Town boss Kieran McKenna has confirmed that the injury Sammie Szmodics suffered in the first half of this afternoon’s 4-1 FA Cup win at Coventry City was to the same ankle which had previously kept him sidelined.

The 29-year-old had missed the last five matches having picked up the knock at Fulham early in January.

The Republic of Ireland international had undergone treatment earlier in the match before indicating he wanted to come off in the 35th minute, Nathan Broadhead taking over.

“I don’t know about a recurrence but it’s the same ankle, so the chances are it’s probably linked,” McKenna said when asked about Szmodics’s injury.

“That’s a big blow, there’s no doubt about it. We really, really enjoyed having him back in training this week, he gives us a different dynamic, a different maturity, a different age profile, a different type of player, so we’ll keep our fingers crossed, but that’s the big downside from today.”

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bluelad7 added 18:38 - Feb 8 Gutted for smods. Fingers crossed not too bad.
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flykickingbybgunn added 19:02 - Feb 8 Let's hope it is not too bad.
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Bluewhiteboy added 19:14 - Feb 8 Stupid to play him. Why rush him back. Could have given someone else the chance. Now lost 2nd top scorer and huge fighter just when we need him most
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blues1 added 20:05 - Feb 8 Bluewhiteboy.What are you on about? He wasnt rushed back. And the medical team,would clearly have,cleared him as fit to play. Think they know more than you or me. Just one of those things. It happens.
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dirtydingusmagee added 21:17 - Feb 8 gutted had been really looking forward to his return .Town always seem to be cursed with injuries to key players when we desperately need them ,sods law Hurst will join him .
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Bluewhiteboy added 23:07 - Feb 8 I'm not doubting they would have been tests but the fact that it didn't last half a game shows they were obviously wrong. I think this is where reserve football is missed. Used to be beneficial to players either struggling to get in squad or match fit. Now it seems it's either training or first team football.
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BobbyBell added 08:32 - Feb 9 Bluewhiteboy. Even McKenna doesn't know if it's the same injury or something new. To say that the staff were obviously wrong is a ridiculous assumption. Do you even know how many tendons, nerves, bones or muscles there are in the ankle and foot?
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Paulc added 10:11 - Feb 9 @bluewhiteboy - great comment! If only the medical team had the benefit of your hindsight, unless you can prove you were saying this before the game started?
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GavITFC added 10:23 - Feb 9 Probably should have been took off the first time he went down with it. Beggars belief that he came back on tbh.
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blues1 added 13:04 - Feb 9 Bluewhiteboy. This injury was caused by him being caught in a tackle. Just happened to be the same ankle. He tried to carry on but couldn't. So nothing to do with being brought back too early.
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Linkboy13 added 16:05 - Feb 10 Can't stand people who are wise after the event not clever at all.
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