Tony Mowbray updated us about the injuries that Ross Stewart and Dennis Cirkin picked up in the defeat at Boro…
STEWART INJURY
“Ross did it shooting in the warm-up. He’s popped a muscle in his thigh. It seems a very isolated spot, but whether it’s a tear in the upper thigh where he’s struck the ball, we’ll have to see. It needs a scan. It’ll either come back grade one, grade two or grade three, which will mean he’s out for two weeks, four weeks or eight weeks. Let’s wait and see.”
CIRKIN INJURY
“It’s the same as Ross really. I don’t know how bad it is. It’s his hamstring rather than his thigh, so that suggests a fatigue injury really with the repetition of games he’s played."
ROSS LOSS
“The fact we lost Ross right at the end of the warm-up meant we had to readjust everything we’d worked on for two or three days in a two-minute chat. With total respect, if you’re playing Patrick Roberts as opposed to Ross Stewart, it’s a totally different game plan. You have to get it through the lines and into his feet, and get him turned, as opposed to Ross, who was going to be running in behind and threatening the space behind. You’re asking the lads to almost forget about all the stuff we’d done for two days and go and play a different game. That’s not meant to be an excuse – that’s just the reality of losing your talisman."
