obviously we hope the sooner the better.

“But the way it was left after the last concert and the way it is this week, it gives us no confidence in how it is going to recover from this concert.”

The Eagles will train at Medibank Stadium and McGillivray Oval while Subiaco recovers.

The stadium is managed by the West Australian Football Commission which earns an estimated $100,000 for major concerts, with the money filtering back into the football system.

Meanwhile, West Coast chief Trevor Nisbett wants Friday’s Indigenous All-Stars game to become an annual pre-season event in Perth.

The Eagles will make a formal request to the AFL.

“Hopefully we could play this every year, it would be terrific,” Nisbett said on Friday night.

“It’s just great for the WA public to have a look at these up and coming young guys who are destined for really bright futures.

“It’s been every second and all of these games before have been in the Northern Territory so when we were asked to participate, we jumped at it.

“We will talk to the AFL and they will obviously do a review of the game and how they thought it worked.”